Yes, though built by Ford (using the Willy’s design) it was still a Jeep, as in “Truck, 1/4 ton General Purpose” GP=Jeep.
For you you Keri’s out there, there was a Cartoon character call Eugene the Jeep, which is where the GI.s got Jeep from GP.. and no,, it is definitely not faster than a Miata ( unless you pull a couple plug wire on the Miata). Those old zjeeps were very low powered and Very slow..