And before that, in 1980, a hatchet job on the Jeep, must have been the CJ-7 both because of the date and how difficult it was for them to roll it, even using robot drivers that manipulated the steering wheel twice as fast as a human can while gunning the engine.

There was plenty of less overt stuff in the '70s. Then you might mosey through this list, which only has the worst of the worst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes#Controversies

Per that, it took 15 years for Audi sales to recover.

It would be interesting to see if anyone associated with the show has made money of this - surely if you know, a week or two before it airs, of a piece that's going to destroy the reputation of a company then you can trade on that to great effect.