Jeep’s Chain of Possession - all 11 Companies Who Owned Jeep and How

[@jasongee9118]

I have owned a WJ, XJ, YJ, and ZJ. I loved them all. The XJ is currently the one I own. I really miss the ZJ and the YJ. I hope to own a CJ one day. That has always been on my want list.

[@rickb8808]

I always owned Jeep's until 2012. I bought a 2010 Wrangler that had the notorious oil burner 3.8 V-6. Quart of oil every couple weeks. They did all the studies on it and corporate decided it was normal ! Dealer disagreed and did all they could to get me out of it. Due to that I purchased a new 2012 Wrangler Unlimited. I guess their were some cylinder bore issues with the 3.8 that caused this oil consumption ? The 2012 had the new 3.6 engine which was to save the brand. Never had a engine issue, however, it had electrical Gremlins. Blew up radios with no warning. 1st one just figured was defective. 3rd one was wondering if something was causing it. Instrument cluster lights flashed and gauges went crazy occasionally. They removed the dash and searched harness end to end with no alleged findings. Didn't help so they changed the BCM module. After that power door locks clicked locked/unlocked back & forth when they felt like it ? After 4th radio change traded it on a Nissan Frontier Crew Cab. No problems with it in 6 years.

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

Wow that sux. Had no major issues with 14. Never buy first 2 years of any thing. Water t stat housing cracked about it . dw at about 30,000.

[@danieljustyn]

As a Jeep geek, this video is awesome. Love this video!

[@matthewtwright84]

As a history fan and Jeep fan I really enjoy these videos. Thanks

[@reynaldorodriguez710]

I was born in 1997 mid way through the Jeep 90s era so I didn’t really get to live it but now 23 years later and I own a 98 zj and I love the thing really makes me appreciate how they was made compared to now it also doesn’t help that I love all things retro

[@JustJeep_It]

Great history lesson man! Always enjoy hearing about the history of our brand. 🇺🇸

[@ProjectDanH]

Survive and adapt, well said. 90s Jeeps are the best 💪

[@DEInTheGarage]

For real bud!

[@EricTrogdon]

Came across your videos. Thank you! Growing up we had a 42 Willys , Uncle had a Commando. I also had an old left hand postal Jeep in 1982 while in college. I am from North Carolina and now living in Ontario Canada. Looking at a Economical Jeep to have up at the Cottage to drive on Forestry and back roads up North. Around the 5-7 thousand ranged. Any suggestion on a model to where I should set my sights on? Always appreciate guidance in starting my search? Thank you

[@jeepthingsoutdoors1973]

Another great history lesson brother!

[@DEInTheGarage]

Thank buddy!

[@dennishudson9723]

Great video Doug I’ve looked into buying a jeep like a wrangler type but my biggest problem is I’m 6’6” and it is very uncomfortable for me to drive as a daily driver or even just as a fun toy, so I stayed with the RAM (if the seat would only go back another 4 inches or something it would be feasible but being as tall as I am it stuffs me up against the steering wheel with my knees) this last purchase was a tossup between a new Jeep or a new ram but you can’t beat the comfort for a tall person in a RAM and I wound up needing the towing capacity and bed space of a pick ‘em up anyway.

[@DEInTheGarage]

Yea buddy... If you are tall (and BOY are you tell) it is hard to find a Jeep that will fit you... AS you know that is not an issue I have. Haha

[@bryanmcentush4788]

I second the anex of the un . Yeah I'm in to the history of things good call!!

[@randallsavage13]

👏👏👏like always awesome video brother really needed this one ...stay safe

[@DEInTheGarage]

Hey, you too bud. I imagine you are right on the front line, yea? Hope all is well for you

[@randallsavage13]

@@DEInTheGarage yea I was had all my test and stuff done and I'm all good clean and clear but I can't say that for some ppl man it's a mess.. just stay safe and hang tight we're doing anything and everything we can to get this thing under control.. ...later brother 🤙

[@wyattoneable]

Excellent job. I found this very interesting.

