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The Compass is Jeep's smallest SUV. How does this compact SUV compare against so many other choices? We look at all the specs in our review to find out.
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What is New for the 2025 Jeep Compass?
The Jeep Compass is Jeep’s smallest SUV nowadays. Now that the Renegade has gone the way of the dodo, the Compass is also the entry point for living the Jeep life. For 2025, the Compass takes on this responsibility in a remarkable Stellantis fashion. By adding modern touches to a platform as old as the hills, Jeep is squeezing just enough life out of the Compas platform with contemporary touches. Is this enough to warrant walking into a Jeep dealership?
Carsforsale.com Score
7.75/10
Powertrain
Score
7.5/10
Interior
Score
7.75/10
Technology
Score
8/10
Value
Score
7.75/10
The Breakdown
Timeless Jeep styling
Peppy engine
Reasonable off-road prowess
Acceptable fuel economy
Suspect reliability
Older platform with okay-ish features
No manual transmission option
2025 Jeep Compass Specs
- 200 horsepower from base engine
- 221lb-ft of torque from base engine
- 4 available trims
- 27.2 cu-ft of cargo capacity
- 59.8 cu-ft of cargo capacity with seats down
- Towing capacity of 2,000 lbs
- 10.1-inch infotainment screen
- Available 360-degree camera
- 60/40 split rear seat
2025 Compass Powertrain 7.5/10
Say what you will about Jeep drivetrains of the 21st century. Reliability has never been their strong suit. Still, the longest-standing draw of buying a Mopar product is a better deal on horsepower per dollar than its competitors. To this effect, the 2025 Compass is more powerful than you might expect it to be.
Its two-liter turbo four-cylinder engine is a Stellantis mainstay these days. It’s even under the hood of some purportedly sporty offerings like the Maserati Ghibli and Grecale, the Alfa Romero Giulia, Stelvio, and Tonale, as well as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Wrangler. In its Jeep Compass deployment, this engine jets 200 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque to all four tires and is paired with a proper eight-speed ZF 8F30 automatic transmission.
This means the 2025 roughly 3,700-lb Compass to sprint to 60 in 7.5 seconds. If you can believe it, that’s over half a second faster than the equivalent Honda CR-V and almost a full second over the Toyota Rav4. All the while, you’ll net 24 MPG in the city and 32 on the highway, i.e., you’ll do pretty well on fuel if you avoid Manhattan and Center City Philadelphia most of the time.
Will it last long term? That’s a more difficult question. In larger vehicle applications like the Jeep Wranger, reports from online forums indicate long term results are not very good at all. Overheating is a common complaint with this engine. However, your mileage may vary for a Jeep Compass, which is hundreds of pounds lighter than a Wrangler.
2025 Compass Interior 7.75/10
Ah, the interior, the point in most reviews of Chrysler products where the score starts to take a nosedive. For a 4×4 platform that starts at a hair over $25,000, there are enough creature comforts and features to satisfy most folks. Compared to what the Compass once was at the start of its life, the interior fit and finish looks nothing short of solid.
The lowest-trimmed Compass Sport may only be available with black cloth seats and not have a fancy suite of interior/exterior trim pieces native to it. But you still get an 8.4-inch capacity touchscreen infotainment system with iOS and Android connectivity, and a dashboard layout that’s not bewilderingly complicated for the most part. You might have to fiddle around a bit to configure the driver-assist features just to your liking. But that’s true of just about any new car you can buy these days.
Moving up to the Latitude trim, those cloth seats are upgraded with soft-touch vinyl accents. There’s also the option of a dual-pane panoramic sunroof and premium stereo kit from Alpine through the tempting Sun and Sound upgrade package at $3,275 on top of MSRP. For $2,675 extra, the Convenience Group package offers dual-zone A/C, all-season floor mats, a power liftgate, and a second row of charge-only USB Type-A and Type-C ports to help everyone stay charged up on long trips.
Further up still, the 2025 Compass Limited adds leather seats, a larger 10.1-inch center screen, and a 10.25-inch digital gauge cluster. Optional for the 4×4-optimized Trailhawk that nets you everything in the Limited with a distinct off-road flare. You also get Amazon Alexa connectivity plus some of the featured options of lower trims included in the $3,975 Trailhawk Elite Group trim pack. For what’s still a rebranded Fiat/Alfa Romeo badge engineered to be an all-American Jeep, there’s enough variety and selection crammed into a nearly decade-old platform to keep most happy.
