The Jeep brand originated in World War II when the Army wanted a light-duty off-road vehicle to replace the Ford Model A it had been using in the field. Willys Overland won the competition to build the Army’s next battlefield vehicle, and Willys’ first civilian Jeep, the CJ-2A, was marketed to construction workers and farmers once the war ended. The CJ line evolved steadily stateside during the Vietnam and Korean Wars and through 1987 when the Wrangler replaced the CJ-7. Along
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