吉普将在三月的纽约车展发布新款紧凑型SUV，最近该车合成图曝光。吉普指南者和爱国者两款车即将退出市场，替代它们的是新款紧凑型SUV。不过，新款紧凑车型将采用其中一款车的名称，这意味着，新车仍将使用“指南者”或“爱国者”两者中的一个。从合成图看，该车外观风格深受切诺基影响，细窄前大灯现在略微变大，以契合增加的车身尺寸。车身侧面轮廓类似大切诺基，但最终结果如何仍要等到新车最终发布才能确定。新车预计将采用延长的Small Wide平台，提供前驱和全驱布局，搭载2.0升直列四缸涡轮增压并搭配九速自动变速器。这款车在纽约车展发布后将作为2017款车型于今年下半年上市。去年有报道称，菲亚特也将拥有该车自己的版本并将命名为“500XL”，不过这一说法是否真实还有待证实。

 

2017 Jeep compact SUV rendered prior to March reveal

OmniAuto’s talented artist has digitally imagined Jeep’s upcoming compact SUV set to debut in March at the New York Auto Show.

 

The Compass and Patriot are heading towards a well-deserved retirement as Jeep’s new compact SUV will serve as a replacement for both. One of the two names will live on since Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced the new model will be called either “Compass” or “Patriot.”

 

Seen here is a speculative render from OmniAuto that is heavily influenced by the Cherokee, including the thin headlights that are now a little bit bigger to match the model’s increased footprint. The side profile could have more in common with the larger Grand Cherokee, but we’ll just have to wait and see about that.

 

The new Compass/Patriot is expected to ride on an extended adaptation of the Small Wide platform that has underpinned the smaller Renegade and Fiat 500X. Jeep will offer the new compact SUV with both front- and all-wheel drive layouts, along with a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four engine mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox.

 

After getting its proper reveal in the March at the New York Auto Show, the Jeep Compass & Patriot replacement will go on sale in the second half of the year as a 2017MY. There was a report last year indicating Fiat could get its own version of the model set to use the “500XL” moniker, but it remains to be seen whether this is true.