Used Jeep Avenger Long Term Review

Report 1

August 2026

Mileage: 6,000

Real-world range: 180 miles

Efficiency: 3.7m/kWh

Right then, I have a bright yellow, boxy machine on my driveway. I’ll be completely honest with you, it arrived a month ago and I haven’t driven it as much as I’d want as it's been a busy month. But here’s everything I’ve learned so far, living with our nearly-new Jeep Avenger. 

It's a high spec one, I have to say. This is the Summit, which is a mid-range trim, but it's well equipped with most of the stuff you want - adaptive cruise, surround-view parking camera, touchscreen infotainment and all that. But our test car also has optional winter pack, bi-colour roof, heat pump and pano roof, so when it was new in 2025 it cost £36,599! 

Now, it arrived with only 5,000 miles and around twelve months of life under its wheels, so I'd call that nearly-new - but 'used' works just as well, doesn't it? Judging by the prices of all the used Jeep Avengers out there, I'd say this one would currently cost around £18,000. I mean - that's a bargain, isn't it? 

Anyway, before we get into what it's like to live with, shall we briefly talk about the basics? Let's start with the battery. It's not the biggest, but that’s okay! It's a 51kWh usable NMC battery, which in theory should give you over 200 miles of range (245 miles WLTP). I’m yet to achieve 200 miles, but there is always a pickle when it comes to my style of driving EVs... I LIVE on the motorway. You’ll always catch me on the M23, M25, M4, M40 etc. Basically, all of the roads that want to eat into your range like me on a Sunday afternoon demolishing an entire packet of biscuits. So I’m going to be as fair as I possibly can, because I’m aware that my driving habits are very different to others. 

This car is absolutely designed for pottering. Pottering to school, pootling to the supermarket and - most importantly - GETTING DIRTY. So for me, the top whack I’ve seen is about 180 miles range while bombing it on the motorway. To be fair to Stellantis, this isn’t bad going at all. 180 motorway miles is pretty decent for such a small battery. But honestly, if you’re aiming to use this as a local run around then you will be onto a winner. I reckon at pootling speeds (top whack 50mph) you’ll easily get over 200 miles. I'll keep you updated as local journeys start coming in over August when things go a bit quieter work-wise for me. I do have the optional heat pump included so who knows if that’s helping keep things a bit more efficient.

Next, the interior. First thing I noticed when I sat in the Jeep is everything connected and everything worked! Hurray for good tech! You’ve got a 10.25-inch infotainment screen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and it connects with zero stress every single time you climb in. Honestly, a GOD SEND! Sometimes it's the simple things that make me smile. 

The in-screen nav I’m still yet to use as I’m an Apple Maps kinda-gal but I'll give it a go soon to let you know if it's decent or completely useless – but I’m staying hopeful. Radio stations are easy to find and to set as favourites. Bosh. Happy with that. Four simple buttons below the screen for your home page, car info, hazards and door locks. 

Tap the car one, and you can very quickly turn off those bing bongs. Now I understand the importance of ADAS systems and a car warning you if you’re speeding (you should never speed, that’s very very naughty), but every now and again it does read the speed limit wrong and makes a slightly irritating bong noise, so I always switch it off as soon as I get in the car. Although, shout out to Jeep here – the bing bong sound isn’t as intrusive as other brands' so you may just learn to live with it. 

While we're discussing sounds, the greatest sound of all in the Jeep Avenger are the indicators. WHAT A VIBE! They're like a beatbox rhythm. My challenge is to find out the BPM then to find the perfect song to sing along to the beat. It's hard to describe it in writing if you’ve never heard it, but just trust me when I say you’ll bop along to it. Oh, and you can also have a really good look around the Jeep Avenger's interior if you read the review and watch Ginny's first drive video, too, so that'll give you an idea of what I'm talking about. 

The rest of the interior is very simple, the doors are very plastic and that iPad cover thing on the centre console feels a tad cheap and an afterthought. But the cup holders are a good size, the door bins are okay and can fit a water bottle in them, there’s a little shelf for the passenger to give it that ‘Jeep’ feel. It's meant to be rugged right? It's meant to feel wipe clean and the kind of car you can get mucky. It's a JEEP! Or is it? 

In terms of how it drives, you know what? It's fine. Sometimes the front wheels (all pure electric Jeep Avenger's are front-wheel drive - only the hybrids have four-wheel drive, which is a shame!) scrabble for grip when I pull away from junction, and it’s not the most powerful pull – but it's good enough. 156hp, 0-62 time of 9.0 seconds. Strong chuck-ability? Not quite. But this isn’t a hot hatch so don’t expect it to be. 

