Lexus Brand and Porsche 911 Top J.D. Power's 2012 Initial Quality Study, Jaguar Jumps to Second Spot

Before you rush to remind us that we have already posted the results of a 2012 study from J.D. Powers and Associates back in February, allow us a moment to explain.

The previous findings were for the 2012 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study that recorded problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of three-year-old (2009 model-year in this case) vehicles.

This latest study is called 2012 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) and it measures vehicle quality in a period of 90 days of ownerships from new. So with that out of the way, let's see what the study found.

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Vauxhall Targets Company Car Drivers with New Zafira Tourer Tech Line

Vauxhall continues to expand its Tech Line trim aimed at company car drivers with the inclusion of the Zafira people-carrier that joins the already available Astra, Insignia and the recently announced Mokka small crossover. Read more »

Real Life Lil' Monsters Bully Elderly Woman to Tears in Greece, NY Bus [NSFW]

We would like to believe that most of you will agree with us when we say that children should respect the elderly. Obviously, this is a lesson taught to kids by their parents, teachers and society in general.

We don't know where the chain broke but someone clearly failed to teach the children seen in this video taunting an elderly bus matron employed by the Greece Central School District in Rochester, New York, about respect and compassion.

The youngsters verbally abused the woman to tears while at the same time filming the incident on a cell phone camera and then reportedly uploading it on Facebook where it was discovered by a third party who then posted the video on YouTube with this description:

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Spied: New Mercedes-Benz CLA Compact Saloon Nabbed Again Testing at the Nürburgring

The next model to join Mercedes-Benz's expanded family of compact cars after the new five-door A-Class and the minivan-like B-Class will be the production version of the impressive looking Concept Style Coupé (CSC) sports sedan seen earlier this year that we will come to know as the CLA.

Our spy photographers spotted Mercedes-Benz engineers testing a camouflaged prototype of the CLA at the Nürburgring track.

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New Skoda Rapid Saloon gets its First Commercial

Even though Skoda's new offering in the highly competitive compact sedan market will not be arriving in showrooms across Europe before the fourth quarter of the year, a TV spot on the Rapid has already hit the interwebs providing us a first look at the car on the move. Read more »

Posing with a Star: Inden Design's Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is, in itself, a star, and a flagship one at that, but it never hurts to place another star at the side of it if you want to promote your work.

Case in point, German tuning firm Inden Design and its latest take on the SLS AMG that was photographed with German model and reality show star Katja Runiello.

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Poor Man's Lamborghini Reventon Filmed Cruising Down the Road…

Unless one of the 20 owners of the real $2 million Lamborghini Reventon had a change of heart regarding the Italian exotic's mid opaque grey color, something we humorously doubt, this is a replica based on an unknown donor car.

Nevertheless, it was special enough for one camera phone equipped by-stander to waste 11 seconds to film it passing by. Feel free to do the same by watching the video right after the jump.

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