Jeep

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One of America’s best-known automotive writers, Patrick R. Foster has spent over 30 years studying the automotive industry. The leading authority on AMC and its predecessors, Pat has written several books on that subject along with many others, including Jeep, Studebaker, Hudson, Kaiser-Frazer, and Metropolitan. His popular columns appear in Hemmings Classic Car and Old Cars Weekly, and he has won awards for his books and articles from the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) and SAH (Society of Automotive Historians). In 2011, he was honored with the Lee Iacocca Award—one of the most coveted awards in automotive writing. His website is The Olde Milford Press (oldemilfordpress.com).

Klappentext

In Jeep: The History of America’s Greatest Vehicle, three hundred color and black-and-white historical photos complement Patrick R. Foster’s expertly written narrative, celebrating over 70 years of Jeep vehicle design and production.

Zusammenfassung
Jeep is the definitive, fully illustrated celebration of an auto manufacturer that paved its own way by going off-road.

Few American vehicles, or vehicles made anywhere else in the world for that matter, are as universally iconic as the Jeep. From olive drab WWII military relics to the beloved Wrangler with its rear-mounted spare tire, open-air design, and telltale roll cage, the Jeep is a true classic.

In Jeep: The History of America's Greatest Vehicle, automotive writer Patrick R Foster chronicles over 70 years of Jeep vehicle design and production. Beginning with the Jeep as a crucial component of the American World War II fleet, Foster expertly recounts the corporate shifts, financial struggles and successes, close calls, and, above all, the enduring machines that have carried Jeep from the early 1940s to its triumphant role as a modern-day embodiment of American perseverance.

Three hundred color and black-and-white historical photos complement his expertly written narrative of Jeep's entire history, reminding us that sometimes, the road less traveled was just waiting for the right truck.

Inhalt

Introduction: Forged in War. Tales of wartime Jeep adventures, where the trusty Jeep saved lives and won the day 
 
Chapter One: A Legend Is Born, 1940–1941. The history of Willys-Overland and Bantam Motors and their roles in developing the wartime Jeep 
 
Chapter Two: The Willys-Overland and Willys Motors Years, 1946–1963. Peacetime and military Jeeps produced by Willys-Overland and its successor, Willys Motors
 
Chapter Three: Mr. Kaiser’s Jeep, 1964–1969. In 1963, Kaiser Industries changed the name of the company to Kaiser-Jeep Corporation, tried to grow the corporation in America, and laid
the groundwork for Jeep’s amazing popularity overseas 
 
Chapter Four: American Motors Takes the Wheel, 1970–1987. Jeep ownership transfers to AMC and Jeep’s U.S. business grows nearly 700 percent
 
Chapter Five: Chrysler in Command, 1988–1998. The Iacocca years and how his Chrysler
Corporation built a whole new Jeep organization, one that could take the company to
the next level 
 
Chapter Six: The DaimlerChrysler Fiasco, 1999–2007. The Daimler-Chrysler merger and how the
German company caused Jeep to lose its way
 
Chapter Seven: Tragedy and Triumph, 2007–2015. Jeep’s comeback was temporarily derailed by
Chrysler’s bankruptcy, but the division has since been able to pull itself out of the
basement and on to record-breaking years 

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