[@1stzjtruck706]

Very good information on the commando I did not know that. Hope you and Eric and your families are staying safe.

[@DEInTheGarage]

You too bud. keep your head down and stay safe. Can't wait to see more on the ZJ!

[@miguelmarlowe6]

I had a ‘75 CJ5 Levis edition. 304 cid, 44s front and back and T-15 transmission.

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

I never thought id like the Jeep Liberty, but I got one when I needed a vehicle to throw my wheelchair in the back so I could hobble up to the drivers seat, and now I'm on my 3rd one. I owned a n 02, an 05 and now an 08. The first year of each gen. Although the 02 was what I felt to be the most Jeep like, this 08 has some nice options. The 4x seems to be better and my sky roof top is nice and almost makes me feel like I'm in a reel Jeep. as soon as I have the $ I'll own another CJ7 it's just my favorite and if like to own another XJ, but the ZJ and J10 are 2 that if like to own some day. My dad's 57 Willys started me off on the love for Jeep and although I love them, I just love the CJ7 more.

[@ortiz73caify]

Great video and good information

[@NoWr2Run]

D&E, Do you know what the 4X4 NAME REALLY MEANT OR SYMBOL ON THE SIDE OF MANY VEHICLES ? Great run down of the history of JEEP, GREAT VID. I had an AMC EAGLE, GREAT VEHICLE FOR SURE, LIKE A SUBARU OUTBACK KIND OF.

[@wildbill23c]

Ahh the AMC Eagle, the first "Crossover" and AMC at the time had no clue what they invented LOL. I'd love to get an AMC Eagle someday, don't see very many around anymore sadly.

[@klarahfenderson1374]

And now it's a Fiat-Peugot brand! The two European companies who have a long history of exemplifying automotive quality. So guaranteed to rust out and have random bits fall off \o/

[@DEInTheGarage]

Woof... this one was tough to take

[@klarahfenderson1374]

@@DEInTheGarage Good thing I didn't bring up that they'll keep the Chrysler wiring then ;)

[@timmora4283]

Dude love your channel, I am a total ZJ Guy

[@DEInTheGarage]

Thanks bud! You are among friends here

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

Very cool vid. That's why I always think it's funny when people try to talk trash about Fiat or any other company most of them don't realize how many different companies Jeep is broke every owner and every company has ever touched them. Got my first 99tj sahara in 2000.

[@christian-w7z3t]

Please do a jeep commander video

[@matthewj2492]

I keep upgrading/fixing my ZJ, because it does the work I need it to do at an affordable price. I just put in a new A/C from Rock Auto, and totally replaced the sound system with a new Pioneer set. Even with a decent job, I cant put down the bucks for a new Jeep. I use mine once or twice a week to haul my Kayak and go fishing. I recently learned something about body work and fixed my pealing clear coat. The prices for most Jeeps are not inline with what is happening in our current economy. They need to think for some new ways to make their vehicles affordable.

[@kc0lif]

i love the cj, wagoneer grand Cherokee 1993-2003. and AMC eagle. i think willys overland had a wagon pre cursor to the wagoneer.

[@markchandler2619]

What about the first Jeepster in 1948. And the early Wagon... most were two doors. The Commando you refer to was called the Jeepster until 1972.

[@off-roadprojectsandfun6868]

The Jeep name did not come from the cartoon character although that may have encouraged it. The name Jeep came from the common name for those vehicles being called General Purpose vehicles. Otherwise know as the GP trucks. People noticed that GP for should could be shorter just by pronouncing the letters which of course sounded like “Jeep.” Later one of the company’s actually trade marked the name Jeep.

[@deniedjoo]

I agree should go back to the old way they made jeeps

[@ChristianWTR1]

I have a commander and once you tgrow it up on some lift and wheels its a beast. 5.7 hemi on 33s is a monster. Now excuse me while i relax in my heated seats and pop a movie in the dvd player

[@rickreese5794]

Keep us informed on the LJ !😊

[@fdmackey3666]

My brother an sister-in-law own a first year Unlimited that as of August 2019 had 475,000 miles on the original engine and drive train. Other than a slight fading of the red paint job the Jeep looks almost new and continues to serve them well....So much so in fact that when I offered to buy it from them last year my brother flatly stated that as much as he loved me selling that Jeep, even to me, would probably lead to a divorce as Martha has ZERO interest in trading or selling "her Jeep" even if she was offered a brand new one of any trim level available.

