Question: The Ford Fusion competes with a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and since what year?
Context: The Chevrolet Opala was a Brazilian mid-size car sold under the Chevrolet brand in South America from 1969 to 1992, by General Motors do Brasil.  It was derived from the German Opel Rekord Series C, Opel Commodore Series A, but used USA-sourced engines and Holden styling.  Two four-cylinder engines: the Chevrolet 153ci 4-cylinder from Chevy II/Nova, which later got a new crankshaft stroke and cylinder bore, changing its size to 151ci (usually mistaken for the Pontiac Iron Duke engine), and the six-cylinder 250 from the contemporary line of North American car/light truck production.  GM manufactured about one million units including the Opala sedan, Opala Coupé, and the station wagon variant, the Opala Caravan.  It was replaced by the Chevrolet Omega in 1992, also an Opel spinoff.  It was the first passenger car built by GM in Brazil by the General Motors do Brasil division.  A luxury version of the Opala was marketed as the Chevrolet Diplomata. The Nissan Altima (Japanese: 日産・アルティマ ) is a mid-size car which has been manufactured by Nissan since 1992.  It is a continuation of the Nissan Bluebird line, which began in 1957.  The Nissan Altima mainly competes against cars such as Chevrolet's Malibu, Ford's Fusion, Honda's Accord, Hyundai's Sonata, Mazda's Mazda6, Subaru's Legacy, Kia's Optima, Toyota's Camry and Volkswagen's Passat. The Suzuki Kizashi is a mid-size car manufactured by Japanese automaker Suzuki.  It was unveiled in the United States on July 30, 2009.  The Kizashi went on sale in Japan on October 21, 2009, in North America on December 1, 2009, and in Australia and New Zealand on May 11, 2010.  It is the first mid-size Suzuki automobile sold in the Australian market.  In February 2011, the Kizashi became available to the Indian market.  The car was also available on European markets. The Honda Civic is a line of small cars manufactured by Honda.  Originally a subcompact, the Civic has gone through several generational changes, becoming both larger and more upmarket and moving into the compact car segment.  EPA guidelines for vehicle size class stipulate a car having combined passenger and cargo room of 110 to is considered a mid-size car, and as such the tenth generation Civic sedan is technically a small-end mid-size car, although it still competes in the compact class.  The Civic coupe is still considered a compact car.  The Civic currently falls between the Honda Fit and Honda Accord. The Daewoo Tosca is a mid-size car designed by Daewoo in South Korea and marketed by Chevrolet as the Chevrolet Epica and Chevrolet Tosca, while Holden marketed it as the Holden Epica.  Codenamed "V250", it replaces the Daewoo Magnus and its derivatives.  The Chevrolet Epica was officially launched in Europe at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show.  The Tosca is noteworthy in that it is available with transversely-mounted straight-six engines.  Contrary to the preceding models ("V100" Leganza and "V200" Magnus), which were styled by Giugiaro, the "V250" was designed entirely in-house. The Ford Explorer Sport Trac, sometimes referred to as simply the Ford Sport Trac, is a mid-size pickup truck sold mostly in North America produced by Ford from 2000 through 2010.  The Sport Trac was based on the Ford Explorer SUV - not based on the compact Ford Ranger (North America) - because it was introduced when the Explorer and Ranger platforms diverged (Explorer's chassis was a heavy duty variant of the Ranger's).  The Sport Trac fell between the Ranger and Ford F-Series in Ford's truck lineup, based on capability and price.  It competed with other mid-size trucks and SUVs, such as the mid-size Honda Ridgeline and even the larger full-size Chevrolet Avalanche.  During its first year on sale in the U.S., there was a waiting list of over 3 months.  The Sport Trac was a Class 2 vehicle with a GVWR of 6250 lbs.  and a maximum GCWR of 12,000 lbs.  This made it one of the more and the then most capable mid-size pickups, having a greater GVWR and GCWR than the Dodge Dakota, GM's GMC Canyon/Chevrolet Colorado pickups and Toyota Tacoma. The Ford Fusion Hybrid is a gasoline-electric hybrid powered version of the mid-sized Ford Fusion sedan manufactured and marketed by Ford, now in its second generation.  A plug-in hybrid version, the Ford Fusion Energi, was released in the U.S. in February 2013. The Ford Mondeo is a mid-size or large family car manufactured by Ford from 1992 onwards.  The name comes from Latin "mundus", meaning "world".  The Mondeo was designed to be a "world car"; the North American models were marketed as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique until 2000, and as the Ford Fusion from 2013 onwards. The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and since 1997.  The Malibu began as a trim-level of the Chevrolet Chevelle, becoming its own model line in 1978.  Originally a rear-wheel-drive intermediate, GM revived the Malibu nameplate as a front-wheel-drive car in 1997. The Ford Fusion is a four-door, five passenger mid-size sedan manufactured and marketed by Ford across three generations in gasoline and gas/electric hybrid variants.  Introduced for model year 2006, the Fusion is manufactured at Ford's Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly plant along with its rebadged variant the Lincoln MKZ — and formerly with its now discontinued rebadged variant, the Mercury Milan, all sharing the CD3 platform.  The Ford Fusion mainly competes against cars such as the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry and Volkswagen Passat.
Answer: 1997