Jeep Avenger vs Skoda Elroq

The Skoda Elroq costs £3,971 more than the Jeep Avenger. For that premium it adds 32 miles more WLTP range and 90 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Elroq comes out ahead overall.

The Jeep Avenger is £3,971 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 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 £3,891 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 171 miles for the Jeep Avenger and 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Elroq goes roughly 62 miles further between charging stops.

The Jeep Avenger is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 74 mm narrower than the Skoda Elroq. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 590 mm of total clearance for the Jeep Avenger and about 516 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Elroq. The Skoda Elroq also turns in a 1.2 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 Jeep Avenger and 84% for the Skoda Elroq. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.