Jeep Compass : Official Review

RavenAvi · 11th October 2017, 11:05

The Compass's petrol AT variant has been spotted in a Jeep showroom at Kochi as a display vehicle.

Many thanks to Saju Scaria for sharing!

Jeep Compass Club India on Facebook

aviraj · 11th October 2017, 11:36

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Originally Posted by Turbanator

There's a misconception on this, Logistics/ Handling or whatever is legal even overseas, If it becomes illegal, then, we as a consumer will be at a loss.

There is an ex-factory price from the Manufacturer and then there is an Ex-showroom price for the dealer. What about the margin between them? Ideally, shouldn't that cover these costs + a profit margin for the dealer? As far as I know, the Ex-showroom price is like an MRP and the dealer cannot legally add any charges to that to avoid showing those extra charges in the invoice.

aadya · 11th October 2017, 12:05

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Originally Posted by aviraj

There is an ex-factory price from the Manufacturer and then there is an Ex-showroom price for the dealer. What about the margin between them? Ideally, shouldn't that cover these costs + a profit margin for the dealer? As far as I know, the Ex-showroom price is like an MRP and the dealer cannot legally add any charges to that to avoid showing those extra charges in the invoice.

I think Turbanator has explained this. If these charges are added as part of the Ex Show room price then effectively there would be a GST of about 28% and Cess of about 20% on average, leading to an extra tax of 48%.

For example when a handling charges of Rs.10000 is added to the cost of vehicle it would become Rs.14800 in the hand of the customer. So dealers charge it seperately. I am not justifying this but trying to clarify this.

It might have been started by some clever manufacturer/dealer to have an edge over the competition.

Supreme court has given an order to avoid handling charges as these are covert way of charging the RTO bribe.

RavenAvi · 11th October 2017, 12:57

Some more close-up shots of the Compass petrol AT, courtesy Laban Das on Facebook.

torque18 · 11th October 2017, 13:16

So there is no Sports mode.

Caesar · 11th October 2017, 14:29

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Originally Posted by RavenAvi

Some more close-up shots of the Compass petrol AT

Limited with the alloys of a Longitude? That is strange.

Aniruthan · 11th October 2017, 21:47

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Originally Posted by RavenAvi

The Compass's petrol AT variant has been spotted in a Jeep showroom at Kochi as a display vehicle.

Many thanks to Saju Scaria for sharing!

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Jeep Compass Club India on Facebook

So this picture confirms that there is really slim chances of Compass getting additional features (eg : Cruise Control) on the top end variant as there were news that there were test mules spotted with additional features. I personally think Cruise Control and Front sensors would really be useful additions.

psychogogo · 11th October 2017, 22:02

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Originally Posted by Caesar

Limited with the alloys of a Longitude? That is strange.

Exact same observation. Something seems amiss.

RedRaider · 11th October 2017, 22:25

For India, the cruise control is not in the scheme of things at FCA presently. So, do not expect it in the near future.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 12th October 2017, 01:12

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Originally Posted by torque18

So there is no Sports mode.

Does seem to be having a manual mode, as the plus and minus buttons are visible on the gear shifter.

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Originally Posted by RedRaider

For India, the cruise control is not in the scheme of things at FCA presently. So, do not expect it in the near future.

Very poor decision from FCA!

Latheesh · 12th October 2017, 10:10

I spotted 3 Compass till today. Red, white, and a silver. It looks good in isolation, but on road it looks compact and gel with the traffic. No one was paying any attention to it.

paharino1 · 12th October 2017, 11:13

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Originally Posted by RedRaider

For India, the cruise control is not in the scheme of things at FCA presently. So, do not expect it in the near future.

Weird, my 10 lack Linea TJet Emotion has cruise control, front rain sensing wipers !

RedRaider · 12th October 2017, 12:43

Spotted a grey Compass petrol AT variant on the roads today. ARAI sticker on the rear. This is the second time that I have seen a grey Compass on the roads. The alloys as well as the tail lamps seem to be of the longitude variant. Would have expected the pressed steel wheels to go with the tail lamps.

Impending launch of grey colour ?

See pics below. Forgive the quality as these were clicked just as the signal turned green and the traffic started to move.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 12th October 2017, 12:56

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Originally Posted by RedRaider

Spotted a grey Compass petrol AT variant on the roads today. ARAI sticker on the rear. This is the second time that I have seen a grey Compass on the roads. The alloys as well as the tail lamps seem to be of the longitude variant. Would have expected the pressed steel wheels to go with the tail lamps.

Judging from these, and the earlier posted spy pics from a showroom in Kerala - I feel the Petrol AT Compass Limited variant would have the alloys of the Longitude variant.

AT is available only on Sport and Limited variants, as per the brochure.

RedRaider · 12th October 2017, 13:33

The grey colour somehow did not appeal to me. Off course the car was all dusty and smeared which might have biased my opinion.

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RedRaider BHPian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Pune Posts: 98 Thanked: 122 Times	Re: Jeep Compass : Official Review Spotted a grey Compass petrol AT variant on the roads today. ARAI sticker on the rear. This is the second time that I have seen a grey Compass on the roads. The alloys as well as the tail lamps seem to be of the longitude variant. Would have expected the pressed steel wheels to go with the tail lamps. Impending launch of grey colour ? See pics below. Forgive the quality as these were clicked just as the signal turned green and the traffic started to move. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by RedRaider : 12th October 2017 at 13:03. Reason: Spelling mistake.
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RedRaider BHPian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Pune Posts: 98 Thanked: 122 Times	Re: Jeep Compass : Official Review The grey colour somehow did not appeal to me. Off course the car was all dusty and smeared which might have biased my opinion. Last edited by RedRaider : 12th October 2017 at 13:35.
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