Like I said earlier, this is a pottering car, so calm down everyone; in terms of the power and feel, it's perfectly fine. There’s a bit of road and wind noise, but of course there is. Firstly, it's boxy; secondly, it's a Jeep! That ‘tinny’ feeling is meant to be there. Wind noise, rugged bumps and the occasional tyre scramble, yes. And I think that’s part of its charm. It's not pretending to be anything else. It's a ‘get me muddy’ machine. I’m even tempted to never wash it for the whole six months so that I 'Jeep' correctly.

I'll be driving it more over the next few months, so will throw over more updates on efficiency, range, reliability and more on the next update.

Report 2

September 2026

Mileage: 8,110

Real-world range: 170 miles

Efficiency: 3.6m/kWh

Latest update - it's October and I still haven’t washed it. GO ME! My plan is to make this a ‘proper’ Jeep, and that, my friends, is a DIRTY Jeep. So far it's mostly  dusty, it hasn’t rained in what feels like forever so its not as muddy as I wanted it to be by now. Also another pickle, as I type this its just been collected and swapped for a Compass for a week. It flashed up on the dash that the avenger was due a service, so Jeep have taken it back for a week while it goes for its planned maintenance. I did ask them NOT to clean it but I’ve got a feeling they will, which will be annoying. We'll have to work extra hard to make it filthy again. The reason it's gone for a service so soon is because this isn’t technically a brand new car. When it was dropped off it already had nearly 6,000 miles on the clock, hence treating this as a used (or in my books, I'd call that 'nearly new') loan.

There’s one main thing that I want to bring up when it comes to my love of this car - the size! Despite the chunky looks, the Avenger is actually only just over 4.1m long, which is perfect for me. I don’t have children - just the sausage dogs, who sit in a hammock on the rear seats, so the dimensions are just perfect. It  squeezes in the smallest parking spaces, it copes with the tight country roads in Sussex like it's been specifically designed for them. It feels nimble and it feels like it's impossible to kerb a wheel because it's so compact! These 18-inch diamond cut alloys will never be scuffed!  

I think the size of it makes it more fun, in a way. It has a cheeky personality even if it's not the most powerful machine. I haven’t really felt the need to floor it, but when you do hit a good country road, it turns out that you actually can dip it through and it’ll make you smile. It's fun! Who knew? I mean, the steering isn’t the best as it's super-light, but you end up forgiving it. 

The only thing I need to bring up when it comes to this cars little annoyances is the wireless phone charging. Yes, it does have it. But good lord, it's terrible. You put your phone under that iPad flap thing on the centre console, on the charging pad, get that ‘bong’ that it's connected and charging - and you instantly think it's gonna be great. It's not. It's nowhere near powerful enough to actually charge your phone. It doesn’t even keep it on the same phone percentage. It literally does nothing but overheat your phone. So I’m now taking my cable with me everywhere which is a small irritation, but still kind of a pain in the bum.

Report 3

October 2026

Mileage: 8,674

Real-world range: 170 miles

Efficiency: 3.9m/kWh

Right, let's talk efficiency. Back when I first got the Avenger and we were still dealing with the hottest summer on record, I was averaging 4.0 miles per kWh, which is not too shabby! That’s around 200 miles range, or let's call it 180 miles if you don't want to run it right down to scary levels of charge. That's despite me blasting the AC, which naturally affects the range. 

I did a trip up to Gaydon, which is a 232 mile round trip for me. Here’s the thing - I KNEW there was no way I'd get there and back on a full battery. Absolutely no chance. Even if I had it in eco mode the whole way (which basically lowers the power to 81hp) I knew i’d have to find a  public charger. When the whole route is a motorway situation, I know I’m only  going to get around 3-3.5 miles per kWh, which means I’ll be getting around 160 miles of range. And guess what, I found a public charger, and it worked, and it charged at the full 100kW. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was magnificent. I plugged in, took a selfie (obvs), had a wee, grabbed a coffee, then was back on my way and got home with no panic whatsoever, albeit with a very numb bum. Shoutout to the 2026 public charging network, what a dream. Zero stress, zero faff. Believe me, I know it's not always like that, but I am increasingly finding public charging to be reliably... easy. And that's always a good thing.