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Jeep Compass credibility the way Inferior SUV looks to Grand Cherokee for new face, beginning agent engine adds bite and boosts mpg
The Compass is assuredly branch in the appropriate direction! Jeep’s facelifted inferior SUV has been active with a new grille that apes the attending of its Grand Cherokee big brother and banishes the awkward administration of its 2007 predecessor.

On auction actuality in April, the fresh Compass sits aloft the bargain Patriot off-roader. It gets the aforementioned new 161bhp 2.2-litre agent for added bite and abridgement of about 43mpg. 

Aside from the analysis of the traditional seven-slot grille, the new archetypal is apparent out by a power appendage in the bonnet, accepted 17-inch alloys and redesigned aback lights, as able-bodied as a body-coloured rear addle-brain and chrome tailpipes. 

Inside, the improvements are modest, with soft-touch materials, a new centre armrest, council wheel-activated controls additional additional accepted equipment, including hill-start abetment and ancillary blind airbags. 

Beneath the surface, the 2011 Compass charcoal abundantly unchanged, afar from tweaked suspension to advance roadholding. Prices are acceptable to alpha at about £19,000 for the 158bhp 2.0-litre petrol. 

Unlike the Patriot, the Compass will alone be accessible as a 4×4.

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