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2025 Jeep Avenger Longitude Electric $40,000 Drive Away (Save up to $16,000) @ Jeep Australia
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don't worry I got your reference :D clearly no one else did.
DJ Boom version.
My faith in jeep, made me leap and bought a JEEP.
Mama told me I look like a sheep, mates thought my pocket is deep.
Even on gravels ain't so steep, all the wheels slipped.
Frequent at the local dealership, where my new car sleeps.
Electric version might actually be "better" considering how bad they are at making ICE lol
True that, its probably using the BYD motor/battary pack lol
Stallantis….. probably not. Just like those"Japanese" Alfas.
I'm sure they've found a way to make it horrible
Problem is that a lot of there issues were electrical so i wouldn't touch an electric jeep. š
Somehow they'd still make the ICE engine fail in this car /s
Not even… I was cross-shopping it with the Atto 3, Omoda E5, and EX5 (and some other higher budget variants).
Was quite optimistic going down to the test drive, being Europe's car of the year and all.
Absolutely shocking interior when I arrived, like actually couldn't believe it. It drives fine, but when there's like 5 tiers in difference between this interior and similarly-priced competitors… wow. Literally a 1997 base spec Nissan Sunny had a much better interior.
And I think the sales people are already used to it. I didn't even express my disappointment to them, but they didn't try to follow up or anything.
What could possibly go wrong!! :-D
Oh? Nothing? There is only one JEEP.
damn they're rarer than i thought
Jeep + EV = Kaboom!
Saw a recent news article in California USA (of course) a Jeep EV caught on fire while charging and also caused collateral damage to three other EVs charging nearby.
Jeep EVs are now massively exported to the Ukraine so they can use it to bomb Russian targets with them.
Eternal fires they say …:-\
Sounds like the Wildfire in Game of Thrones XD
why the lemon colour?
When you buy jeep, you buy a lemon.
I had a good laugh. I remember my family had a jeep when i was a kid. It did nothing but break down every week. It was the biggest money pit and almost broke us
How come it's always the family member! But at least in your case, it broke you, not the family member :)
It's not a joke if you have to explain it…. Nevermind, apparently it is
it's a sad day on ozbargain when the explanation gets more upvotes than the joke itself..
The real joke is that people still buy them. You just know that someone's gonna buy that lemon-coloured Jeep.
Bonus offer: Lifetime supply of Air fresheners with lemon scent to remind you everyday that you made the biggest mistake of your life buying a jeep
it's not just a colour but the history of Jeep ;)
Well … they started quite OK back in 1940'something but yes, expectations were different … and yes, down the hill since then.
But hey!, the publicity is real good.
Wish they had spend all that advertising money making a good product.
After four months of trading, Jeep has registered just seven new Avenger sales in 2025
Yep, I would hold out, they will be giving these things away soon enough.
Jeep knew these were going to sell poorly as they had a āsaleā on them before they were even released in Australia.
Damn, that is rough!
It seems the only manufacturers selling EVs in any numbers worth talking about are Tesla and the various Chinese, "build your great wall" brands etc… it's going to make things interesting when Labor's vehicle emissions taxes come into play later this year, looks like Ford, Volkswagen, Kia, Hyundai etc and to a slightly lesser extent Toyota (they actually manage to sell some hybrids) are going to cop the full brunt of them meaning big price increases for everything that isn't a Chinese EV essentially.
Yet they pulled the PHEV rebate. Even though we Didn't have a single decent PHEV yet that made sense (decent EV range to justify the extra cost).
Basically giving the middle finger to rural Australians..
Ordered months earlier, lease signed, just wasn't delivered in time.
Amazing the ATO collects taxes on the 'signed date", yet incentives …no deal!
Yeah, had about 6 months of shark 6 sales and that's was about it, I think prior to that it was really just the Mitsubishi outlander PHEV.
@Binchicken22: I own a Mitsi.
They challenged a warranty compliant in court…and lost. So there is now a precedent.
However, have created a new "warranty determination procedure".. which is absolutely BS. Dealers don't understand it and won't do the assessment.
Tried 5 ..can't get a warranty assessment.
Reported it to ACCC and Fair Trading.
So went with the GWM H6. 180km electric. Nice car. Put a deposit down…signed a lease …order processed …got burnt by the gov.
GWM/ lease comp/ me…. All delighted!
@tunzafun001: So… How much do you pay for the GWM H6. 180km hybrid plugin electric? These are a pretty good car for the price!
@jimmy c: We didn't get it. It didn't get delivered in time for the FBT exemption..
It was $45k (as GST is reimbursed with a novated lease).
Wasted mine and everyones time.
Leases get more expensive, as they factor this waste in.
Thanks government.
