Daniele Calonaci, head of Jeep design for the Emea region, tells us in a video about the design secrets of the Avenger (full design story on Auto&Design no.258), the B-segment SUV that we drove around Malaga, Spain. The Avenger is the first electric Jeep in history, designed in Turin and built in Tychy (Poland) on the Stellantis Group’s E-Cmp platform. “We had to concentrate 100 per cent of the Jeep DNA in 4 metres,” explains Calonaci. The starting point was therefore the founding concepts of the brand’s philosophy, from the sense of freedom (in this case small dimensions mean agility for moving around in traffic as well as off-road), to the young and fun appeal, to the ‘tech’ aspects. “We are a technical brand par excellence and for the Avenger this was even more important as it is the first EV in our history. It is functionality that becomes form, we will never abandon this ‘design to function’ approach,’ assures Calonaci.