The Jeep Patriot
is a front engine five door compact crossover SUV manufactured
and marketed by Jeep, having debuted with the Jeep Compass in
April 2006 at the New York Auto Show for the 2007 model year.
The Patriot was manufactured at Chrysler's Belvidere,
Illinois assembly plant alongside the Compass. Although the model was
still selling well even as it was essentially unchanged as it entered its 11th
model year, production ended with the 2017 model year.
The Patriot
uses a continuously variable
transmission equipped with a four
wheel drive system, marketed as Freedom Drive II,
capable of holding the lowest ratio the CVT can reach, in lieu of a traditional
two-speed transfer case. The Patriot carries Jeep's "Trail Rated"
badging.
A 70th Anniversary Edition model was offered to commemorate
the Jeep history. It was based on the Sport model with special olive or beige
interior colors, unique alloy wheels, a nine-speaker Boston Acoustics premium
sound system with subwoofer and
fold-down lift gate speakers, Sirius XM Radio, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, leather seats, heated front seats, and other features.
