Judging from my experience with the VW Golf SportWagen, I would keep it for another five to ten years, or 500,000 kilometres, whichever comes first (and no, it won't be that expensive to run that long, either). There is nothing like it on the market, and you will never be happy with a compromise, which is what everything else shall be, a compromise. Try not to let the sour VW taste get the better of you - they have been punished soundly for what they did, and they have taken big steps to correct things. I don't trust any auto maker to be better - I wonder what dirty secrets they have hidden away, for now! In the meanwhile, why not reinforce your original decision to buy the SportWagen by sticking with it and getting it fixed? Why expose yourself to alternatives infested with Ticking Timebomb Takata airbags?