[@DEInTheGarage]

WHAT?! That is nuts!

[@jerryli1699]

FD Mackey no matter how much love I have for jeeps I do not believe it is possible for a Chrysler car to do that

[@rickreese5794]

GR8 story, stick or auto transmission ?

[@rickreese5794]

First year of Unlimited, Was 2004, a stretch TJ. So had a 4.0 in line 6. Is that her Jeep ?😊

[@willb3018]

Nice little tutorial.

[@chrisecker9341]

Remember how Renault failed in the US. Damn the Fuego was a sexy thing 🔥😂

[@DEInTheGarage]

LOL... I would actually probably drive one today. It has the "ironic 90's nostalgia" factor. Like a Ford Probe

[@klarahfenderson1374]

@@DEInTheGarage If I'm gonna drive a car for sheer irony, it'd have to be a Yugo. I don't have the funds to import a Lada.

[@erichughes9098]

Thank you 😎

[@phelandeluna5439]

GM did not buy AM General, they licensed the Hummer from them

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Jeeps survive where others die. All big auto companies in the world want to say for a while at least: YES, WE MADE JEEPS FOR A WHILE, YES WE DID. WE LOVED IT.

[@markchandler2619]

Cherokee was based on the Wagoneer introduced in 1974.

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

I have to disagree with you on the 90s being the best ERA. Just because of how impressive the JK is. The TJ was not just a revamp of a YJ it was a huge game changer with a 5 link suspension and 4 coil springs. The jk just took that to a better level.

[@ZacharySolomon0429]

Yep, good ole daimler. Laying off many Chrysler workers, like my father back in the early 2000s. What happened is that Chrysler would spend hundreds of millions and even billions on factory like New Castle, Indiana parts plant, Indy forge had a couple billion invested in it. Then there are others in missing for sure. But Chrysler put all this money in their own plants when before Daimler ran with Chrysler's money they razed those factories that Chrysler just heavily invested in. By razing I mean they tore them done to just concrete in the dirt. Also, during the bankruptcy, Chrysler technically died. The US government had to have Chrysler create a new company to receive the bailout. So old Chrysler was renamed Old CarCo LLC I think. Chrysler Corp as we know liquidated with 6 or 7 factories. Then obviously you have their successor Chrysler group LLC. Also, I don't see the Chrysler brand continuing on.

[@DEInTheGarage]

That is awful man. Leave it to the Germans to ruin everything always

[@ZacharySolomon0429]

@@DEInTheGarage yeah the German executives weren't the greatest. But I wouldn't say the ruined everything. We did get the Mercedes CRD and v6 diesel in jeeps.

[@off-roadprojectsandfun6868]

I know the JK and JL are selling really well and stuff, but can I get a second on the fact that Jeep died in 2006 when they stopped making that 4.0 and the TJ-L wrangler.

[@DEInTheGarage]

It was certainly the end of an era. Perhaps I should have created a 4th "era", the "post 4.0L era"...

[@brettward5816]

Pre-2000's Jeeps just scream fun. Who couldn't say no to a Golden Eagle CJ?!

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

The new ones are fun run triple # and over rocks .

[@markchandler2619]

I had a 1995 Grand Cherokee.... Chrysler had to buy it back.

[@usafyuros6126]

That yellow sticker on your rear window of a Jeep could it be the banana of Utah?

[@dillonh321]

The off-road recovery guy?

[@DEInTheGarage]

It is actually the "Scubaheep" we designed for our Polar Plunge charity drive this year, but I am familiar with the XJ you r are talking about. Great stuff!

[@christian-w7z3t]

Jeep the name came from the name GP or general purpose vehicle and was shortened to jeep during the war I think

[@NoWr2Run]

I WISH THEY NEVER WENT WITH THE UNI-BODY FRAME.

