Depends.
I consider both of my first two cars my “first car.”
My first car was a Salsa Red 08/MK5 Jetta SEL w/ Auto trans. My parents leased it for my sister when she was in college, and I bought it for the residual off-lease.
Unfortunately, my sister took the car out one night about a month after it became “my” car, and was driving drunk and wrecked it. RIP my favorite car I’ve ever owned until my Alltrack I got last month.
Next, I got a then-new 2011 MK6 Jetta SE w/ same 2.5 engine and 6-speed auto. And even my 17 year old self knew how much of a cheap piece of shit the MK6 was compared to the MK5. I hated it so much lol