Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Pre Production Capitalized Costs and Recoveries Related to Long Term Supply Arrangements [Line Items]
Capitalized pre-production E&D costs	$ 98.6	$ 116.2
Capitalized pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools	101.7	86.7
Cash collected related to E&D and tooling costs	$ 198.3	$ 138.5

Amount of recoverable preproduction engineering and design costs related to long term supply agreements capitalized during the reporting period.

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