Kaiser Jeep Corporation

Kaiser Jeep was created from the merger of Kaiser Motors and Willys-Overland Company in 1953. In 1955 the company phased out all Kaiser and Willys passenger cars and became focused on Jeep Products. In 1963 the company consolidated all business units under the name Kaiser Jeep Corporation. In hte company purchased the Studebaker "General Products Division".
Following this consolidation, American Motors Corporation (AMC) began negotiations for purchase of the company, and the deal was finalized in 1970. Kaiser Jeep became Jeep Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of AMC. In 1971, AMC spun off its General Products Division of Jeep as a wholly owned subsidiary and renamed it AM General Corporation. AMC ceased operating as an independent manufacturer in 1982 when a controlling interest was bought by Renault.
==Products==
Kaiser Jeep produced a wide variety of vehicles for the US military. Some of these are listed below:
*Willys MB 1¼-ton jeep (Production: 359,489 (1941-1945)) Chief of Ordnance Office; Military Vehicle Preservation Association, eds. (2010). Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Materiel, 1940–1945 (Revision). Detroit: U.S. Army Service Forces, Office: Chief of Ordnance-Detroit, Production Division, Requirements and Progress Branch (published December 1945).
*M35 Series 2½-ton 6x6
*M38 1¼-ton jeep (Willys MC) (Production: 61,423 (1949–1952)) Brown, Arch (1994). Jeep: The Unstoppable Legend. Lincolnwood, IL US: Publications International. p. 64. ISBN 0-7853-0870-9.
*M38A1 (Willys MD)	(Production: 101,488 (80,290 domestic/21,198 foreign) (1952-1971)) 
*M39 Series 5-ton 6x6
*M606 (CJ-3B)	(Production: ? that portion of 155,494 CJ-3Bs produced (1953–1968))
*M170	(Production: 6500 (1954–1964)
*Kaiser Jeep M715 1¼-ton 4x4 truck (Production: 30,500–33,000 (1967–1969)) Doyle, David (2011). Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles - 2nd Edition. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp. 72–75. ISBN 9781440225727.
== Gallery ==
Willys_MB_Covered_Willy's_jeep_Wings_Over_Wine_Country_2007.jpg|Willys MB
M35.jpg|M35
Willys_M38_JT-23-70_pic3.jpg|M38 / Willys MC
Willys_M38A1 67_Kaiser_Jeep_(Auto_classique_VAQ_St-Lambert_'12).jpg|M38A1 / Willys MD
M54_Truck.png|M39 Series
Willys_M606_Jeep.jpg|M606 / CJ-3B
Willys_M170.jpg|M170
M715.jpg|M715
==References==
Category:Military Vehicles
Category:Apparatus Component Manufacturers