Almost bought one , then almost bought a sportwagon TDI , then bought a another Miata instead.
In all honesty they're great vehicles as long as you don't live in a state that requires SCR EGR and DPF. If you could strip all three of those off and get a tune it'll pretty much run forever.
And total anecdotal evidence here but a local guy in our club just bought a 2019 GTI. On the way home, like on the drive home, the center entertainment console backlight went out. The entire center cluster is being replaced, less than 100 miles on the car.