[@ChristianWTR1]

The best thing that came from the 98 merger was the WJ WK and XK have a un designed by Chrysler/Porsche its a unibody built over a frame for strength thats why the WJ does not need frame stiffeners like the zj ans xj

[@off-roadprojectsandfun6868]

nowr2run I love the uni body, it may not be super strong but it made the Jeep XJ super light. Mine only weighs 2950 lbs, and even though the Cherokee is a brick, it was capable of getting decent mileage which is comparable to today’s trucks and better than some of the new jeeps as well. I think the Uni body was a great idea, it made it light which made it more durable and it is fairly sporty for that reason.

[@dustinlerch9272]

Didn’t know that about AMC and AMgeneral. Thanks for the factoid. Now I can put the thumb screws to the hummer people

[@DEInTheGarage]

Go get 'em!

[@johnmiller7682]

GM didn't come into the picture with Hummer, until 1999

[@davidpick1076]

Woe. You know "Jeep Few" . Remind me to never bring up a Jeep trivia conversation with you. You'll win every time.

[@DEInTheGarage]

Being the Jeep guy is kind of my "schtick"

[@asphaltcowboy84]

Jeep Commado is hands down my favorite Jeep! One day I will own one!

[@douglasroberts2250]

I bought a brand new '77 CJ-7 , stickered for $6,200 , got it for $5,800. Sold it for $5,400 in '79 after 44k miles. I bought a 2000 4.0 Sport and I still have it today.The TJ is the last Jeep I will own. The new ones are way too plush, too expensive, too electronic. I think they've let the Jeep brand get far away from what it should be.

[@jayjenkins4721]

Still kind of pisses me off that they did away with the "every man's" Jeeps. I own a 97TJ (DD at 260k miles) and have swapped the engine (after 240k miles), rebuilt the tranny (230k miles), new suspension and frame repair (225k miles) and I'll drive it until I can't drive anymore. Yeah, I'd like to have bought a new Wrangler, but they're not something that the everyday guy can afford anymore and they're packed full of gee-whiz stuff. I wish, along with the Wranglers people with lots of money can afford, that they'd go back and build a no frills Wrangler for cheap that could be modded up for fun or driven as is. I could go on a rant about pick up trucks in general too since you used to be able to buy a no frills truck without having to take out a mortgage...but that's for later. ;)

[@street_legal_go_kart7356]

They did they call it sport model tj was not cheap new . paid 16 in 2000 for 99tj sahara . 14jk sport was 30 .

[@snowmeowoutdoors802]

A base sport is 28k. There's the Everyman Wrangler. A car sub 30k is the everyman level.

[@CRXJDM88]

And then the Toyota 4Runner and pick up came in and said checkmate lol hahaha

[@DEInTheGarage]

Oh boy... HAHA

[@HBButler01]

WillYs not Willis Overland lol

[@DEInTheGarage]

Actually that is incorrect. John Willys pronounced his name "Will-Us"... we have Americanized it to "Will-ees". I admit it sounds better, but as a historian I pronounce it was it was intended

[@Peripatetic_Proletariat]

From my understanding; "Jeep" derived from G.P., Meaning General Purpose (Vehicle.) I suppose Jeep is how you pronounce G.P.

[@billrobertson9370]

Amen 🙏

[@charredskeleton]

Actually Jeep is a cash cow. And the only thing that kept most of those companies going.

[@dillonh321]

Jeep and Ram the only things keeping FCA afloat.

[@victorias1263]

I'm late the video was looking up who was connected because I bought one of the cheap Gladiator diesels your diesel's I thought it was amazing at 1st after a month and 2 weeks of owning it the engine imploded because of metal shards not being cleaned out properly from the factory line took them a little over a month to fix the problem rebuild the engine Drive it again for a little bit however it does not drive again I've had the vehicle for a total of 7 months and only got a month and 2 weeks out of driving The company is not going to make right by it they're going to charge me for selling it back to them but I'm but I was curious what other vehicles are under their wing becauseThe only way I come out close to what I spent on it is if I purchase one of their other vehicles through fiat or Chrysler and I was wondering if there were any other vehicles under that lining If you think of getting a Jeep Gladiator do yourself a favor don't get their diesel engine it's absolute crap.

