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The first Willys MB Jeeps were produced in 1941, making it the world’s oldest off-road vehicle and sport-utility vehicle, according to Wikipedia. The original Jeep was the main light four-wheel drive used by the Allies in World War II.

A Leapmotor Lafa5 Ultra is on display at the Beijing Auto Show on April 24. Photo: AFP

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Leapmotor taps Stellantis’ Spanish plant for EU production

Hangzhou carmaker’s overseas strategy highlights how Chinese brands are leveraging idle plants to scale globally while easing trade barriers.

8 May 2026 - 9:40PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

More foreign marques face a do-or-die moment as Chinese buyers shun petrol cars

6 Apr 2026 - 4:00PMvideocam

China consumption

‘The American dream has faded’: how Jeep reached the end of the road in China

20 Jul 2025 - 11:00AM

Donald Trump

Canada hits US autos with 25% tariffs, mirroring Trump’s move

Canada was spared Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’, but new 25 per cent US tariffs on foreign-produced vehicles still took effect on Thursday.

4 Apr 2025 - 3:04PM

Stellantis’ Chrysler Windsor assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Reuters

Autonomous vehicles

Leading carmaker unveils hands-free driving, good for emailing and more

Maker of Jeep, Fiat, Dodge, Peugeot and other marques builds autonomous driving technology to let drivers watch movies, email, take a break.

25 Feb 2025 - 9:52AMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

Brazilian ports jammed with 70,000 Chinese EVs as tariffs loom

Chinese carmakers flood the world’s sixth-biggest car market as they try to avoid new tariffs.

14 Dec 2024 - 1:18AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Fiat, Jeep owner Stellantis’ CEO follows Chinese path to shun EV tariff ‘trap’

Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, a major investor of EV maker Leapmotor, said the best way to compete is to ‘try to be Chinese ourselves’.

26 Sep 2024 - 3:35PM

Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Leapmotor lures price-conscious buyers with deep discounts

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Leapmotor has joined the widening discount war on the mainland, pricing its new SUV as much as 17 per cent lower than originally planned.

3 Mar 2024 - 3:19PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Jeep, Fiat owner buys US$1.6 billion stake in Chinese EV maker Leapmotor

Chinese electric-car builder Leapmotor is to receive a €1.5 billion (US$1.58 billion) investment from Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, in the latest vote of confidence from a global carmaking giant in the mainland’s EV industry.

26 Oct 2023 - 3:20PMvideocam

US-China relations

In California, a lithium gold rush at the edge of a dying sea

Far beneath the shrinking inland Salton Sea are lithium reserves so large they could meet all US needs, but it remains to be seen if a battery industry can be developed.

8 Jul 2023 - 8:51AMvideocam

Mexican drug smugglers try to cross border fence in Jeep

2 Nov 2012 - 5:03AM

The Jeep stuck at the top of the makeshift ramp. Photo: AP

Automotive industry

Fiat revs up plans to build Jeep in China

3 Jul 2018 - 8:20PM

Chrysler

Travellers' checks

23 Aug 2009 - 12:00AM

Drunk driver kills two

13 Aug 2009 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

Beijing Jeep's bouncing fortunes contain many lessons

5 Jun 2006 - 12:00AM

City Briefs

10 Jun 2003 - 12:00AM

Two die as villagers ambush forestry staff

29 May 2001 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

Jeep drives through border post

7 Feb 2001 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

Sea chase

14 Aug 1999 - 12:00AM

Dangerous

23 Apr 1999 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

Vehicles seized

23 Mar 1999 - 12:00AM

Vehicle blaze

20 Aug 1998 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

PLA jeep in bike crash

28 Feb 1998 - 12:00AM

Insurers' brake on utility cars

19 Oct 1997 - 12:00AM

Chrysler

Hyundai secures jeep deal

6 May 1997 - 12:00AM

The South China Morning Post and The Hongkong Telegraph

10 Mar 1996 - 12:00AM

Lucky reader's dream comes true

16 Apr 1995 - 12:00AM

Jeep crash

10 Mar 1995 - 12:00AM

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