Editing AM General (section)

=== Beginning ===
AM General traces its roots to the [[Standard Wheel Company]] of [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], which expanded in 1903 to include the [[Overland Automobile|Overland Automotive]] Division.<ref name="AM-history">{{cite web |url=http://www.amgeneral.com/corporate/history.php |title=Company History |publisher=AM General |access-date=17 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826093659/http://www.amgeneral.com/corporate/history.php |archive-date=26 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1908, [[John North Willys]] purchased the Overland company, then based in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], and renamed it [[Willys-Overland]] Motors. In 1941, the U.S. Army awarded a contract to Willys-Overland Motor Company to produce the Willys MB, also known as the Jeep, for the US Infantry. It then mass-produced that vehicle as "America's first four-wheel-drive, one-fourth-ton, tactical utility truck"—the [[Willys MB|Jeep]] of [[World War II]] fame.<ref name="AM-history" />

In 1953, [[Kaiser Motors]] purchased Willys-Overland, changing its name first to Kaiser-Willys Motor Company, and in 1963, to [[Kaiser-Jeep]] Corporation. In 1970, it was purchased by [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC). In July 2020, [[KPS Capital Partners]] acquired the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.defensenews.com/land/2020/07/22/private-equity-firm-buys-humvee-maker-am-general/|title=Private equity firm buys Humvee-maker AM General|website=defensenews.com|date=2020-07-22 |access-date=2020-10-02}}</ref>