The Jeep Compass has been “paused” in Australia, the place inventory of the Italian-built mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid small SUV has now dried up.
This follows the “pausing” of the Grand Cherokee on this market final April, after right-hand drive manufacturing of the big SUV ended.
However whereas the Grand Cherokee nonetheless has a mannequin web page on the Jeep Australia web site, regardless of no new examples remaining on the inventory locator device, the Compass web page has been taken down.
“As a part of ongoing portfolio changes to higher align with native market dynamics and buyer preferences, we have now made the choice to pause availability of the present mannequin Jeep Compass in Australia,” a Stellantis Australia spokesperson advised CarExpert in an announcement.
It is understood manufacturing of the second-generation Compass resulted in Melfi, Italy late final yr.
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“This enables us to deal with the merchandise and segments the place we see the strongest alternative to ship for Australian prospects.
“The Jeep model stays totally dedicated to Australia, and Stellantis continues to speculate considerably in its world product portfolio.”
This now means Jeep has no massive SUV past the Wrangler, no medium SUV following the Cherokee’s axing in 2022, and no small SUV. The US off-road model’s lineup is now comprised solely of the Avenger mild electrical SUV, the Gladiator dual-cab ute, and Wrangler off-road SUV.
To the top of Could, Jeep has delivered 17 examples of the Compass in Australia this yr, together with 16 Grand Cherokees, 41 Avengers, 80 Gladiators, and 183 Wranglers. In whole, Jeep has delivered 337 automobiles within the first 5 months of this yr, down 63.1 per cent on the identical interval final yr.
Jeep confirmed in Could 2025 that the brand new third-generation Compass, launched in Europe final yr and now out there with electrical energy, would arrive in Australia through the second half of 2026. We have contacted the corporate to substantiate whether or not this launch timing has modified.
The second-generation Compass switched from Indian to Italian sourcing for our market halfway by way of 2024, which noticed it lose its petrol and diesel powertrains in favour of mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ones. The bottom worth rose $4590 with this modification, although Jeep additionally axed the entry-level Night time Eagle trim.
Compass gross sales had reached a peak on this era of 1862 in 2022 – properly off the general excessive of 4212 gross sales recorded in 2014 through the first era’s run – and have continued to say no ever since, slumping to only 147 items in 2025.
Whereas the present Compass has disappeared from Australia, it is doable a future small or medium SUV might be a part of the Jeep Australia lineup by the use of China or India.
In Could, Jeep confirmed it could introduce two new fashions developed with Dongfeng, with which father or mother firm Stellantis has had a long-standing relationship.
These two ‘new-energy automobiles’ – Chinese language terminology that covers plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), electrical automobiles (EVs) and extended-range electrical automobiles (EREVs) – are set to enter manufacturing in China in 2027 and will probably be exported to numerous world markets.
“We’re excited concerning the alternatives offered by way of Stellantis’ collaboration with Dongfeng and Tata, notably for markets in APAC [Asia-Pacific and China],” mentioned the Stellantis Australia spokesperson.
“These developments are an necessary a part of Stellantis’ world product technique, and we sit up for sharing extra particulars for Australia sooner or later.”
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