I am pretty convinced all non-Japanese cars are garbage with the exception of maybe Volvo, and only then the models that are still manufactured in Sweden, not China. (I wouldn't drive a Chinese-assembled car if you payed me.) Audi has only recently gotten some decent marks in reliability, but its really too soon to tell. If you're looking for extreme reliability in as close to a hand-made product as possible, for the money I can't think of much better than Toyota/Lexus.