The CJ-2A became the first consumer Jeep model in 1945. Farmers, contractors, and rural owners figured out quickly that if ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1940, the American Bantam Car Company of Butler, Pennsylvania constructed 62 quarter-ton, four-wheel-drive trucks.

The first vehicle of the brand we know as Jeep today was made in 1940, but back then, there was no Jeep slogan, because the Jeep was first and foremost a war vehicle, born from WWII. The 1940 Willys ...

One bright autumn morning in 1941, about 35 men gathered around four odd-looking little vehicles and two trucks on the post at Fort Bliss. The men were trying to get used to the new name of their ...

What’s in a name? People have debated the pronunciation of WWII icon Willys Jeep for decades, but the company that builds its direct descendant, the Jeep Wrangler, says, “Whatever you like. We’re good ...