In the Philippines, a jeepney or jeep is one of the most common modes of transportation. On the worldwide scale though, Jeep is actually an American brand of automobiles who sell sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles.
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In 1941, the company was founded and its name was coined from the slurring of the military designation “GP” which stands for Government Purposes/General Purpose. Although the US Army mechanics have already used the word “Jeep” as early as 1914 in testing out new vehicles.
Jeep is also a famous manufacturer during World War II as they build military vehicles for various troops of the U.S. Military. They were used for various purposes such as saw milling, field ambulances, cable laying, firefighting pumpers, railway track runners, and as tractors.
The brand has passed through the Second World War and onto many larger automobile companies like Willys-Overland, Kaiser-Jeep, AMC, and Chrysler. Right now, Jeep cars are being built under the license of several other manufacturers worldwide. Mitsubishi is said to have created more than 30 various Jeep models starting in 1953.
Right now, Jeep is owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the seventh placer on the world’s largest automobile manufacturer.
Jeep is basically known for bulky-type, off-road vehicles. One of their best models, the Jeep Wrangler, is one of the very little four-wheel-drive vehicles that has a solid front and a set of rear axles. Real axles are basically known to be durable, strong, and articulate when travelling to rough roads.
Their current models being sold right now are the Jeep Renegade BU, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Compass, Jeep Patriot, and Jeep Cherokee KL.
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Jeeps are popularly manufactured and assembled on various countries through several bigger companies in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and Venezuela.
Here are some of Jeep’s most popular car models:
- Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Platinum 3.0 CRD (2015)
- 2015 Cherokee Model
- 2.4 Limited A/T
- 2015 Compass Model
- 2015 Grand Cherokee Model
- 3.0 Limited CRD 4×4 A/T
- 3.6 Summit 4×4 A/T
- SRT AWD A/T
- 2015 Grand Cherokee SRT Model
- 2015 Patriot Model
- 2015 Renegade Model
- 2015 Wrangler Model
- Rubicon Unlimited A/T
- 2015 Wrangler Unlimited Model
- Grand Cherokee Altitude
- 2015 Patriot Altitude
- 2015 Patriot High Altitude
- 2015 Wrangler Altitude
- 2015 Wrangler X Edition
- 2015 Wrangler Unlimited Altitude
- 2015 Wrangler Unlimited X Edition
- 2015 Compass Altitude
- 2015 Compass High Altitude
Photos of Jeep’s different types of cars
Official Website of the Company:
http://www.jeep.com
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