Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Accordingly, the segment information presented below is limited to sales and gross profit data.

	For the Years Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)	2016			2015			2014
Sales
ORV/Snowmobiles	$	3,357,496		$	3,708,933		$	3,741,154
Motorcycles	708,497			698,257			418,546
Global Adjacent Markets	341,937			312,100			319,948
Other	108,699			—			—
Total sales	4,516,629			4,719,290			4,479,648
Gross profit
ORV/Snowmobiles	930,181			1,190,630			1,206,553
Motorcycles	91,401			97,261			54,427
Global Adjacent Markets	95,149			84,211			88,797
Other	19,842			—			—
Corporate	(30,950		)	(33,060		)	(30,599		)
Total gross profit	$	1,105,623		$	1,339,042		$	1,319,178

Polaris' Foreign Operations

Sales to external customers based on the location of the customer and property and equipment, net, by geography are presented in the tables below (in thousands):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
United States	$	3,557,228	$	3,688,980	$	3,339,905
Canada	307,094		378,725		454,608
Other foreign countries	652,307		651,585		685,135
Consolidated sales	$	4,516,629	$	4,719,290	$	4,479,648

	As of December 31,
	2016		2015
United States	$	637,632	$	548,410
Other foreign countries	89,964		102,268
Consolidated property and equipment, net	$	727,596	$	650,678