Jeep has increased the prices of its most affordable and best-selling SUV, the Compass in the country. With the rise of 2-7 per cent in GST Cess on mid-size cars, luxury cars and SUVs, the carmaker had to increase the prices of the base variant of the Compass by Rs 21,000 to Rs 72,000 for the top-end diesel trim. Have a look at the pre- and post-GST cess prices of the Jeep Compass.
The GST Council has raised the cess over GST for SUV segment by 7 per cent, making it the highest taxed passenger vehicle category at 50 per cent now. For mid-size cars, the hike in cess is 2 per cent, and for luxury cars, it is 5 per cent. For a more detailed report on the increase in cess over GST head to our main story.
The price differential post cess hike for the Compass clarifies that its petrol variants fall under the mid-size car category while the diesel variants belong to the luxury car category. It also means that the Compass’ ground clearance is less than 170mm, otherwise its diesel variants would have fallen under SUV category. Going by SIAM’s rule book, a vehicle falls under the SUV category if it ticks the following three conditions:
Length over 4m
Ground clearance over 170mm
Engine displacement over 1500cc
The petrol Compass draws power from a 1368cc engine while the diesel Compass gets a 1956cc engine. Interested to know more about the Compass? Read our review.
The prices of other Fiat and Jeep vehicles have also been increased. The hike in prices of Fiat vehicles ranges from Rs 9,000 to Rs 14,000, while that of the CBU Jeep SUVs is between Rs 2.75 lakh and Rs 6.40 lakh.
Source: CarDekho.com
