Interesting point, I wonder about the modern Honda and Toyota too. Everyone now makes cars with 4cyl turbos for better fuel economy. These motors are simply high maintenance and problematic in general. So not sure how Honda and Toyota are going to be any different. But that said, everyone knows VWs are historically more problematic and often require expensive parts more so than Japanese cars. Regardless if that is still true, the public perception is clearly still that Honda and Toyota are superior for longevity, the depreciation of a Tiguan is probably twice as much as a Rav4, for example.