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| | CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Jeep Compass |
 | | At the Jeep Compass launch in rugged Oregon, Jeep's Jack Dolan had already explained that the Compass, while not the trail-rated rock crawler of Rubicon fame, was not a total poseur (well, he didn't exactly put it that way, but you get the idea). |
 | | But there's no doubt that this Jeep, built on the Dodge Caliber base front-drive platform with a compliant fully independent suspension that gives a very smooth ride on the highway, is something of a Jeep-lite, when it comes to genuine off-road cred'. |
 | | Carefully, we turned the Compass around (it fortunately has a compact turning circle), selected the equivalent of first gear from the six simulated gears available in manual mode of the continuously variable transmission, and began our descent. |
| www.canadiandriver.com /articles/pw/07compass.htm (1448 words) |
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