Still... More complicated should not mean automatically more problems. That is the German auto makers excuse. Make the goodies bone stock reliable, or not put them on at all. We all expect 200-300k reliable across the board for our cars (even if we do not keep them this long). And, most the car companies try to achieve this. In the days of hand crank windows, many said that the Japanese OHC and DOHC engines would never last as long as a "iron Duke" pushrod 4. Look how that worked out. The "advanced tech" of the day just kept running and running (so long as one changed cam belts). I used to be on the "side" of the pushrod iron engines (V8, V6, or 4) of those days. Learned my lesson.. Americans went from 90%+ market share to losing half their share... They also delayed FI as long as they could. We ended up with "computer controlled" carbs, "variable Venturi" carbs, and the rest that broke down many times more than the EFI from Others.
Not picking on anyone, or argue. I expect whatever is available to be bone stock reliable for more than a decade, well into six digit miles, and by the time it breaks, cheap and well known to fix.. People will be junking, as an example, Genesis if the reported replacement cost $6K radios, $8.4k transmissions, $14k engines, $6.5k cruise controls and drive assist stuff goes out early and stays this high of cost. Or $1.8k power seats, $600 power shades, $480 for a speaker, $3.8k GDI.. No matter what cars have this chaos (and all complex cars today do) in pricing, will cause a revolt if these systems break down and have to be covered by the owners within 10 years (and well into six figure mileage). Pricing will come down for the tiny few percentage that has problems. Otherwise, the brand (any brand) will be finished in the market.
People who owned Corvettes moaned and groaned when 1984-85 came around and there was a "Tokyo by night" digital dash. Said it would be crap, never last, and cost more to fix than the car was worth after the warranty. Even for GM, this did not prove to be true. They were generally reliable during the production run and five decades after. When they did go out, several lower cost repair options are available. When their PFI came out in 85, more howling about the cost of 8 fuel injectors and a CPU. Let alone the cost of "super high pressure" fuel pumps... Well, they system was very reliable. And today is still affordable to fix.
Buick port FI and V6 platform has been over the decades one of the most reliable engine systems out there. Even Consumer Reports who are foreign car bigots against Americans have liked that platform for a long time. Point is, she it came out with no distributer (one of the first in the world to have individual coils, they naysayers complained about how expensive it would be to fix. Nope.... Over the decades, IF it breaks, cheap in comparison to others to fix.
With all that said, if I end up with a newer generation lemon, all the above will not matter. I will be cranked off like anyone should.
