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Jeep Willys (other names: Willys MB, Jeep) is an American World War II and post-war off-road car. The first prototypes of the car were built in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945. Over its course, almost 650,000 copies were created! The weight of the wagon was approximately 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The transmission was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 hp. The maximum speed was up to 105 km/h. The Willys Jeep was developed to order and requested by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4x4 passenger car with a carrying capacity of up to 250 kilograms, which could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam car with the Bantam BRC was clearly the favorite in the race. However, the US Department of Defense, trying to ensure the best possible design of the car and trying to ensure problem-free mass production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to the Willys and Ford factories. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being more mechanically perfect. In the end, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army. The presented car was actually mass-produced and went to almost all Anglo-Saxon armies fighting in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union. It took part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, North-Western Europe and the Pacific. The Willys Jeep is often assumed to be one of the symbols of America's triumph in World War II.