The legendary JEEP WILLYS
The Willys MB is a four-wheel drive off- road vehicle, which was developed and manufactured by the American company Willys-Overland Motors . Its design was not based on any other type of vehicle, being conceived in response to a call made in 1941 by the US military high command, in order to provide its troops with a light, all-wheel drive vehicle, for the transport of soldiers along the battle front, on any type of terrain. Despite having met the requirements of the contest and having won the tender for its production, Willys had very limited production capacity due to having suffered the onslaught of the Great Depression , so the license was extended to the company. Ford Motor Company to collaborate with the production of the same vehicle, emerging from this collaboration the Ford GPW , twin of the Willys MB.
The presentation of the Willys MB marked a milestone in the global automotive industry, inaugurating a segment from which the Willys Jeep emerged years later, a commercial version of the MB and which, over time, gave shape to a new automobile concept that was precisely baptized as a jeep.
The Willys MB is a four-wheel drive off- road vehicle, which was developed and manufactured by the American company Willys-Overland Motors . Its design was not based on any other type of vehicle, being conceived in response to a call made in 1941 by the US military high command, in order to provide its troops with a light, all-wheel drive vehicle, for the transport of soldiers along the battle front, on any type of terrain. Despite having met the requirements of the contest and having won the tender for its production, Willys had very limited production capacity due to having suffered the onslaught of the Great Depression , so the license was extended to the company. Ford Motor Company to collaborate with the production of the same vehicle, emerging from this collaboration the Ford GPW , twin of the Willys MB.
The presentation of the Willys MB marked a milestone in the global automotive industry, inaugurating a segment from which the Willys Jeep emerged years later, a commercial version of the MB and which, over time, gave shape to a new automobile concept that was precisely baptized as a jeep.
The Willys MB is a four-wheel drive off- road vehicle, which was developed and manufactured by the American company Willys-Overland Motors . Its design was not based on any other type of vehicle, being conceived in response to a call made in 1941 by the US military high command, in order to provide its troops with a light, all-wheel drive vehicle, for the transport of soldiers along the battle front, on any type of terrain. Despite having met the requirements of the contest and having won the tender for its production, Willys had very limited production capacity due to having suffered the onslaught of the Great Depression , so the license was extended to the company. Ford Motor Company to collaborate with the production of the same vehicle, emerging from this collaboration the Ford GPW , twin of the Willys MB.
The presentation of the Willys MB marked a milestone in the global automotive industry, inaugurating a segment from which the Willys Jeep emerged years later, a commercial version of the MB and which, over time, gave shape to a new automobile concept that was precisely baptized as a jeep.
The Willys MB is a four-wheel drive off- road vehicle, which was developed and manufactured by the American company Willys-Overland Motors . Its design was not based on any other type of vehicle, being conceived in response to a call made in 1941 by the US military high command, in order to provide its troops with a light, all-wheel drive vehicle, for the transport of soldiers along the battle front, on any type of terrain. Despite having met the requirements of the contest and having won the tender for its production, Willys had very limited production capacity due to having suffered the onslaught of the Great Depression , so the license was extended to the company. Ford Motor Company to collaborate with the production of the same vehicle, emerging from this collaboration the Ford GPW , twin of the Willys MB.
The presentation of the Willys MB marked a milestone in the global automotive industry, inaugurating a segment from which the Willys Jeep emerged years later, a commercial version of the MB and which, over time, gave shape to a new automobile concept that was precisely baptized as a jeep.