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Jeep is an American automobile brand, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis. Jeep is part of Chrysler, who acquired the Jeep brand, along with other assets, from its previous owner, Ameri
Jeep dealership in Lynn, Massachusetts (2020)
Bantam's BRC 40, pictured in 1941
Ford Pygmy during testing at Camp Holabird, Maryland (c. 1940)
Dashboard of World War II era jeep in Imperial War Museum (2007)
Willys MB
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The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army truck, 1⁄4‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance, commonly known as the Willys Jeep, or simply Jeep, and sometimes referred to by its Stan
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…33.5 billion—slightly more than all of FCA (US). Prior to 1940 the term "jeep" had been used as U.S. Army slang for new recruits or vehicles, but the World War II "jeep" that went into production in 1941 specifically tied the name to this light military 4×4, arguably making them the oldest four-wheel drive mass-production…
Covered Willy's jeep Wings Over Wine Country 2007
A 1941 Bantam achieving total lift-off, loaded with a 3-man crew, and towing a 37mm anti-tank gun. "Flying Jeep" photos like this one inspired posters and perhaps the 'Leaping Lena' nickname.
Bantam's first prototype, shown in front of the already new for 1940, "light" half-ton, 4×4 Dodge VC-1 Command Car, graphically shows the radically new 1⁄4‑ton concept.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, here in his jeep in summer 1944, wrote that the jeep was "one of the six most vital" U.S. vehicles to win the war