What the other guy said, but that's also why I said "circa" instead of an exact date. The reason Camcords and Corollics became ubiquitous was their reputation f

What the other guy said, but that's also why I said "circa" instead of an exact date. The reason Camcords and Corollics became ubiquitous was their reputation for consistently lasting, on no more than the manufacturer-recommended maintenance schedule and a warranty repair or two, past the 100k mile marker without throwing a head gasket or rusting away. Nowadays that's the minimum we expect (even for bargain-basement Korean subcompacts,* exotic Porsche sports cars or bleeding-edge high-technology computer-controlled Teslas), but >25 years ago it was virtually unheard of outside the Japanese brands. *The Hyundai Excel and Pony had such poor reputations for reliability that their brand image still remains somewhat tarnished in the US, while the Daewoo brand had to be retired in North America/Europe entirely (I believe some of their models are now sold as Chevys).