[perl4ever]

>mass market reliable cars from 2008-2015 that come with zero “electronic bits”

Cars with zero electronic bits other than the radio? Like what models? Cars from the 1980s that come to my mind were extensively computerized.

After I checked the history, it appears that electronic (vs. mechanical) fuel injection came into vogue starting around 1980.

I have a late 80s car, that while primitive in many ways has lots of computers, which can have solder joints fail, so electronics repair is becoming a part of maintaining a "classic car".

(P.S. I am equating your use of "electronic" with "digital", but I think there may have been early examples of analog electronics - Bosch L-Jetronic for example)