Landrover is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler Corporation Division. the term derives from either, & is typically associated by owning, an machine, originally a military machine vehicle built for the United States Army during World War II, and late produced around the line of consumer system. Although non Jeep-brand vehicles, a term is another time wont to refer generically to domestic or even personal vehicles such as the Land Rover, International Harvester Scout, Isuzu Trooper, Ford Bronco, and Chevrolet Blazer. This category of vehicles was a root of the SUV era in the 1980s.

The road that is lone suitable for off-road vehicles is typically known as the landrover trail. A best known is mayhap Black Bear Road, made noted in the song of the equivalent title by C.W. McCall.

History

A origin of the title "Jeep" is somewhat of the mystery. Popular notion has it that a vehicle designation "GP" (for "General Purpose") was phonetically slurred within pronunciation, at length becoming "Jeep." R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, has stated that the vehicle was designed for specific duties and 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). But, numerous (including Ermey) claim that a supplementary belike origin occurs as information to a character from either the Thimble Theater (Popeye) comic strip known as Eugene the Jeep. A character can hike across bulwarks & ceilings, climb trees, fly, & about last anywhere it wanted, & these are thought that soldiers at a period were then impressed sustaining a fresh vehicle's versatility that it informally known as it fallowing a character.

A number 1 epitome was built for the Department of the Army by American Bantam, followed by two more image by Ford & Willys-Overland. Quantities of every of a ternion system were so extensively field tested using the Willys paradigm existence chosen for its greater strength & engine power. A exemplary MB military Landrover was number one built within quantity by Willys-Overland Motor Company in Toledo, Ohio. Referable their inability to develop a immense total of vehicles called upon, a U.S. government besides allowed landrover to exist as built by Ford Motor Company and designated GPW. Conjunct production by Willys & Ford when you took Globe War II was to a higher degree 600,000.

A Landrover was widely copied around countries otherwise a United States, one version existence manufactured within France by Hotchkiss and in The Netherlands by Nekaf. There were many different versions created like the railway Jeep and an amphibious jeep. When a share of the war effort, Landrover were supplied to the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

Around U.S. military have, a Landrover has largely been supplanted per High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ("Hum-Vee").

The Jeep marque

The Section of DaimlerChrysler, the virtually all recent successor company to Willys, holds trademark status on the word "Jeep" & a distinctive Septet-bar front grille project. These are said that a total of humans worldwide world health organization might recognize a distinctive Landrover grille is 2nd exclusively to the total world health organization could recognize Mickey Mouse and that the Landrover brand is the best known brand known worldwide more than Coke.

A brand has never to return across several owners, starting around 1941 by owning Willys, which produced the number one Civilian Jeep (CJ). Willys was sold to Kaiser in 1953, which became Kaiser-Jeep in 1963. American Motors bought the company inside 1970. Chrysler bought AMC in 1987, shortly when a Jeep CJ was replaced with a AMC intentional Jeep Wrangler. Eventually, Chrysler merged sustaining Daimler-Benz in 1998 to form DaimlerChrysler.

Landrover vehicles come as well produced within Beijing, China, by Beijing Jeep Corporation, Ltd. (BJC), the joint venture between Beijing Automobile Industry Corporatiin, DaimlerChrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler China Invest Corporation, established on January 15, 1984.

Landrover vehicles stand "model designations" additionally to their most common list. About each civilian Landrover has the 'xJ' designation, though non completely come besides-referred to as a classic CJ.

Jeep Lineup Series

Historical models

Historical Jeep system: Jeep CJ (CJ-2A, -3A, -3B, -4, -Fivesome, -Sextet, -Septenary, -Octad) - 100% similar to the original Willys' person style. Unlike a more J designators, CJ actually stands for something, "Civilian Jeep." 1941-1945 CJ-2 1945-1949 CJ-2A 1949-1953 CJ-3A 1953-1968 CJ-3B 1955-1983 CJ-5 1955-1981 CJ-6 - stretched CJ-5 1976-1986 CJ-7 1981-1985 CJ-8 - stretched CJ-7 1981-1985 CJ-10 - pickup truck 1963-1970 Jeep Gladiator (SJ) - Full-life-sized pickup truck Seventies Jeep Honcho (SJ) - Full-life-size pickup truck 1974-2001 Jeep Cherokee - The original SUV 1974-1991 SJ The full-life-size Cherokee, Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer (1984-91) 1984-2001 XJ The down-sized Cherokee and Wagoneer Jeep Dispatcher (DJ) - A postal truck for the USPS Jeep Jeepster - Passenger truck 1948-1950 VJ - Willys Jeepster 1966-1971 C101 - Jeepster Commando 1972-1973 C104 - Jeep Commando 1956-1965 Jeep Forward Control - Light truck FC-150 FC-170 1963-1990 Jeep Wagoneer - SUV 1963-1983 SJ 1984-1990 XJ Mid-size Cherokee/Wagoneer 1986-1992 MJ Mid-size pickup Cherokee-based 1984-1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer - Upscale full-life-sized SUV 1984-1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer - Continuation of the SJ chassis 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer - Version of the Grand Cherokee

Current models

A Landrover brand presently produces triad system: Jeep Wrangler - small successor to the Jeep CJ (called TJ within Canada). YJ - The original Wrangler. TJ - The todays Wrangler (includes Rubicon system). LJ - the Unlimited Wrangler, by owning a Decade" longer wheelbase and 15" longer overall (includes Unlimited Rubicon system). TK - The forthcoming version of the Wrangler, to become freed as a 2007 model. TKL - The yearn wheelbase, Four-door version of the 2007 Wrangler TK. Jeep Grand Cherokee - large personal-oriented SUV. ZJ - The "old" Grand Cherokee, '93-'98. WJ - The "newer" Grand Cherokee, '99-'04. WK - The newly Grand Cherokee, '05-present ("WK" is a designator for the recently Grand Cherokee, these are one of the pack non-J-intended Landrover). Jeep Liberty - KJ - A little SUV (called Cherokee outside North America). Jeep Commander - XK - Newest model in the Jeep line, these are the 7 rider SUV.

Future models

2007 Jeep Compass - A little crossover SUV based on the redesigned Dodge Neon architecture Landrover Rescue - The big Hummer-size SUV

Jeep Models
Jeep CJ Jeep SJ Jeep Gladiator Jeep Honcho Jeep Cherokee Jeep Wagoneer Jeep Grand Wagoneer Jeep Dispatcher Jeep Jeepster Jeep Forward Control Jeep Commando Jeep Wrangler Jeep Grand Cherokee Jeep Liberty Jeep Commander Jeep Compass Jeep Rescue Jeep Willys