European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 1, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13car come the All new Bow 3-series Sedan Bow photos Bow recently released these first photos of its completely new third generation 3-series Sedan one that will make its debut in december and arrive on the German Market shortly thereafter. The  versions will be available sometime in june Bow says adding that the Basic Price has yet to be established. The Long awaited 3-series cars Are an entirely new development of four door sedans Bow says the cars retaining a concept of their own with compact dimensions agile readability and modern units. The engines for the new 3-series models Are four and six Cylinder units with a 100-to-192 horsepower Range. World s first Ever recreational vehicle jeep celebrating 50th birthday during the 1991 Model year the 1-american jeep is celebrating its 50th birthday a an automotive landmark for a hide that created today so off Road creation Al scene. Although the jeep was made for use in artime it quickly found a major role to a in peacetime a from agricultural Ork to Hunting and fishing sports use. Rith its multipurpose design it became e worlds first Ever recreational vehicle. Today a Market for recreational vehlies or sport Utility vehicles is a huge be and the jeep a its catalyst a reams the front runner. The jeeps actual a a debut came in no Ember of 1940 when Willys Overland de ered its prototypes to the army. Two her firms a Ford and american Banna a also had submitted prototype Lehi is. These were the Only automakers to Ishwer the army Scall for a four wheel Ive general purpose vehicle although 5 firms had been invited to submit bids. The name jeep by the Way is generally Reed to have come from the  a aviation for general purpose vehicle. Offering the lowest bid along with what e army Felt was the Best vehicle the Lyllys Overland company a Model even ally won out Over Ford and american Tam. The a on Road history of jeep facially began in june of 1941 when Wili Overland started full production and hovered a first Batch of 4,500 to the my. The army meanwhile also had theorized the a a standardization of the Uncle an action which would inc Orpo the several features from both Ford and in Tam prototypes. A More regarding the Histo technical development and prototype petition among the three firms but Ose Are the highlights. After the dec. 7,1941, attack on Pearl 1 a r Irmyr a quartermaster corps Essed for other sources of Supply be use the need for a production of the up m Quantity was critical. The Quad master corps requested that Willys Erland turn Over designs of its vehicle my ?. Buttam so that these firms did help m the immediate production a our j 15,000 vehicles. This was sickly done. War ii Willys Overland a Ford filled More than 600,000 orders jeep vehicles with Willys Overland Cut Reg More than 368,000 units a did the others except for 2,675 supplied by Bantam which had Lim the original 1940 Willys Overland prototype with updates the �?T55 jeep cd series continued until �?T86. �?T77 renegade a a variation on cj5  latest in 50-year line a �?T91 jeep wrangler  item production facilities. Most of the Bantam produced jeeps went to England and the soviet Union under the lend lease program. When the War ended in 1945, Willys Overland continued production of the jeep but the Willys Overland name was gone by 1953 when the Henry j. Kaiser company acquired it renaming it Willys motors inc. Kaiser a major influence on the jeep lineup began in 1955 with a desire to broaden the Utility Market. It was Kaiser that introduced the a series jeep Wagon a Eer two wheel drive and four wheel drive station wagons and the 4wd jeep Gladiator pickup trucks. In March of 1963, Willys motors became known As the Kaiser jeep corp., but that name disappeared on feb. 5, 1970, when american motors corp. Am acquired Kaiser for $70 million. Am changed the name to jeep corporation and the big growth years for jeep began. Equipped with am engines the jeep cj5s and cj7s, wagoneer and Chero Kees became Ever More popular even though the am car line declined in sales. In january of 1986, die hard jeep fans everywhere were upset when the world War ii heritage cd series jeep was finally discontinued but the Flap quickly faded. Consumers had been asking for More passenger car features and jeep responded with the wrangler which shared the durability and open body profile of the cd series. But it had More in common mechanically with the jeep Cherokee and it included More a creature  the am jeep Era ended on aug. 5, ser Corn acquired am the fact that it considered the jeep lineup the Best part of the Deal. The jeep vehicle lineup entered the 1990s in its strongest position in history chills or says pointing out that in March of this year the one Millionth jeep a a a a Cherokee limited a was driven off the line. Thex platform is also used for wagoneer Ana Comanche pickup trucks. Chrysler says that the jeep Cherokee Model is not Only its Best seller on the . Market but on the european Market As  Randy Barnett Auto columnist