Willys Jeep: the car that helped win a war

Willys Jeep: the car that helped win a war | Top Gear RETROspective

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2 жыл бұрын

As Jeep turns 80, we pit its original off-road hero against its latest. While the fundamental mechanicals of an off-roader haven’t changed much over the years - rugged looks, grippy tyres, four-wheel drive - some things most definitely have. But the Jeep was the first. So strap yourself in and don your war paint as Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix gives you the history of an icon while throwing it about in a load of mud
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@vancity2349 2 жыл бұрын

Love the original Willys Jeep, a real Icon thats for sure. I learned to drive manual on a 44. When bought it was a 6 volt system.

@Troubleshooter125 2 жыл бұрын

A tribute of this kind is badly overdue. I'm pleased that Top Gear UK has seen fit to finally deal with that lack of notice of the history of the Willy's Jeep and its impact on automotive history during and after World War II. Thanks a LOT, guys!

@ThunderBassistJay 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice to see this Willys in action. I drove one in the early 80's, on road and off road. Off road it was one of a kind.

@jdwyerofive2798 2 жыл бұрын

The evolution of a legend…

@EJFXxx 2 жыл бұрын

a group of soldiers can disassemble and reassemble a Willys Jeep in less than 3 minutes

@napalmhotdog4365 2 жыл бұрын

Not all soldiers. I’m one, and the only way I could think of to disassemble it that quickly, would be to hit it with a Javelin

@mauricio7918349 2 жыл бұрын

@@napalmhotdog4365 he was on crack when he wrote that post!. :v

@Trump985 2 жыл бұрын

Yea if they don’t put in any bolts or have any brakes. Still a great parade trick though.

@justonemori Жыл бұрын

@@Trump985 who needs coolant to drive 20 feet?

@Offensivebeast 2 жыл бұрын

As a Land Rover enthusiast and series 2 owner I’m quite happy the Jeep was made because without it I’d be lost for interest.

@Gelathagath 2 жыл бұрын

“Looks like the one before that, and before that, and before that” *proceeds to show three iterations/ refreshes of the same model* (JK) You need to show generations, not facelifts.

@Shlnigamii 2 жыл бұрын

Over here in Brazil we have a ton of Willy’s in Perfect conditions!!

@vandecar15 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! Always wanted one.

@brennanvilcheck9469 Жыл бұрын

Welp, if I want one I know where to go searching

@mkp1214 2 жыл бұрын

I like how they showed 3 jeeps from the same generation as different jeeps

@markapterman49 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame that you could not use a real WW2 jeep in your you tube video.The jeep you are using is a post WW2 jeep and is not the same Model as a 1941 - 1945 jeep. It puzzles me as there's thousands of real WW2 jeeps still out there.

@memonk11 2 жыл бұрын

But how fast is it on the Nurburg ring?

@calv1nandh0bbes Жыл бұрын

The jeep you’ve used is an M38a1, not an original WW2 Willy’s MB or Ford GPW, it’s not like you couldn’t have gotten one of them either.

@hanzguy189 2 жыл бұрын

We have a willys jeep and i wanna drive it someday.. And the willys jeep actually looks coller than the wrangler for me

@axem.8338 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully made.

@louis8869 2 жыл бұрын

So judging by that comparison, the old jeep keeps up to the new jeep... and my golf tdi too apparently?

@bleachit42 2 жыл бұрын

@branon6565 2 жыл бұрын

I own a 58 Willys Cj5, a 44 Ford GP, and an 85 AMC Cj7, grew up riding in and learned how to drive (at age 11) in my Dad's 70 Kaiser Cj5 Renegade....I love Jeeps, I'll never not own one....

@oskartomaszmarmol-infante919 2 жыл бұрын

🚧

@ih302 2 жыл бұрын

I drove a '55 once, an analog experience for sure.

@devanman7920 2 жыл бұрын

Love these sort of vids!!

