Scorching on the heels of the 2023 Jeep Avenger being unveiled on the Paris Motor Present, the SUV has been snapped on the road with none camouflage, offering us with our first alternative to see what it’s like on the transfer in ICE guise.

In designing the brand new SUV, which can initially be obtainable as an EV, Jeep may have adopted the identical recipe as a few of its rivals and thrown out the rulebook, creating one thing that appears in contrast to the rest from the corporate’s vary. It hasn’t performed that, nevertheless, making certain that the Avenger is straight away identifiable as a Jeep.

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One of many first issues that stands out with the Jeep Avenger is the headlights. In an uncommon transfer for a sequence manufacturing automotive, Jeep has closely tinted the headlights, a lot in order that they mix neatly into the gloss black entrance grille. Sitting above the tinted headlights are easy LED daytime operating lights that give the SUV a purposeful look.

This check automotive is painted in a easy shade of gloss black and sits on a set of enticing five-spoke wheels. It could not have the identical off-road credentials as long-standing Jeep fashions just like the Wrangler and Cherokee but it surely seems to be good on the open street which is the place most will spend nearly all of their time.

Jeep has not but introduced full specs for the petrol model of the Avenger as a lot of the main focus has been extra on the EV. What we do know is that it is going to be offered with a 1.2-liter turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine, the identical unit that energy so many Stellantis fashions. The one apparent visible distinction between the EV and ICE fashions would be the latter’s exhaust pipes.

Underpinning the Jeep Avenger EV is similar eCMP structure because the Peugeot e-2008, Opel Moka-e, and Citroen DS3 E-Tense. The electrical Avenger rocks a 54 kWh battery pack mounted beneath the entrance and rear seats and thru the central tunnel that drives a 400-volt electrical motor on the entrance. It delivers 154 hp and 192 lb-ft (260 Nm) of torque. Jeep claims a WLTP vary of 249 miles (400 km) on the mixed cycle and as much as 342 miles (550 km) on the city cycle.