Previous page Next page Bottom Top One level up Home

Jeep

Webpages concerning "Jeep"

Jeep Class Action SuitRanking
Class action lawyers in San Diego, La Jolla, and Chicago have recently filed class action suits against DaimlerChrysler. You may be entitled to relief. Visit our website for more information.
Details + Preview
http://www.gtelaw.com/jeepclassaction
Keywords:
current, class, action, lawsuits, class, action, lawyers, san, diego, daimler, chrysler, class, action, damlerchrysler complaints, jeep grand cherokee, jeep cherokee, jeep wrangler, class action suits, class action lawsuits, class, action, suits, for, jeep

http://www.gtelaw.com/jeepclassaction

Jeep Grand CherokeeRanking
Details + Preview
http://hometown.aol.com/wheelerlgn/myhomepage/rant.html
Keywords:
Easy Designer, Cool Home Pages, AOL Hometown

http://hometown.aol.com/wheelerlgn/myhomepage/rant.html

www.jeepers.co.nzRanking
Details + Preview
http://www.jeepers.co.nz

http://www.jeepers.co.nz

Help building the largest human-edited directory of the web
Suggest URL - Open Directory Project - Become an editor
directopedia.org uses links and structure from dmoz Open Directory Project.
The contents has been generating using technology developed by scientec.

Wikipedia-Article "Jeep"

You may be looking for Jeep CJ, Jeep Wrangler and Willys MB.


Jeep Logo

Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of DaimlerChrysler. The marque, like all other Chrysler subsidaries, became part of DaimlerChrysler when Daimler-Benz merged with the Chrysler Corporation in 1998. Jeep, like Band-Aid and Xerox, is rapidly becoming a genericized trademark. Unlike Band-Aid and Xerox, however, jeep did not start out as a trademark. The term was first applied to, and continues to be associated with, a military vehicle, the Bantam GP, built by Willys-Overland (and later also by Ford Motor Company) for the United States Army during World War II. The term is also sometimes used to refer generically to what are now known as SUVs, whether the vehicle in question bears the Jeep nameplate or not. The army jeep was one of the vehicles that led to the SUV era of the 1980s.

A road that is only suitable for off-road vehicles is often called a jeep trail. The most famous is perhaps Black Bear Road, made famous in the song of the same name by C.W. McCall.

Contents

[edit]

History

[edit]

The origin of the term jeep

The origin of the name "jeep" is unclear. Popular notion has it that the vehicle bore the designation "GP" (for "General Purpose"), which was phonetically slurred into the word jeep. R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, disputes this, saying that the vehicle was designed for specific duties, was never referred to as "General Purpose," and that the name may have been derived from Ford's nomenclature referring to the vehicle as GP (G for government-use, and P to designate its wheelbase size). "General purpose" does appear in connection with the vehiclein the WW2 TM 9-803 manual, which describes the vehicle as "... a general purpose, personnel, or cargo carrier especially adaptable for reconnaisance or command, and designated as 1/4-ton 4x4 Truck", and the vehicle is also designated a "GP" in TM 9-2800, Standard Military Motor Vehicles, 1 September, 1943, but whether the average jeep-driving GI would have would have been familiar with either of these manuals is open to debate.

However, many (including Ermey) claim that the more likely origin is a reference to a character from the Thimble Theater (Popeye) comic strip known as Eugene the Jeep. Eugene the Jeep was a dog-like character who could walk through walls and ceilings, climb trees, fly, and just about go anywhere it wanted; it is thought that soldiers at the time were so impressed with the new vehicle's versatility that they informally named it after the character.

[edit]

The origins of the vehicle: the first jeep

The first prototype was built for the Department of the Army by American Bantam, followed by two other competing prototypes produced by Ford and Willys-Overland. The American Bantam Car Company actually built and designed the vehicle that first met the Army's criteria, but the Army felt that the company was to small to supply the number needed and it allowed Willys and Ford to make second attempts on their designs after seeing Bantam's vehicle in action. It is even thought that Ford and Willys had access to Bantam's technical paperwork. Quantities (1500) of each of the three models were then extensively field tested. During the bidding process for 16,000 "jeeps", Willys-Overland offered the lowest bid and won the initial contract. Willys thus designed what would become the standardized jeep, designating it a model MB military vehicle and building it at their plant in Toledo, Ohio.

