The world’s first SUV when these cars got their famous name jeep ? After testing the Bantam car in the spring of 1941, thanks to the journalist Hiller, the car had an informal nickname Jeep. And in 1945 it became a brand of Willys Overland. And the term “SUV” appeared in everyday life in the 90s thanks to automobile publications, so as not to create problems with Crysler Corporation, which already owns the Jeep trademark at that time .