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News watch August 2012: today's auto industry news

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 31 August 2012•European car sales continue to struggle, down 8.2% in July. Spain, europe's biggest market, saw sales frop the most, by a massive 26%.

More luxury for Mazda's CX-5

MAZDA has added an SE-L Lux trim to its CX-5 crossover model. It provides a sunroof, electric driver’s seat adjustment, leather upholstery and heated front seats as standard. There is also an SE-L Lux Nav model that comes with satellite navigation included, which costs from £25,195, which is £1200 more than the standard SE-L Nav model.

Five most-watched car ads of 2011

Page views: They're life and death on the Web, and for an automaker trying to make an advertisement go viral, page views and the eyeballs viewing them are what it's all about. This year was big for the top-five viral automaker ads: Volkswagen's “The Force” spot hit 63 million views, while Fiat grabbed 27 million with its Jennifer Lopez song. The Chrysler “Imported From Detroit” Super Bowl ad was next, with 22 million views.