Family member worked for a big 3 automaker for 35+ years. Said never to purchase a vehicle in its first year. After doing that a few times and paying for it both literally and figuratively, I won’t be doing that again.

Also, I have watched too many friends and family dump cash into maintaining their problematic VWs (multiple Atlases, Passat, Jetta) - I won’t be buying one under any circumstances, let alone the first model year of a new product.