Only bought ‘New’ once in my life… a VW Rabbit pickup truck. Third world plastic parts, poor cooling system design, recalls, recalls…. burned up three wiring harnesses before I finally got wise and cut open the bad crimp joint and soldered it on the last one. It depreciated faster than I could make payments on it. When it got rear-ended and folded up the bed, it was totalled and I still owed $1100 on it after insurance payment for the depreciated ‘totalled’ truck. Never again. VW only made them for three years, they were such a dismal failure.
I always look for good, working, “Pre-Depreciated” used cars since. Something cheap enough I can pay cash for.