Brief History
The beginnings of AM General, producer of the Hummer H1 and H2 can be traced back to 1903. A company named The Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haute Indiana originally built bicycles, however, after the invention of the combustion engine, they felt it would be in their best interest to begin building automobiles, and created a division named Overland Automotive.
John North Willys purchased Overland Automotive from The Standard Wheel Company in 1908 and renamed it Willys-Overland Motors. In 1940 Willys-Overland Motors became the creators of Americas first four-wheel drive ΒΌ ton utility truck. By 1941, they began a relationship with the U.S. government by winning a contract to build 350,000 Jeeps for the war effort.
In 1953, Henery Kaiser who renamed it, Willys Motors, purchased the company. Under the new ownership, the M274, a light weapons carrier, was created and put into production. In 1963 Willys Motors was again renamed and by 1967 the......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 7769
Approximate Pages: 30 (260 words per double-spaced page) |