33 years ago I was shopping for a new car and standing in a Mercedes Dealership (I had never owned one at that time). I knew nothing about the cars other than the reputation that they were built pretty solid. I saw an older gentleman drive in for service (older only because 33 years ago I was younger) with what seemed like an older model diesel (??190D or older). I asked him about reliability and he told me he had no major problems in all the time he owned the car except he had to replace the driver's seat cushion due to wear of the leather. he had all sorts of badges mounted on the grill but I had no clue what they meant. I looked on his dash to see his mileage was about 22,500 and asked him how he had so little miles on such an older car. He said the odometer had just been through once a few months ago. So I assumed he had 125,000 miles on the car without problems. he corrected me by showing me that the odometer has 6 digits and that he had driven 1,025,000 miles without any major problems! I am sure things are no longer made that well but it sure made an impression on me and I have leaned towards German engineering for cars ever since.
BTW, I have not had the experience of cars being trouble free no matter who made them. Jen still thinks (and I agree) the best and most reliable car we have ever had is her 1996 Audi A4 6 cylinder stick shift. it may also be the best handling in bad weather and the most fun to drive. hope you can get your wheels to reach 200,000 or more.