Jeep Compass: Problems & Solutions

Here are the list of problems with the Compass:
 
-Suspension
-Drive Train
-Chassis
-Exterior styling
-Engine
 
Here are the solutions
 
Suspension: Change it to straight axles front and rear, at least the rear.
 
Drive Train: Add front, center, and rear lockers, add a low range transfer case. Add a 4 wheel drive system, instead of the current All Wheel drive system.
 
Chassis: Put it on a ladder frame chassis, or use something similar to the Cherokee XJ
 
Engine: Go back to the 4.0L I6 to have torque Throughout the RPM band.
 
Exterior styling: Fire the woman, or feminine male that designed the exterior and place a Wrangler body on it complete with a removeable top and add some snatch blocks.
 
Hope this helps

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Replying to: fzr1000 (Aug 28, 2006 7:13 pm)

 
Judging by your list things you think are wrong with the new Compass,I would assume your a design engineer for another auto maker. Correct?
 
Your degree in advanced auto design is probably from MIT. You are makeing these recomendations on line so you will be noticed by Jeep and offered a the job of completely reworking a new vehicle that hasen't even been on the road yet.
 
They very well may completely rework a new design before it's been introduced to the public in the MIT classrooms, but it doesn't happen in the real world.
 
I suggest you start your campaign for a position in the Jeep design department by reworking a proven flop. May I suggest the YUGO.
 
Come back in a few weeks with some suggestions as to how to make the YUGO one of the best small cars on American's roads and I'll give you a job redesigning the horses on my ranch!
 
It's been a pretty good design for 1000's of years. The horse was designed by a guy named GOD. But I bet you could do better!
 
CK
 

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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 6:20 am)

Are you thus suggesting that camels are the Yugos of the ungulate world?

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Replying to: steve_ (Sep 08, 2006 7:04 am)

Actually the camel is one of the best designed animals in the world. I bet even a MIT grad would not want to try to redesign that animal. It may be as ugly as the Yugo, but it's performance figures are fantastic. It's performance figures are actually better than a Jeep or Land Rover in the desert.
 
I would actually say the Camel (also used right here in Montana) is the Lexus of the desert!
 
You have to fit the vehicle to the task. Maybe if fzr1000 had figured out the Compasss was not designed just for him, but rather for the general masses (women included) he would have thought twice about redesigning it.
 
If you applied all his suggestions to the YUGO, he might be driving one of those.
 
CK
 
You probably don't remember the Camel Trucking company.
 
They had 1000,s of truck on the highways in the 50's and 60,s. Their slogan (painted on the side of each truck)
 
"HUMPING TO PLEASE"
 
A little humor goes a long way in this fast pace world.
 
CK

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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 7:34 am)

That company is still around but there's nothing about their slogan on their web site. And yeah, I'm old enough to remember them, but barely.

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Replying to: steve_ (Sep 08, 2006 8:30 am)

I guess they have outlived the slogan. Too tame for the new younger generation!
 
CK

Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 7:34 am)

You know what, CK, you are right. They should also replace the steering wheel with an electronic mouse, just like computers. We all know that steering wheels are old technology, heck they have been around since automobiles were invented, might as well change it.

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