Willys was a small company and the military was concerned about their ability to produce large quantities of the vehicle. They were also concerned about only having one manufacturing facility for producing the vehicle and being susceptible to sabotauge. Based on these two concerns the U.S. government allowed jeeps to be built by the Ford Motor Company, who designated the vehicle as model GPW' (G indicated a governmental vehicle, P indicated the wheelbase, and W refferd to the Willys design). Combined production by Willys and Ford under the direction of Charles E Sorensen, Vice-President of Ford during World War II, produced more than 600,000 vehicles.

The jeep was widely copied in countries other than the United States, such as in France by Hotchkiss and in the Netherlands by Nekaf. There were several different versions created such as a railway jeep and an amphibious jeep. As part of the war effort, Jeeps were supplied to the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

In the United States military, the jeep has been supplanted by the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ("Humvee").

Bantan Car / Jeep Jeep History... More History... Pre-WWII History...

[edit]

The Jeep marque

A division of DaimlerChrysler, the most recent successor company to Willys, now holds trademark status on the word "Jeep" and the distinctive 7-bar front grille design.

The marque has gone through many owners, starting in 1941 with Willys, which produced the first Civilian Jeep (CJ). Willys was sold to Kaiser in 1953, which became Kaiser-Jeep in 1963. American Motors bought the company in 1970. The Chrysler Corporation bought out AMC in 1987, shortly after the Jeep CJ was replaced with the AMC-designed Jeep Wrangler or YJ. Finally, Chrysler merged with Daimler-Benz in 1998 to form DaimlerChrysler.

Jeep vehicles are also produced in Beijing, China, by Beijing Jeep Corporation, Ltd., a joint venture between Beijing Automobile Industry Corporation, DaimlerChrysler and DaimlerChrysler China Invest Corporation, established on January 15, 1984.

Jeep vehicles have "model designations" in addition to their common names. Nearly every civilian Jeep has a 'xJ' designation, though not all are as well-known as the classic CJ.

[edit]

Jeep lineup


A subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Jeep road car timeline, 1945-present [edit]
Type 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Traditional CJ-2A CJ-3A CJ-3B CJ-7/8 Wrangler YJ Wrangler TJ TK
CJ-5/6
CJ-10
Crossover Compass
Patriot
Mid SUV VJ C101 C104 Cherokee/Wagoneer XJ Liberty KJ
Large SUV Wagoneer/Cherokee SJ G Wagoneer G Cherokee G Cherokee G Cherokee
Commander
Pickup Gladiator Honcho Comanche
Truck Forward Control
[edit]

Historical models

Historical Jeep models:

[edit]

Current models

The Jeep brand currently produces three models:

    • TJ - The current Wrangler (includes Rubicon models).
    • LJ - The Unlimited Wrangler, with a 10" longer wheelbase and 15" longer overall (includes Unlimited Rubicon models).
    • TK - The upcoming version of the Wrangler, to be released as a 2007 model.
    • TKL - The long wheelbase, 4-door version of the 2007 Wrangler TK.
  • Jeep Grand Cherokee - large family-oriented SUV.
    • WK - The newest Grand Cherokee, 2006-present ("WK" is the designator for the new Grand Cherokee, it is one of the few non-J-designated Jeeps).
  • Jeep Liberty - KJ - A small SUV (called Cherokee outside North America).
  • Jeep Commander - XK - Newest model in the Jeep line, it is a seven passenger SUV.
[edit]

Future models

[edit]

See also

[edit]

External links



A subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler Jeep road car timeline, 1945-present [edit]
Type 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Traditional CJ-2A CJ-3A CJ-3B CJ-7/8 Wrangler YJ Wrangler TJ TK
CJ-5/6
CJ-10
Crossover Compass
Patriot
Mid SUV VJ C101 C104 Cherokee/Wagoneer XJ Liberty KJ
Large SUV Wagoneer/Cherokee SJ G Wagoneer G Cherokee G Cherokee G Cherokee
Commander
Pickup Gladiator Honcho Comanche
Truck Forward Control


Members and holdings of DaimlerChrysler :
Mercedes Car Group: Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) | Maybach | Mercedes-Benz | smart
Chrysler Group: Chrysler Corporation | Dodge | Jeep | Plymouth (discontinued in 2001) | Eagle (discontinued in 1998)
Commercial Vehicle Brands: Freightliner | Mercedes-Benz | Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation | Setra | Sterling Trucks | Western Star
Participations in: EADS (30.17%) | Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (85%) | Freightliner | McLaren Group (40%)
This article is based on the article "Jeep" from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. Here you find the list of authors of this article. The article can only edited within Wikipedia. Edit this article in Wikipedia.