Jeep Station Wagon

1946 to 1965 · Station wagon (early SUV) · North America, Export Past model

Brooks Stevens's Jeep Station Wagon of 1946 was the first all-steel station wagon built in volume for passenger use, and once four-wheel drive arrived in 1949 it is often called the first SUV. Its shape barely changed in almost two decades while it gained six-cylinder engines, a Utility Wagon name, and the Maverick trim, before the Wagoneer took over in the mid-1960s.

Generations, newest first

1946–1965

Jeep Station Wagon and Utility Wagon

With no modern car ready after the war, Willys asked Brooks Stevens for a family vehicle that could be built without a big body supplier, and he designed a steel wagon whose shallow panels could be pressed by appliance makers. Launched in July 1946 as a two-wheel-drive four-cylinder, it was easier to build and maintain than wood-bodied wagons, and it was the first Willys with independent front suspension. A six arrived for 1948 and four-wheel drive for 1949, and the 4x4s were renamed Utility Wagons in 1955 when Willys left the car market. Updates came slowly, mainly grilles, engines, and a one-piece windshield, and more than 300,000 wagons and deliveries were built in the U.S. before the Wagoneer replaced it.

Willys L-134 Go Devil L-head I4 · Willys L-148 Lightning L-head I6 · Willys L-161 Lightning L-head I6 · Willys F-134 Hurricane F-head I4 · and 4 more

2-door station wagon · 2-door panel delivery (later Utility Delivery) · Station Sedan · Cowl and windshield, flat-face cowl, and stripped chassis · Ambulance

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