PHEV's are a stopgap and its unlikely we will ever see a PHEV with a decent EV range, it doesn't work for many reasons including cost, weight and physical space.
You have cars like the Tesla with 629km Range or the Polestar with 659km range, I think you'll struggle to find too many people doing roundtrips like that every day, even in a rural area.
@samfisher5986: Agree phev is garbage. I live regionally and seems half the town just drive a Tesla or BYD.
@samfisher5986: I am pretty sure the Tesla quoted range of 629km applies to urban driving, where regen is used to top up the battery while breaking/slowing down. On a long distance highway run, there is no way you will get anywhere near 629km. More like 350km according to forums I have read.
@billy_bob: Thats not accurate at all.
The more accurate range is around 70-80% of the WLTP range. So 440km. This is assuming the drive is 100% highway at 100-110km/h.
The only way I see it going lower is if you are driving on dirt in which case you'll probably have a 4WD.
@samfisher5986: If you want some facts rather than conjecture, read this article.
For a Tesla standard range with a 55 kWh battery and an energy consumption of 156 Wh/km, the vehicle can travel approximately 350 kilometers on a single full charge. This calculation is based on dividing the battery capacity (55,000 Wh) by the energy consumption rate (156 Wh/km).
I'm an engineer with 25+ years experience in Automotive, so when I comment on cars, it is based on facts, not guesses. Neg all you like. Facts are facts.
@billy_bob: So.. you agree with me? Why are you acting so defensive if you agree?
Because you literally stated 70% of the WLTP range for a standard range Tesla
Also Tesla specifically seem to overstate their range a little where other brands are better then 70% of the WLTP range in my experience.
I'll also add that for most people, hills are not an issue with EV's because because of the situations where you normally encounter a hill, you are either charging at your destination or you are going back without charging which means you will regen most of your lost efficiency going down the hill (From personal experience)
@samfisher5986: No, it might be 70% for Tesla, but it would be less for most other EV's as they don't get close to Tesla's 156 Wh/km efficiency.
For example that article I quoted shows the MG4 and BYD Atto 3 have an efficiency figure of around 200 Wh/km, so they would only get approximately 275 km of highway driving range if they had the same size battery as the Tesla.
This Jeep Avenger has a 54 kWh battery, so if it has similar efficiency to BYD and MG4 it will get around 270 km of highway range, but it could even be worse.
@billy_bob: That's completely wrong, I own an MG4 and you have completely wrong stats.
Anyway my example was with a Tesla so why are you moving the goalposts?
@samfisher5986: Which of my stats are wrong? I mentioned MG4 and BYD as they are the most popular EV's apart from Tesla, and I wanted to highlight the effect of efficiency on range. Have you ever driven your MG4 on a long highway drive at 100km/h without stopping? If you have the 51kwh battery I guarantee you will not get more than 270km.
@billy_bob: I guarantee you that my consumption is not 200 Wh/km, I have never even reached that going up a mountain. Yes I have driven the majority on a highway at 100-110km/h.
You said it yourself 270km, thats 77% of the WLTP.
I'll say it again because you are going around in circles arguing about nothing
You have cars like the Tesla with 629km Range or the Polestar with 659km range, I think you'll struggle to find too many people doing roundtrips like that every day, even in a rural area.
@samfisher5986: It's hard to have a meaningful argument when you will not give me any actual figures. So what is the consumption of your MG4 at a steady 100km/h? Why don't you test it out this weekend by going for a drive on the freeway, and resetting your trip computer so that it only shows the freeway consumption, then get back to me.
I got my figures from the article I linked earlier. The article was very well researched and based on real life testing.
@samfisher5986: https://youtu.be/5227AUV9RI0?si=wov6K-8hP04sH5l6
Watch this video, MG4 64kwh version, driven at a constant 110kmh on the Autobahn, air-con off, he achieved 19.2 kwh per 100km, which converts to 192 Wh/km. Use the air-con and hit a few hills and that figure will be over 200.
Anyway, come back to me with some numbers.
@billy_bob: So you want to talk about your side topic rather then admit your reply was stupid?
Thats,fine, your four downvotes says the community has spoken.
@samfisher5986: You are obviously not a numbers person, so it is pointless trying to have an intelligent argument with you about a technical topic.
You still have not said which of my stats are wrong?
@samfisher5986: We have a PHEV as a family car, the Cupra Formentor. We have only filled it up with petrol about 6-7 times in the lat 12 months. Mostly used for just short drives. e.g. Picking up the kids, doing the shopping, driving to work and back, etc. It has been great.
We took it up to Albury during Easter so did use some petrol then.
Overall, we have worked out that we have probably saved about $10,000 in petrol. And yeah, we have solar panels so try to charge when the sun shines.
@The General: If you aren't filling it up with petrol, hasn't it been a huge disaster?
