Getting In The Rink With The Big Boys

About an year back, we had written about the Jeep Wrangler, an SUV that was beyond capable. And now, we’re back with another baby from the Jeep stable. Wait… is it fair to call the Compass a baby? Maybe it’s more of a beast. But then, only pretentious posers need fancy adjectives. I think we should call the Compass just what it is, a true blue offroader that’s also comfortable on road.

- Hari Govind Nair

If only I had known that my time with the Jeep Compass would coincide with one of the worst downpours Mumbai had seen in years... About a month back, after hearing too many good things about the new SUV from Jeep, I decided to get hold of the Compass and check out it’s ratio of marketing is to the real deal. Being from Kerala and specifically from the district of Wayanad, I have seen my fair share of bare-bone off roaders crushing it through tea plantations and coffee estates to reach spots where Google Maps shows no roads and our networks get lost. So with the aim to throw the Compass in a bare knuckle, no rules fight, I decided to drive down to my hometown from Mumbai in this ‘baby’ Jeep.

DARTING THROUGH THE STRAIGHTS