Ford delivered GP-No. 1 to the US Army for tests Nov. 23, 1940 WWII Jeep production, 1940-45: Willys Overland, 362,894; Ford, 285,660; American Bantam, 2,676 Jeep's trademark vertical slotted grille ...

Learn about Jeep V-8 engines from the AMC 304 of the past to today’s 392 Hemi. Jeep fans have enjoyed all types of engines over the years, from inline-fours to diesels. A V-8 engine, however, always ...

Martin holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. Working full-time as an Avionics Technician on fighter jets, he travels using a variety of vehicles, to include: a Camaro ZL1, F-150 FX4, Jeep ...

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 ...

What began as a wartime necessity now drives through history with grit. Not comfort, but survival defined its early years. Through mud, snow, and combat zones, these machines proved their worth.

It would be easy to mistake the modern-day Jeep Wrangler for the direct descendant of original Willys MB 4×4 that served the Allies with astonishing versatility in the Second World War. In truth, ...

Jeep's origins famously date to the Second World War. In July 1941, just five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Willys-Overland Motor Company won a contract to build the Willys MB for the ...

The Jeep was made for war. In 1940, the impending U.S. involvement in World War II pushed the army to call for a new vehicle suited for battle. And so the Jeep, a works-in-progress vehicle, constantly ...

No other vehicle has served our country so well or carried the pride and history like the Jeep has. The tough little utilitarian vehicle was born in a time of world strife at the request of the U.S.

There seems to be some confusion on the engines used in Jeep vehicles over the last 68 years. A lot of it springs from the fact that different manufacturers produced engines of identical displacement ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

This week Jeep is putting on the big media launch of the Jeep Gladiator, and we’re there to take a first drive in the long-waited pickup. We say pickup but the model is actually a deft cross between ...