Just recently I got more than another look at the 2022 Compass. I climbed into the driver’s seat right behind the steering wheel and took the Compass for a drive to experience it all for myself. Jeep brought the new Compass to the Midwest Automotive Association 2021 Rally at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. This was the first opportunity for any automotive media to drive the new Compass
2022 Jeep Compass: Is This the Coolest Shape of a Gadget-Era Jeep So Far? 17 May 2021, 17:35 UTC ·
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Nowadays, it seems the whole range of the American brand contains only two kinds of designs: the classic military Jeep inspired ones (Renegade, Wrangler) and the Grand Cherokee-like ones (those without round headlamps, showing a distinct premium touch). The Jeep Compass is the smallest of these and the 2022 model year is a comprehensive upgrade of its second generation.
The first generation of the Jeep Compass series was something like a subcompact SUV of the early 2000s with an improvised traditional Jeep face added. It was using the Dodge Caliber technical platform as many other subcompact and compact family cars and SUVs of the American branch of the DaimlerChrysler group (1995-2007). Uninspiring start.