By Jeep officially revealed the 2021 Model Year of Compass. The American manufacturer released a teaser last month of the new model but everyone expected the company to reveal the updated Compass instead the only change for the Compass is the introduction of a new petrol engine. The updated Compass comes to Europe first and it will be manufactured in the continent for the first time at Jeep’s Melfi plant in Italy earlier the model was imported.
The 1.4 L petrol engine will be replaced by the new 1.3 L turbo unit and it produces 130 PS and 270 Nm on Sport, Longitude, Mighty Eagle and Limited Variants. But in S variant, the power has been increased to 150 PS but the torque remains the same. Jeep will offer a 6-speed manual and a 6-speed dry clutch automatic gearbox. Currently, Jeep is not offering the four-wheel-drive system with this engine in Europe but for other markets, the company might offer it.
The Compass also gets a Sport model to improve driving feel and it can be activated by pressing the button on the centre console. According to Jeep, this engine is 30 per cent more efficient than its predecessor even though power has come down a lot. The earlier 1.4 L petrol engine was available in two configurations -140 PS & 230 Nm and 170 PS & 250 Nm. This engine was mated to a 6-speed manual and 9-speed automatic gearbox.
Apart from this, 2021 MY Compass gets a new Uconnect 4 Series infotainment system and it gets connected car features, which can be controlled using the smartphone application. Jeep is also offering lots of safety systems like forward collision, lane departure warning, blind-spot monitoring and more. We are not sure whether Jeep will bring this engine to India as a replacement for the current 1.4 L turbo petrol, which produces 162 PS and 250 Nm.
