AKjeep, your comments typical of finding support for s bias.

I own a Compass. I have driven it for almost 4 months, MPG is just fine. I average 24/25. I took it up a turnpike and averaged 31.5 MPG.

The CVT is excellent and the autostick option makes driving fun.

I'm glad too hear MPG is better than this article reported. I just found it a little odd that it would be that bad.

Some of the poster here don't like the Compass, the Commander, the new Wrangler, or the Liberty. I have to question if they like their dog.

There's always Land Rover waiting to take your money. Wait . . . isn't LR owned by Ford?

Well, it's badged "Jeep" but it's not a traditional truck based Jeep, it's a car. So in a sense it is as close to a Buick as it is a Jeep. Really, with the Compass Jeep is going after the Subaru set, but they have a long way to go before this model is on par with Subaru. I'll give Jeep a nod here for trying to broaden their market base, but I think they can do better. I'm sure they'll improve the Compass, if they keep it around. But the first review is dead on, especially about the styling it's really bad. The massive front bumper, the nasty C-pillar and that dad-burn Liberty-esque frog looking headlight/hood arrangement are all horrible. I would not say it is as ugly as a first generation Chevy Avalanche (and Caddy variant) nor is it as ugly as the hideous Pontiac Aztec because no marque is as capable as GM at making purely ugly vehicles. Never the less, the Compass has some issues to be addressed with quality and styling but it has potential on down the line.

Oh, and in my area of TX these things (Compasses) are just languishing on the Jeep dealers lots. This past week a local dealer had them advertised on sale starting at $13,995.00. To date I've seen just one on the road, it was silver, and was being driven by a teenaged girl. Interestingly, I've also only seen one '07 Wrangler on the road and my local dealer's lot has 12 of them (both two and four door) sitting there not moving. Perhaps Jeep is having a hard time getting the new Wrangler off the ground too.

Uhhh.. no! You can't take all the ruggedness out of something to compete with the crossover market and then have it be neither rugged or ride like a car. Then no one is happy.

Furthermore the Compass probably does ride just like a Buick which is why it is generating derusion. Buicks, like most big 3 cars are under damped and undersprung and throw up all over themselves when you try to do anything at a speed greater then 5mph.

Not to attack but the fact you hold Buick as a benchmark to ride is upholding a rediculous myth at it's heart and completly ignorant as to how any modern vehicle should handle. Especially when they nueter the hell out of something so it will be less of a suv.