The international “Car of the Year” jury has decided: Jeep Avenger is the 2023 Car of the Year in Europe! In the final, the all-electric crossover won the seven contenders, with 328 votes from 57 judges from 22 countries, including Blick auto boss Andreas Faust.
There are seven places on the shortlist but eight cars to choose from? The Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X were counted as one model, as they were technically the same. The second was VW’s identity. With 241 votes, Buzz is ahead of Nissan Ariya with 211 votes.
Start-finish victory for Jeep
Since 1964, this most prestigious award has been given for being independent. This year, a live ceremony was held for the first time since the Corona pandemic. The winner would have been honored at the Geneva Motor Show, but as this year’s show was canceled for the fourth time in a row, the jury diverted: to the 100th annual Motor Show in Brussels this year. It is quite possible that history will become a tradition. The auto show in the Belgian capital is one of the last remaining trade shows in Europe and traditionally marks the start of the new car year for the industry at the beginning of January.
In recent years, during the scoring of the Eurovision Song Contest, the race has always been close and therefore exciting to the end, while the Jeep Avenger celebrated its start-finish victory. For the first time this year, the US off-road brand managed to place a model among the seven finalists of the selection.
success of the whole team
After all, 21 judges chose the Jeep Avenger as their favourites; It peaked at number one in nine out of 22 countries. It will be available in Switzerland in the first quarter with prices starting at CHF 33,600.
So what did the winner say? Antonella Bruno, 51, Jeep’s Europe CEO, danced impatiently back and forth as the points were awarded. His joy knew no bounds after the final points from England: “This is first and foremost the success of the nearly 1000 colleagues at Jeep Europe,” he thanked his team.