The Avenger is kind of intelligent in the way it shapes your perceptions. The automotive can hardly be described as a ‘correct’ off-roader in mechanical phrases, but once you first slide aboard, it does give fairly a convincing impression of one thing powerful and succesful, a bit just like the Jimny all the time has.
The scuttle feels excessive and the roofline low, with the broad, flat bonnet lapping up in opposition to the bottom of the windscreen. The steering wheel is small and neat, the switchgear is utilitarian, the digital shows are solely as massive as they must be.
And whereas there may be loads of adjustability within the driving place, your basic posture is one among being perched up, with a commanding view ahead, even in case you are not the truth is particularly far off the bottom. All of it contrives to make the Avenger really feel fascinating and faintly adventure-ready.
Storage is robust too. There’s a deep cubby within the centre console, the door pockets are of a great dimension and there’s an especially helpful shelf that spans half the width of the dashboard. It’s nice for maintaining oddments inside simple attain, as a substitute of getting to ferret round blindly within the regular storage spots.
This cabin is actually constructed to a value, although. There’s a honest quantity of arduous plastic in right here, and should you don’t have the yellow dashboard bar to enliven issues, the within of the Avenger can really feel drab.
The Cupra Born, Sensible #1 and BYD Atto 3 all really feel significantly plusher. Anyplace apart from the entrance row, ergonomics aren’t particularly spectacular both.
Rear leg room is among the many least beneficiant within the class, and boot area is enough for a B-segment automotive but additionally falls a way brief of that provided by rivals from Peugeot and Kia.
Multimedia system
You’d suppose that the driving force show itself could be constant throughout the vary, however it isn’t. The entry-level Avenger will get solely a 7.0in show whereas mid-range Altitude and top-spec Summit have a ten.25in unit.
Aside from dimension, the massive distinction is that the bigger merchandise is configurable, giving the driving force the power to flick between readouts for navigation, effectivity and media utilizing buttons on the steering wheel.
The central touchscreen is decently crisp in its graphics and is similar one present in quite a few different Stellantis-built vehicles – all the pieces from the Fiat 500 to the Maserati MC20, the truth is. It’s high-mounted however unintrusive and affords Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, each of that are built-in effectively.
In addition to the same old features, this show can also be used to entry local weather controls and ADAS.
Within the entrance, you will see that two USB ports, however there’s solely one within the again. Don’t anticipate an excessive amount of from the six-speaker sound system, both.
