Electric vehicles dominate the top positions for the 60th annual Car of the Year awards, with Jeep capturing a win for the first time in its history.
[Jeep](https://www.motor1.com/jeep/) has no plans to bring the subcompact Avenger stateside, A larger EV will grace North America in the form of the [ Recon](https://www.motor1.com/news/608979/jeep-debuts-recon-wagoneer-s-avenger-electric-suv/). A Wrangler Unlimited-sized four-door, Jeep stresses it's not a [Wrangler](https://www.motor1.com/jeep/wrangler/) replacement but it will have considerable off-road capability with its electric powertrain. [Kia Niro](https://www.motor1.com/kia/niro/), bringing internal-combustion power to the fourth spot. [Nissan Ariya](https://www.motor1.com/nissan/ariya/) at 211 votes, making this year's top-three vehicles an all-electric podium for the second time in the history of the awards. It drives the front wheels, though a dual-motor Avenger is in the cards for a future all-wheel-drive model. For the first time ever, a Jeep received top honors from the long-running Car of the Year awards, announced on January 13 at the Brussels International Motor Show.
First all-electric Jeep cruised home to victory ahead of VW ID Buzz and Nissan Ariya.
But being designed specifically with Europe in mind, the tiny 160.5-in (4,076 mm) SUV won’t be coming to the U.S. Each of the In a contest dominated by EVs, Jeep’s first electric car cruised home to victory, leaving even the Volkswagen ID 4 and Nissan Ariya trailing in its wake.
On the 60th anniversary of the prestigious award the Jeep finished ahead of the VW ID.Buzz and Nissan Ariya.
Now in its 60th year, the highly respected prize was voted on by a jury of 57 journalists from across Europe this year. Just not about why he wrote this book](/culture/books/review/2023/01/13/spare-harry-tells-us-about-his-penis-sibling-rivalry-and-panic-attacks-just-not-about-why-he-wrote-this-book/) The Avenger was the favourite of 21 jury members, while 16 opted for the ID.Buzz.
Announced today at an event held at the Brussels Motor Show, it's the first time a Jeep has even made a finalist in the awards, which are voted for by 57 ...
Jeep's first EV took the prestigious award ahead of the Kia Niro, Renault Austral and Toyota bZ4X, among others.
Each judge must distribute points between at least five cars. With Russian votes suspended this year, the jury number sits at 57 compared with 61 in 2020. The award is supported by nine automotive publications across Europe, including Autocar.
The Jeep Avenger wins the Car of the Year 2023 award. The B-segment SUV took first place with 328 votes, second place for the Volkswagen ID.
The Jeep Avenger ( The Jeep Avenger wins the Car of the Year 2023 award. Buzz (241 votes), third place the Nissan Ariya with 211 votes.
From the article: The Jeep Avenger has been announced as Europe's Car of the Year for 2023. A panel of 59 motoring journalists from 23 different countries.
A hybrid version is available for countries without good BEV support, but there is no Avenger for the USA. - from Changes in the 2023 Mopars A panel of 59 motoring journalists from 23 different countries across the continent voted for their favourite new cars of the past 12 months, with the shortlist including the Volkswagen ID.
The Jeep Avenger was named the European Car Of The Year in Brussels this year, ahead of 6 rivals, most of which had gasoline engines.
In conjunction with the dealers and in close cooperation with our production teams, we achieved a very good result in terms of units delivered and simultaneously set a new record in terms of sales performance,” Krause said. Now, our task is to further ramp up production of all models and to deliver the vehicles to our customers and fans. Buzz helped lift sales for the commercial vehicles division in Germany at a time when the overall market for new vehicles in the country was suffering a decline in sales. Gruenitz also said the long wheelbase version of the ID. [Autocar](https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-id-buzz-gtx-arrive-2023-335bhp) was on hand and reports that he gave more details on how the firm will expand the [ID. That being said, I find the Jeep Avenger to be an electric car that is faithful to the Jeep tradition. He said the company is also considering launching a non-GTX 4-wheel drive version of the ID. It will use the dual motor four wheel drive system shared with other versions of the Volkswagen ID range of EVs, including the 2023 Volkswagen ID 7 saloon. The Jeep Avenger and Kia Niro should only be judged on the BEV versions of the models. Maarten is a self-described “grumpy old man” who asked me to write this story because he is in Brussels at the moment looking for other items to critique among this year’s offerings. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the European Car of the Year award, which was established in 1964. That would remove the Peugeot 408 and Renault Austral from the list.
It's Jeep's first fully-electric car and surprisingly small for an SUV at 13.4 ft. Jeep CEO Christian Meunier thinks it's too compact for the North American ...
The Avenger is part of Jeep's drive to become a leader in electric SUVs. [Top Gear](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/jeep-avenger-has-won-european-car-year-2023-title), who commented: "This car caught me out. [Tech Crunch](https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/08/jeep-to-begin-launching-evs-in-2023/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABe1MtH8Dy1O9MMWHd8lOMPRzgbU6AC96rCSjhGptrM_JZUJk5NHZBadSgfMX8NaI3RD7xBnIfQXoVjfZoa2HYYlpIdffzExUzbtzijuXQTfRyuBi_Am0MliWSWG41Xwe0YYIhGv_nnJD8SwEtptjf24wqZ4O6B2D_TcnVscUEzS) reported. "It feels comfortable and a bit special in this class of practically identical jacked-up superminis." Buzz, and the Nissan Ariya, an electric family crossover, I expected to dislike it but experience proved the opposite.
The Jeep Avenger has been crowned European Car Of The Year, beating the likes of the VW ID.Buzz and Kia Niro EV.
[Jeep](https://insideevs.com/jeep/) plans on launching a fully electric version of the Wagoneer in 2024. As mentioned, Wagoneer S is only a codename and the final production version will be called something more unique. Jeep's first fully electric model, the Avenger, has been crowned European Car of the Year.