Q: In the early 1970s, Ford and General Motors began offering cars equipped with airbags, initially in government fleet purchased Chevrolet automobiles. GM's Oldsmobile Toronado was the first domestic vehicle to include a passenger airbag. The automaker discontinued the option for its 1977 model year, citing lack of consumer interest. Ford and GM then spent years lobbying against air-bag requirements, claiming that the devices were unfeasible and inappropriate. Chrysler made a driver-side airbag standard on 1988 -- 1989 models, but it was not until the early 1990s that airbags became widespread in American cars.\n\nBased on this passage, when did airbags become standard in u s?
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The relevant sentence in the passage is: Chrysler made a driver-side airbag standard on 1988 -- 1989 models, but it was not until the early 1990s that airbags became widespread in American cars. So the answer is the early 1990s.
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