In 1940, after the outbreak of World War II, the US General Staff ordered various factories to design a light, multi-purpose vehicle with four-wheel drive.
The American Bantam Company, Willys Overland and Ford Motor Co. competed with each other.
The choice fell on the Willys prototype, which, after an initial run of 1,500 vehicles, went into mass production in early 1941, reaching a total production of 640,000 units, of which 277,000 were manufactured by Ford under a licensing agreement.
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