Maybach

Starting price: $433,750
2008 sales through December: 119 (all Maybach models)
2007 sales through December: 156
Percent change: -23.7%

Maybach never has come close to its early goal of 500 cars a year when it was launched in the U.S. back in 2002. At the time, Maybach jumped from the top of the Mercedes-Benz lineup, at just over $100,000, all the way to a starting point around $300,000, where few cars had gone before. That left a wide gap around the $200,000 price point, which rival Bentley has been exploiting ever since. With a twin-turbo, 604-hp V-12, the Maybach 62S is a slightly sportier version of the long-wheelbase Maybach 62.

Pictured: Maybach 62S