I despise pretty much everything they both make new, but Fords are more infuriating in their bad design IMO.

But if we go back at least 10 years or so, both had good products in some capacity. I've owned trucks from both and while I lean more towards GM there, old Fords aren't bad either. When it comes to their old small car offerings, Ford probably takes the cake there. I used to have a 2013 Ford Focus sedan (5 speed). It was way too heavy for what it was, the MPG was bad for the size, and the MyFordTouch unit was buggy as hell, but as a car, it wasn't bad. It was fairly easy to work on, was reliable enough outside of the infotainment, and it was fun to drive. Meanwhile the Cruze and Sonic weren't as good (unless you made the mistake of getting a DCT Focus). They were slapped together with little care and it shows. And unlike the old Cavaliers, they don't even have the robustness to make up for it. The Cavaliers are like Cockroaches, they're way harder to kill than you'd think at first glance. Even the Cobalts were better there, although not as solid as what came before. Plus the Cobalt had the SS. And the Focus had the ST (as did the Fiesta). So overall for small cars, Ford wins.

I also have another Ford anecdote, the cheapest car I ever bought was a 1999 Ford Taurus I got at auction for $150. It started up and drove off their lot, no major problems. And I barely put any money into that car, I did nothing but basic maintenance items. Still I dailyed that car for a year after my old Mitsubishi Galant got totaled and it wasn't even the car's fault it died. I was driving in the winter, hit a patch of black ice, and ran it into a curb where the transmission got cracked. It wasn't worth it to fix, but I do remember that car fondly. It was ugly, it was slow, but it treated me way better than it had to given what I paid. So it baffles me that they're so bad at making cars now.

Granted I also have a Chevy anecdote. My 1st car was a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500. My grandmother got it from one of her friends who didn't need it. She didn't need it either, but since she knew I was about to get my learner's permit at the time, she gave it to me. It was clapped out and had almost 300,000 miles, but it was free and I was a broke 15 year old. As they say, beggars can't be choosers (plus buying high mileage cars became something I did a lot of down the road, that Silverado isn't even in the top 5 highest mileage cars I've owned, although 1 of them was another GM truck). I put a ton of miles on it as my job at the time was making deliveries for my mom's company (on top of getting paid, she offered to pay for my gas and insurance if I did all her deliveries for her since she really hated doing it herself and I was cheaper than hiring a courier). It went from 278k to 330k in about 2 years. Unfortunately one of the head gaskets went and the transmission started slipping (plus it was 2014 when gas was still kinda pricey), so I sold it and got that Mitsubishi Galant I mentioned before. But it ran better and for longer than anyone would expect given how beat it was. And the guy I sold it to fixed it up and kept driving it. Compare that old LM7 to all the 6.2 failures now.

TL; DR I'm extremely disappointed by both companies because I know they can do better from experience.