@raihanmariojacobus7554 2 жыл бұрын

My dad own one of the Willys Jeep, but now it just sit on our garage for years now

@healthyamerican 2 жыл бұрын

its waiting for you to revive it

@user-ds2ej3wn8p 3 ай бұрын

There's plenty of Willys Jeeps around , Aussie Alby Mangels found lots on a South Pacific island that had been abandoned at the end of WW2 in the Japanese theatre along with heavy trucks and hundreds of 44 gallon drums full of diesel

@janverzee9423 2 жыл бұрын

If it’s built in Holland, it’s a Nekaf. The Dutch army used them in the 50’s ans 60’s…

@caprise-music6722 2 жыл бұрын

Epic! Great vid

@shankarbalan3813 2 жыл бұрын

There’s Only One….no doubt about it. But that M38 which you’re carting about on the trailer is not the WW2 Jeep that was the original ancestor to the present day Jeep.

@oskartomaszmarmol-infante919 2 жыл бұрын

♠️♥️

@whitewalker9622 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ep, please continue where you left it ♥️

@ronnie2740 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this

@shawnriddle3018 29 күн бұрын

Before willys Dodge was the first vehicle from horseback used in the army. Before Willys Dodge trucks were serving as 4x4's in 1932 with trucks to supply the lines. Before jeep was called jeep in 1963. Solders used the name to describe the Dodge 3/4 ton command cars and 1/4 ton willys.Jeep was nick name.

@fru1tsalad16 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@WBizarre 2 жыл бұрын

0:05 shows 3 JK's "They all look the same!"

@fraserhenderson7839 2 жыл бұрын

a triumph of continuity...

@bruns-o-tron 2 жыл бұрын

ALMOST every Jeep in the CJ / XJ / ZJ series had round headlights, except the first-generation Wranglers in the 1980s,

@pnw.yfz350 2 жыл бұрын

The 80s and 90s Cherokees and Grand Cherokees into the 2000’s only every came with square headlights. Even some SJs and J Series trucks had square headlights.

@iamsteverogersakacapamerica041 4 ай бұрын

The vintage jeep in the video is an m38 which is the jeep from the Korean War not from ww2 the ww2 jeeps were the Willy’s mb and the ford gpw and In the Vietnam war the main 4x4 1/4 ton truck was not a jeep but was the m151a1 nicknamed the mutt which was made by ford for the U.S. military during the Vietnam war.

@user-jo8xm7zt3d 2 жыл бұрын

how can l watch you'r programme on tv

@majid_k1723 2 жыл бұрын

amazing

@MudhaffarAdhwa 2 жыл бұрын

Land rover, Land cruiser, patrol, all inspired by the jeep.

@healthyamerican 2 жыл бұрын

add bronco and mahindra to the list

@khal6400 2 жыл бұрын

"after a bit of fiddling, willys came to attention" brilliant writing 😂

@wouterbours1963 2 жыл бұрын

Parts of video are in higher speed 5:26 why? Also why the LR in the end…?

@edwindelfin7894 2 жыл бұрын

Here in the philippines the wwii army jeeps was converted/modified to mass transport public transport .... Became jeepneys, the main and most popular land vehicle in the philippines

@G2Merica 2 жыл бұрын

Do one on the most famous engine ever: small block Chevy

@vcom2327 8 ай бұрын

Funny that you were not driving a Willys WWII Jeep while describing it

@cowx73pw 2 жыл бұрын

It also started the Toyota landcruiser

@RustyTriumphs 2 жыл бұрын

He is driving an M38 the Jeep not used in WW2, but there are plenty of original Willys MB jeeps around (and Ford GPW's). They could of at least got an original for this video😕

@thanhdo1477 2 жыл бұрын

what's the name of the song in 5:31 ?

@piyushbansal4433 Жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful history lesson and very beautifully told by Top Gear. Time and again American ingenuity and leadership shows up in the forms of these great innovative and revolutionary products - Jeep Wrangler - that are great by themselves, and also inspire other nations to build their line of products. How amazing it is that all the American car manufacturers got a chance to submit their designs in a fair manner for an enticing project like this, and the mighty Ford even after losing the design bid, took it in stride and helped the American government build the jeeps. Amazing! Respect to Ford for showing camaraderie and supporting the American government's plans. And respect to the American government for selecting designs based on merit, instead of just giving the contract away to a popular car-maker of the time, and potentially ending up with a less effective vehicle.

@roberthiggins6401 2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to put the original Jeep and land rover in a scrap on that course and the two new ones as well?

