Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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

Accordingly, the segment information presented below is limited to sales and gross profit data (in thousands):



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Sales
ORV/Snowmobiles	$	3,570,753		$	3,283,890		$	3,646,891
Motorcycles	576,068			699,171			688,261
Global Adjacent Markets	396,764			341,937			312,100
Aftermarket	884,892			191,631			72,038
Total sales	5,428,477			4,516,629			4,719,290
Gross profit
ORV/Snowmobiles	1,054,557			907,597			1,170,835
Motorcycles	16,697			87,538			91,881
Global Adjacent Markets	94,920			95,149			84,211
Aftermarket	225,498			46,289			25,174
Corporate	(67,021		)	(30,950		)	(33,059		)
Total gross profit	$	1,324,651		$	1,105,623		$	1,339,042

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,
	2017		2016		2015
United States	$	4,327,579	$	3,557,228	$	3,688,980
Canada	375,580		307,094		378,725
Other foreign countries	725,318		652,307		651,585
Consolidated sales	$	5,428,477	$	4,516,629	$	4,719,290



	As of December 31,
	2017		2016
United States	$	653,023	$	637,632
Other foreign countries	94,166		89,964
Consolidated property and equipment, net	$	747,189	$	727,596