Here's What Our Favorite Off-Roaders Used to Cost

Willys began offering the first civilian jeep, the CJ-2A, in 1946.

Base Price (1946): $1,241

Adjusted Price in 2020 Dollars: $16,684

Cost of Gas (1946): $0.21 per gallon

Current Base Price: $28,295

Toyota began selling the FJ40 Land Cruiser in 1960. Here's what it cost in 1965.

Base Price (1965): $2,995

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $24,592

Gas Price (1965): $0.31 per gallon

Current Base Price: $85,515

Ford started selling the first-generation Bronco in 1966. (You may have heard them mentioning that in the past few months.)

Base Price (1966): $2,480

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $20,639

Gas Price (1966): $0.32 per gallon

Current Base Price: $29,995

Toyota threw a cab on the back of its pickup for the 1984 model year, and the 4Runner was born.

Base Price (1984): $10,298

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $25,983

Gas Price (1984): $1.13 per gallon

Current Base Price: $36,340

Land Rover's four-year run selling NAS Defenders in the U.S. began in 1994.

Base Price (1994): $27,900

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $49,353

Gas Price (1994): $1.11 per gallon

Current Base Price: $49,900

Toyota replaced the Hilux in the U.S. market with the Tacoma in 1995.

Base Price (1995): $11,848

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $20,380

Gas Price (1995): $1.15 per gallon

Current Base Price: $26,150

Mercedes began importing the G-Wagen to the U.S. market itself in 2002, starting with the G500.

Base Price (2002): $73,165

Adjusted Price to 2020 Dollars: $106,617

Gas Price (2002): $1.36

Current Base Price: $130,900