Mazda 2 paint problems

When my wife bought her new red Mazda2 Genki home I noticed that the paintwork was terrible, like orange peel all over, but worse in some places than others. We had it inspected by a paint repair shop and they said it was bad, but commented that is what Mazdas are like now. We took it back to the dealer and were subsequently advised that Mazda inspected it and said there was nothing wrong with it. But we were offered an exchange, or our money back, as long as it was not a red one, which might tell you something. We agreed to an exchange for a blue one, which we inspected and approved before we accepted it, but then the exchange simply “stalled”, so we demanded our money back and got it - which I also think tells you something. We have since bought a blue one elsewhere and although it was painted better than the red one, it was still rather poor. I told my wife to go to another manufacturer, but she had her heart set on the new Mazda2 in auto, so bought it anyway. I deduce that Mazdas are no longer the quality Japanese product they used to be?