You pulling around an ICE engine, paying for ICE maintenance and storing old petrol in your vehicle due to lack of use.
Any EV could make it to Albury although you would need to do a 30 minute fast charge or charge at your accommodation with a regular plug if you wanted to make it back.
@samfisher5986: Accomodation charging is getting harder. Can't rely on that you will get a charge at accom anymore. ..
And even if you do, everyone else at the hotel are shitty because you are using it.
Eastern states do have a lot better charging infrastructure. In SA I havent been able to charge at the shops etc at all in the last 8 months. Before that, was always finding a charge.@tunzafun001: I use Airbnb's mostly but anywhere that uses a proper car park I agree would be complicated. EV charging infrastructure is behind the rest of the world.
@samfisher5986: We generally don't fill it up with petrol. We keep it at a about a quarter of a tank just so that it doesn't get old. We will put petrol in if we know we are going to use it
We usually drive interstate once a year to a major city. So we have the ability to drive straight through without having to plan charging.
Very happy with how it is working out.
@samfisher5986: I need 650km minimum. No exceptions. Ie. 80km/h head wind…I still need to do that leg.
Needs to be able to tow just over a tonne and be able to traverse rock and soft sand.There isnt a full electric car on the market that will do that yet.
PHEV is the perfect car.@tunzafun001: Towing, thats fair.
Outside of towing, I doubt you need to drive 650km a day unless this is commercial use.
Also which PHEV vehicle are you towing and able to drive 650km in one go?
I assume you are simply refueling, which you can do in an EV but with 30 minute waits instead.
@samfisher5986: I do the 650km leg twice a week. Not towing that leg often. But it needs to tow. But I do occasionally, and that's not an issue. Pure electric just wouldn't be able to achieve it yet with current infrastructure. One day…soon I hope.
Unfortunately no charging infrastructure even without towing unless I detour quite a bit..and to be honest I just want to get home. Knock off at 7pm, home by 1am.
I'm not waiting around for 30 mins at 1am .Car is fueled up, I'm off… Even worse, fair chance I'd have to wait for a charger. After a shift and a few hrs drive…..then wait for a charge…then charge itself!!
Then drive the rest of the week is from solar/ EV around town.
Chuck the boat in at the beach etc.
Mitsi does it (with 8km left), GWM H6phev has 1000km range.
@samfisher5986: PHEVs don't suit everyone and they are as much a stopgap as an EV with current battery tech is a stopgap until newer battery tech arrives.
My PHEV is running on battery for most of the time (charge overnight at $0.08/kWh), but when I do need to drive long distance I don't want to have to plan my movements based on the nearest EV charge point. The times I have gone long distance, the destinations either didn't have a EV charger or the bays were all occupied.
For my last trip I went from Adelaide to Geelong (full battery and fuel tank) without having to refuel and could get around Geelong again after a quick trip to the servo. Then slow charged overnight, plugged into a 10A socket.@OZBargainer in SA: I agree with you, but you certainly pay the price for that convenience so I would want to be making sure I used the ICE aspect on a regular basis which majority of people in the city would not.
@samfisher5986: I just launched my boat (around 1 tonne) off a soft sand 4wD access beach. Which EV will do that.
PHEV struggles as it is.
Damn I would be so upset sorry to hear that
yeah Tesla still is the number one selling EV in Australia, the model Y seems to be still up there, BYD are catching up but they aren't there yet. and other brands lol good luck with catching up. they would need to beat byd pricing and provide better cars in order for that to happen.
I don't think that's right? BYD overtook in April after Tesla sales tanked?
@UnrealMacaw: just because they tanked in one month doesn't reduce the number of teslas being picked up. My local tesla still deliveries 5 to 20 teslas a day to customers. so if its slowing down its hasn't hit Australia yet. BYD still needs to catch up. Especially with the new model Y that just go released that everyone wants. The one thing alot of the numbers don't include is the number of BYD returns, and sell off because of unhappy customers. They just record number of new car sales.
@kungfuman: Which dealership is this? My local Tesla dealership leaves their cars outside the showroom to avoid the showroom being burnt down. (Not talking about EV fires if anyone is wondering)
@cloudy: gold coast. alot of people want the new model Y as well from what I heard too so there deliveries will most likely flow through for the next few months.
@UnrealMacaw: Yeah think that was an "in between" period when they were running low on/not many people wanted to buy the "old model" and the "new" one hadn't quite arrived yet in any numbers… The lefties reached hard to try and make out as if their Elon hate was the reason though… Literally just stiff competition from cheap Chinese competitors.
