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American Bantam® is the company that invented the Jeep. Here’s who’s building it again.
Building American Bantam® Again
Charles D. Paglee serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Bantam Car Corp. He leads the company through its re-establishment of the American Bantam® brand and trademark, and through the design, engineering, and assembly of its next generation of vehicles.
Under his leadership, American Bantam is rebuilding around one non-negotiable commitment: American steel, American assembly.
“When a company’s name contains the word American, the products they sell in the USA must be built in the USA. No two ways about it.”— Charlie Paglee, Chairman & CEO, American Bantam®
Paglee’s mandate for the company is direct: every American Bantam® vehicle is assembled in the United States by American workers, and it stays that way as the company scales.
American Bantam invented the Jeep. American Bantam is building again.