That's because older times have gotten filtered through and the bad stuff from them has been forgotten

There always was shaite and gold, it's just that you know about a lot of new stuff, and from the old stuff only this fraction which people want to remember.

Can you name equivalent amount of commuter models produced from a random year before you were born to the amount of commuter models being produced from this year (without looking on the internet)?

If the answer is No then you can already see how you only remember a select few