In 1940, after World War II had broken away, the united states basic staff bought various factories to design a light multi-purpose automobile with all-wheel drive. The American Bantam Company, Willys Overland, and Ford engine Co. competed with each other.Willys prototype ended up being selected, which, after an initial run of 1500 automobiles, went into mass manufacturing at the beginning of 1941 and reached a complete output of 640.000 units from which 277.000 pieces were produced by Ford under a licensing contract. This demonstrates that the Jeep had been the most commonly released light car regarding the war industry during World War II.
