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I can' t understand why I read so many bad reviews of the compass and some many positive for the patriot. Because of the exterior design? I really like compass more...
Most of the reviews that I see say it's because the interior is better in the Patriot. Plus a lot of Jeep Lovers are mad because Jeep made a vehicle that isn't "Trail Rated" (which means it's not meant for serious off roading)[email protected] said:I can' t understand why I read so many bad reviews of the compass and some many positive for the patriot. Because of the exterior design? I really like compass more...
No. Jeep's "Trail Rated" means that it has passed Jeeps Off Road tests - I think there's 5 categories that it has to pass?D-Train said:It's probably in the public's eye that it resembles a real jeep because it offers a trail rated package. However, from reading the different Jeep forums, trail rated is just a marketing scheme for Jeep to hype and sell their product. I'm pretty sure that there will be parts and accessories offered for the Compass to satisfy the off-road enthusiastist. When Jeep Liberty first came out, there were similar comments bashing the model and style. About 90% of SUV owners don't use their vehicle to off-road so I don't really care what the consumers think since I don't plan on hitting the Rubicon trail anytime soon.
They want Chrysler's best selling mini vans too...Cherokee said:The other problem I see with Patriot production is that there are so many things up in the air with DCX right now. We are the lucky ones who got the car we wanted when we did, especially, with the needle of Chrysler's compass pointing south right now. The only thing worse than that would be to see Jeep go overseas as about the only reason anyone wants to pick up Chrysler in the first place is to get their hands on that one gem, a.k.a. Jeep.I already felt bad for some of you who are still waiting on your car. I was originally going to order mine, but they had one at the dealership that was perfect, and I only had to change a couple of things from what my original order would have been, sunroof instead of 4x4, silver instead of khaki. Those features I consider an upgrade, because I am so very happy with the one I ended up getting!!! Hopefully Chrysler can pull it off.
I'd be surprised if anywhere near the majority of patriots came with the offroad package, although it will be a cool first for the segment.Neely2005 said:No. Jeep's "Trail Rated" means that it has passed Jeeps Off Road tests and has also sucessfully navigated the Rubicon Trail.
The latest rumour is that Magna might buy Chrysler. I think that Chrysler will be okay. The Jeeps, Mini Vans, Calibers & 300's are all selling well.ACX said:I'd be surprised if anywhere near the majority of patriots came with the offroad package, although it will be a cool first for the segment.Neely2005 said:No. Jeep's "Trail Rated" means that it has passed Jeeps Off Road tests and has also sucessfully navigated the Rubicon Trail.
As for the chrysler troubles, we'll see what shakes out, as private equity firms seem to be vying for a potential sale. I still would be surprised to see anything change per say from a consumer standpoint. They could in theory sell some parts and liquidate the rest but we'll see.
I'll go on record again to say - chrysler messed up pricing the compass a grand above the patriot. As well I'm not sure what their plans are for volume. They still have not ramped up patriot production like I expected them to. Only 8k of them made thus far, vs 20k compasses this year and over 40k calibers.
But... both vehicles have the same interior!!!Neely2005 said:Most of the reviews that I see say it's because the interior is better in the Patriot. Plus a lot of Jeep Lovers are mad because Jeep made a vehicle that isn't "Trail Rated" (which means it's not meant for serious off roading)[email protected] said:I can' t understand why I read so many bad reviews of the compass and some many positive for the patriot. Because of the exterior design? I really like compass more...
[email protected] said:Neely2005 said:[email protected]":kkxurk0g]I can' t understand why I read so many bad reviews of the compass and some many positive for the patriot. Because of the exterior design? I really like compass more...[/quote] Most of the reviews that I see say it's because the interior is better in the Patriot. Plus a lot of Jeep Lovers are mad because Jeep made a vehicle that isn't "Trail Rated" (which means it's not meant for serious off roading)[/quote] But... both vehicles have the [b]same [/b]interior!!![/quote:kkxurk0g] "The other good news is that the construction of the interior is not as embarrassingly cheap as the interiors of the Caliber and Compass are. It is merely cheap." [url="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=75633 said:http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Dr ... leId=75633[/url]