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    Jeep is an American brand of sport utility vehicles and trucks. The original Jeep was the Bantam BRC prototype, which led to the Willys MB Jeeps that went into mass production in 1941 for military use. Jeeps became the primary light 4-wheel drive vehicle for the U.S. Army and Allies in World War 2. The first civilian Jeep models were produced in 1945. Jeep is now owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and their current lineup consists solely of SUVs and off-road vehicles.

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    Jeep is an American brand of sport utility vehicles and trucks. The original Jeep was the Bantam BRC prototype, which led to the Willys MB Jeeps that went into mass production in 1941 for military use. Jeeps became the primary light 4-wheel drive vehicle for the U.S. Army and Allies in World War 2. The first civilian Jeep models were produced in 1945. Jeep is now owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and their current lineup consists solely of SUVs and off-road vehicles.

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    Jeep is an American brand of sport utility vehicles and trucks. The original Jeep was the Bantam BRC prototype, which led to the Willys MB Jeeps that went into mass production in 1941 for military use. Jeeps became the primary light 4-wheel drive vehicle for the U.S. Army and Allies in World War 2. The first civilian Jeep models were produced in 1945. Jeep is now owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and their current lineup consists solely of SUVs and off-road vehicles.

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    Jeep

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    For the original World War II Jeep, see Bantam BRC-40.


    For other uses, see Jeep (disambiguation).
    "General Purpose" redirects here. For other uses, see General purpose (disambiguation).

    Jeep

    Type

    Division

    Industry

    Automobile

    Founded

    1941[1]

    Headquarters

    US

    Area served

    Worldwide

    Key people

    Michael Manley (CEO

    of Jeep division)

    Sergio Marchionne (CEO

    Products

    Sport utility vehicles

    Owners

    FCA US LLC

    Parent

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

    Slogan

    I live. I ride. I am Jeep.

    of FCA US LLC)

    I bought a Jeep (Australia)

    Website

    www.jeep.com

    Jeep is a brand of American automobiles that is a division of FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Group, LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.[2][3] The
    former Chrysler Corporation acquired the Jeep brand, along with the remaining assets of its owner American Motors, in 1987. Jeep's current product range consists solely
    of sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles, but has also included pickup trucks in the past.

    The original Jeep was the prototype Bantam BRC. Willys MB Jeeps went into production in 1941[1] specifically for the military, arguably making them the oldest four-wheel drive
    mass-production vehicles now known asSUVs.[4] The Jeep became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the United States Army and the Allies during World War II, as well
    as the postwar period. The term became common worldwide in the wake of the war. Doug Stewart notes:

    The spartan, cramped, and unstintingly functional jeep became the ubiquitous World War II four-wheeled personification of Yankee ingenuity and cocky, can-do
    determination."[5]
    The first civilian models were produced in 1945.[6] It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover.[7][8] Many Jeep variants serving similar military
    and civilian roles have since been designed in other nations.
    Contents
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    1 Development

    1.1 Bantam Reconnaissance Car

    1.2 Willys MA and Ford GP

    2 Origin of the name

    3 World War II Jeeps

    4 Post-war military Jeeps

    4.1 The CJ-V35/U

    4.2 The M715

    5 The Jeep brand

    6 Off-road abilities

    7 Ownership

    8 Jeep model list

    8.1 Historical and military models

    8.2 Jeep Forward Control, Jeep Jeepster, & Jeep FJ

    8.3 Jeep CJ

    8.4 Jeep DJ

    8.5 Jeep SJ

    8.6 Jeep Cherokee (XJ)

    8.7 Jeep Comanche

    8.8 Jeep Wrangler

    8.9 ZJ, WJ, and WK models

    8.10 XK models

    8.11 KJ models

    8.12 Current models

    9 Future Models

    9.1 Concept vehicles

    10 Jeeps around the world

    11 Jeep apparel and sponsorships

    12 See also

    13 References

    14 External links

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