Kaiser Motors
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Kaiser Motors, a subsidiary of Kaiser Industries, was a manufacturer of automobiles in the United States from 1946 - 1963 based in Willow Run, Michigan (USA). The company was also known as Kaiser-Frazer from 1946 to 1951.
Its founder, Henry J. Kaiser was a United States industrialist who started making an automobile with the brand name Kaiser after World War II. He also built a small car called the Henry J, named for himself. The Henry J was also sold through Sears-Roebuck catalogs under the brand name Allstate In 1953, Kaiser purchased the assets of the Willys-Overland Corporation, makers of Willys cars and Jeep vehicles.
Production of Kaiser and Willys automobiles ceased during the 1955 model year, but production of Willys Jeeps in Toledo, Ohio continued. Kaiser continued automobile production in Argentina under the IKA name and in Brazil under the Willys name, using the dies formerly employed in the U.S. well into the 1960s.
The company changed its name to Kaiser-Jeep in 1963, and was subsequently purchased by American Motors in 1970. Included in the sale was the General Products Division, which Kaiser had purchased from Studebaker when it left the auto business in 1966. AMC rename the division AM General, which is best known for the Hummer.