Jeep does not build many cars like the Jeep Patriot: a 5-door SUV with 2.0 L Global Engine Alliance, built from 2006 to 2016 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
Where it came from
The Jeep Patriot (MK74) 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. Both cars, as well as the Dodge Caliber, shared the GS platform, differentiated by their styling and marketing, with the Patriot exclusively offering a four-wheel drive system, marketed as Freedom Drive II.
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. In Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, it was called Jeep Liberty, despite not being related, due to the Patriot name being owned by UAZ in the former Soviet Union.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 2.0 L Global Engine Alliance; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 5-speed Magna International / Magna T355 manual transmission / manual / 6-speed Aisin BG6 manual (Diesel only) / 6-speed Hyundai Motor Company / Hyundai List of Hyundai transmissio. The wheelbase is 2635 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Jeep's history is not in doubt: the Jeep Compass (MP) followed it; it was built at Belvidere, Illinois (Belvidere Assembly Plant), United States. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Qashqai, the Audi R8, the Nissan GT-R. Nearby in the Jeep catalogue sit the Jeep Wrangler (JK) and the Jeep Wrangler (TJ).
The money
On the used market today a Jeep Patriot typically changes hands for $10,600–$25,700, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,143–$6,877 a year. Insurance sits around $1,120–$1,910 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.