Top six automakers report 30 to 47 percent sales drop - a 26 year low

oh snap! everyone's in the same boat. Those porsche numbers bring a tear to my eye. Bout time there over valued cars took a 48% loss in sales.

Yeah they may be down 48%, but the difference is that Porsche can still net a profit at the end of the year even with a 48% drop in sales. They are run completely different than the big 3 which are a quantity seller and have the infrastructure to only net a 7% profit if sales stay above 17mil. Also, this is only US, Porsche and VW still sell well in countries not affected as much by this economic "crysis"

i think it's quite amusing that, for all everyone b****es and moans about bangle's styling, bmw still out-sold merc by about 5.5k cars. =)

I cannot understand a that a company that sells 153000+ cars in a month in one country (with a drop of 41%) cannot make a profit. It doesn't make logical sense? How bad must you manage your assests & Cashflow. I know that the "Big 3" don't offer the best products on the market, but they are still selling fairly large volumes. What are they doing?? This is really shocking. Porsche sell less and 1% THAT'S 1% OF GM'S SALES, yet they make a huge profit and even want to buy VW. How does that work. Is it really the company or the management that needs help from the Government??

have subaru and maserati gone up overall this year? (though maserati has dropped 48% this month)

also I'm surprised how few makers there are in USA compared to Europe... no french companies or FIAT brands or VWs other brands