VW and Fords aren't poor people's cars. Volkswagen Group own expensive car companies, such as Bugatti and Lambo. Fords are good cars also, well the ones in the UK are. Parts are cheap for them. Fords cant be bad cars, my dad has a 1998 Mondeo with something like 240k Miles and still runs perfectly.
Ford = Fix or repair daily
Every car company makes a good car and a bad car.
In my opinion, VW and Ford make good cars, but not all of them are good lol.