Alpine A290 vs Jeep Avenger

The Alpine A290 costs £3,996 more than the Jeep Avenger. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Jeep Avenger is not just cheaper - it also offers 54 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Alpine A290 comes out ahead overall.

The Jeep Avenger is £3,996 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Jeep Avenger comes out roughly £4,076 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 155 miles for the Alpine A290 and 171 miles for the Jeep Avenger - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Jeep Avenger goes roughly 17 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-30 minutes.

The two are within 13 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 590 mm of total clearance for the Jeep Avenger and about 577 mm of total clearance for the Alpine A290. The Alpine A290 also turns in a 0.3 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Alpine A290 and 84% for the Jeep Avenger. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.