Comments on: Jeep Compass off to a slow(er) start?

By: girlwholovescars

girlwholovescars — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:14:02 +0000

From a womens perspective this car is like dating a 80 year old with no money. It’s pointless.

By: elviososa

elviososa — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:28:07 +0000

Compass is FUGLY….I said that before…and I don’t mind to say it again.It even looks uglier than the plastic toy cars that is Made in China in the the Wal-Mart.

Yeah….I am kinda wondering who is running the Jeep brand now….a monkey??

By: tppp

tppp — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:11:47 +0000

The article states Jeep Compass off to a slow(er) start…meaning slower start then the Caliber. It doesn’t say the Compass is off to a slow start. As far as Chrysler is concerned the Compass is preforming pretty well so far. No, its not selling as fast as the Caliber did for awhile but now the Caliber sales have slowed down some and the average transaction price of the Compass’s being sold is consideribly higher than the Caliber which stands to reason that its not going to put up the same kind of numbers as the Caliber did. At this point the Compass is the hotter product of the two right now in my opinion. After driving them both it is also the better product of the two. The Compass has better interior materials, more interior volume, and way more sound deadening material.

By: lanapat7

lanapat7 — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:31:01 +0000

Everyone I’ve asked mentioned the Compass doesn’t look like a Jeep.
No wonder sales are way off.

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:32:48 +0000

Didn’t I read somewhere that the Compass was designed to appeal to women and the Patriot to men?
I would like to hear from women on how they like the looks of the Compass, because my wife (not into cars at all and rarely comments on them) actually said she wanted to look at one.

By: BIGJAMESBO

BIGJAMESBO — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:17:52 +0000

THEY NEED TO QUIT MESSING AROUND AND PUT THE 4.7 V8 IN THE COMPASS AND BOTH HEMI’S AS OPTIONS IN THE JEEP WRANGLER. THEN I WOULD CONSIDER A JEEP. DAISY DUKE HAD A V8 IN HER JEEP!

By: mblommel

mblommel — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:39:23 +0000

1. It’s fugly
2. Trying to sell with product with bobbleheads is stupid.

By: Vertical

Vertical — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:56:38 +0000

I agree with Impulsive. Some decisions by some of the Detroit auto bigshots are completely baffling. DCX decided NOT to build the fantastic looking Gladiator, and instead decided to build the hideous Compieceof****. And these idiots get paid serious coin to make these stupid decisions.

By: Diel

Diel — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:22:23 +0000

Last I heard Doge’s AWD system for the Caliber was not able to handle the power of the SRT-4.

By: Ricardo Head

Ricardo Head — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:28:40 +0000

Because sales of the Compass have been slow as ****, DCX decided to go retro, pull from their roots, and restyle it into the all new 2007ComPacer….
… http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/WaaaaHoooo/ComPacer.jpg

By: nowei

nowei — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:04:14 +0000

I’ve actually been curious about how the SRT breakdown is going to work for these models. Will they make a Compass SRT-4? Because it might make sense that the Compass would get AWD whereas the Dodge stays FWD. I think that could give the Compass a much needed sales boost. I’d give it a look but I haven’t exactly been thrilled with the Caliber.

One of my friends bought a Caliber and I was less than impressed. The dash is like two miles wide, and in the process of trying to make the Caliber seem like an SUV they’ve made it feel like you’re driving a bathtub. They could have just completed the package and made the visibility truly terrible by adding a smoked glass windshield.

Plus, the advertisements for the Caliber are some of the worst ads on TV at the moment. The Caliber just isn’t a tough car, no matter what Dodge says. It’s kind of like when KFC advertised a whole bucket of fried chicken as a way to start eating healthy. I’m just not stupid enough to believe that. The Compass ads, while far from great, are at least using motifs (hip hop and bobblehead dolls) that appeal to the theoretical target demographic of the car. Also, unlike Dodge, they’re not trying to advertise the car as something it’s not. It may not be a Jeep, but they’re not really advertising a Jeep.

So, yeah, has anyone heard about a Compass SRT-4?

/no

By: Bobzooki

Bobzooki — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:37:34 +0000

It seems all the people with bad taste bought the Caliber already and there is no one left to buy Compasses

By: Bush

Bush — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:55:00 +0000

Jeep now has their own “Aztec”.

By: zan

zan — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:32:22 +0000

The people who go to a Jeep dealer are not looking to buy a Caliber and thats what the Compass is. It just isn’t a real Jeep.

