Well it helps to measure apples to apples. 2008 numbers are misleading because they occurred during a severe recession. 2007 numbers are the more accurate comparison because they occurred during a normal time.

That being said, these numbers are still horrible down 50% from a normal time. 

 

2007 report October 

ATLANTA--Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne SUVs in the United States and Canada, today announced second-best ever October sales of 2,862 units in the United States. In the first 10 months of this year, Porsche has sold 29,140 new cars, which is on track to repeat last year's record sales. 

The 911 model also achieved record October sales with 972 units sold, up 39 percent over last October sales of 697. So far this year, 911 sales are 10,805, representing a 10 percent increase over year-to-date sales last October of 9,859. 

Also impressive were Porsche's new-generation Cayenne SUV sales that saw a 46 percent rise, with sales of 1,184 versus 809 Cayennes sold last October. Year-to-date, there were 10,061 Cayennes sold, up 13 percent over October 2006 sales of 8,869. 

Boxster sales of 316 also realized an increase of 13.3 percent over last October sales of 279. 

In addition, dealers sold 556 Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned cars in October vs. 493 for the same period last year.  
Model Month to Date Year to Date 
  Current Year Prior Year Current Year Prior Year 
Boxster 184 178 2,020 2586 
Boxster S 132 101 1,128 1422 
Cayman 168 177 2,273 735 
Cayman S 222 391 2,849 5215 
ALL BOXSTER/CAYMAN 706 847 8270 9958 
   
911 Carrera Coupe 74 86 990 981 
911 Carrera S 151 175 1,329 1835 
Carrera Cabriolet 55 63 650 1151 
Carrera S Cabriolet 99 128 1,166 1938 
Carrera 4 Coupe 14 16 147 425 
Turbo Coupe 129 88 2,586 711 
Carrera 4S Coupe 91 42 810 857 
911 Targa 4 16 0 189 0 
911 Targa 4S 31 0 353 0 
Carrera 4 Cabriolet 10 25 187 596 
Carrera C4S Cabriolet 66 72 923 1349 
Turbo Cabriolet 181 0 424 0 
911 GT3 33 1 713 1 
911 GT3 RS 22 0 336 0 
All Carrera models (996) 0 1 2 15 
ALL 911 972 697 10805 9859 
   
Cayenne Tiptronic 545 232 3,471 3345 
Cayenne 12 8 36 56 
Cayenne S 445 148 3,476 3411 
Cayenne Turbo 176 23 1,370 465 
Cayenne Turbo S 1 108 384 761 
Cayenne Titanium 5 290 1,324 831 
ALL CAYENNE 1184 809 10061 8869 
   
CARRERA GT 0 2 4 80 
   
   
GRAND TOTALS 2862 2355 29140 28766