Yes contrary to what impression was made about quality, those initial batches are the most trouble free ones. Less reporting of such issues.
It is my personal experience, whenever they launch a new model quality is good and later they find shortcuts of cost cutting and degradation in quality takes place. Almost all of the Hondas I have kept from initial batches were better than the later ones. Experience is based on Civic Prosmatec 2001, City Vario 2003, Civic Reborn 2006, City 2009, Civic 9th 2012, Civic X 2016. As opposed to later manufacturing of the same models that I experienced few years later respectively
The feel of the car is definitely different and degraded in a major sense and more issues have arised. Not talking about a few initial things like faulty PS pipe on Reborn or engine mounts but talking about overall feel and maintainence issues of the cars as well