Jeep to launch updated Compass next month; Meridian in October

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According to a media report, Jeep is gearing up to motorboat an updated mentation of the Compass adjacent month, followed by the Meridian facelift successful October.

Jeep plans to rotation retired regular updates of its products successful India. The carmaker believes that, dissimilar European markets wherever updates are rolled retired each 18-24 months, the highly competitory Indian marketplace needs a merchandise refresh each 6 months.

That being said, the Compass is expected to person nary much than insignificant cosmetic updates. Similarly, the Meridian volition besides diagnostic subtle styling changes connected the outside, portion connected the interior, the 3-row SUV could get caller spot upholstery and further features similar a beforehand and rear dashcam and an aerial purifier.

The Compass and Meridian volition clasp the aforesaid 2.0-litre diesel engine, which puts retired 168 BHP and 350 Nm. It volition beryllium paired with either a 6-speed manual oregon a 9-speed automatic transmission.

Source: Autocar India

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According to ACI’s August ‘24 Magazine;

Jeep India is readying to merchantability the facelifted Meridian arsenic a 5 seater alongside the existent 7 seater, to springiness it a little terms tag !

Although with the Compass already contiguous arsenic the 5 seater counterpart of the 7 seater Meridian, I wonderment however volition the pricing facet beryllium kept successful check…

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At the most, they'll adhd 3-4 features and rise the terms by 2-3 lacs.

My humble petition to Jeep is to motorboat the Compass and the Meridian with a Petrol engine. Compass Petrol:diesel income ratio utilized to beryllium astir 40:60. So atleast present a 2.0L Turbo Petrol motor by which you guys tin summation your income by atleast 30-40%.

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Looks similar we person different re-run of VW group's facelift strategy with the Jeep siblings, similar what VW did with the Polo & Vento to negociate their lifecycle.

The Compass M566 RHD level for India is astir a decennary old, having seen the airy of day, internationally successful 2016 and successful India successful 2017. At an asking terms of INR2.5 cardinal positive the Compass, which is not that spacious arsenic its competitors, conscionable cannot chopped it immoderate much successful the mid - SUV conception successful the look of newer, fresher competition.

Apart from incremental re-freshes tin Jeep bash thing other to revive the aboriginal of this precise good engineered car? Well, they tin re-calibrate their gasoline motor and relaunch a petrol variant erstwhile again. A ample chunk of loyal Delhi-NCR Jeep buyers would beryllium keen to person a petrol option.

Jeep tin besides look astatine the hybrid option. In the planetary lineup the Compass has a 1.3 litre PHEV variant which is businesslike and powerful. Jeep tin serioously see making a concern lawsuit retired of it w.r.t. home income arsenic good arsenic exports of a PHEV exemplary from India.
The Fiat 2.0 litre diesel powered Compass lipid burner feels rather archaic compared to the caller harvest of diesels arsenic featured successful the latest Mahindra's. While the Mahindra Diesel's consciousness refined, creaseless with superior NVH crossed the revv scope successful their vehicles, the Fiat 2.0 litre diesel powered Compass consciousness noisy, gravelly and laggy (below 2000 rpm).

As per assorted media reports, it looks similar Jeep volition instrumentality Stellantis's CMP level and motorboat a newer, cheaper, smaller exemplary successful India immoderate clip successful 2025-2026. But past again that volition beryllium a azygous caller model. If Jeep wants to past successful India and person lawsuit mindshare they request to connection aggregate models astatine antithetic terms points. Once upon a clip determination was a superior speech of launching the Renegade successful India which could person proved to beryllium bully contention to the existing 4.3 metre SUV models successful our state but that program was scrapped.

Jeep is simply a fantastic marque sanction and has an enviable marque equity successful India. Even till contiguous galore radical equate SUV similar vehicles arsenic "Jeep gaddi's". I person heard radical speech astir Mahindra's "Jeep",(Thar & present the Roxx), models and besides the caller Maruti "Jeep"(Jimny).
Pity, 1 find negligible specified notation w.r.t. the genitor car!