62 August 2018 www.bahrainthismonth.com motoring Jeep Wrangler invited BTM to Camp Jeep 2018 in Austria and Bill Grieve jumped at the chance to check out some iconic vehicles. “Darwin’s Theory of Evolution By Natural Selection, simply put, holds that more individuals are produced each generation than can survive. Phenotypic variation exists among individuals and the variation is heritable. Those individuals with heritable traits better suited to the environment will survive.” When Charles Darwin introduced the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection in 1859, he had no idea just how close he would come to describing the evolutionary progress of the Jeep. Somewhere between an advanced racing car and a modern tractor, between a cheetah, a buffalo and a mountain goat, on a timeline never created, you will find the Jeep rang — waiting, willing, wanting and purposeready to perform. The Jeeps that have evolved are like civilization itself, far more advanced now than at any other time in history, and constantly evolving and improving to meet the challenges of clients that want only the best and consider position to be nothing and performance to be everything. The annual Camp Jeep 2018 took place in Styria, Spielberg, Austria, attracting more than 1,000 Jeep enthusiasts and featuring 600-plus vehicles. The event is the largest on the Jeep Owners Group (JOG) calendar. The stunning venue was also host to the international media launch of the all-new Jeep Wrangler. The most award-winning SUV range of all time took centre stage and there were several on- and off-road trails with different levels of difficulty to test the Jeep 4x4’s legendary capability and drivers’ own all-terrain skills with expert Jeep Academy drivers in the technical area. The Museum Area told the story of the brand, the iconic Wrangler and how Jeep continues to evolve and perfect the technical qualities of its SUV range while remaining faithful to its tradition and uniqueness. The story of the Wrangler commemorates the anniversary of the signing, in 1941, of the agreement to supply the US Army with the unstoppable Willys-Overland MA/MB – the Wrangler’s pioneering and illustrious forebear. Visitors could trace the history through the three previous Wrangler generations from the first 1941 Willys to the present day. The Willys was a small four-wheel drive truck engineered for use on challenging terrains, to serve as a troop carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. The vehicle, built until 1945, was designated ‘General Purpose’, the acronym of which, GP, is pronounced ‘Jeep’. At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the four-wheel drive military truck was used as the basis for the CJ-2A Civilian Jeep, the automotive industry’s first modern, off-road vehicle. Ever since then, Jeep has always stood for freedom as a state of mind and the determination to follow the instincts, with its ability to face any challenge thanks to its worldleading all-terrain capabilities. These capabilities are hardwired into the DNA of all Willys and Wrangler models, including those on display in the museum area: a Willys MB dated 1944, a CJ-2A from 1945, a YJ from 1991 (the first Wrangler generation), a TJ 4.0 Sahara dated 1998 (second Wrangler generation) and the Rubicon 3.6-litre Recon, the special series based on the third generation of the Jeep icon. Camp Jeep 2018 was open to the public on select days and served up a thrilling brand experience in authentic Jeep style. Official Testing A Legend
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