They’ve all cut production. They’re all still losing money.

Ford Motor Co.’s December U.S. sales fell 13 percent while sales for DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler unit slid 1 percent as U.S. automakers continued to lose ground to Japanese rivals.

Analysts expect monthly sales from General Motors Corp. to also have fallen, with an expected decline of about 2 percent, according to analysts.

Ford said its sales were hurt a 21-percent decline in sales of its F-series pickup trucks — its top-selling vehicles. Overall truck sales fell 14 percent due to higher gas prices and a soft housing industry, Ford said, adding that it expects “these factors will continue to weigh on these segments in 2007.”

Ford’s car sales were off almost 10 percent.

Chrysler Group, which includes the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands, said its sales rose 1 percent, while Mercedes-Benz sales fell 10 percent, compared to a year earlier.

The combined monthly U.S. market share for Detroit’s Big Three is estimated to be 54.3 percent in December, down from 56.6 percent a year earlier, according to industry-tracking firm Edmunds.com.

Definitely not good.

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