Jeep Raises the 2027 Compass to $31,985 and Makes Adaptive Cruise Standard as Sales Sag
The entry Jeep opens 2027 orders at $31,985 with destination, $995 over the 2026 launch price, while Stellantis cites the Compass for its third-quarter North American shortfall.
Jeep has opened orders for the 2027 Compass at $31,985 including a $1,995 destination charge, up $995 from the $30,990 the 2026 model launched at last November. The timing is awkward: the Compass is one of the two Jeeps Stellantis blamed for a 12% drop in North American shipments last quarter, and its US sales fell by more than half.
The raise buys one thing every buyer gets: adaptive cruise control is now standard on all five trims. Beyond that, the 2027 changes are concentrated on the three upper trims of a nameplate marking its 20th model year. We covered the brand's bigger 2027 moves in our 2027 Wrangler rundown and the 2027 Cherokee price list.
What the extra money buys
Limited, Limited Altitude, and Trailhawk gain a standard wireless charging pad and second-row USB ports. Two new packages are offered on those same three trims: a Premium Lighting Group with LED headlights, taillights, and fog lights, and a Driver Assist Package that adds a 360-degree camera and a universal garage-door opener. Jeep hasn't published the package prices.
Latitude and Latitude Altitude get the cruise control and nothing else new. The Limited Altitude now costs $995 more than the Limited, which Jeep presents as a value move; in 2026 the gap was $1,995 ($36,880 against $34,885), so the black-trim package has effectively been cut in half.
The powertrain is unchanged: a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 200 hp and 221 lb-ft on every trim, which Jeep calls the most standard power in the class, and a two-speed transfer case on the Trailhawk. Four colors are new for 2027 (Ghost, Copper Shino, '41, and Goldilocks), all listed as late availability, joining seven carryover shades. Production stays in Toluca, Mexico.
A price rise on a car that stopped selling
Stellantis sold 10,811 Compasses in the US in the third quarter, down 62% from 28,086 a year earlier, according to its own sales report. Year to date the model is at 47,837 units, down 42%. Jeep as a brand fell 20% in the quarter while the company's total US sales were flat, carried by Ram.
Two weeks later, in its third-quarter shipment estimate, Stellantis said North American volume fell about 47,000 units, or 12%, mainly because of planned production downtime affecting certain Jeep models. The Compass and the Grand Cherokee each accounted for roughly 25,000 of the shortfall. The company reports full third-quarter results on October 28, so the financial cost of that downtime should be clearer within hours of this story.
Against that backdrop, $31,985 lands the Compass within $400 of a 2026 Honda CR-V LX ($32,315 with destination) and about $1,400 under the redesigned, hybrid-only 2026 Toyota RAV4 ($33,350 with destination). Both rivals are hybrid or hybrid-available; the Compass still offers only the gas turbo four. Our Cherokee-versus-RAV4 comparison shows where the next Jeep up the ladder stands against the same car.
One caution on the headline number. At least one report has put the 2027 increase at $2,435, but Stellantis's own November 2025 release listed the 2026 Latitude at $30,990 with destination, which makes the official year-over-year change $995, or about 3%. Jeep hasn't published 2027 prices for the four trims above Latitude, so we can't yet say whether the uplift is uniform across the lineup.
Jeep hasn't given a dealer-arrival date either. With Jeep, Ram, and Dodge dealers sitting on 149 to 169 days of supply at the end of September, our 2026-versus-2027 buying guide says Jeep lots are where closeout money is likeliest to turn up this fall, and a $995 gap is the kind a dealer program closes easily unless adaptive cruise is a must-have.
