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Shareholders' Equity Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2000
Apr. 30, 2010
Jan. 29, 2015
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Cash dividends declared, per share $ 1.92us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.68us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.48us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared      
Repurchase and retirement of common stock, shares 554,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares 4,337,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares 1,649,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares      
Repurchase and retirement of common stock $ 81,812us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue $ 530,033us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue $ 127,525us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue      
Remaining authorized repurchase amount 1,050,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased          
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Number Of Shares Available For Issuance 3,000,000pii_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanNumberOfSharesAvailableForIssuance          
Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Percentage Of Market Price At Eligible Employees Granted Options To Purchase Shares 95.00%pii_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardPercentageOfMarketPriceAtEligibleEmployeesGrantedOptionsToPurchaseShares          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Employee Stock Purchase Plans 1,261,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans          
Common stock excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 581,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 23,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 872,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount      
Maximum            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased 75,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Stockholder Rights Plan [Member]            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Minimum Percentage Of Ownership Acquired Or To Be Acquired Upon Which Purchase Rights Become Exercisable       15.00%pii_MinimumPercentageOfOwnershipAcquiredOrToBeAcquiredUponWhichPurchaseRightsBecomeExercisable
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Common Stock Dividends Right Per Share Declared       1pii_CommonStockDividendsRightPerShareDeclared
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Dividends Payable, Date of Record       Jun. 01, 2000    
Incentive Stock Purchase Rights Redemption Price Per Right         $ 0.01pii_IncentiveStockPurchaseRightsRedemptionPricePerRight
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Stockholder Rights Plan [Member] | Maximum            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Common Stock Price Per Share Under Rights Plan         $ 125pii_CommonStockPricePerShareUnderRightsPlan
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Stockholder Rights Plan [Member] | Minimum            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Common Stock Price Per Share Under Rights Plan         $ 75pii_CommonStockPricePerShareUnderRightsPlan
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Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. [Member]            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Repurchase and retirement of common stock, shares 3,960,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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Repurchase and retirement of common stock $ 497,474us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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Subsequent Event            
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]            
Cash dividends declared, per share           $ 0.53us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Remaining authorized repurchase amount           1,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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