Many lovers of SUVs are grateful to the creators of these machines. How did the history of these cars begin.
And it all started with a lack of cars for the army. In 1938, a competition among automobile companies for the best car with the following requirements was announced in America:
high cross -country ability;
simplicity in operation;
Small cost.
The best sample of the SUV was provided by Bantam, although there were shortcomings. So the first SUV is called Bantam 4BRC . Unfortunately, this company did not have great capacities for the production of large batch of cars and Willas, Overland and Ford Motor were connected to help .
The world’s first SUV when these cars got their famous name jeep ? After testing the Bantam car in the spring of 1941, thanks to the journalist Hiller, the car had an informal nickname Jeep. And in 1945 it became a brand of Willys Overland. And the term “SUV” appeared in everyday life in the 90s thanks to automobile publications, so as not to create problems with Crysler Corporation, which already owns the Jeep trademark at that time .
In the first years of the war, the first Soviet SUV was the GAZ-64, which received at the front the nickname “Ivan-Willis”.
After the war, the car received the jeep cj2a trademark.
Seeing all the advantages of these machines, civil structures began to be interested in them: police, farmers, medical workers, geologists, hunters, etc. D. And since 1945, jeeps have entered civilian life .
At this time, world automobile companies also started the production of SUVs, but they were more like an American jeep.
In 1948, the British created Land Rover, whose body is made of aluminum. The release of jeeps began Italian companies Fiat and Alfa Romeo . In 1951, the Japanese company Toyota was released by the Lend Cruiser BJ jeep, Nissan – Nissan Patrol 4W60 series.
Nissan Patrol 4W60C by the development of life, the requirements for cars that have begun to improve are changing. In 1958, the Chevrolet Suburban was published in 1962 – Jeep Wagoneer, which was the first comfortable SUV. The appearance and interior was thoroughly changed. Willys Overland jeep production has passed to Kaiser Jeep, and then to the manufacturer Amerikan Motor Company.
In 1969, Chevrolet Blazer appeared in the United States, and in 1970 the Land Rover company was represented by the Renge Rover jeep.
In 1972, the Japanese company Subaru made it possible to “step” to a light car towards jeeps. At first glance, the Subaru Leone 4wd car looked like a comfortable car, but it had all -terrain capabilities.
Subaru Leone – Passenger car 4x4v 1974 The light saw the most famous and popular SUV – Jeep Cherokee, it was named after the indigenous Indian tribes of America.
In the USSR in 1977, the production of an inexpensive, compact Niva SUV (VAZ 2121) was launched.
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Nowadays, SUVs are more and more modernized – the engine and suspension are being finalized, the protection of the bottom and the body increases. To date, units of automakers non -resistant. The popularity of this car does not fade away, but only grows, and it follows that the volume of production is also growing.
