3. Jeep Willys Pickup
When the war ended, Willys found it hard to transfer to passenger car production. In fact, they were left with a big amount of Jeep engines, chassis, and components. The logical decision was to produce Jeeps for civilian use, mostly as farm and utility vehicles.
However, the company wanted to go further, so they introduced a line of pickup trucks with Jeep mechanics, engines and design, but with a twist. The Willys Jeep pickups they introduced in 1947 were four-wheel drive and much more capable than any regular pickup truck available at the moment.
Today, four-wheel drive trucks are nothing special and most new models are equipped with 4×4 drive train as standard. But back then, it was revolutionary. Even though Willys Jeep trucks were powered with small 2.3-liter four-cylinder engines with 63 HP, they were tough, capable trucks with great traction, pulling power and durability.