What sort of automobile is the 2022 Ford Maverick? What does it examine to?

The 2022 Ford Maverick pickup truck turns into the smallest automobile with a mattress in Ford’s lineup. With working gear shared by the Bronco Sport and Escape, the Ford Maverick has the Hyundai Santa Cruz as a chief rival.

Is the 2022 Ford Maverick a very good pickup truck?

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The Escape and Bronco Sport have fared properly within the TCC Rankings, so it’s doubtless. We’ll know extra after a primary drive later this yr. (Learn extra about how we rate cars.)

What’s new for the 2022 Ford Maverick?

It’s a wholly new mannequin arriving late in 2021. With the Maverick, Ford hopes it could lure small-SUV consumers into one more model of the mechanicals that energy its Escape and Bronco Sport, with out drawing them away from one in every of its greater pickups—the Ranger and F-Collection.

The Maverick performs the truck half to perfection, with a bluff entrance finish and a grille with a excessive bar that retains the compact utility automobile from wanting too low or small. The flat physique sides and square-rigged corners owe loads to these different Ford vans, whereas the inside’s themed like that of the Bronco Sport, with an open and considerably spartan model capped by rugged grades of plastic and fabric, however nonetheless graced with an enormous touchscreen for infotainment.

In a primary for any pickup truck, the Maverick’s base powertrain sports activities batteries and an electrical motor in addition to a fuel engine. The two.5-liter inline-4 hybrid powertrain delivers 191 hp web and 155 lb-ft of torque, and Ford pegs it at 1,500 kilos of payload and a tow ranking of as much as 2,000 kilos. Offered solely with front-wheel drive, the hybrid goals for a 40-mpg estimated EPA metropolis ranking, and 37 mpg mixed. 

For stronger acceleration and extra towing, Ford will match a 250-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 with 277 lb-ft of torque. It’s teamed to an 8-speed automated and comes with front-wheel drive or out there all-wheel drive to supply as much as 4,000 lb. 5 totally different drive modes will give the powertrain the flexibility to change its conduct from Regular to Eco, Slippery, Sport, and Tow/Haul modes. Mavericks will weigh between about 3,500 to three,700 kilos.

With a 121.1-inch wheelbase and an general size of 199.7 inches, the Maverick traces up beneath the Ranger and F-Collection pickups, however nonetheless can accommodate not less than 4 adults. The cabin’s swole with small-item storage, from a second smartphone bin within the console to water-bottle clips on all 4 doorways, to hidden house below the flip-up rear seats. In again, the 4.5-foot-long pickup mattress will get twin coated bins and as much as 10 tie-downs, in addition to out there mattress lighting, aluminum rails, and a 110-volt AC outlet. Ford says the Maverick’s adjustable tailgate can maintain as much as 400 kilos, which it says permits the Maverick to tote 4×8 sheets of plywood and not using a mattress extender. It guarantees a mountain bike can slide behind the entrance seats when the entrance wheel’s indifferent; two bikes can slot into the mattress with their entrance wheels angled.

The Maverick hasn’t been crash-tested however every one has automated emergency braking. Lively lane management, adaptive cruise management, and blind-spot displays can be found. 

How a lot does the 2022 Ford Maverick value?

The 2022 Maverick prices not less than $21,490 together with vacation spot for an XL mannequin with energy options, LED headlights, and an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. XLT and Lariat trims, with an FX4 bundle, might be priced earlier than the Maverick goes on sale late in 2021.

The place is the 2022 Ford Maverick made?

In Mexico.