With winter approaching, standard heated front seats and heated steering wheel are always appreciated. Meanwhile, the available 10.25-inch TFT digital cluster displays driver-assist technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and available speed limit traffic signs. The highlight is a gloss black centre stack display that, in the Trailhawk Elite, features a new 10.1-inch high-definition touchscreen, one that prominently displays a next-generation Uconnect 5 system that allows several customizable interfaces storing up to five different user profiles (cabin temperature, seating position and mirror placement, music, etc., are just a few of the things that can be programmed). Past Compasses earned a solid “meh” for the dashboard layout the updated 2022 model’s horizontally oriented version is easier on the eyes clean, simple, and more user-friendly.
2022 Jeep Compass Trailhawk Elite Photo by Brian Harper With the upper body structure and frame engineered as a single unit, there’s nothing tinny about the Compass. And, considering the sport-ute has legit off-road bona fides with more than 200 mm of rear-wheel articulation, the ride, while firm, is nowhere near punishing.
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There’s a solid, comforting weight to the thick-rimmed steering wheel, the Jeep’s electric power steering responding well to driver inputs. While engine performance is middling at best, the Trailhawk’s ride and handling offers some redemption.
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The nine-speed automatic doesn’t help in the zip department either, the top four gears are all overdrives. And, combined with the Trailhawk Elite’s 1,648-kilogram weight, acceleration is lethargic, taking at least 10 seconds to hit 100 km/h from a standstill and sounding rather growly under heavier throttle. The working-class four-banger puts out 177 horsepower and 172 pound-feet of torque, reasonable numbers within the compact segment though far from class leading. There is but one engine for all Compass models, FCA’s 2.4-litre SOHC Tigershark four-cylinder, which also sees duty in the subcompact Jeep Renegade and larger Cherokee. Neither is what the Trailhawk Elite is about.
At that price, some automakers will load their top trim models with luxury and infotainment features while others will push performance with 250+ hp turbocharged four-cylinders. Still, $44K is a good chunk of change for a crossover, one that, at 4.4 metres in length, is on the smaller side of the compact segment. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He remained a fan of Jeep and an owner of the brand’s subsequent array of civilian models - mostly in station wagon form - for the rest of his life. And though he gained a reputation throughout the troop as being able to drive any Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) truck over, around, or through anything thrown at it without getting stuck, it was the go-anywhere Jeep for which he had the fondest affection. It is likely one of his first experiences with the most iconic military vehicle of the Second World War. Standing amongst them and just behind a Jeep, is Dad, a tall, skinny, 18-year-old Private. It was taken April 19, 1945, at Canadian Artillery Training Centre Petawawa and shows the 40 or so men of G Troop, ‘F’ Battery.