I currently have a 2007 VW and another one from 2018. The quality and little special features and details have greatly declined. Before this I had a 2001 model which I drove over 300,000 miles. The 2018 one just doesn't feel as sturdy. I've been a VW fan for a long time, but this last car is disappointing compared to what they used to make.
Best car I ever had was a 1990 VW Passat with the 1.8 l 4 cylinder gasoline engine, it ran over 450000 km and almost 20 years on the first engine, was easy to service and repair and no amount of abuse you threw at it would kill it. They don't make them like that anymore.