Zonse za Jeeps
Mtundu wa Jeep ukuyenda bwino zomwe opanga magalimoto ochepa angayembekezere kuti apikisane nawo. Mu 2014, Jeep adagulitsa mayunitsi 1 miliyoni; zaka zinayi zokha pambuyo pake, pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri kufika pafupifupi 1.9 miliyoni. Zina mwazochita bwinozi zitha kukhala chifukwa cha mtundu - dzina la Jeep lakhala likufanana ndi magalimoto osangalatsa, oziziritsa komanso okhoza kuyenda pamsewu omwe ali ochititsa chidwi pamsewu komanso omasuka. Jeep yosunthika ndi mtundu wakale waku America wokhazikika m'mbiri, ndipo patadutsa zaka pafupifupi 80 kuchokera pomwe Asitikali adaphunzira za mtundu woyamba wa Jeep padziko lonse lapansi, mtunduwo wazunguliridwa ndi nthano, nthano, nthano komanso zinsinsi.
Jeep inamangidwa chifukwa cha nkhondo - Literally
United States inali isanamenye nkhondo mu 1940, koma inali kukonzekera kuloŵa mkangano wapadziko lonse umene unasakaza mbali yaikulu ya Ulaya, Asia, ndi Afirika. Asilikali amafunikira galimoto yamphamvu komanso yokhoza koma yothamanga kwambiri yowunikira anthu omwe amatha kuthana ndi zovuta zankhondo ndikupanga gulu lankhondo la United States kukhala gulu lankhondo lachangu komanso lothamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Adapempha zopempha kuchokera kwa opanga ma automaker 135, koma atatu okha - Bantam, Willy's-Overland, ndi Ford - adakwanitsa kupanga ma prototypes molingana ndi ndondomeko yeniyeni yankhondo. Inali Willy's-Overland Quad yomwe inachititsa chidwi kwambiri akuluakulu a asilikali, ndipo panthawi yomwe Quad prototype inasinthidwa kukhala Willy's MB mu 1941, Pearl Harbor inakakamiza United States kukhala mbali ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse ndipo Jeep inali panjira. kukhala wokonda GI kulikonse.
Dzina la 'Jeep' ndi losamvetsetseka
Zithunzi zitatu zoyambirira zomwe zidaperekedwa kwa gulu lankhondo pamodzi zidadziwika kuti "jeep" zokhala ndi zilembo zazing'ono j, koma chiyambi chenicheni cha dzinali chidatayika pakapita nthawi. Pali nthano zambiri zamatauni, palibe yomwe ili yodalirika kapena yotsimikizika. Nkhani yotheka kwambiri ndi yakuti chidule cha Army cha magalimoto omwe amadziwika kuti "zolinga zonse" kapena "zolinga za boma" ndi "GP," omwe akanatha kutchulidwa kuti "jeep."
Jeep inapambana Mtima Wofiirira
Jeep yotchedwa "Old Faithful" inatumikira akuluakulu anayi a Marine Corps pankhondo ya Guadalcanal ndi kuukira kwa Bougainville. Pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Old Faithful, galimoto yoyamba kukongoletsedwa, adalandira Purple Heart chifukwa cha "mabala" omwe adalandira pankhondo - mabowo awiri a shrapnel pawindo lake lakutsogolo. Akuti adasowa ku Marine Corps Museum ndipo adasowa mbiri.
Jeep wrangler yakhala magalimoto otchuka a SUV panjira, zambiri
Jeep Wrangler anatsogolera magetsi, mutha kusakatula kabukhu lathu lazinthu.