2017 Jeep Compass lives up to brand’s ‘heroic’ reputation

The all-new 2017 Jeep Compass compact SUV is one part Jeep, one part superhero. Then again, given how most Jeep owners think of their vehicles, that may be redundant.

The Compass is new from the ground up for 2017. Jeep is still selling a few of the previous-generation SUVs as 2017s, but don’t be fooled: the only thing the two vehicles have in common is the spelling of their name, and the one you want is the all-new Compass that looks like a baby Grand Cherokee and comes from Fiat Chrysler’s assembly plant in Toluca, Mexico. The Compass is based on the same “compact wide” architecture that underpins the smaller Jeep Renegade.