Porsche 9-month sales shed 15% to 4.6 bn euros: firm

FRANKFURT: Sales at the German luxury sports-car maker Porsche plunged by 15 per cent in the first nine months of its fiscal year to 4.6 billion euros (5.98 billion dollars), the company said Friday.

The result, which covered the period from August 1 to April 30, did not include sales at Volkswagen, the biggest European auto manufacturer, in which Porsche holds a stake of 51 per cent.