This is really sad because Jeep was one of the few American manufacturers that did not share frames with every other car made and it looks like they might be headed in that direction.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:31:15 +0000

Seriously, who decided that this would EVER work? I can’t, for the life of me, understand who runs these companies making these decisions? Monkeys should be washing these things, not designing and approving them.

Cut your losses NOW and can this mess. Then can the monkeys who were part of this birth.

By: atomicbri

atomicbri — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:43:28 +0000

No suprise here! It is ugly, looks like a bloated fruit and is NOT a Jeep. I am shocked they even considered to bring it out really. The concept car that was the Compass was hot….this was a complete disappointment. I except this car will be gone after its model cycle.

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:35:47 +0000

and yes the caliber SRT4 definatly needs AWD. can dodge say torque steer?

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:20:55 +0000

The Patriot is much better than the Compass, IMO. I think it’ll sell better.

By: Brendino

Brendino — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:43:37 +0000

lewissalem, this thing is in a different segment than the RAV.

Though I won’t argue your point.

By: snork

snork — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:41:29 +0000

^^^The Caliber SRT should definitely been AWD. 300HP FWD just doesn’t make any sense. And for the price, another $2k to add AWD would still significantly undercut Subaru STI and Mitsu EVOs which would be the logical comparisons. The price diffence would probably even be enough to justify not matching up to the Subie/Mitsu’s handling while still giving a run for the money in a straight line and probably be a tad quicker than a similarly priced regular WRX.

By: DavidS

DavidS — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:31:58 +0000

The people Jeep intended as the target audience wouldn’t be caught dead driving this stupid looking thing. As much bashing as the Caliber gets, as this article says, it’s selling a lot better and isn’t trying to be something it’s not (which is what the Compass is). Caliber seems like a good little car. The Compass looks half-finished, like they allowed an entry-level engineer to design the exterior as his first project.
I still say the Caliber SRT should have been AWD…

By: DaveO

DaveO — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:30:46 +0000

Caliber (though also cheap) is much better looking. I see the Patriot outselling them all however. Much better looking and it has the retro Cherokee thing going for it.

By: 1234

1234 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:30:06 +0000

Reminds me of the old AMC Gremlin only with a Jeep front end. No wonder they’re not selling.

By: lewissalem

lewissalem — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:49:09 +0000

I know the Rav4 is a few thousand more… But its just so much more… REFINED.

I was a little confused as to why this product was built. It doesn’t even look like a Jeep. Atleast the Patriot does.

By: wenge

wenge — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:46:55 +0000

It amazes me how much marketing I’ve seen for the Compass but I have yet to see one on the road. I can’t believe ANYONE is buying that POS!

By: snork

snork — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:25:36 +0000

First off…I didn’t even know there are Jeep Compass ads, LOL. Secondly, it’s just plain ugly. I’d definitely go with a Caliber over the Jeep. And if Liberties are going for similar money, that seems like a no brainer. I had a Liberty rental a few months ago…it was definitely a nice little Jeep for the money. Jeep should can Patriot and Compass and spend those resources on making the Liberty better. They seem to sell plenty of Liberties, can’t say I’ve even scene a Patriot or Compass yet and I live in NJ where you can see just about every car on the road…I probably see a Maybach weekly and Lambos and Ferraris a few times a week. Given those pretty RARE cars, it doesn’t bode well that I’ve never even scene these new Jeeps…heheh.

By: Brendino

Brendino — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:01:25 +0000

That’s interesting, zan. The dealers aren’t psyched to sell it.

I think another factor is that it’s the same vehicle as the Caliber, only the Caliber is less expensive and much more well-received and well-advertised (Sorry, but the Compass ads aren’t all the great). So if people are looking for a vehicle in the segment and a dealer has both cars on the lot, they’re going to choose the Caliber.

By: zan

zan — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:55:47 +0000

I thought about buying a Liberty and when my wife asked about the compass the salesman tried to push us away from the compass. In not so many words he said that the compass was not a real jeep and was not even close to as well built as the Liberty, but we test drove it anyway.

I think we got maybe a mile before we were convinced the Compass was a total piece of crap. The decision was made even easier by the fact that I could get the liberty for the same or less money with incentives.

The compass has no power at all and the interior just felt extra cheap.

The Liberty is a much better vehicle

By: 90Z

90Z — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:47:07 +0000

With the Compass, Patriot, and the Liberty, isn’t this a bit confusing for the average consumer? They all seem to look alike.

By: Renton

Renton — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:45:45 +0000

Not surprised.

The Compass is ugly, its proportions just don’t work.

Plus, its not a real Jeep.