Jeep Avenger Summit 2025 Review

The 2025 Jeep Avenger comes in?Longitude, Limited, and Summit models, as we outlined in our first drive review. Here, we’re driving the top-spec Summit, that costs $60,990 (plus on-road costs).

Key features on the Summit grade include?LED exterior lights, keyless entry, hands-free power tailgate, a gloss-black roof, sunroof, 18-inch alloy wheels, leather interior, heated front seats, and (for driver’s seat only) massage and six-way power adjustment functions.

In-car technology includes two 10.25-inch digital displays, smartphone connectivity, wireless phone charging, sat-nav and connected services.

You don’t get any V2L (vehicle to load) or V2G (vehicle to grid) capability with any Avenger, but the Summit version does have an 11kW on-board AC charger.

The 2025 Jeep Avenger’s safety bundle includes autonomous emergency braking, lane-keep assist and lane centring for semi-autonomous steering on the highway, plus blind-spot monitoring, traffic jam assist, traffic sign recognition, adaptive cruise control, reverse camera and six airbags. Parking sensors front and rear are fitted, while the Avenger also gets a partial top view camera system that looks very similar to that used in Peugeot products. There is no rear cross-traffic alert or rear AEB.

All Avengers share the same battery and motor systems, with a 115kW/260Nm electric motor delivering drive to front wheels and a 54kWh lithium-ion battery that is good for a claimed 390km before needing a recharge.

The Avenger comes with a five-year/100,000km vehicle warranty and, like most EVs, the battery is covered for eight-years/160,000km. Service requirements dictate a visit to a workshop every 12,500km or 12 months, whichever occurs first.

Although a week is hardly enough of a test to condemn or compliment a vehicle’s quality, the Avenger has a better fit and finish than some Jeeps we’ve tested recently.

The 2025 Jeep Avenger has squared-off styling that is very much current and, while it stands out, it is not by any means an eyesore. This is also one EV that doesn’t assault the senses with constant safety warnings from the moment you hop in. There are most of the active safety systems you’d expect, but they are not intrusive. The interior is spacious up front and access and space in the boot are good for the overall compact size. Ride quality is quite good; you still get the occasional crash-though big bumps but there is an overall composure to it. The electric motor’s instant torque allows great initial throttle response, sharpened further by the Drive Mode in sport mode.

Whether you think it’s a good think or not will depend on your perspective, but there is a lot of Peugeot/Citroen in the Jeep Avenger’s DNA – no surprise since all three brands are folded into the Stellantis group. It’s a shared platform (the ‘Common Modular Platform’) with Peugeot 2008 and others, as well as quite a few other shared components. The column switches, Drive Mode switch, screen displays and even the rear beam axle all look familiar. Even the indicator sound, is suspiciously like Peugeot’s ‘Jungle Fantasy’ indicator sound option we first noticed in the 2016 Peugeot 308.

While there are three off-road modes available (which we didn’t have the opportunity to try out) and 200mm of ground clearance, this front-drive 2025 Jeep Avenger simply lacks the four-wheel-drive capability and underbody protection to be taken seriously off-road. For the urban jungle, at least, it makes it easier to get into and out of, and scraping driveways is not an issue.

While performance is adequate, the 2025 Jeep Avenger doesn’t really have the urgency that many EVs offer. With mostly urban driving, we achieved a 18kWh/100km energy use average. While the claimed range is 390km (and an indicated 400km when we topped up the battery), the fact is that the Jeep with its 54kWh battery is unlikely to meet either claim based on our energy consumption. More like 300km, depending on if you can better our mostly city-bound average.

While the back seat is not very good for legroom, it is no great surprise considering this is a vehicle not quite 4.1m long. A lack of rear air vents, centre armrest and adequate storage is a reminder this is not intended as the primary family car in Australia.

The Avenger’s ANCAP three-star safety rating is a disappointment. ANCAP gave the Avenger a 79 per cent score for adult occupant protection, 71 per cent for child occupant protection, 59 per cent for vulnerable road user protection and 54 per cent for safety-assist features. Notable in the crash test results was a ‘marginal’ result given for the Jeep’s AEB system respecting detection of pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, as well as AEB performance in T-junction and head-on situations.

Another issue with the Jeep is that it is competing against an increasing number of Chinese EVs that are more powerful, larger and cheaper.

This is a small all-electric SUV that is banking on its point-of-difference styling and the Jeep brand to pull in sales, as well as a pretty decent, if not exactly outstanding, standard inclusions list. However, while the 2025 Jeep Avenger delivers on ease of use, a comfortable ride and looks the part, it is expensive for a light city EV and lacks the safety rating, power and driving range of other, often cheaper, EV choices in the market.

2025 Jeep Avenger Summit at a glance:
Price: $60,990 (plus on-road costs)
Available: Now
Powertrain: Single permanent magnet synchronous motor
Output: 115kW/260Nm
Transmission: Single-speed reduction gear
Battery: 54kWh lithium-ion (NMC)
Range: 390km (WLTP)
Energy consumption: 15.8kWh/100km (WLTP)
Safety rating: Three-star (ANCAP 2024)

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