With the Renegade and Cherokee gone, Jeep is repositioning Compass to be a bit of of all the things–together with a greater worth.
For years, the Jeep division of Stellantis has loved robust and rising gross sales, and, because of a status for off-road prowess and army efficiency that dates again to World Struggle II, enviable pricing energy, as nicely.
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2025 Jeep Compass Costs
However because of competitors from Ford within the type of the Bronco SUV, well-publicized reliability points, and pricing that was out of line with comparable merchandise, Jeep has seen its U.S. market share erode lately.
Jeep ‘s U.S. gross sales peaked at 973,000 gross sales in 2018, however have fallen since. For 2023 the Stellantis truck model notched simply 643,000 items bought, a whopping 34-percent plunge since its peak.
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A part of that gross sales decline was self-inflicted, as Jeep, as a part of a house-cleaning transfer, eradicated the subcompact Renegade and midsize Cherokee from its showrooms. The transfer harm general gross sales figures, but additionally eliminated a whole lot of complicated product- and worth overlap from the model’s U.S. portfolio.
Jeep continues to promote the favored and expensive near-luxury Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L crossovers, in addition to the premium Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer massive SUVs. The Wagoneer fashions, launched for 2022, bought slowly at first, however have been gaining momentum in latest quarters. The Grand Wagoneer, which is priced according to the Cadillac Escalade, is a crucial revenue generator for the model.
Competitors
After all, Jeep nonetheless sells its rugged Wrangler SUV, and the associated Gladiator pickup truck. Although nonetheless fashionable, the Wrangler has taken a direct gross sales hit from Ford. The Ford Bronco, new for 2021, has confirmed fashionable with customers, slicing into Wrangler’s class dominance. Within the first half of 2024, Jeep bought 77,000 Wranglers, down from 85,000 within the first half of 2023.
And whereas Jeep did drop the high-volume Renegade and Cherokee, the compact Compass troopers on into 2025, now with revised pricing designed to enhance the entry-level crossover’s attraction.
2025 Jeep Compass Costs
For 2025, Compass costs are slashed by as much as $2000. Take a look:
- Compass Sport: $27,495 (no change)
- Compass Latitude: $29,795 (-$1970)
- Compass Restricted $33,840 (-$1500)
- Compass Trailhawk $33,990 ($1500)
Notice that the Latitude Lux trim degree, supplied for 2024, has been dropped for 2025.
Future Jeeps
Whereas slicing Compass costs ought to enhance the model’s low-end market attraction, the adjustment will most likely not absolutely compensate for the quantity misplaced by eliminating the Renegade and Cherokee.
Jeep administration has boldly promised to enhance U.S. gross sales to 1.5 million by 2027. For this, Jeep will want new product, and new product is on the best way:
Coming this fall is the model’s first all-electric mannequin, the Wagoneer S. A premium EV crossover, the S ought to inject some pleasure—if not vital gross sales quantity—into the Jeep lineup. Due a number of months later is the Recon, an all-electric SUV with promised off-road capabilities that mirror these of the vaunted Wrangler.
Additionally promised at a later date is an all-electric small crossover beginning at simply $25,000. We’re not clear on why Stellantis would channel an inexpensive EV via the Jeep distribution system—and never, say, Dodge—however an inexpensive EV may actually goose gross sales in a lot the identical approach the Bolt EV did for Chevrolet.
Additionally promised, although particulars are sketchy, is a midsize crossover priced under the Grand Cherokee, however bigger than the discontinued Cherokee. As Jeep has by no means actually had a crossover positioned in opposition to the likes of the high-volume Toyota Highlander or Honda Passport, it’s this yet-unnamed car that would deliver the model essentially the most quantity progress.
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