Jeep facelifts its smallest SUV and gives it an illuminated grille and nicer materials inside. Following the Renegade’s discontinuation last year, the Avenger is now the smallest Jeep money can buy.

Jeep has backtracked on its EV strategy in Europe, where the new Avenger subcompact crossover was supposed to be sold as a battery-powered vehicle in most of the Old Continent, adding a gasoline ...