The original four-wheel-drive Jeep was ... Allies during World War II. After the war, Willys secured the Jeep trademark, and the first civilian Jeep, 1945’s CJ-2A, went on sale aimed at farmers ...

Please verify your email address. The first car to ever bear the Jeep name was built in 1945 and used in the US armed forces, simply called the Willys MB, Willys Jeep, or Jeep at the time, before ...