[ProtectOurFreedom]

The marketing people at Jeep Fiat/Chrysler must be furious at these articles. It’s a Russian utility vehicle, not a “jeep.”

[anton]

Lada?

[drpix]

The “Jeep” people would be pissed, but that’s the cost of complete brand name marketing success.

As “Vaseline” has become common language for petroleum jelly, “Jeep” has become the same for small military utility vehicles.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The marketing people at Jeep Fiat/Chrysler must be furious at these articles. It’s a Russian utility vehicle, not a “jeep.”

Yeah, I think a most or all US manufactures made them during WWII, before it became a brand name. Jeep = "GP" (general purpose vehicle)

The article probably should have said: >>Russian "jeep" <<