2007 Jeep Patriot review
As a car-based yet offroad-capable model, the Patriot, Jeep's newest SUV, is exactly what the brand and its buyers need, for three reasons. One: It's long overdue, because the heavy-duty Liberty and Wrangler weren't built to challenge light, unibody compacts, which got their start 10 years ago. Two: Its gas mileage estimates are impressively high, and that's an important characteristic for a company that only builds SUVs. Three: It's attractive enough to buyers — in more ways than one — to cast a long if somewhat boxy shadow over the Jeep Compass, a newer model that has found no fans among our staff, and few among people we've shown it to.
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Special Care
• If you drive on salted or dusty roads or if you drive
near the ocean, hose off the undercarriage at least once
a month.
• It is important that the drain holes in the lower edges
of the do ...
Interior
The Liberty seats five occupants. It has a 65/35-split rear seat that can be
folded down with one hand. The door panels consist of a series of arcs.
Round-dialed instruments with black-on-beige gr ...
Liberty in the Market
The Liberty is the right answer to a rarely asked question. While the market
for street-friendly SUVs based on easy-riding, unibody designs is booming, the
one for lower-mileage, rougher-riding of ...