Jeep Compass – Jeep set aside a truly long opportunity to commence their Indian voyage and after the dispatch of the Wrangler and the Grand Cherokee, it appears that the American SUV producer has spread out every one of its sails. Jeep has proclaimed that a completely new minimized SUV would be collected and sent out from India as a piece of the ‘Make in India’ battle. The minimized SUV, codename 551, will be known as the Jeep Compass and can be relied upon to be propelled in India by the July 2017.
The Compass has been intended to resemble an infant Grand Cherokee with impacts from the Jeep Renegade. It gets the run of the mill vertically slatted wide grille, the high mounted headlamps and the macho front guard with the passed out bash plate. The side profile gets a conspicuous shoulder line, squared wheel curves and a thick D-column to finish the twin-taxicab five seater SUV look. The reasonable focal point tail lights in the back look lively supplementing the decked up rear end and extensive guard.
While the Compass is set to get around 17 powertrain choices universally, for India we will have the 170bhp 2.0-liter Multijet II motor from Fiat to control the Jeep. It additionally has a petroleum motor alternative – the 1.4-liter T-Jet motor from Fiat that creates more than 160bhp of energy. Both the motors will come mated to a seven-speed programmed gearbox and you can pick the famous Jeep four-wheel drive framework.
We are yet to get a look into the generation spec insides however being a top notch mark, you can anticipate that the component rundown will be much the same as an extravagance SUV. Concerning the wellbeing, the Jeep will get double front airbags as standard alongside ABS and EBD. The higher-spec trims may get more airbags and the programmed adaptations will get ESP.
The Jeep Compass is relied upon to be spending auto beginning at about Rs 16 lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi and will reach out up to Rs 25 lakh for the best spec Compass. At this value, it conflicts with the Hyundai Tucson, the Honda CR-V and the Skoda Yeti among the five-seater premium SUVs.
