Car Of The Year: Europe Names the All-Electric Jeep Avenger Its Car Of The Year For 2023

The prestigious Car of the Year for Europe title has been given to the new all-electric Jeep Avenger. This year, a panel of 57 journalists from across Europe will vote on the highly regarded award, which is now in its 60th year.

The Volkswagen ID came in second, while the tiny all-electric crossover came in first then Nissan Ariya and Buzz.

Each voter has 25 points to distribute among the seven shortlisted cars in one of the few auto awards where each jury member’s votes and justifications for them are made public. A car can only receive a maximum of 10 points, and there is no joint-top score.

The Jeep, which was announced at a ceremony on Friday at the Brussels Motor Show, earned 328 votes, compared to 241 for the ID. Buzz; 211 for the Airy; 200 for the Kia Niro; 162 for the Renault Austral; 149 for the Peugeot 408; and 133 for a Subaru Solterra entry made jointly. 21 jury members preferred The Avenger, while 16 preferred the ID Buzz.

Following several test events, including the week-long test in northern Denmark when the newest vehicles to hit the market that year are put through their paces on both open roads and a controlled airfield, these seven vehicles are picked in an earlier voting.

This week’s last test was held earlier at Belgium’s Jules Tacheny race track. Earlier this week, the final test event was held at the Jules Tacheny race track in Belgium. Over the course of two days, the final seven cars were tested on both the track and on public roads.

The new Jeep Avenger is scheduled to arrive in Ireland in time for sales to begin in July of this year; the starting price has not yet been determined but is anticipated to be around €40,000. It promises to have a one-charge range of about 400 kilometers and shares a platform with the e-2008 and Mokka-e.