They aren't all bad cars, but it was just really bad the way VW Aus went about it. All the other countries that had the issues recalled the cars straight away
Not all cars are perfect when they leave the factory, just really really shifty the way Aus did it
Also the diesel injector problems have only really been known as a recall on the mkv 125kw tdi's publicly lately too, even though they have known to shit themselfs