I feel like VWs can fit into similar crowds of those that enjoy Jeeps. It's like, you hear they have issues or even catastrophic ones but that doesn't stop people from buying them. So I'd like to think, they're worth the headache if you find yourself in one?
I personally haven't dealt with anything catastrophic yet (knock on wood) on the mk7. I did find it odd that my brand new 2014 Mk6 GTI (last year of that generation), had a waterpump fail at 9k miles, lol. I'm like, damn, it's true. After that however, it never happened again. Oh yeah then my turbo failed at 33k miles a couple months after my warranty expired, lol. Perhaps my car had some bad build to the components?
I'm sure some cars are more reliable than others, but you have to ask yourself, do you want that other "reliable" car? I mean, get what you want and who cares. If you now you might have to deal with some issues to enjoy something more, go for it.
If you want reliable, sure, go with your Toyota Camry, have a blast in that thing.