- 1934: Dodge start building 4WD trucks (- George Miles).
- 1934: Prototype PX-33 four wheel drive car built for the Japanese government; the car did not go into production (Mitsubishi). Thanks to Balazs Toth.
- 1938: GAZ 61 - Russian 4x4.
- 1940: Jeep specification issued.
- 1940-1941: Bantam build 2700 light 4x4s, early "Jeeps".
- 1941-1945: Ford and Willys-Overland build 700,000 General Purpose vehicles for WWII (GP becomes Jeep).
- 1946, October 10: Unimog introduced
(- H. J. Feil) . - 1948: Series-1 Land-Rover released.
- 1948: Ford release first of the F-Series vehicles.
Above & Below From:
- 1950: Ford GPA, or amphibious Jeep `Half Safe' crosses the Atlantic ocean (I am not making this up).
- 1951: First Toyota Landcruiser built, as the `BJ Jeep', the LandCruiser name came in 1954.
- 1951 - NAPCO (Northwestern Auto Parts Company) starts to produce 4x4 conversion units. The earliest documentable truck to be converted by NAPCO was a 1951 Chevy 3/4 ton owned by Butch Gehrig of Odell, Oregon.
- 1954-1956: Amphibious Jeep `La Tortuga' "drives" from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
- 1955-1956: London to Singapore overland (except for Channel!) 2 x Land-Rovers.
- 1958: First Toyota LandCruisers imported into Australia.
- 1959: Haflinger by Steyr-Daimler-Puch.
- 1960: A Jeep and a Land-Rover traverse the Darien Gap.
- 1961: Stirling Moss driving a Ferguson Project 99 (P99) with the Ferguson 4WD system wins the Oulton Park Gold-Cup race.
- 1964, 17 July: Bluebird (4WD) raises the land speed record to 403 mph.
- 1966: Jensen FF all wheel drive road car is put into production (until 1971), using aFerguson Formula 4WD system with centre diff' and viscous coupling ?? --> (the FF also had ABS brakes) - John Wild.
- 1970: Range Rover released - luxury full-time 4WD.
- 1971: Ford Falcon XY ute 4WD (Australia)
- 1971: Four wheel drive on the Moon
- 1971-1972: British Trans-Americas Range Rover expedition.
- 1974: Subaru Leone L-series - four wheel drive passenger car.
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