This is a can of worms. On my vehicles, I stay with AC Delco. I put a set of Autolites in my pickup once and it ran worse. I'd bought them at Walmart. Then, someone said Autolites bought at a parts store are OK, it's just the Walmart ones that are junk. (Did Autolite compromise quality to keep Walmart as a customer?)
When I was in the boat and outboard motor repair business, I used Champions almost exclusively in marine applications with good result. I've also never had a problem with Champions in motor vehicles, but it seems like almost everyone else has. Probably the simplest is to stay with what was original equipment in whatever application you're looking at.
Trivia time. How many people know that AC and Champion spark plugs are named after the same man? In about 1910, when the automotive business was in its infancy, a man named Albert Champion started manufacturing spark plugs and brand named them "AC" for his initials. He then sold out to Buick, which is why to this day GM uses AC plugs.
Mr. Champion then began another company manufacturing spark plugs and named them "Champion" after his last name.
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