[@josephraker9835]

Do you know the jeep name started in the army motor pool jeep was use for any useless vehicle, but gi,just started calling them jeep didn't know they were calling it useless vehicle. But as you know the name stuck

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Nope. Jeep was never called an useless vehicle. On the very contrary, that vehicle were always loved by soldiers. You Bullshitter.. Jeep were called GPV at beginning of WW2, then Jeep from a puppy name that Popeye the sailor man had in those 1940 cartoons. The puppy called Jeep was always running around him, and even climbing rocks and tree trunks on ground. Easy to transfer the name Jeep of that puppy to the army GPV's.

[@ChrisTheAdMan]

I read an article that called Jeep the Facehugger of autos. Every company that bought jeep died, LOL

[@DEInTheGarage]

LOL... it is kind of true

[@snowmeowoutdoors802]

I only have love for the 2 door Wrangler/CJ, the rest of the line doesn't do anything for me.

[@DEInTheGarage]

I know a bunch of guys who feel that way and I can see your point

[@johnasbury7511]

12 enter puegot/ Citroen. Now fiat is closing their car lines spinning off Ferrari . Jeep has always been the small guy that exists on better engineering . and as their owners failed to be able to keep up with the market they have been bought out and resources and priorities were placed on Jeep.

[@Lycan3303]

WJ

[@MUCKFOOT399]

I thought the XJs were the worst and ugliest car ever when they were brand new. now it's my favorite car.🤷‍♂️wtf

[@roketfingers]

Commanders had terrible build and design quality and had awful flimsy transfer cases that failed fast, jeep died when Mercedes bought Chrysler and jeep was buried when the killed off the 4.0 i6

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Humvees were created for USA gov by a division of Jeep. Who could know better. Then GM bought that division away and built civilian Hummers from Humvees. Every auto co in the world want to have their own Jeep copycat.

[@740TRD_4r]

Jeep is not the killer of FCA, Stellantis or what ever they are called now, the FED, EPA and wokeness is killing Mopar

[@DEInTheGarage]

I want to argue, but can’t. The dream is over for a bit. The twenty teens were wild though! Glad I got to live through it.

[@nobsatthistime]

Fiat will be the downfall of Jeep. Willing to own any Jeep to 2004 after that it's a Bust. So tell me how do you like Fiat's version of the Renegade. Fiat is ruining the brand. Have owned a 2000 XJ 4.0 for about 15 yr's and the ride is Bullitt proof. 122 Thousand miles lifted 3 inches leafs and coils OG Drive train 231 Transfer case 4/4 it's 20 yr's old 2 small holes in floor pans one front passenger one passenger rear that can be fixed without a big headake. Rest of ride rust free. Plan to get another 20 yr's out of the XJ .Really not impressed with what Fiat is doing g to the brand. Would love to get my hands on one of the first yr's of the Rubicon with the beefed up drive train something Completely Stock.

[@billcicardo8053]

The renegade is an excellent vehicle

[@1945tigers]

Fiat plus jeep so sad.

[@rohitdhinwa7358]

I want BMW or FORD to buy jeep now .I mean these two companies can make jeep a legendary brand again.

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

Jeep has ruined all those companies.....

[@antonioantro6854]

Why do you (americans) hate so much fiat? Was it good jeep when was under German control (daimler) ? I dont think so...renegade and compass are good products maybe better than a patriot or a compass from the daimler german era... I own a golf 7 and even VW it's not so perfect az you could immagine (a lot of elect. Faults, and even the interior are not so good as the germans made a lot of years ago)

[@johngallagher4100]

Please do me a favor and listen to yourself is Willie's not Willis like you're pronouncing do your research better

[@DEInTheGarage]

You are incorrect. It is pronounced Will-Us as it is a persons name. It has been Americanized over the years. Please do YOUR research