Numerous changes have been made to the Patriot’s interior, with new chrome accents, a carpeted load floor, illuminated cupholders, new MyGIG radios, soft-touch armrests, a new instrument panel, new door trim, and a new center console; the 2.4 PZEV engine is now on all front wheel drive models with the customer-preferred option packages. This addresses the major shortfalls of the Patriot and should make it much more popular if the word goes out. We only released these images because 2009 Jeep Patriots started showing up on dealer lots and other outlets have already released images. We may have more detail and photos after September 1.
Numerous package changes were also made, mainly taking free-standing options and putting them into groups to dramatically cut the number of possible unique combinations. This should lower costs and raise quality as building Patriots becomes somewhat simpler. The only shortfall as a result is a group of features being moved from standard equipment on the Limited to a convenience group — the computer display, garage door opener, and auto-dimming rear-view mirror. This should affect a fairly small number of people, because most buyers went with the Sport, and very few got the Limited without the options package.
