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With the extra cess on GST enhanced from fifteen per cent to twenty five per cent, luxury cars and SUVs, including all diesel-powered variants of the Jeep Compass are expected to get costlier. Click here for more information.
The prices for the Jeep Compass begin from Rs 14.95 lakh and go up to Rs 20.65 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). However, in the recently held GST Council meeting, an increase in tax rates of SUVs and luxury cars has been suggested and the Compass might be one of the cars that will fall within the fresh cess slab. That would mean an increase in prices of the fresh Jeep SUV. Tap to know more about that here. The Jeep Compass has touched a milestone figure of Ten,000 bookings and its production has been ramped up with two shifts working six days a week to reduce the extending waiting periods. To see how the Jeep Compass fares on Indian roads and off-road, take a look at the movie review.
Given its aggressive pricing, the Jeep Compass rivals a broad range of cars. It comes across as a premium alternative to 7-seater crossovers/SUVs like the Tata Hexa and Mahindra XUV500, while also coming close to the top-spec Hyundai Creta. Additionally, it undercuts the Hyundai Tucson on the price chart and is considerably cheaper than the VW Tiguan or body-on-frame SUVs like the Ford Endeavour and Toyota Fortuner.
While the petrol Jeep Compass’ mileage numbers have not been exposed, the diesel produces a claimed mileage of 17.1kmpl and 16.3kmpl for the 4×2 and 4×4 variants respectively.
The Jeep Compass may be Jeep`s most affordable model but it certainly isn`t lacking in equipment. To begin with, dual front airbags, Six pack with EBD, traction control, ESP and ISOFIX child seat mounts are suggested right from the base variant. In fact, the top-spec model gets six airbags. Stir up the variant range and the Jeep Compass gets features like dual-zone climate control, a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment display which is mated to a 6-speaker sound system and supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, thrust button commence/stop and switch roles parking sensors with a camera.
The Jeep Compass is available in five colour options for the bod – Hydro Blue, Exotica Crimson, Brilliant Black, Vocal White and Minimal Grey. The top-end Limited (O) variant gets a contrast coloured roof, making it lighter to identify. To know what each variant suggest, do check out story: Jeep Compass: Variants Explained