• Not much rear legroom
• Plentiful space up front
• Average boot

Even tall adults will have plenty of space up front. There’s decent headroom, the seats go a long way back, and you’re unlikely to be rubbing elbows with your passenger. Rear legroom isn’t great with a short driver behind the wheel, with our shortest five foot four inch tester having just enough space when sat behind his driving position.

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If you’ve got someone over five foot eight driving, rear legroom disappears to almost nothing. Rear headroom is good, although trying to fit three across the back seat will be a tight fit. Like the electric Jeep Avenger, there are plenty of rivals that offer more space and that includes our favourite small SUV the Skoda Kamiq.

Boot space and storage

The Avenger’s boot measures 321 litres with rear seats in place, shrinking to 262 litres in the 4xe. That’s pretty average for the class with the Skoda Kamiq hitting 400 litres and the Ford Puma a best in class 456 litres. At least a height adjustable boot floor is standard.

The Avenger’s luggage space isn’t that much more impressive when you fold the rear seats flat, either. It has a maximum capacity of 1,053 litres which pales in comparison to the 1,467 litres available in the Peugeot 2008.

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Oddment storage for passengers does impress. Jeep says there’s 34 litres-worth of hidey-holes around the cabin, thanks to some deep door pockets and a cavernous central cubby between the front seats. It’s covered by a rather natty magnetic flap, which works in the same way as an iPad screen cover.

Is it easy to park?

The Avenger is barely any longer than a traditional supermini which makes finding a space big enough a doddle. Chunky tyre sidewalls also mean you’re unlikely to kerb an alloy wheel, and the mirrors are plenty big enough as are the side windows. The view out of the back isn’t so good, with a small rear screen and thick pillars.

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Rear parking sensors are fitted as standard, but you’ll need to upgrade to mid-range Altitude trim if you want a parking camera – and even then, it’s just a 180-degree rear-view unit. Summit gets all-round parking sensors but doesn’t upgrade the camera, and no 360-degree system is offered.

Safety

• Avenger EV tested by Euro NCAP
• Unimpressive three-star score
• Top spec gets more driver assist

Euro NCAP has only tested the electric version of the Avenger, not the petrol or hybrid. That car received just three stars out of five for safety with particularly low scores for the driver assist tech. While we can’t say for sure how well an Avenger with a petrol engine would do, there are almost certainly safer options in this class.

Standard safety equipment includes traffic sign recognition, lane-keeping assist and automatic emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist recognition. Mid-range Altitude cars receive adaptive cruise control, while the range-topping Summit model features lane centring assist and traffic jam assist if you’ve selected the hybrid. Buyers also get six airbags as standard and three sets of Isofix mounts (including one for the front passenger seat).