The new Light Blue 2026 Maverick color is out!

[Traegorn]

I don't hate it.

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[Maggie5618]

I don't hate it, but IMHO they should have just kept eruption green or given us another shade of green, like olive or lime. The Maverick was already available in two different blues (velocity and azure gray)... It didn't need another one.

I've always been curious how the OEMs decide what colors to offer, because sometimes it just seems really illogical.

It is weird. I have received more compliments about my Maverick's color being Eruption Green. I saw an older Bronco that was Mallard Green and supposedly the inspiration for the Eruption Green.

 

[51mavhatter]

It's a color that just reinforces my dislike of the new front end design

 

[mcgarveyjb]

Very true but not my cup of tea. If I ever get another one, it'll be Velocity Blue. I've always enjoyed that color.

My 22 is V blue, My 26 that just shipped is in V blue as well, had to match the custom topper I am ting off the 22

 

[Darthie]

Better than taxi cab orange.

 

[A112358]

While I'm completely indifferent on the color choice, Ford only offers a few color options and this seems a weird one to use. Unless Ford has a lot of leftover blue and white and is simply looking for a reason to use it up.

That said, I've always called this color "leftover paint" and my wife and daughter love it. The shade changing to match whatever leftover paint they had the year before.

I call it that because that looks very similar to the color that resulted from a Dirty Jobs episode where Mike Rowe mixed a bunch of leftover paint together.

My leftover paint is always a muddy off-white tan, good for nothing other than the first top coat over the primer.

 

[NIKwithoutaC]

I ran across this study on car colors and accidents.
It appears that the light blue offering is on the safe side of the color spectrum, as it's fairly close to "traffic safety white"...

I am curious if any of these studies attempt to adjust for all the white fleet vehicles. Drivers of fleet vehicles are typically going to be licensed and vetted by their employer, under increased driving scrutiny, driving during waking hours (IOW, not 2AM), and much less likely to be under the influence. Add to that, white fleet vehicles probably get driven more miles than many people's personal cars, and you have a disproportionate amount of white vehicles on the road that aren't getting into accidents.

 

[Blue_Max]

I am curious if any of these studies attempt to adjust for all the white fleet vehicles. Drivers of fleet vehicles are typically going to be licensed and vetted by their employer, under increased driving scrutiny, driving during waking hours (IOW, not 2AM), and much less likely to be under the influence. Add to that, white fleet vehicles probably get driven more miles than many people's personal cars, and you have a disproportionate amount of white vehicles on the road that aren't getting into accidents.

White is highly visible at all hours of the day.

 

[MavStangVa]

White is highly visible at all hours of the day.

Not in a blizzard in Ohio . Thankfully I no longer deal with Ohio snow storms.

 

[A112358]

Lots of fire engines and ambulances are neon orange or yellow.

 

[babytruk]

Not in a blizzard in Ohio . Thankfully I no longer deal with Ohio snow storms.

So don’t drive a black car at night.
I can’t see “any” cars when driving through an Ohio snowstorm! I have also stopped dealing with that challenge.

 

[Wahjahbvious]

Oh, you mean the *second* best 2026 color? It's not my favorite orange - I prefer ones that lean more burnt orange or even copper - but I'd take Orange Fury over any shade in what I call the German Rainbow*- Black, gray, silver, white, dark blue and, sometimes, a regular-ass red.


*-so named because I blame the influence of German sedans of the 80s, 90s and 00s for shaping popular expectations and tastes across the entire industry. That palette became associated with luxury and class and next thing you know, everybody is driving lawyer car colors.

Better than taxi cab orange.

 

[babytruk]

Oh, you mean the *second* best 2026 color? It's not my favorite orange - I prefer ones that lean more burnt orange or even copper - but I'd take Orange Fury over any shade in what I call the German Rainbow*- Black, gray, silver, white, dark blue and, sometimes, a regular-ass red.


*-so named because I blame the influence of German sedans of the 80s, 90s and 00s for shaping popular expectations and tastes across the entire industry. That palette became associated with luxury and class and next thing you know, everybody is driving lawyer car colors.

Web search shows approximately 40% of all Mercedes vehicles sold worldwide were silver in the decade of the 1980s. Not light and dark, but Mercedes silver.

 

[Wahjahbvious]

I'm unsure what to do with that information, but... Cool?

Silver is absolutely part of the standard palette of (damn near if not) *every* car model for my entire car-buying life. I don't know if it sells because people actually like it or just because nobody *hates* it and it's what's in stock when they go to the lot, but it clearly sells.

Web search shows approximately 40% of all Mercedes vehicles sold worldwide were silver in the decade of the 1980s. Not light and dark, but Mercedes silver.

 

[babytruk]

I'm unsure what to do with that information, but... Cool?

Silver is absolutely part of the standard palette of (damn near if not) *every* car model for my entire car-buying life. I don't know if it sells because people actually like it or just because nobody *hates* it and it's what's in stock when they go to the lot, but it clearly sells.

Slate pallet is nice and doesn’t stand out. My 1st silver car was a 1984 Cavalier wagon company car. I chose silver because I was in my early 20s and was trying not to be noticed. It was a free car so…
Interesting to watch movies from the 70s or 60s and see the colors… I think it was a beige world then.
Todays range of slate shades gives much more options and they look good and don’t offend. Any MTC posts picking on that color choice?…. probably not! Orange, yellow, green, light blue… even white, yup.

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