12/9/2023 0 Comments Ranking of crossover suvs![]() Safety features: Our Compass collected the second highest points total in advanced active safety features, being equipped with forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning and prevention, blind spot warning and a backup camera with rear cross-traffic alert. “The touchscreen is crisp and responsive, and it has loads of features and mechanical volume and tuning dials.” The Compass was top-rated in this regard.įorward-folding front passenger seat: “The only feature like it in our group improves on the Jeep’s otherwise underwhelming cargo situation,” said Mays. Bruzek agreed: “This is the system every other automaker should use as inspiration for controls, layout and usability,” he said. Touchscreen and multimedia: “The excellent, easy-to-use Uconnect multimedia system has only gotten better in this generation, with sharper graphics and belated smartphone integration,” said Meier. Sadly, its fresh redesign, high trim level and second-highest rating for safety features couldn’t save the Compass in this contest. The Compass is the only model in our test also offered in an off-road-capable trim level, the Trailhawk, though we tested a Limited, the highest trim. The Compass received its first full redesign for the 2017 model year, though some of the previous generation that’s been around since 2006 were also manufactured as 2017s, which seems a greater offense than Nissan calling its mid-year-updated Rogue a 2017.5. Read on to see how the vehicles ranked - and why - in the closest Challenge finish in history.ħ 2017 Jeep Compass, 591 points The verdict: The Jeep style, upscale interior design and urban-friendly size made us want to like this new Compass a lot, but it was held back by modest power and a cabin that failed to deliver in several ways.Įstimated city/highway/combined mpg: 22/30/25 Fred Meier, Washington, D.C., bureau chief.Judges for the Challenge were three editors: Three judges individually awarded points in 12 categories: interior quality, front-seat comfort, backseat comfort, cargo storage, in-cabin storage, handling, powertrain, ride quality, noise, visibility, worth the money and multimedia - the latter a category that accounts for the touchscreen-based interfaces that are, more than ever, the means to activate and adjust fundamental features of the vehicle itself, not simply ways of controlling audio sources and navigation systems.Įach model was also awarded points for the advanced active safety features with which the test vehicle was equipped as well as for its grades in our Car Seat Check, which gauges the accommodation of various child-safety seats. Results | What You Get | Family Features | Video Competitors included the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, 2017 Ford Escape, 2017 Honda CR-V, 2017 Jeep Compass, 2017 Mazda CX-5, 2017.5 Nissan Rogue and 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. Our price requirement was a maximum of $35,000 including all options and destination charges, which yielded primarily all-wheel-drive SUVs (except for one) and mostly base engines. So, we pit the previous winner - the Ford Escape - against five updated models plus the best-selling SUV in the U.S., the Nissan Rogue. CARS.COM - It’s been little more than one year since we published our last Compact SUV Challenge, but much has changed within the market as several models have been redesigned or updated.
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