The Maverick is Coming!

Posted on by Stacey Sandmeyer

The recent announcement by Ford of a new compact truck, called the Maverick caught me by surprise. But what a great surprise! I want a Maverick! It is the perfect-sized truck as a commuter, utility vehicle – and it will fit in my garage. Sign me up!

Here are the details as provided by motortrend.com. “The Maverick is a unibody truck built on a crossover platform. This makes it less capable than a traditional body-on-frame pickup, but it’s also cheaper to build and buy, and more efficient, too. In the Maverick’s case, it rides on Ford’s C2 platform and shares much under the skin with the Bronco Sport and Escape with which it will share a production line in the Blue Oval’s Hermosillo, Mexico, plant.

 The Maverick’s powertrains come courtesy of both the Escape and Bronco Sport lines. The base powertrain is a 2.5-liter I-4/electric-motor combo that drives the front wheels through a CVT. Related to the Escape Hybrid’s powertrain (but with a new in-house developed motor), this powerplant produces 191 total horsepower in the Maverick. Ford says the front-wheel-drive-only Maverick Hybrid will have EPA-estimated fuel economy of 40/33/37 mpg city/highway/combined and can travel up to 500 miles on a single tank.”
The Maverick comes in four model choices; XL, XLT, Lariat and First Edition and ten colour choices. Scheduled to hit the showrooms in the fall, I know I’ll be having a close look!
Visit http://www.ford.ca/maverick/2022 for more details.
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