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Learn all about all the changes to the 2025 Jeep Compass, and get a quick intro to the 2026 as well
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so here's the 2025 Jeep Compass you
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might notice it looks a little bit like
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the 2024 Jeep Compass but jeep has sent
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out the official announcement on what's
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new for
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2025 because this will be a short 2025
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run and then the 2026 will show up and
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they will be on a completely different
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platform completely different vehicle
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possibly a different engine for 2025
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drum roll please we will have a new
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limited edition juice exterior color
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with late availability that's right it's
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not ready yet and no you can't see it in
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this video and we can't see it either
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it'll be interesting to know what it
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looks like and maybe there's a picture
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of it in the press release uh nope no
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picture in the press release however
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what is the Jeep Compass it's a bit
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underrated it's actually a very nice
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vehicle it has some off-road capability
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uh not enough that it will pass through
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the contest but enough that it won't
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fall to pieces on the relatively easy
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part of the Jeep off-road course it has
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a 2 L turbo engine 4-cylinder with 200
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horsepower and 221 pound feet of torque
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this is much better than any old Compass
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engine you might think that this is
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Chrysler's 8speed automatic but no it's
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not if you want to be picky it's also
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not ZF 8speed automatic so now all
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models have Jeep active Drive 4x4 that's
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all-wheel drive and the Trailhawk has a
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low gear as well well so that you get a
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20 to1 craw ratio which they say is
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class leading and probably is you get up
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to four modes so you have Auto that's
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automatic snow and sand and mud on all
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models and then the track Hawk gives you
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a rock mode as well so that's basically
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for combination of traction control and
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where it directs the power to the front
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or to the rear and such like and the
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compass has uh front LED reflector
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headlamps on all models but if you want
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really good LED headlamp you get the
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latitude Lux limited or Trailhawk so the
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Trailhawk is really the one that you
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want if you're ever going to go Offroad
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it has uh 1-in Factory lift it has skid
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plates aggressive tires for off-roading
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and tow hooks front and rear it has the
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low gear as I mentioned before so that
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you can get that 20 to1 crawl ratio
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you're not going to use this at any real
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speeds you know this isn't something
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where you're driving 30 m an hour and
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you're in low gear that that's not going
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to work well it's got a 30 ° approach
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angle 24° breakover and 34° departure
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angle with Hill descent control it can
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cross up to 19 in of water if you drive
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really really slowly and don't create
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big waves and it can tow up to 2,000 lb
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of the towing bage you also get a 10-in
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touchcreen stereo in the middle that's
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optional on the lower model standard on
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latitude Lux limit end Trailhawk and an
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optional full color 10 and 1/4 in gauge
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cluster so for 2025 they haven't done
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the usual thing where they they slash
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the models down to one or two you still
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get sport latitude latitude Lux limited
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and Trailhawk there are six colors
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silver white black Hydro blue juice
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whatever that is and red hot an interior
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is done in black or black and sepia but
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the second one is only unlimited so
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basically you can get it any color you
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want as long as it's black the compass
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is actually a nice quiet comfortable car
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I really liked it uh when I test drove
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it I've been driven by friends in who
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have them and they really love the
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things it's going to be really
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interesting to see what the new Compass
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looks like how much of the off-road
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capability it keeps because that's
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always a trade-off right more off-road
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capability means tougher body it means
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skid plates stuff like that and then you
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have extra weight to uh deal with all
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that it's not free you don't get great
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off-roading without any cost at all it's
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always a trade-off so we're going to see
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what trade-offs they make in the 2026
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compass it will probably use pu's 1.6 L
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turbo engine which is being set up to be
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made in large quantities in Michigan as
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we speak so the 1.6 should actually
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provide a better experience than the old
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2.4 or the uh 1.4 Fiat Turbo engines
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dated in the heavy Compass or the
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Renegade because it's designed for
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vehicles of higher weight as well as for
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light sporty cars so the 1.6 turbo that
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they're busy making or preparing to make
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down in Michigan is probably a pretty
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good base engine but we'll see when it
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comes out and it will probably be sell
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sold in a hybrid format so that you have
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a bit of electric boost at the bottom
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end and that helps get you going in the
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meantime this is Dave from Motel signing
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off with a reminder that you can go to
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motals and learn about the 1.6 L engine
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you can learn about the compass you can
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learn about all sorts of fun things
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going all the way back to 1924 when the
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first Chrysler was released
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