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| Debt                           | (in millions)2012 2011Manufacturing operations   Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Facility, due 2014, net of unamortized discount of $9$991 $—8.25% Senior Notes, due 2021, net of unamortized discount of $28 and $33, respectively872 9673.0% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes, due 2014, net of unamortized discount of $50 and $73, respectively520 497Debt of majority-owned dealerships60 94Financing arrangements and capital lease obligations140 118Loan Agreement related to 6.5% Tax Exempt Bonds, due 2040225 225Promissory Note30 40Other67 39Total manufacturing operations debt2,905 1,980Less: Current portion172 99Net long-term manufacturing operations debt$2,733 $1,881Financial Services operations:   Asset-backed debt issued by consolidated SPEs, at fixed and variable rates, due serially through 2019$994 $1,664Bank revolvers, at fixed and variable rates, due dates from 2013 through 2019763 1,072Commercial paper, at variable rates, due serially through 201331 70Borrowings secured by operating and finance leases, at various rates, due serially through 201778 70Total financial services operations debt1,866 2,876Less: Current portion1,033 1,280Net long-term financial services operations debt$833 $1,596 |
| Future Maturities              | The aggregate contractual annual maturities for debt as of October 31, 2012, are as follows:  ManufacturingOperations Financial ServicesOperations Total  (in millions)     2013$176 $1,033 $1,20920141,609 152 1,761201526 277 303201611 79 90201710 253 263Thereafter1,160 72 1,232Total debt, including unamortized discount2,992 1,866 4,858Less: Unamortized discount87 — 87Net debt$2,905 $1,866 $4,771                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

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Tabular disclosure of information pertaining to short-term and long-debt instruments or arrangements, including but not limited to identification of terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation.
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Tabular disclosure of the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet date presented.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601
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