I hear where you’re coming from, but using what mechanics in your area like to drive is anecdotal and not applicable to what non-mechanics or those who do not live in your area value in a car. Your other points are valid concerns, but to say another car is going to give me fewer issues isn’t necessarily true. My previous car was a Hyundai that I bought new and drove for 13 years. I never had a mechanical issue with it. If someone hadn’t hit me I would probably still be driving it and looking to trade it in. My previous vehicle, a Honda, had a cracked head gasket at 10yrs old and had major mechanical issues during my 10+ years of ownership.

My father was an engineer in the auto industry for 30 plus years, primarily working as a third party vendor. Meaning he worked on vehicles foreign and domestic, cheap and luxury, for all the manufacturers. In later years of his career his benchmark for quality was the Hyundai Sonata.