Marques
The Jeep line runs from the Bantam, Willys and Ford prototypes of 1940 and the standardised Willys MB and Ford GPW of 1941–45 through the civilian CJ of 1945–1986 to the Wrangler since 1986, with the Forward Control trucks of 1957–65, the full-size Wagoneer, Cherokee and Gladiator of 1963–91, the unibody Cherokee XJ and Comanche of 1984–2001 and the Gladiator JT since 2019. Willys-Overland, Kaiser, American Motors, Chrysler and Stellantis built them, all at Toledo, Ohio; Hotchkiss, Mahindra, Mitsubishi, VIASA, Ford do Brasil, Kia and Arab American Vehicles under licence abroad.
Difflocked · free browser gamePlay & customise vintage 4×4s →Race classic 4×4s, build your own and keep it in your garage. Free, in the browser.
All 5 Jeep marques by years in production, 1948 → today
The Civilian Jeep, 1945–86: the wartime Willys MB made into a farm vehicle as the CJ-2A and developed through the CJ-3A, CJ-3B, CJ-5, CJ-6, CJ-7 and CJ-8 under Willys-Overland, Kaiser and American Motors — about 1.6 million vehicles over 41 years, and the line the Wrangler continues.
The CJ’s successor since 1986: the leaf-sprung YJ of 1986–95, the coil-sprung TJ of 1996–2006, the JK of 2006–18 that added the four-door Unlimited, and the JL of 2018 onward with its Gladiator JT pick-up — all built at Toledo, Ohio, all with solid axles and a removable roof and doors.
The Wagoneer, Cherokee and Gladiator truck of 1963–91: Brooks Stevens’s full-size SJ body on a 110-inch wheelbase (and 120 and 126-inch trucks), with the Tornado overhead-cam six, Buick and AMC V8s, Quadra-Trac full-time four-wheel drive from 1973, and the Grand Wagoneer that ended the line.
The 1984–2001 compact Cherokee: a unibody four-wheel drive on a 101.4-inch wheelbase with coil-sprung solid front axle, the 2.5-litre four and the 4.0-litre six, about 2.9 million built in Toledo and abroad; the Comanche MJ of 1986–92 was its pick-up.
The Jeep FC-150 and FC-170 of 1957–65: Brooks Stevens’s cab-over trucks on CJ-5 and Willys truck running gear, with the Hurricane four and the Super Hurricane six, about 30,000 built for farms, utilities and the US Army.
