I have a couple ‘good housekeeper’ machines that are brand new but they are trash... all metal - so all metal isn’t always true indicator of a good machine.
One Japanese machine I like a lot is Emdeko. It does have a funny name. Made by Toyota. Some have LRC some are left homing. I like the left homing best for free motion. No reason it just works real good for that. Sews through about anything.