Avenger, reassemble! It’s facelift time for Jeep’s stylish city dweller

Three years after it swept its way to several awards – not least TG’s own Best Electric City Car gong – the popular Jeep Avenger is getting a mid-life shake-up.

Literally none of it will come as a surprise: the grille has been reworked (and is back-lit on upper trims, as per the Compass), the bumpers are new, there are fresh 17in and 18in alloys, and the interior receives some softer panelling. Yep, every facelift cliche you’ve ever heard, minus a bigger screen.

Other additions to the line-up include LED matrix headlights, a front-facing camera, and a 360-degree view for those rare occasions parking something this dinky becomes a test of skill and nerve (aka never).

A couple of new colours – Forest and Bamboo – join the list. You can have a black roof as an option. And there’s the choice of two new bonnet stickers, if you’re that way inclined.

That it? Not quite. The Avenger can now be paired with four – count ‘em, four – different powertrains, three of which are familiar: an electric one with a 54kWh (gross) battery good for 248 miles of range, a 48v e-Hybrid one with 108bhp running through a six-speed DCT, and the plug-in 4xe one with 143bhp, AWD and a rear motor that can level a concerning amount of torque at any given mountain/speed bump.

The fourth is an all-new 100bhp 3cyl Turbo, delivering 151lb ft from 1,750rpm and complete with… a six-speed manual gearbox. Now that’s what we’re talking about.

And as 2026 is the 85th anniversary of Jeep, there’s a Special Edition that goes big on logos and – you guessed it – a tartan upholstery, plus gold bumpers, stitching and alloys. That’s gold finish by the way, not the 24 karat stuff.

“Wherever life takes you, the new Jeep Avenger is always the perfect fit: agile in the city, adventurous in the wild, and designed around the essence of ‘concentrated freedom’,” said Fabio Catone, head of Jeep in enlarged Europe (whatever enlarged Europe is). “Designed and manufactured in Europe, it opens a new chapter: new features, more updates, and the exclusive 85th Anniversary Special Edition make it the most compelling Avenger yet.”

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