2025 Compass Tech and Features 8/10
Even on the low end, this 8.4-inch touchscreen is more than sufficient to interface with all your navigation and radio equipment. Better still with the larger 10.1-inch unit with its larger, sharper display. But the real meat and potatoes of the Compass’s features come in its optional driver assist technology. With parking assist capability, adaptive cruise control, a 360-degree imaging camera for more security in tight spaces, and traffic sign recognition in higher trims, you at least have the option to pay for a contemporary suite of driver assistants.
Perhaps the most notable feature of the 2025 Compass is actually its stark lack of features at the very low end. Without a suite of digital assistants, large alloy wheels, and a touchscreen display on the smaller side these days, the average working-class Joe or Jane can still afford to finance a Compass Sport trim in today’s economy. For a brand-new compact crossover 4×4, that’s nothing short of a steal.
Of course, you can upgrade your Compass if you really want to. But the people who’re ready to fork that kind of cash for a well-trimmed medium crossover are just going to buy Mazda CX-5s, or Honda CR-Vs instead. It’s safe to say the bulk of the Compass’ appeal will either be as a an entry level for those who want to start their Jeep lifestyle.
Of course, the off-road capable Trailhawk, with its chunky tires, exclusive interior and exterior trim pieces, and 8.6 inches of ground clearance, has its own virtues as an impromptu baby Wrangler. In short, the 2025 Compass has a surprising amount to offer for a model so long in the tooth. It’ll never be a Rav4 as far as reliability goes, but one of those will never have the mass appeal of anything with a Jeep badge. Sometimes, people just don’t care. They will care, however, about good marks in IIHS crashworthiness safety tests.
2025 Jeep Compass Trims & Pricing
Sport – $25,900
As bare and basic as a compact crossover can be in 2024. A basic small screen, wheels, engine, cloth seats, and a steering wheel. You know how all cars used to be for a while. It’s a breath of fresh air if you don’t like how computerized modern cars and trucks are. It’s also affordable to boot.
Latitude – $28,765
A bit of a premium over the Sport, granted. But access to a suite of optional extras and larger black alloy wheels make for some temptation to at least look at the more upscale side of things.
Limited – $32,840
Now we’re in semi-premium territory price wise. With optional leather seats, 19-inch wheels and the full suite of driver assistants plus Amazon Alexa, there’s enough here to at least, on the surface, feel like a competent and refined product.
Trailhawk – $32,990
Simple enough, take a decently capable off-roader and slap on BSW all-terrain tires, give it some exclusive trim pieces, and market it to people who don’t quite need a Wrangler but still love Jeeps all the same. It’s by far the most desirable Compass of 2025, even if the cheap-as-chips Sport will see the bulk of the sales.
2025 Jeep Compass Overall Value 7.75/10
Okay, here’s the big question. Will the 2025 Compass stand up to long-term use? Can it hope to be even as reliable as a Toyota or a Honda? Past history says no, but that doesn’t mean a Compass will grenade your wallet as soon as the warranty expires, either. In truth, you’ll be okay if you bother to keep up on drivetrain maintenance, and the included 3-years of complementary maintenance should help with that.
Carsforsale.com Overall Score 7.75/10
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The Jeep Compass deserves a lot of credit. At a time when it could’ve stagnated like so many Jeep products of the last 20 years, Stellantis brough the Compass into the mid-2020s with some genuinely helpful technology.
The meager three-year/36,000-mile basic and five-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty makes long-term ownership a bit more questionable. Major props to Jeep for at least attempting to market a genuinely affordable crossover. Here’s hoping the transmission holds up. Its reputation depends on it.
2025 Jeep Compass FAQ
Does the Jeep Compass have a sunroof?
The Compass is available with a dual-pane panoramic sunroof.
What is the starting price for new Jeep Compass?
The Compass starts at an MSRP of $25,000
How much can a Jeep Compass tow?
The Jeep compass can tow 2,000 lbs. when properly equipped.