@classicgunstoday1972 5 ай бұрын

When the EMP hits and you need to go into the thick underbrush of wooded areas, which one do you think will come out on top? Super expensive super computerized technical wide spaced modern wrangler or the plain jane simple old Willys Jeep that was assembled quickly by ordinary laymen?

@cryptosmarties6507 2 жыл бұрын

I am searching for the old top gear, and KZfaq gives me this shit

@sayerber7817 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Epic Willys Adventure! Where a group of people take old Willys Jeeps that look like they could fall apart cross country.

@laracroft938 2 жыл бұрын

Land rover isn’t even the most successful Jeep inspired vehicle. It's the land cruiser.

@healthyamerican 2 жыл бұрын

what about mahindra?

@mahir6239 Жыл бұрын

Land cruiser is shit

@veifow 2 жыл бұрын

Forza "glitch" moment

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

@@veifow - It’s a porn bot spamming all the comments. Report it under ‘Pornography’.

@veifow 2 жыл бұрын

@@AtheistOrphan I know

@tristantopambudi3186 2 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure that wasn't Willy's Jeep Look more like CJ5 to me

@wyattnyfeler7270 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a Willy’s m38 also Willy’s made the cj5 for several years until being bought by amc

@panji7793 2 жыл бұрын

That become a my government(high rank person) vehicles (the new one)and still need a Suzuki samurai or land cruiser LC 80 for towing Or rescue them

@matt_pick 2 жыл бұрын

3:59 in a Willys, privates are pressed together 🤣🤣

@umairmehmood902 Жыл бұрын

Plz some one can tell me what is this jeep model name ...because i have this jeep in my college

@tejeshyel 2 жыл бұрын

Lot of them are still running in India.. cj-3A also manufactured in India

@pagerg3432 Жыл бұрын

Kaiser Willys Jeep CJ2A Is my favorite

@Ashwey_069 2 жыл бұрын

You can actually buy willys jeeps fully restorated in Germany, it just takes some years until you get it and costs a little fotrune but they are great really love this car

@Ihateironyanddumbusernames 2 жыл бұрын

can you provide us with the name of the company or person doing these restorations? im interested

@carringtonmangwroi3241 2 жыл бұрын

Is it me or his coming the Richard hammond of the current top gear.its only time soon we need him on prime time telec

@Klipschrf35 2 жыл бұрын

Big difference is one lasted 80 years and still runs, other won't last five years without major work

@Drummin003 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing with a Model-T. You can still pull them out after 80 years of being parked and get it up and running again as long as the engine/transmission isn't locked up. Everything was built to a higher standard back then, than anything produced within the last 50 years could ever hope to be.

@bradfordpayne1657 2 жыл бұрын

The Willy’s Jeep that he was driving is a civilian model

@sahilshrestha1310 2 жыл бұрын

👑

@65cj55 2 жыл бұрын

Hoorah !

@cheesusslice7342 2 жыл бұрын

That's not a World War II jeep I knew as soon as I saw the grill because there are only seven grill slats not nine like the ww2 ones

@waqashassan4791 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@kilohotel6750 2 жыл бұрын

That’s not a Wrangler, that’s a soccer mom Jeep. Wranglers are two doors!

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

Well that’s what Jeep U.K are calling it on their website. Perhaps you should take it up with them, particularly if they’re putting the wrong badges on their cars, as clearly shown at 0:34. Scandalous!

@Whatzthat1 2 жыл бұрын

I’m proud to say I have a military m38a1😁

@AlphGen 2 жыл бұрын

I believe there were 3 suppliers of jeep in ww2

@tokehsawit411 2 жыл бұрын

One more. Review lada niva

@arbab8114 Жыл бұрын

That's an M38A1. M38 is a flat fender.

@user-ds2ej3wn8p 3 ай бұрын

Willys Jeep was the original We had one in our backyard in Australia

@shadfallfan 2 жыл бұрын

That is the single worst strap down of any vehicle I've ever seen.

@MiguelEduardoVenegasMonroy Жыл бұрын

es por eso que tengo un willy de 1958 con motor de 1953

@Ramesh-ub9mg 2 жыл бұрын

JEEP LOGO

@7thdangooglefu 2 жыл бұрын

Left out the HMMWV

@arainmk 2 жыл бұрын

Looks to me the showed the wrong jeep for the forties

@DRACOFURY 7 ай бұрын

But who winning now Rovers has a history or maintenance issues

@ryan49805 2 жыл бұрын

Salute to all our veterans both here in the USA (Merica), UK, and France. Hope to god we won’t ever see a ww3.

