We love it when when these spy pics reach the public because it gives us an initial unaltered look at what we can expect from our favorite Jeep lines. Take this Compass/Patriot shot for example: we love what they've done to it so far!
These days, it’s nearly impossible to travel across Southeastern Michigan without tripping over a Fiat-based Chrysler test mule. Sure enough, we managed to stumble across a very early test mule for what will ultimately replace the Jeep Compass and Patriot CUVs.
In late 2009, Chrysler disclosed that both the Compass and Patriot – presently built on the late Dodge Caliber’s PM/MK architecture – would be replaced by a single model in 2013, and adopt a new, Fiat-sourced platform. Although the time frame has since been delayed slightly (Chrysler now says both the Compass and Patriot will live on until August 2014), the company is already working on concocting a replacement based upon the C-US Wide (CUSW) platform. It won’t be the first Jeep to use that architecture; that honor goes to the forthcoming Jeep Liberty replacement.
That platform, which also underpins the 2013 Dodge Dart, is a longer, wider variant of Fiat’s C-EVO platform, which is used in the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. As such, it’s not surprising to see this early test mule use a Giulietta body that has obviously been both widened and lengthened to fit. As is always the case with engineering mules like this, expect the finished product to share no sheetmetal with the finished product.Click to Read More
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