Buy Cheap New Jeep
The Jeep Cherokee remains one of the best looking compact 4x4 vehicles and is great value, giving the Freelander a run
for its money. The full size Jeep Grand Cherokee is a competent on and offroader with good road manners and a gutsy
3.0 Diesel motor. The Wrangler was always a fun open top offroader, but now adds practicality with four doors. Jeep
test reports and reviews increasingly compare the brand to Land Rover and Mercedes - a real achievement compared to
the dull, boxy models of ten years ago. JEEP HISTORY. "Despite a fairly chequered history in the UK, which settled
with the formation of the DaimlerChrysler organisation, as Jeep was no longer being treated by buyers as a poorly
supported North American "import" business, Jeep has actually been marketed and sold in the UK since the 1960s.
However, the company itself, which is like Land Rover in many ways, has been stoically supportive of its stance as an
indigenous manufacturer of strictly 4x4 models. The product was first created by Willys-Overland in 1941 as a General
Purpose (hence GP, or "Jeep") go-anywhere vehicle. In fact, contrary to popular belief, the name was applied to any
form of functional transport that had no apparent name and was even used to describe rookie soldiers during the First
World War. In fact, the first "Jeeps" were actually produced by a collaboration between Ford and Willys-Overland.
Willys was sold to Kaiser in 1953 to create the Kaiser-Jeep company in 1963. American Motors Corporation bought the
struggling Jeep division in 1970. Chrysler bought out Jeep in 1987 and was itself partnered with Daimler-Benz in 1998.
Jeep was actually the first manufacturer to forge a joint-venture project in China, as early as 1984, which is now
part of the bigger German-North American Group's investment in that market. Its association with Chrysler and Dodge
means that its products are sold through multi-brand centres in the UK, although what will happen if Daimler sells off
its interests in the larger Chrysler Group in coming months is open to doubt." Broadspeed has a wide range of used
Jeeps in its database - mainly one owner, 12 month old nearly new examples with minimal mileage. Call us for details
and for the best finance and lease deals - Jeep PCP and Contract Hire deals often make more sense than outright
purchase.
