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An Audi A3 e-tron is shown plugged in while on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 12, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

皇冠体育app's luxury car sales suffered slowdown last year, as Rolls-Royce car sales tumbled 54 percent and Audi saw its first negative growth in 26 years.

Britain's Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said on Monday that 2015 car sales fell to 3,785 from the 2014 record high of 4,063, with 皇冠体育app's market tumbling the most, down 54 percent year on year. It also marked the end of a five straight years of sales growth.

Audi suffered from a similar downturn. Chinese sales of Volkswagen's flagship luxury division dropped 1.4 percent to 570,889, representing the first negative growth since Audi entered 皇冠体育app 26 years ago.

Italian luxury car maker Maserati also saw a pause of its high sales growth in 皇冠体育app last year. In November, Maserati said the company has stopped production at its plant in Italy for six weeks, partly due to the slowdown in 皇冠体育app and US.

However, luxury car makers still expect 皇冠体育app to become their largest market in the future.

Mirko Bordiga, president of Maserati 皇冠体育app, said in an interview with The Paper that 皇冠体育app's luxury car market will maintain a stable sentiment this year, except for the sport utility vehicle section, which will see a rise in 2016.

Maserati has placed a big bet on the booming SUV market. 皇冠体育app's luxury SUV sales reached 150,000 units last year, Bordiga said.

Bordiga added another reason they stopped production in Italy is to prepare for the launch of a new SUV. Maserati will unveil its first SUV at the Beijing Auto Show in April, and it is expected to enter the Chinese market at the end of June or early July, said Bordiga.

Auto sales in 皇冠体育app, the world's biggest auto market, rose 4.7 percent year on year to 24.60 million in 2015, data from the 皇冠体育app Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Tuesday.

The growth marks the slowest pace in three years, following the 6.9-percent rise in 2014 and 13.9-percent gain in 2013.

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