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<\/a><\/p>\nJeep’s plusher, new-look mid-sized SUV points the way for its European reinvention<\/p>\n
Jeep has reinvented the Compass<\/a> for its third generation with a bold new look, a more upmarket cabin and the option of having one\u00a0as an electric car<\/a>\u00a0for the first time.<\/p>\n With 2.5 million units sold worldwide since it was launched in 2006, the Compass is one of Jeep<\/a>\u2019s most important and popular models. The company\u2019s Europe boss, Fabio Catone, said this latest generation will be \u201ca key driver for Jeep growth\u201d \u2013 building on the success of the smaller\u00a0Avenger, which played a big role in the brand trebling its UK sales last year.<\/p>\n Available to order now and with deliveries due to begin in the autumn, the new Compass will be crucial in helping Jeep to claim a share of Europe\u2019s popular\u00a0C-SUV<\/a> segment, which now accounts for around a quarter of all car sales in the region and is expected to be 90% electrified by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n The new Compass is based on the same STLA Medium architecture<\/a> as the latest Vauxhall Grandland<\/a>, Citro\u00ebn C5 Aircross<\/a> and Peugeot 3008<\/a>. But it has been engineered to offer superior off-roading capability, claims Jeep, to position it as \u201cthe most capable\u201d car in its class.<\/p>\n To that end, it has gained\u00a0a suspension lift over its Stellantis platform-mates to give it up to 200mm of ground clearance and a maximum wading depth of 470mm. It also has shortened overhangs at each end, giving an approach angle of 20deg, a breakover angle of 15deg and a departure angle of 26deg. All variants get a suite of drive modes for different types of terrain, controllable by a chunky red dial on the centre console.<\/p>\n At 4548mm long, the Compass is among the shorter cars to use this platform, but it is 150mm longer than the old car. Its 2795mm wheelbase is a significant 159mm longer, which is said to result in an extra 55mm of leg room in each row.<\/p>\n The third-generation Compass bears little resemblance to its forebear, instead taking influence from the smaller Avenger<\/a>, with a few subtle nods to Jeep\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n Its design was a collaborative effort across various global studios but was led by Jeep\u2019s team in Turin.<\/p>\n \u201cTurin is one of those cities that exemplifies the European lifestyle, and European cities are almost like urban jungles \u2013 the way people park and run over stuff \u2013 so what works in the woods also works in the city,\u201d Stellantis chief design officer Ralph Gilles told Autocar.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not often we get to redo an icon like the Compass,\u201d he added, emphasising the need to ensure Jeep\u2019s mid-sized SUV stands out in a crowded segment. \u201cWhen we came out years ago, we were the only game in town \u2013 there weren\u2019t that many compact SUVs \u2013 and of course a lot of people have come into the scene and emulated us.\u201d<\/p>\n With that in mind, Gilles\u2019s brief to Compass designer Daniele Calonaci was to \u201cmake it rugged, make it more bold but, at the same time, detoxify\u201d.<\/p>\n So the new Compass doesn\u2019t feature any chrome \u2013 for ecological reasons and \u201cto clean it up a little\u201d \u2013 and it is overall a chunkier and more minimalistic proposition than before.<\/p>\n The design also features a new face \u2013 \u201cone of the most intimidating parts of doing a new Jeep\u201d, said Gilles \u2013 with the seven slots reimagined as a wraparound panel.<\/p>\n The exterior overhaul is matched by a dramatically different cabin with a 10.0in digital gauge cluster, a 16.0in touchscreen and an array of touch controls. The aim is for the Compass to serve as a more direct rival to the Kia Sportage<\/a> and Hyundai Tucson<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cState-of-the-art technology will be standard on all models,\u201d said Catone, \u201cwith features usually found in premium and upper segments.\u201d<\/p>\n The new Compass will be the first Jeep offered with the choice of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure-electric powertrains. Catone said this ensures it is \u201ccapable of meeting 90% of segment demand\u201d in Europe.<\/p>\n Both of the combustion-powered variants are front-driven. There\u2019s a petrol mild-hybrid model with 143bhp and a 1.6-litre plugin hybrid with 192bhp and a 21kWh battery that will enable around 53 miles of engine-off running.<\/p>\n The electric Compass is available with either a 211bhp or 229bhp motor on the front axle, giving 311 miles of range from a 73kWh battery or up to 404 miles with a 96kWh pack.<\/p>\n At the top of the line-up is the all-electric 4xe, the only Compass with fourwheel drive from launch. It is equipped with a second, 177bhp electric motor on the rear axle that takes total power to 370bhp, making this Europe\u2019s most powerful STLA-based car yet.<\/p>\n More significantly, this new motor \u2013 bespoke to Jeep \u2013 puts out 170lb ft of torque and runs through a 14:1 reducer, which means up to 2380lb ft is available at the rear, enabling the Compass 4xe to pull itself up a 20% incline even if there\u2019s no traction at the front wheels.<\/p>\n In keeping with the 4xe\u2019s more extreme billing, it has a 10mm suspension lift to boost ground clearance and give 31deg departure, 16deg breakover and 27deg approach angles.<\/p>\n The Compass First Edition will be priced at \u00a335,700 in mild-hybrid form and \u00a339,200 as a EV. PHEV pricing will be revealed later.<\/p>\n Is it a challenge to adapt modular, road-focused group architectures to Jeep\u2019s needs?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe good news is that everybody realises how important Jeep is to Stellantis and [the architectures] give us quite a bit of leeway. We negotiated a lot of leeway ourselves \u2013 for the largest wheel possible, and there was some overhang to be reduced. So it was foreseen with that ability. We were able to really protect that platform for several future products.\u201d<\/p>\n Do you feel as though Jeep has lost a unique selling point as other brands start to trade on utilitarian \u2018design for purpose\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s only one at the end of the day. I know that\u2019s our tagline, but we really do believe that. When you\u2019re Jeep, you have that confi dence that people are going to get exactly what they want out of it. We found the sweet spot in giving the right image, the right robustness.\u201d<\/p>\n You have 80 years of heritage. As everyone is doing retro, why not lean on that in your designs more?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been done. We don\u2019t need to do that. I\u2019m actually proud of the direction this has taken, which is much more futuristic and timeless. As modern as it\u2019s gone with the design, it has a beautiful understatedness to it, which I think makes it last and broadens its appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jeep](\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/jeep-compass-2025-a-bold-reinvention-for-the-electric-era-1.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nQ&A: Ralph Gilles, chief design officer, Stellantis<\/h2>\n
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