History of Four Wheel Drives: "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."
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