- The all-new third-generation Jeep Compass has leaked online ahead of its official unveiling next week.
- It's boxier and more rugged-looking than its predecessor, but it probably won't be any better off-road.
- Production in Europe will start this year, while its fate on the North American market is yet to be determined.
Jeep will officially take the wraps off an all-new Compass next week. But we don’t have to wait until then to see it, thanks to photos that leaked online. This model shares its underpinnings with several Stellantis vehicles, and it will be available in Europe in mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric variants.
There appears to be no visual differentiation between combustion and electric versions. The green vehicle is likely the pure EV, which you can tell by the subtle ‘e’ badge on the tailgate.
For the North American market, the new Compass was supposed to enter production in Canada in February 2026, but Stellantis said it was putting that plan on hold, likely due to tariff concerns. The Compass for Europe will come out of Stellantis’ Melfi factory in Italy, and it's unlikely that cars built there would be exported to the United States.
The leaked photos, posted by QuatroRodas, reveal a more angular and boxier Compass than the current generation. It definitely has more of a rugged feel than the model it will replace, although its underpinnings won’t lend it too much off-road credibility. It rides on the STLA Medium platform (formerly known as EMP2), which it shares with strictly on-road crossovers like the Peugeot 3008 and 5008, as well as the new Opel Grandland and the new DS flagship.
The pure electric Compass could borrow its motors and batteries from its Peugeot brethren. That would mean all-wheel drive and 321 horsepower, although a front-wheel drive base version seems likely. Batteries could have be either 73 kilowatt-hours or 98 kWh, although the latter isn’t available in conjunction with all-wheel drive in the Peugeot e-3008 and e-5008.
The longest-range e-3008, the 231 hp front-wheel-drive variant with the large battery, is WLTP-rated at up to 434 miles (700 km), making it one of the longest-range electric crossovers available in Europe. It’s also one of the most affordable ways to get a (nearly) 100 kWh EV.
Gallery: Jeep Compass (leaked photos)
If the plug-in hybrid powertrain is also the same as its platform mates, the Compass will have a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that, combined with an electric motor, will deliver 195 hp, and it will be strictly front-wheel drive. Maybe Jeep reengineered the system to make the PHEV all-wheel-drive, but I doubt it. Peugeot provides a claimed electric range rating for a 3008 PHEV of up to 54 miles (87 km).
Unlike in Europe, which gets the more petite Renegade (and possibly an even smaller model in the future), the Compass would serve as the entry point into the Jeep lineup in the U.S. But Jeep likely won't want to pay heavy import tariffs on Canadian- or Italian-built models, so it's unclear whether the Compass has a future in the U.S.
The outgoing Jeep Compass was manufactured at Stellantis' factory in Toluca, Mexico, but production was stopped in April because importing it over the southern border would make it subject to a 25% tariff. That leaves Jeep with few good options, but we may learn more when the company officially reveals the Compass next week.
