Sports cars: History of Jeep

Today in our blog dedicated to the engine the American signature appears Jeep, mark specializing in the manufacture of todoterrenos, it gave his first steps constructing the most remembered military vehicle of all the times, the Jeep Willys.

Jeep; the United States. His head office is located in Toledo, Ohio.
Founded in 1941 by Willys-Overland. Today it is part of Chrysler.
Emblematic models: Willys, CJ-3, CJ-4, CJ-7, CJ-8, Wrangler, Cherokee, Wagoneer …
Models in production: Wrangler Unlimited, Liberty, Compass, Comander, J8, Grand Cherokee, Cherokee Sport and Patriot.

In 1940 the American army summoned a contest for the manufacture of a small military, very agile vehicle, of easy repair, very resistant and with capacity for todoterreno. The above mentioned contest gained a small-scale enterprise called Bantam, to which, and after a few dark maneuvers he was snatched in favor of the giant Ford and Willys. The small military vehicle was baptized by the name of MB, although unceremoniously there was called he a Jeep. As soon as the war was finished, Willys Overland decided to adapt his vehicles to the civil life and continue this way with the production.

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There was created a new society called Kaiser Jeep Corporation, which would be the manager of developing the new vehicles for civil use. The changes in the vehicle were minimal, the street Jeep kept on counting; with a very austere interior, his characteristic round lighthouses, his rigid axes rested on elastic tapes, an engine of four cylinders on front position slightly antiquated but very economic and his entire haulage engranable with transference box.

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The versions Jeepster appeared, of much more sports design and Pickup. The signature raised then the development of a finished scale of vehicles. Versions appeared with automatic change, with different motorizaciones and new finished. The Jeep, under the denomination CJ (Civil Jeep), they turned into the todoterrenos excellently. Under the control of American Motors there appear two of his most prolific families; the Cherokee and the enormous Wagoneer.

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Renault bought American Motors in an attempt of selling its own cars on the American market, the attempt did not work and sold the mark to Chrysler. From this moment, Jeep made a higher number of vehicles and replaced the CJ with the Wrangler, soon there threw the new generations of Grand Cherokee and of the Cherokee.

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