The Baofeng’s are pretty good radios. I have one as a back up, won’t worry if I drop it into the bay. The antennas are a weak link and some are faulty. However, you can get good aftermarket antennas or even connect it to an outside antenna or (for your car) a mobile mag mount antenna.
Good grief, I put an apostrophe in Baofengs. I must have been tired.