The term is not used in all countries, and outside North America the terms " off-road vehicle ", " four-wheel drive " or " four-by-four " ( abbreviated to " 4WD " or " 4x4 ") or simply use of the brand name to describe the vehicle like " Jeep " or " Land Rover " are more common.

AMC's four-wheel drive vehicles established the foundation for the modern SUV market segments, and " classic " Jeep models continue to be the benchmark in this field.

It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep.

* September 21-American Bantam deliver the first prototype BRC Quarter-Ton General Purpose Vehicle – the four-wheel drive Jeep, designed by Karl Probst.

The Jeep Wrangler is a compact four-wheel drive sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) and an off-road vehicle manufactured by American automaker Chrysler, under its Jeep marque – and now in its fourth generation.

Features available for the first time in a Jeep included Quadra-Drive II four-wheel drive, rear-seat DVD player and optional 5. 7 L Hemi V8.

According to the International Full Size Jeep Association, an " FSJ " is any vehicle produced in North America, carrying the " Jeep " nameplate, with 2 or 4 doors, in rear-or four-wheel drive, whose wheelbase does not exceed, nor is less than, and whose tread width is no more than nor less than.

During the 1960s, several European governments began cooperating on development of a vehicle known as the Europa Jeep, a lightweight, amphibious four-wheel drive vehicle that could be mass produced it use by various national military and government groups.

He went back once more to the Jeep and started the short drive to the hotel.

After WWII, Jeep began to experiment with new designs in the jeep including a model that could drive underwater.

* Jeep four wheel drive systems

At the age of seven, Senna first learned to drive a Jeep around his family's farm and gained the advantage of changing gears without the use of a clutch.

When offered a test drive of a Jeep by a car salesman who makes some homophobic comments, Stuart drives the car straight through the large window of the car dealership.

Like the older postal-service Jeep, the Grumman LLV features a right-handed driver's position, which is the opposite of the normal North American passenger automobiles, which is left-hand drive.

Mr. Hayfield simply ran a chain drive from the steering column in the centre to the steering relay mounted under the left-hand wing, as used on the Jeep.

* Jeep four wheel drive systems

The game lets Eggbert drive a Helicopter, a Glue Tank, a Jeep and a Skateboard.

The 4-wheel drive Willys Jeep Truck, introduced in 1947 by Willys-Overland Motors, was similar to the Willys Jeep Station Wagon and the VJ-2 and VJ-3 Willys Jeepster.

Rather than using AMC engines, the Torino was equipped with the overhead camshaft ( OHC ) straight-six Jeep Tornado engines that were originally developed by Kaiser Motors in 1963 for the new Jeep Gladiator pickups and Wagoneer four wheel drive vehicles.

The car was originally only offered with rear-wheel drive, thus limiting its appeal with traditional Jeep customers.

The original Jeep vehicle that first appeared as the prototype Bantam BRC became the primary light four-wheel-drive vehicle of the United States Army and Allies during World War II, as well as the postwar period.

The most widely-held theory is that the military designation of GP begat the term Jeep and holds that the vehicle bore the designation GP ( for Government Purposes or General Purpose ), which was phonetically slurred into the word jeep, in the same way that the contemporary HMMWV ( for High-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle ) has become known as the humvee.

An amphibious jeep, the model GPA, or " seep " ( Sea Jeep ) was built for Ford in modest numbers but it could not be considered a huge success — it was neither a good off-road vehicle nor a good boat.

A USPS mail truck | mail delivery vehicle made by Jeep

* 1989 Jeep Rubicon Wrangler: This vehicle was later put in production

* 2005 Jeep Hurricane: The 4-wheel steering system allows the vehicle to have both a zero turning circle, and " crab " sideways.

According to the transportation curator at the Henry Ford Museum, Robert Casey, the Jeep Cherokee ( XJ ) was the first true sport utility vehicle in the modern understanding of the term.

One such vehicle is the Jeep Comanche.

The Avrocar was proposed to the U. S. Army as a type of " flying Jeep " that could also serve as a proof-of-concept test vehicle for a later supersonic flying saucer designs, PV-704 and Weapon System 606A.

Up to this point, Chrysler-Plymouth outlets did not have a sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) to sell, and adding the Jeep line helped dealers offer customers a range of vehicles in a rapidly growing market segment.

AMC purchased Kaiser's Jeep utility vehicle operations in 1970 to complement their existing passenger car business.

Although it was not introduced until 1993, the Jeep Grand Cherokee was initially an AMC-developed vehicle.

Kia is currently designing a Kaiser Jeep M715-type vehicle named the KM450 for the South Korean Army on license from the U. S. Government.

* Jeep Hurricane, a 2005 concept vehicle

The Japanese military authorities commanded Toyota to make a similar vehicle but to not model the appearance on the American Jeep.

* 1951-In July 1951, Toyota's test driver Ichiro Taira drove the next generation of the Jeep BJ prototype up to the sixth stage of Mount Fuji, the first vehicle to climb that high.

File: A crew of an Egyptian ranger battalion waits to parade in their Jeep YJ light vehicle armed with a MILAN portable ATGM launcher during Operation Desert Shield. JPEG | Vehicle mounted launcher and missiles in Egyptian service during Operation Desert Shield, 1992.

Trooper Manspeaker's Jeep Cherokee patrol vehicle hit a patch of ice and crashed into a flatbed trailer on the left shoulder of I-70.

* Jeep Cherokee ( disambiguation ), sport utility vehicle models

* Jeep CJ ( Civilian Jeep ) series, a military-based offroad vehicle

For 1977, Jeep J-10 pickups included Dana's manual four-wheel-drive system, a more powerful six-cylinder engine, and heavier axle tubes, while power front disc brakes became standard equipment and the considerably greater GWV capacity J-20s included AMC's V8 engine.