The Jeep brand has changed hands many times and is now the property of Chrysler's parent company Stellantis, but the brand was created by WIllys Overland immediately after World War II for the CJ-2A, ...

Of the three prototype jeep designs of 1940, the Willys-Overland fielded the most powerful engine, but that advantage was largely negated by it being in heaviest vehicle. Being well over the Army’s ...