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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Wow, that is some US$540 per jeep in 1945, equivalent to approx. US$ $9600 today - that sounds very steep. What was the list price of an early postwar CJ Jeep?
Anyway, another $50 jeep in a crate myth buster...
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Surplus vehicles were expensive and still are not cheap in the U.S. Think about how much a surplus Humvee is today .
Reported in July 1945: in the Detroit automotive newspaper - Willys has began production of the CJ civilian jeep, the projected price was $1250.
A August 1945 report has the base listed price at $1090.
The new CJ2 cost considerably more in Canada , a tariff on imported trucks was imposed .