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All-New 2017 Jeep Compass / Patriot Caught Undisguised, This Is It!

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Jeep has decided that having two compact SUVs was not such a wise choice, so it will replace the  Compass  and  Patriot  with a single model this fall - and these are the first images of the final product . Nabbed in Brazil by  Autoo , they show that the upcoming small Jeep is,  as we expected , more or less a scaled-down version of the Grand Cherokee rather than something more radical like the Renegade subcompact. It will debut in Brazil at the end of this month, make  its US debut  at the LA Auto Show in November and hit the market  in early 2017 . The C-SUV, as it is internally known, will be based on a bigger version of the Small Wide 4x4 platform of the smaller  Renegade  and the Fiat 500X. Power should come from either a 2.0-liter turbo or a 2.4-liter naturally aspirated unit and it will be available with either front- or all-wheel drive. The, as yet unnamed, SUV will be built in three different plants around the world, na...