The Willys Jeep Station Wagon was designed in the mid-1940s by industrial designer Brooks Stevens.

This type of body was much stronger, safer, and more durable than the woodies that were in fashion at that time, but to keep up with the trend, he made this design imitating wood, also making it much cheaper to produce.

The Jeep Wagon was the first vehicle from Willys with independent front suspension.

Willys' chief engineer, Barney Roos, developed a system based on a seven-leaf transverse spring, the "Planadyne" system, similar to what Roos had already developed for Studebaker in the mid-1930s.

This model was produced in the United States of America between 1946 and 1964, and in other Latin American countries it was produced under license between 1957 and 1977.