Jeep joins support for Apple CarPlay with 2017 Compass

List is growing. Those car manufacturers like Toyota without carplay/androidauto phone conncetivity support in their new vehicles will be left behind. Why anyone would buy new vehicle without such support because your next vehicle will be down 10 or more years(unless you lease or frequently replace/upgrade vehicles like phone).

I wouldn't buy a vehicle today if it didn't have Apple CarPlay support. Toyota has decided not to support either, but I think will be forced to eventually. 

Shame this vehicle is a festering pile of poop. Really, SUVs in general are ridiculous vehicles brilliantly marketed to people who (generally speaking) have more money than brains, but I rented a Compass once a few years ago (it was, quite literally, the only thing they had left) and it was awful. The thing was really cheaply made (the entire interior was made with cheap-feeling plastic parts) and it was so dramatically underpowered that it was painfully slow trekking up the gradual incline into the mountains of North Carolina.

At least now, thanks to Apple, it has one positive selling point :)

djames4242 said:

Shame this vehicle is a festering pile of poop. Really, SUVs in general are ridiculous vehicles brilliantly marketed to people who (generally speaking) have more money than brains, but I rented a Compass once a few years ago (it was, quite literally, the only thing they had left) and it was awful. The thing was really cheaply made (the entire interior was made with cheap-feeling plastic parts) and it was so dramatically underpowered that it was painfully slow trekking up the gradual incline into the mountains of North Carolina.

At least now, thanks to Apple, it has one positive selling point :)

The new smaller Jeeps (Renegade and the brand new Compass) are huge improvements over the old Compass and Patriot, both of which I too have had the misfortune to rent.  They looked and drove like they were leftovers from the AMC days.  I can't believe they sold any of them, they were just so bad.

jmgregory1 said:

djames4242 said:

Shame this vehicle is a festering pile of poop. Really, SUVs in general are ridiculous vehicles brilliantly marketed to people who (generally speaking) have more money than brains, but I rented a Compass once a few years ago (it was, quite literally, the only thing they had left) and it was awful. The thing was really cheaply made (the entire interior was made with cheap-feeling plastic parts) and it was so dramatically underpowered that it was painfully slow trekking up the gradual incline into the mountains of North Carolina.

At least now, thanks to Apple, it has one positive selling point

The new smaller Jeeps (Renegade and the brand new Compass) are huge improvements over the old Compass and Patriot, both of which I too have had the misfortune to rent.  They looked and drove like they were leftovers from the AMC days.  I can't believe they sold any of them, they were just so bad.

I must confess when my V8 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited was in for a new AC system the loner Jeep was one of these.  I nearly got out and walked it might have been faster and that's in Florida on the flat!  It was so good to get my real Jeep back!