First Drive: Neil Briscoe drives the Jeep Avenger for AA Ireland: neilmbriscoe EV
Small in the back seats, some cheap cabin fittings.The Avenger is the smallest vehicle that the mighty Jeep corporation has ever made — as long as you don’t count the surprisingly diminutive 1941 Willys Jeep. That’s not the only thing about the Avenger that’s unique… It’s also Jeep’s first fully-electric vehicle, and kicks off a process that will see all Jeeps become fully-electric by 2030, at least in Europe. It’s also the only Jeep model that’s not sold in the US.
Standard alloy wheels are 16-inch items, and you can go up to 18-inches. Tantalisingly, there is a plain steel 15-inch option, which might be the best of them all, but we’re not certain that Jeep Ireland will offer this version.Neil BriscoeThe Avenger’s cabin is very welcoming, with a broad section of trim that runs the full-width of the cabin. This can optionally be painted a contrast colour, which looks great, but which does reflect somewhat in the door mirrors when you’re driving.
Above those switches is a useful open shelf, which runs under the big screen and across the passenger side of the dash. It looks almost like a shrunken Land Rover Defender cabin at this point, and the shelf itself is a perfect place to stash phones, wallets, keys and so on. What slightly spoils the effect is that the plastic that forms the lip of the shelf is rather cheap, as are the tops of the doors. A shame, given that the Avenger will not be a cheap car.
There’s much less space in the back, and here’s where you pay for the Avenger’s compact 4.08-metre length. Legroom is quite tight, especially if those in the front are tall, and the shallow glass and low roof mean that it feels a little claustrophobic. Rear seat passengers get a single USB-C socket over which they can fight, but they don’t get any door bins at all.
There’s plenty of power. The Avenger isn’t notably quick, and unlike some electric cars it doesn’t stun you with instant torque off the line, but it’s easy to row along in and never feels underpowered.
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