- Jeep giant outside the Jeep road wants to continue growing in Europe
- Gas gasoline SUVs have been replaced by hybrid and electric
- New Compass is configured to be the most capable car of its class.
Although Jeep is as American as peanut butter and jelly butter, the manufacturer owned by Stellantis is making waves in Europe with its electrified SUV line.
The smallest Avenger model, which is available in fully electrical, hybrid and gasoline versions, has already demonstrated a success story, combining the famous brand off -road skill with a compact and practical daily cross -daily vehicle.
Now, the new compass hopes to build on these successes with completely new looks and a highly electrified selection of automatic trains. It will compete in the growing C-SUV segment in Europe, which is expected to say that 90% will be electrified at the end of 2026.
By turning their backs on the image that achieves gas that brings to the mind thick models such as Wrangler and Gladiator, the new compass is based on the same architecture of Stla Stla Stla as Peugeot, Vauxhall and medium -sized SUVs of Citroen, many of which look highly highly electrified highly electrified.
The combustion fueled compass will have the option of “soft” and complement hybrid variants, which predominantly use the engine to feed the car, but increases the general efficiency (soft hybrid) or adds completely electric driving options for a short distance (complement).
But Jeep says that the pure electric version comes with a 211BHP or 229BHP engine mounted on the front axle, offering 311 miles of range from a smaller 73kWh battery or up to 404 miles from a 96KWH reach package.
The most expensive, 4xe, 4xe models are carried out, arrive with an additional engine on the rear axle, which offer the famous total traction of Jeep-Terrrain and offers up to 370 hp and an amazing 3100 Nm available on the rear wheels thanks to a rear reducer of 14: 1.
This allows the compass to climb a slope of 20%, says Jeep, even with zero traction on the front wheels, since the grunt of the rear wheels can handle heavy work.
The load rates are up to 160kw, which allows a 10 to 80% recharge in 30 minutes, and the electrical range of the battery greater than 400 miles is promoted.
The 4xe model also receives a distance to the improved ground thanks to an increase of 100 mm in the suspension height and a series of specific touches outside the road, such as tires and a more aggressive and resistant body kit to scratches.
The first edition versions of The Compass, which present the entire range kit mentioned above, are available to order now, with the first expected installments at the end of the year in Europe. Other markets are expected to do the same from then on.
Hard cars are the hardest sale
Most car manufacturers are having a bad time on board with the electric revolution, not only persuading customers that it is a good idea, but also making all the expensive effort profitable.
However, there are a number of brands that will naturally find it more difficult than the majority, with Jeep mentioned in the same breath as Ferrari, Lamborghini and a handful of performance cars manufacturers that fight to convince customers that electrification is the answer.
After all, Jeep has forged a reputation in the last 80 years to produce highly capable and combustion off -road that can go anywhere.
By its very nature, the electric vehicle cannot “go anywhere.” Well, not until someone invented a portable battery of the size of a can of Jerry that is able to add at least 300 miles of reach and can be overcome in minutes of any easy -to -access load station.
But Jeep knows that the only way to earn money is to chase the most popular sectors, with Avenger already demonstrating sales success in the compact SUV sector, changing more than 2.5 million units worldwide.
The company expects similar results with the compass in Europe and further.
Although reassuring the North America market that the electric battery and plug -in hybrids is a good alternative to the 3.6 -liter V6 that is currently in Gladiator models will be a much more difficult task.
