It was confirmed that Jeep will manufacture his fourth model in Brazil. It’s about Avengerthe one that will become the smallest and most accessible model of the most famous brand of 4×4 and that will reach the Argentine market.
It is a model that was launched in 2023 in Europe and that had originally communicated it only as an electric vehicle.
Last year, Clarion He was able to confirm with his own source the rumor that began to circulate in Brazil that this model would be manufactured in the plant that was originally from Peugeot Citroën and is in Rio de Janeiro.
Avenger’s arrival in the region is the result of the mega investment announced by Stellantis for the neighboring country. The mega conglomerate of brands, in which Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot, Citroën, DS and RAM appear, among many others, had announced a monumental investment of 6,000 million dollars for Brazil.
Part of that amount, some 600 million dollarsthey went to the Porto Real Factory (Rio de Janeiro), which today was almost exclusive to the Citroën brand, since the new C3 family occurs there, including the C3 Aircross and the Basalt. From 2026, the new Jeep model will be added.
The appearance of Avenger is part of the expansion plan that Jeep carries out throughout the world. The great leap that made the most famous 4×4 brand did it with models such as Renegade and Compass, more popular than what the brand had offered so far in its history.
But electromobility trends and the need to continue expanding as a fruit to the Avenger, a vehicle originally thought as electric and intended fundamentally to the European market.
It is also the first Jeep vehicle manufactured on an old PSA platform (Peugeot Citroën). Called CMP, today it is used in Argentina for the production of models such as 208 and 2008. Being a “multienergetic” platform, that is, it can receive both versions with combustion engine and electrified, it was appropriate for the needs of Jeep.
But the announced plans changed and Avenger was also announced with hybrid propulsion systems. That was the window that opened for Mercosurwhere 100% electric cars still do not have the presence that exists in other markets and where the passage through hybridization is raised as very strong in the coming years.
The design of the new Jeep model is closer to a crossover than of a SUV. By size and positioning is below a renegade, so it will be a competitor in these lands of models such as the Renault Kardian, Fiat Pulse or the next Volkswagen Tera, among others.
The Avenger It measures 4.08 meters long, 1.78 wide, 1.53 high and has a wheel distance of 2.56. While a renegade measures 4.27 meters long, 1.80 wide, 1.70 high and 2.57 between. The trunk, in changes, is larger in the smallest model: 380 liters against 320.
Inside it has a very current style and similar to 100% electric models, a condition with which Avenger was born: a minimalist interior, with large digital screens and few analog elements.
In addition to the original electric version with which it was presented, in Europe the variants with combustion and hybrid motor were added. In fact, A version with whole -wheel drive It includes a combustion engine and two electric.
For our lands it is speculated that the 1.0 Turbo engine (known as T200 for its torque value) will be carried, which is given in several models of the Stellantis group, but in this case already with a soft hybridization system.