Tesla is basically always going to be losing market share now as they essentially bad 100% of the EV market wrapped up being the market leaded/innovator, it doesn't mean they are "failing".
nah dude noone is paying $20k more for a product that is not 33% better, byd overtook them a while ago so did MG https://www.drive.com.au/news/byd-sealion-7-surpasses-tesla-ā¦ these numbers are just from the last month as you say but byd are selling 6 times more cars in total DYOR
@sludo: The sub headline literally says exactly what I said
"With the Tesla Model Y soon to switch to a new model, it has allowed BYD to top the EV sales charts with its rivalling Sealion 7".
"With the Tesla Model Y soon to switch to a new model, it has allowed BYD to top the EV sales charts with its rivalling Sealion 7".
I guess Seal out sold Model 3 is also "New model" coming out.
@sludo: you really need to look into and understand that tech is in a tesla before you actually start to compare alot of people are pretty clueless when it comes to comparing a Tesla's tech to any other car. So I would advice you look at what kind of tech is in teslas because there isn't many competitors besides Mercedes that can match the same technology in the consumer market.
@kungfuman: Thatās some pretty strong cope thereā¦
It doesnāt matter what the tech is - put a Time Machine in it for all it mattersā¦if people arenāt buying it, they arenāt buying it.
@kungfuman: I work in the space and literally have a CompSci degree I understand it very well thanks though, mercedes are no where near teslas object avoidance and automated driving capabilities of tesla neither are BYD.
I know that teslas software is miles ahead of BYDs which is arguably just tesla software thats been reverse engineered, in saying this most of teslas advanced automation tech is disabled in Australia mate as it doesn't meet our safety standards (aka Australia are backward thinking in a lot of pioneering tech globally) like road recognition, street sign recognition and signal and hazard recognition.
Hence me saying at the current offer price in Australia and the tech thats actually available and usable the Sealion 7 is much better value than a new model y.
@sludo: I think its more they government doesn't' want to loose money on speed camera, mobile phone cameras and other ways to fine you, if you take all that way with FSD then government looses alot of money because they cant' fine people if the car is driving itself.
But I know what you mean, Mercedes though are the closet competitor to tesla though even if they aren't' there yet. But as a result of disabling the tech on a tesla comparing it is done based on driving it rather than what its able to do.
it makes my laugh Australia thinks its unsafe yet tesla have a 98% safety ancap rating
@kungfuman: Yeah youāre probably right the government use safety as their excuse when itās really for monetary reasons. Iāve been and test drove both a new Y and a sealion 7 and itās an easy choice in terms of interior and usability features itās obvious Tesla have cut so many corners. Iām surprised they are allowed to have the Speedo to the side of the drivers view in the mid console rather than directly in front that does seem unsafe.
@sludo: i think toyota use to do this with some of there cars a while back from memory they had the speedo in the middle so Tesla aren't' the first car company to do it.
In 2024, Kia sold more EV5's than any BYD model. Only Tesla Model 3, Model Y, and the MG4 sold more.
At least you'll have the only one on the road, because the other 7 are in the shop for repairs
All same owner. One for every day of the week while the rest are in the shop!
Jeep has registered just seven new Avenger sales in 2025
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Prospective buyer on phone: Hey do you have any Avenger in stock?
Car salesperson: *looking at carpark full of them * - yeah…a couple.
Anit-Trump/US Tariff backlash?
Doubt it would have as much of an impact as it has had on Tesla.
I think customers are just more wise and know that Jeep probably the worst track record for reliability.
Even the MGs have a better ANCAP safety rating. This model has poor reviews too. A couple of years ago the parent company got in trouble for warranty/consumer guarantee claims in Australia. Their reputation took a nose dive as a result.
nope, I wrote a long comment above but TL;DR the interior is unbelievably bad. Go pop by a dealer and see it in person, you'll go "what the F…".
Thank u
It is worth noting that whilst the Avenger is classified by VFACTS as a āsmall SUVā, at just over 4m long and just under 1.8m wide, it is significantly smaller than most of its competitors in that category.
Battery: ā¢ 54 kWh
Towing: ā¢ Not rated for towing.
Performance:
ā¢ Maximum power: 115 kW
ā¢ 0 to 100km/h: 9.0 sec0 to 100km/h: 9.0 sec
Too slow for greenacre school moms
bahahahahah thats super slow for an ev. even the base model Y RWD can do 0 to 100 in 6 seconds.
Too small for a school pickup. Saw this on display and it's a Tonka truck.
Same spec and price as a 10 year old Nissan leaf. Yeah I am sure this will be a popular car!š¤¦āāļø
imagine trying to tow something with a nissan leaf though :D
Towing not advised with the leaf either.
OMG this mofo is lemon coloured lemon. IT will blow up before you pull into your driveway from the dealership. Stellantis FTW!
Jeep EV WTF !!!
Every car brand is moving to electric, so it's no surprise :)
Dr. Doom approves?