2023 Jeep Compass Trailhawk 4X4
Class: Compact Crossover
Colour: Billet Silver
Miles pushed: 473
CG Report Card
Room and ComfortB+
Energy and PerformanceB+
Match and FinishB+
Gas EconomyB+
ValueC
Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different autos in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim stage evaluated, and should not mirror Shopper Information’s impressions of the whole mannequin lineup.
Massive & Tall Consolation
Massive GuyB
Tall GuyB
Massive & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” score primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester.
Drivetrain
Engine Specs200-horsepower 2.0-liter
Engine TypeTurbocharged 4-cylinder
Transmission 8-speed computerized
Drive WheelsAWD
Noticed gas economic system: 26.8 mpg
Driving combine: 60% metropolis, 40% freeway
EPA-estimated gas economic system: 24/32/27 (mpg metropolis/freeway/mixed)
Snow Efficiency: N/A
Base worth: $35,745 (not together with $1595 vacation spot cost)
Choices on take a look at automobile: Particular paint ($495), Driver Help Group ($2640), Trailhawk Elite Group $3235, Solar and Sound Group ($2580)
Value as examined: $46,290
Fast Hits
The good: Loads of energy, legit off-road potential
The nice: Roomy and comfortably cabin, spectacular gas economic system
The not so good: Expensive choices, crude powertrain
Tom Appel:
There’s lots happening within the showrooms of the Stellantis off-road model today, and there’s a great opportunity you haven’t heard about a lot of it. Previously two years, each one in all Jeep’s eight fashions has been touched by not less than one vital replace, although information to that impact hasn’t been making its manner round as fully because it ought to.
Listed below are only a few of the modifications you must find out about:
Grand Wagoneer: New “Hurricane” turbocharged V6 changing V8 energy underneath the hood of this full-size SUV.
Wagoneer: New “Collection I” base mannequin significantly lowers the bottom worth of this huge rig.
Grand Cherokee: Jeep’s well-liked midsize SUV loses its V8 this yr, and is obtainable in an expanded variety of plug-in hybrid “4Xe” trim ranges.
Cherokee: Jeep’s midsize crossover has fallen from public grace, and has been discontinued.
Compass: We’ll get to the Compass in a second.
Renegade: Jeeps tiny, spunky, crossover comes customary with AWD for 2023, as ought to all Jeeps. Moreover, the smallest Jeep loses its base Sport trim stage this yr.
Wrangler and Gladiator: Each of Jeeps critical off-road autos have been handled to new grilles, and a bunch of security and connectivity updates.
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As for the Compass, Jeep’s well-liked compact crossover is handled to an all-new base—and solely—engine, and just like the Renegade, will solely be provided with AWD shifting ahead. All this after a big freshening for the 2022 mannequin yr. Compass tweaking pauses for 2024, as there are not any further updates deliberate for the little crossover within the close to future.
For 2023, the Compass begins at round $30,000, and is obtainable in a dizzying array of eight trim ranges. Ascending from most inexpensive to greatest geared up are the Sport, (roughly $30,000), Latitude ($35,000), Latitude Lux ($35,000), Altitude ($37,000), Restricted ($38,000), Trailhawk ($39,000), (Purple) ($41,000), and topline Excessive Altitude ($41,000).
Shopper Information not too long ago spent every week behind the wheel of the 2023 Jeep Compass Trailhawk in Billet Silver Metallic and geared up with the Driver Help Group. All advised, our take a look at automobile got here to $46,290, together with vacation spot cost.
The primary, and maybe most important impression the Compass made on us is that the inside is not of rental-car high quality. Certainly, the 2022 Compass freshening introduced with it a critical cabin improve that included loads of high-end-looking and soft-to-the-touch supplies. All advised, the passenger space is an aesthetic affair, and makes Compass a greater complement to Jeep’s premium choices additional up the mannequin vary.
The cabin is roomy, too, surprisingly so given the Compass’s tidy footprint. Entrance-row area is ample, and the 2nd-row lodging are grownup pleasant. And even with the rear seatbacks upright there’s loads of cargo area.
The Jeep’s Uconnect digital interface is straightforward to make use of and requires little familiarization to turn out to be comfy with. The tablet-style touchscreen is straightforward to learn at a look, even in brilliant gentle, and most-used icons fall readily handy.
As famous earlier, the Compass’s cranky 177-horsepower 2.4-liter “Tigershark” engine has been changed for 2023. As an alternative is a turbocharged 2.0-liter mill borrowed from the brand new Dodge Hornet compact crossover. Within the Compass the brand new engine is rated at 200 horsepower, although in observe that quantity feels conservative. Additionally new is a typical 8-speed computerized transmission, changing a 9-speed auto.
Underway, the Compass feels good. Journey high quality is great, and dealing with is subjectively sporty. Cabin noise is a matter, nonetheless, as highway and wind rush make their manner into the passenger space, as does an abundance of engine growl.
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Certainly, the brand new engine, which serves up loads of launch energy, in addition to passing and merging muscle, is a crude affair. The two.0-liter mill is an enormous enchancment over the outgoing 2.4 when it comes to efficiency, however is not any smoother or quieter. Moreover, there’s a good quantity of engine quake at idle. Plus, the brand new 8-speed computerized is given to shifting excessively—and seemingly unnecessarily—at low speeds, and might be tough in operation.
Gas economic system improves for 2023, nonetheless. The 2022 AWD Compass powered by the two.4-liter engine was EPA rated at mixed 25 mpg, whereas the ’23 Compass, powered by the brand new turbocharged engine is rated a 27 mpg. In Shopper Information testing we noticed virtually 27 mpg, which we regard as wonderful given the Compass Trailhawk’s energy and off-road gear.
In regards to the Trailhawk trim stage: In Trailhawk guise, the Compass wears Jeep’s “Path Rated” badge, which brings with it the understanding {that a} specific mannequin is particularly certified to move off highway. For 2023, the Trailhawk package deal brings with it Jeep’s Selec-Terrain traction-management system, under-body defending skid plates, distinctive springs and dampers, and particular wheels and tires. Trailhawk-specific exterior and inside trim are additionally a part of the deal.
Whereas the Editors of Shopper Information didn’t consider our take a look at automobile off highway, we now have had the chance to drive a Compass Trailhawk over some very difficult terrain, together with fording deep water. We had been very impressed by how effectively this little Jeep handles the tough stuff.
Since 2021, the bottom worth of a Compass has risen $4000 to $30,000, which feels a bit steep to us. That stated, the upgraded inside, extra highly effective engine, and customary AWD go a great distance in direction of justifying that type of cash. As for the Trailhawk, our take a look at automobile got here to greater than $46,000, which is fairly steep for a compact crossover. Now, when you intend to utilize the Trailhawk off-road {hardware}, that worth begins to make lots morse sense. The Compass Trailhawk is neither inexpensive nor refined, however it’s fast, area environment friendly, and really succesful within the tough stuff. You’ll want to take an extended take a look at drive earlier than making a purchase order dedication; typically the road between sporty and unrefined is fairly skinny. And as for all of the modifications at Jeep, we’d say the Compass got here out forward within the deal.
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