Jeep: The History of America's Greatest Vehicle

My daughter-in-law is a big Jeep fan & enjoyed this book as a Christmas gift.

Bought it as a gift for my husband. He loves it. It has pictures and history going way back. Nice book

It was Christmas present very interesting

A well written and entertaining book. Lots of pics, several of which I had never seen before. Highly recommended.

This book really seems to be two very different books in one. For an automotive history buff like myself the first three chapters were excellent. Rich with information from the development of the Jeep, through it's mission in WWII, the years under WIllys and then Kaiser-Jeep. Nicely illustrated and full of captivating anecdotes from behind the scenes during Jeep's rise to be one of America's most respected brands. Then, beginning with the AMC takeover, and through the Chrysler years to the present day this book totally changes focus. It becomes a year by year compendium of every model, every special edition, listing every option for each down to the most minute changes, like the trim rings on the heater control knobs. Perhaps this is useful to the collectors of Jeeps from the 80s and newer, but I found it tortured reading. There is still some mention of what was going on behind the scenes but it is mostly very dry. I also had hoped for some side discussion about what was going on with American Motors in the years that their passenger car models were offered with 4 wheel drive like the fabulous Eagles. Was that Jeep under the skin? Not a mention. Very nicely illustrated although sometimes the illustrations lagged several pages behind the narrative. I loved the first half but was quite disappointed with the second half. Undoubtably there will be some who will see it the other way around.

Though the book does get a little long-winded on the lineage of every single model and sub-model, some people who are actually Jeep history buffs might value that. The photos of all the different models are priceless and I found that the photo descriptions were usually enough for me.Having recently purchased my first Jeep, I am very interested in the history of such a popular vehicle and thoroughly enjoyed this book.Though there has been some reviewer criticism of inaccurate or incomplete historical detail it did not affect my enjoyment of this volume; I think the best one out there on the subject.

Love this book! I learned some fascinating things about my Jeep that I did not know before.

Great book for the keep lover. Really goes in depth from the first jeep to the latest. Interesting reading.

An interesting history of Jeeps, let down by poor editing. For example, I didn't realize Queen Elizabeth 1 had been in a Jeep! One can forgive the Americanisms, but when a whole picture caption is erroneously misplaced, along with other minor errors... It is well illustrated though, if heavily reliant on brochures for information. I felt it was a pity there wasn't more on wartime Jeeps, my main interest.

This book does not contain patriot compass or renegade models, I feel cheated!

Brilliant book on the history of the Jeep

good reading, nice pictures

Uno de los libros más completos que he visto sobre la historia de Jeep, profusamente ilustrado con fotos de modelos y prototipos no publicadas con anterioridad. Excelente relación calidad/precio.