Jeep

A multipurpose utility vehicle originally produced for the United States military during World War II.  After the war, it became a civilian sport-utility vehicle.  Jeep later (and currently) has been a brand of sport-utility vehicles, currently owned and produced by Chrysler.  The familiar shape of the "original" Jeeps can be seen on Jeep's modern Wrangler model and styling from the original Jeeps have inspired an entire line of all-terrain vehicles and SUVs (and at one time a pickup truck) under the Jeep marque.  The most notable of these features is the seven vertical slot grille.

The Jeep marque passed ownership from Willys to American Motors Corporation (AMC) to its current owner, Chrysler.

Some of the design elements of the Jeep also carried over into General Motors' Hummer brand.  During the time that the military was replacing their Jeep-based vehicles with the HMMWV (Humvee), they contracted AM General, at the time affilited with American Motors Corporation, to do part of the design work.  The result was a Jeep-inspired seven vertical-slot grille.  This was originally a bit of design homage to the original Jeeps, however, once the civilian HMMWV, the Hummer H1, was produced and sold as a General Motors vehicle and smaller Hummer models were designed to resemble the H1, which itself had design elements of the Jeep, Jeep owner and GM competitor Chrysler filed a lawsuit.  The lawsuit was resolved without General Motors having to change the design of the Hummer line.

A Jeep is mentioned in the Tim McGraw song Down on the Farm in the line, "Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a Jeep."

Subtopics Jeep as a Marque Military Vehicles:  Ford GPW, United States Army M38 Civilian Vehicles:  Willys CJ-2A, ;Willys CJ-3A, Jeep CJ-5, Jeep CJ-6, Jeep CJ-7, Jeep Wrangler Ford Reconnaissance Cars Join the Army (1941 film) Autobiography of a Jeep (1943 film) Page Sections Images Merchandise Article Index

Images

	Public domain clip art image from WP Clipart View Jeep Clipart - 6KB
	Photo courtesy of Image*After View photo of the US Army Jeep - 872KB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.7MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.2MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.2MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.0MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.3MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 2.4MB
	World War II-era Jeep Photo ©2014 Bill Crittenden View photo of World War II-era Jeep - 3.5MB

Merchandise

Type & Item #	Name	Details
Model Kit MPC 785/12	World War II Jeep