2019 Honda CR-V vs Jeep Compass

What's the difference?

As if having children wasn't expensive enough, finding a way to transport them and their friends really pushes the budget when it comes to buying something big enough but still affordable.

The Honda CR-V VTi-E7 has a name that sounds like the printer you need to connect to at work but this mid-sized seven-seater SUV could come to the rescue.

Introduced in early 2019 as a less expensive version of the VTi-L7 grade the VTi-E7 doesn't come with all its pricier twin's features. The good news is you're not missing out on much.

The not-good news is that what you are missing out on isn't available on either of these grades – something your life could depend on.

Confused? Worried? Read on to find out more.

Now is Jeep’s time in history.

Or rather, its second time in history… Sure, there was that rather significant period of history which built the Jeep name in 1941, but no time since has embraced the SUV so wholeheartedly until 2019.

Naturally, the SUV-only Jeep is now on a roll, largely credited with propping up its parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles with ever-improving global sales figures reaping the benefits of an SUV-hungry world. 

The brand now seeks to plug the gaps with the relatively recently arrived small SUV, the Renegade, and now, its bigger brother – and the car you’re looking at here - the re-booted Compass.

So, does Jeep actually offer anything that other SUV brands can’t? I spent some time in the Limited 4x4 diesel to find out.