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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Advertising expenses $ 82,600us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 73,945us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 58,752us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense  
ORVs        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Period of warranties provided by Polaris 6 years      
Snowmobiles        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Period of warranties provided by Polaris 1 year      
SVs        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Period of warranties provided by Polaris 2 years      
Minimum | Motorcycles        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Period of warranties provided by Polaris 1 year      
Minimum | Building and Building Improvements        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 10 years      
Minimum | Machinery Equipment And Production Tooling        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 1 year      
Maximum | Motorcycles        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Period of warranties provided by Polaris 2 years      
Maximum | Building and Building Improvements        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 40 years      
Maximum | Machinery Equipment And Production Tooling        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 7 years      
Polaris Acceptance        
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]        
Equity method investment ownership percentage 50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_InvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAffiliatesCategorizationAxis
= pii_PolarisAcceptanceMember
    50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_InvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAffiliatesCategorizationAxis
= pii_PolarisAcceptanceMember