@giovanni8682 2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@homelandfighters8541 2 жыл бұрын

you must test the 'jeep' from india.sometimes it can fly like in the movie

@deadlysharts7742 Жыл бұрын

Nobody watches this show anymore. The grand tour is on amazon folks

@joshvictoria8937 2 жыл бұрын

search up (owner type jeep)

@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores 11 ай бұрын

Isn’t that an M38 ? , that wasn’t made till the early 50s . So hardly WW2 ,

@patrickbateman9887 2 жыл бұрын

@0:35 Are his nails painted?

@isaac7046 2 жыл бұрын

fh5 players be like:

@JakobM-hz7jx 2 жыл бұрын

The steering wheel is on the wrong side

@AtheistOrphan 2 жыл бұрын

Er, no. If it was the driver would be on the nearside.

@36840 2 жыл бұрын

pwr

@justinkeckhaver8199 6 ай бұрын

And Land Rover beats Jeep hands down in unreliability. Good for them.

@user-bg3ou1mz5k 10 ай бұрын

Its not a car it’s jeep

@10millionsubscriberschalle87 2 жыл бұрын

Over powered

@yeluripati 2 жыл бұрын

Anywhere in the world, 4x4 means it is jeep and jeep only. Host became ww2 soldier by putting helmet and driving the jeep😇

@georgeedwards8156 10 ай бұрын

Not the original that wasn’t in the war not a Willys

@AsitShouldBe 2 жыл бұрын

you are forgetting the toyota land cruiser series..

@theJellyjoker 2 жыл бұрын

The thing I don't like about the new Jeeps is the thing I don't like about all modern cars, all the electronic garbage.

@GyanPrakash 2 жыл бұрын

🤗

@tonys1636 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know why LR discontinued their best seller for the awful unpractical, if needing a working off roader, new Defender. The first 1948 Landrover had the same 74" wheelbase but better mounted cart springs and had an Agricultural hitch option with PTO. Dearer than a new Fergy though, but had more uses.

@Thomas-om6ov 2 жыл бұрын

they had too for safety reasons

@jjppsanchez77 2 жыл бұрын

When Jeeps were Jeeps!

@wasdwasdwwasd 2 жыл бұрын

Hah it’s called a Willys

@elliottbeetz6753 2 жыл бұрын

I love the history side of this video, but why does it feel like I’m watching a Jeep ad? The new Jeep is still the same as the last 3 years?! It does look nice compared to an 80 year old relic but come on. I’m just waiting for him to tell me how I can buy one of these jeeps and what the financing is at my local dealer

@daivikshetty9277 2 жыл бұрын

THAR

@lucagattoni-celli1377 2 жыл бұрын

The Donut Wheelhouse episode on Jeeps that just posted clearly has a much more accurate account of the original Jeep's genesis

@blackfacts6137 2 жыл бұрын

The legend

@joezephyr Жыл бұрын

I Love My Jeep! 😊

@lonestranger 2 жыл бұрын

It's pronounced WILL-iss, not will-eez. If one of the points of this video is education, the details should be accurate.

@MrNobbyify 2 жыл бұрын

Willys is pronounced "willys".

@grantchallinor5263 2 жыл бұрын

This is Jack Rix presenting this video - this is the same person who, at the video launch of the new Land Rover Defender in Namibia last year stated: "Africa - what a country!" (the video was removed from KZfaq shortly afterwards, after various "gaffs" had been removed, then reposted.....). Words like "educational" and "accuracy" rarely appear in the same sentence as Jack Rix's name......

@DanMosqueda 2 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it!

@cyjan3k823 2 жыл бұрын

This is top gear, not educational Videos. It is made for entertainment and they dont act like its not

@healthyamerican 2 жыл бұрын

you listened to jeep snobs who are also misinformed. the only time it was pronounced willis was after kaiser bought the company. before and after kaiser it was willeez....as any normal person would pronounce willys as willeez. but jeep snobs who watch too many youtube videos will call it willis and are the first to correct others