Where is the Jeep now?

The General Motors Hummer and Chrysler Jeep have been waging battle in U.S. courts over the right to use seven slots in their respective radiator grills. Chrysler Jeep claims it has the exclusive rights to use the seven vertical slits since it is the sole remaining assignee of the various companies since Willys gave their postwar jeeps seven slots instead of Ford's nine-slot design for the Jeep. Jeep advertising has always emphasized the vehicle's off-road capabilities. Today, the Wrangler is one of the few remaining four-wheel-drive vehicles with solid front and rear axles. These axles are known for their durability, strength, and articulation. Another benefit of solid axle vehicles is they tend to be easier and cheaper to "lift" with aftermarket suspension systems. In addition to higher ground clearance, many owners aim to increase suspension articulation or "flex" to give their Jeeps greatly improved off-road capabilities. Good suspension articulation keeps all four wheels in contact with the ground and maintains traction. The Jeep has and always advance and will stay at the top of the list for what they can do.

Depression era for the Willy's

 In1926, production of the Overland ended and was replaced by the Whippet brand of small cars. Following the stock-market crash of 1929 and the economic depression that soon followed, a number of Willys automotive brands began to falter. Stearns-Knight was liquidated in 1929. Whippet production ended in 1931, its models replaced by the Willys Six and Eight. Production of the Willys-Knight ended in 1933. This brought a time were people were laid off, because there was no need for anymore vehicles. The average person could not afford to buy about anything when this deep time happened. In 1936 the Willys-Overland Motor Company was reorganized as Willys-Overland Motors. In the 1920s and 1930s, Willys was an unremarkable automaker based in Ohio of dozens in the U.S. However In 1937 Willys came out with a redesigned four which featured a semi-streamlined body with a slanted windshield, headlamps integrally embedded into the fenders and a one-piece, extremely rounded hood transversely hinged at the rear.This would bring them to the top of the list in engineering for the time being.

Timeline for the Willys's Jeep

1910: John North Willys starts constructing what will become the Jeep Parkway plant in Toledo.
1912: Willys-Overland Motor Co. ranks as the second-largest automaker behind Ford Motor Co. and has 15,000 employees by 1915, making it Toledo’s largest employer.
1928: Jeep Parkway plant reaches an employment peak of 23,000 people, who work in a 7-million-square-foot facility that includes more than 90 buildings and covers 119 acres.
1941: Production of military Jeeps begins, and about 363,000 are assembled at Jeep Parkway during World War II. Trailers, 155mm shells, aircraft parts, rockets, and other military equipment also are made at the factory during the war
1945: First civilian Jeep, the CJ-2A and a predecessor of the Jeep Wrangler, is produced at the Jeep Parkway plant. Station wagons, pickups, the sporty Jeepster car, and sport utility vehicles eventually follow.
1953: A Kaiser-Frazer Corp. subsidiary buys Willys-Overland Motors Inc. and changes its name to Willys Motors Inc.
1954: Jeep Parkway plant builds its 5 millionth vehicle.
1969: Kaiser Jeep is sold to American Motors Corp. for $70 million. The plant is renamed Jeep Corp.
1983: Production of the Jeep Cherokee and its twin, Wagoneer, begins.
1983-2013: Every year new models come out and buisness has been better than ever.

Interesting facts

     As tensions were heightening around the world in the late 1930s, the US Army asked American automobile manufacturers to tender suggestions to replace its existing, aging light motor vehicles, mostly motorcycles and sidecars. The willys changed everything by making the best 4x4 vehicle ever made. This car put a advantage by letting the United States letting them move were ever they need to go. During WWII Jeeps were coming out of the Willys and Ford Plants at rate of one jeep per one and a half minutes and by the end of the war over 700,000 had been built. The Americans had so many Jeeps that some German soldiers believed each America GI got his own Jeep as standard issue. The origin of the name "Jeep" has many interesting theories. Ford named it a general-purpose vehicle, or GP for short that when slurred together sounds like "Jeep."

Why the Willy's is important

   The Willy's jeep changed the hisotry of the military transportation, and how the military won their battles. The Willys revolutionized where a huge amount of soilders could be drop off, and would be able to return safely. The Willys were used from personel vehicles all the way to Medical vehicles. It changed the way vehicles were made throughout the world. Now a days you can not even find a newer car that does not have 4x4. The Willys did not define speed, but they could go any where you put them. They were used as quick military defense, because you could go anywhere and it had a gun on it. They have been used in every war up to the Vietnam war, because then the Willy's has been taken over by Jeep. The new Jeeps have all the same herittage from the Willys. Thats why the Willy's is so important to the revolutionary to Military transportation.

What was the Willy?

    The Willy's jeep was created in World War ll, so the militatry personals could go to the places they need. It was created by Karl Pobts who was the lead desiner for the Willy's and Outlands motor vehicle company. They were the very first 4x4 vehicles that could go about any where they need to. There top speed was 50 mph and the four wheel low was at 2 mph. They were started in the 1930's just for the United states military. They were used in World War ll, Vietnam, and then they were started for civilian use. They were also used in India when they were in a huge war for transportation. They were used from the 1930's to 1950. It was the first mass-produced 4x4 civilian vehicles. This changed the way people could drive, and they took it to the next level.