After two and a half years and 37,000 trouble-free miles, I traded in my 2015 Renegade Latitude for a 2018 Compass Sport. I really liked my Renegade, but I just couldn't love it. Whenever I drove my wife's 2014 Dodge Dart that had the same 2.4L engine, but a six-speed transmission, I would remark to myself of how much nicer the Dart was to drive. The engine was so much more responsive. When I pushed on the gas pedal, the engine immediately revved up and my speed increased. With the Renegade, it was always an effort to merge into traffic. It was even scary at times at short onramps as the Renegade just didn't want to get going. In the all too common slow and go traffic on Los Angeles' freeways, it would slow just fine, but getting it back up to from 2 mph to 25 mph was always such an effort and I had to constantly deal with cars merging in front of me because I couldn't stay close enough behind the car in front.
In every other way, I really liked the Renegade and I will miss owning such a unique-looking vehicle. My new Compass Sport has the same 2.4L engine, but has the six-speed transmission (only available in the Sport - all other trims include the nine-speed). When I test-drove it, I found the difference to be remarkable. My dealer gave me a decent trade-in amount and there were some rebates so I was sold.
However, I stuck with the same orange color. Here they both are.
In every other way, I really liked the Renegade and I will miss owning such a unique-looking vehicle. My new Compass Sport has the same 2.4L engine, but has the six-speed transmission (only available in the Sport - all other trims include the nine-speed). When I test-drove it, I found the difference to be remarkable. My dealer gave me a decent trade-in amount and there were some rebates so I was sold.
However, I stuck with the same orange color. Here they both are.
