The US military's Willis in Asia was all maintained by Mitsubishi factory, and the American Willis factory began to improve Willis, named M38. The main performance is that the engine is waterproof when it leaves the factory, the wheels are enlarged and the spring leaves are raised. The British Ministry of Defence also hopes that Lu Hua and Austin can each provide a car for testing. Luhuahua developed a jeep with a middle rudder, equipped with a Willis chassis and a four-cylinder 1600cc automobile engine. Austin used a Rolls-Royce engine on his own frame, with four-wheel drive and independent shock absorption. However, due to many reasons (including the price of cars and the interests of manufacturers), the British army finally chose Lu Hua Jeep.
The Volkswagen factory in West Germany was bombed in the war and will soon be unable to produce any more. Later, only two four-wheel drive Beetle Model 87 were manufactured for the French and British armies to try out. The mold for manufacturing 166 no longer exists, but the Model 82 was improved and became the base car of West Germany. After the war, many American military vehicles were used in West Germany, but the Germans have been developing and manufacturing their own jeeps. The Audi four-wheel drive was made after the war.
In the east, Japan, the defeated country, was restricted from developing its military strength, and the Self-Defense Forces began to use Willis. 1953, Japan's Mitsubishi factory got permission from Willis to produce its own Willis, but the first batch was left-handed vehicles (right-handed vehicles were used in Japan). Toyota 195 1 also took a Willis to imitate the first jeep in the LC series, and the horsepower increased a lot. The earliest jeep in Japan was gasoline produced by 1948, which was completely developed by Willis. India has also obtained a license from Willis to produce jeeps. The Soviet Union borrowed a lot of American jeeps and German jeeps, and developed its own series of small jeeps, which were used in Eastern Europe, China and other places. In the Soviet Union, many car factories make jeeps, but the overall design lags far behind the West. In socialist countries, except the Soviet Union, few countries make cars, but East Germany rarely makes jeeps, and the off-road performance and design were outstanding at that time. In addition, Romania obtained the license to produce Soviet jeeps.
By the 1970s, the Middle East War and Vietnam War once again pushed automobile designers to improve jeeps. After the 1970s, the design of each car began to have its own characteristics. The us military ordered Ford's M 15 1 again. This car has bold design, one-piece shell, four-wheel drive independent shock absorption and no rear force gear (low gear). 1 gear is extremely powerful, one and a half times slower than the second gear. However, the design of this car has major defects, and the design of the rear suspension angle is problematic. British Lu Hua has not changed much for more than 20 years, and has always maintained its traditional design, only increasing its displacement each time, but the increase is pitiful. Ford M 15 1 and British Lu Hua soon became competitors in the military market. Britain has developed its own air transportation, a small truck modified from Lu Hua and a six-wheel drive with extra axles.
After China broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1960s, China produced its own Beijing Jeep four-door military vehicle, which was the first domestic Jeep in China history. Although the performance is not outstanding, it is a great progress for the development of China automobile industry.
In the late 1970s, Japan caught up with Jeep manufacturing, and Toyota LC40 was famous for its high horsepower and reliability. Nissan's Jeep attracts buyers with low price and large size, but there is no breakthrough in design technology. In 1970s, Lu Hua designed a jeep RangeRover that can be driven in a suit, and improved the comfort, high speed and luxury equipment inside the road. High-power V8 engine, perpetual four-wheel drive, four-wheel disc brake, aluminum alloy body and spring coil were all very advanced at that time. This made the market realize that Jeep can also enter the city. (In fact, many of its designs were already available on the BMW Jeep in the 1940s, and there are many more: four-wheel independent shock absorption and four-wheel steering).
1979 German Mercedes-Benz introduced the G-series Jeep, and the strength of the girder is unparalleled. It adopts four-wheel spring coil for shock absorption and front and rear differential lock. This car has once again promoted the competition between British and American automobile factories in jeep manufacturing. 198 1 year, Mercedes-Benz valued the civilian market of Range Rover, improved a military G into a civilian G, and put luxury equipment in it to compete for the market. American Jeep also began to add luxury equipment to Jeep, including automatic wave. At that time, only RangeRover G Jeep had automatic wave. This situation was not broken until 1985. Toyota LC60 began to join automatic wave and luxury interiors, and then Pajero followed suit and joined automatic wave, while Nissan did not. But now it is very common in automatic transmission, and almost all jeeps have the choice of automatic transmission models.
Here's another little anecdote. It is said that Jeep used to be a national patent in some countries, and private people can't own four-wheel drive in case you do something bad and run away. It can be seen that the superb performance of four-wheel drive once shocked the world.