For automakers as a whole, November's sales weren't all that bad, considering the overall decline over November 2004 was just 2.8%. Even better, sales of cars were up 4.5 percent, though sales of SUVs and pickups declined 8.4 percent. Inside those results, there were also pockets of great news mixed in with those of the affairs-in-order, write-a-note, head-in-the-oven variety. Check out these numbers:

Top Five:
Bentley: +21.3%
Maserati: +27.8%
Land Rover: +18%
Suzuki: +18.2%
Audi:+15%

Bottom Five:
Isuzu: -51.3%
Rolls Royce: -42.9%
Maybach: -42%
Jaguar: -41%
Ford: -14.7%

Cars come back as sales sag [The Detroit News]