You're going to get a wide variety of opinions, IronMaiden. There is no "right" answer to your question.
Personally, I would tend to not write off entire brands. People who hold strong opinions about car brands tend to have very old, very exaggerated opinions about them. E.g. one of my uncles would never, ever entertain the thought of buying a Hyundai or Kia. In his mind they're all cheap crap and they never got appreciably better than the Pony 35 years ago. He's a loyal VW buyer. He casually dismisses the issues he's had with his VWs over the last 40 years as just unfortunate luck, even though some of them have required thousands and thousands of dollars worth of warranty work that I would consider indicative of being "crap". Meanwhile, anecdotally I don't know anyone with a Kia or Hyundai product that has had any significant issues with them whatsoever.
Figure out what kind of car you want, test drive the ones that interest you, and buy the one you like most. Most brands make products I would never consider, even if I like the brand overall.
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