I took a look at a Santa Cruz today - I was very impressed

[Jmav2152]

My objective opinion is that the SC just looks and feels like any standard cuv with a bed. It's more boring to me than a Ridgeline but I like trucks, owned a 350 and 150 and just went to a outback for mileage and decent utility. Maverick gets me in a truck looking ute but the handling and mileage of a big car.

Mavs low center console was the big ticket for me on comfort being taller(6'6"). SC was again like most other cars having it high and that really annoys me.

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[Deleted member 14823]

Agreed. The only company that has gone more insane is BMW with those gigantic noses.

Exactly. I could never afford one, but if I happened to win one in a contest I'd probably drive it around in reverse.

 

[Maverickman74]

They still dont have any Santa Cruzs on Maui, so I havent looked. But I will say aside from the auto trans and it dial shifter, I am buying the Maverick for its cheap basicness. Like having a key, not being a pile of black and gray inside and out. The ability to not have standard safety features, and having a somewhat smallish touchscreen display. But yeah I will be offroading everyday I leave my house and I just dont think Asia car will hold up. Even the Tacos I see everywhere around here are constantly getting worked on. A basic Ford truckis definitely the way to go for me where I live. Also it will double my fuel economy easily.

 

[Scott Asheville]

The Universe is toying with me. I go to the Ingles supermarket just now and who drives up but some nice young man and three friends in a gorgeous Maverick XLT, Cactus Gray. He very nicely showed me his truck. So just as I've almost sold myself on buying a Santa Cruz, there's the Maverick to remind me why I first ordered it.

The Maverick looks really sharp in Cactus Gray.

 

[Kcht]

Well, sometimes sound like guys arguing about betamax or vhs…. lol!!!

i had an Elantra 2018 ( I traded for my Mav). I love it.!! But i have some things here.

Normally Hyundai cars lost the value really fast.! (Just for the brand ) And between I bought my Elantra and traded.. they launched two different versions. So you buy a new car and in a year the manufacture switched your model in the last gen or two generation old. That’s is fast!! Hyundai do that all the time. Change the cars too quick.!! Is”good” for sales but otherwise is not!!
And I don’t like that.!!
I hope Ford hold the Mav design (overall) at least 3 ot 4 years (or more)
They can do upgrades and change some parts.. add trims and engines…
But with Hyundai they will change soon (two years probably) the SC. And the actual model will be looks old..!!

 

[Sykotyk]

The maverick is a mini F150. That's part of the look. It does make it a little bland but I didn't want something that makes people look
Though in retrospect, I've gotten a ton of people asking me about the maverick since they hadn't seen one yet.

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Look at the comparison

One looks like an suv, the other looks like a little truck. The 90 degree bend between the rear of the cab and the top of the bed sidewalls is the key factor in the look. Same problem chevy got wrong with the Silverado.

 

[bbhaag]

The maverick is a mini F150. That's part of the look. It does make it a little bland but I didn't want something that makes people look
Though in retrospect, I've gotten a ton of people asking me about the maverick since they hadn't seen one yet.

Edit

Look at the comparison

One looks like an suv, the other looks like a little truck. The 90 degree bend between the rear of the cab and the top of the bed sidewalls is the key factor in the look. Same problem chevy got wrong with the Silverado.

It's called the C pillar and I agree with you 100%. Ford nailed it with the look of the Maverick.

 

[2022EOW]

I myself like American Companies.

 

[Scott Asheville]

I wonder if Hyundai did that for engineering reasons? Just curious. I could see how executing that sharp end to the cab on a unibody design could be expensive engineering. Because that's maybe more stress that requires stronger materials? That's total conjecture by me, because I know squat about unibody design.

But it's a clear fact that the vast majority of truck buyers flat out don't like it (it it doesn't look like a duck, it cannot possibly be duck). Ergo the Honda design reversal? And Ford, being the truck company, obviously knew that truck buyers want a truck look - and maybe spent extra on stronger steel to get that look?

I think there's a hint that even Hyundai doesn't call the SC a truck. It's almost identical operationally to the Maverick in so many ways. But they don't call it a truck. Because it doesn't look like a truck? Or maybe because their sales demographic didn't want to buy a truck in customer focus meetings?

 

[WesM]

I pointed out a SC the other day to my wife as we were driving by one. Her response was, "that thing is ugly, why would anyone want one of those!". It was at that moment I knew I had married the right woman

 

[Scupking]

I want a truck that looks like a truck and that's the big reason I don't like the Cruz and like the Mav. If the Ridge line was a more reasonable price I probably would get one of those.

 

[Pickles]

The lower trim SC all come with a 2.5 liter normally aspirated engine with only 191 horsepower. I don't hate turbos or anything, but the turbo comes with a DCT, and I've owned a DCT and not liked it much. And you really pay through the nose for those trims.

Oooooh. Now i see. So the base doesnt have the dual clutch 8 speed either? See i never looked into santa cruz cuz the styling is too aggressive for my taste… and base price… and box usability, but all the reviews and comparison videos were the Loaded models aparently. Cuz they all had the 2.5turbo with the 5k towing capacity and the dual clutch tranny. Kinda misleading… cuz they would have been comparing trucks that were like 10 thousand dollars apart lol

 

[Pickles]

I want a truck that looks like a truck and that's the big reason I don't like the Cruz and like the Mav. If the Ridge line was a more reasonable price I probably would get one of those.

Do you mean like the little angled bit that bridges the cab and the bed? If so… i hate that too lol

 

[Scott Asheville]

I myself like American Companies.

But it's so fuzzy these days. Fords are built in the USA and Mexico and Canada and several other countries. Hyundais are built in the USA and Korea. The Santa Cruz is built in a USA factory that is 3x closer to my house closer than the Mexican factory for the Maverick. And all cars from all makers are a crazy mix of Tier 1 supplied components from all over the planet. When you buy an All-American Jeep - well Jeep is owned by Stellantis, which is a fancy name for the European conglomerate that bought it (mainly France and Italy).

But I get your point. We've shipped too many manufacturing jobs overseas. I think it's gonna be a long struggle to get them back. Like the Maverick. It'd be nice if it was built in Montgomery AL (home of the USAF Squadron Officer School, btw) like the Santa Cruz. Instead of Hermosillo, Mexico.

Irrelevant but somewhat related true story (old men like to tell stories)... Back in the eighties I was driving a Honda on DMAFB, AZ. I was at the base grocery store in my USAF uniform, and a random guy walked up to me in the parking lot and totally unloaded on me for driving a Honda. It was one of the stranger experiences I'd ever had - that much hatred over a car. And this was a young guy, not a WWII veteran. I still puzzle over it to this day. Total hatred and aggression. I swear he wanted to hit me. Because of the car I drove.

 

[Hoagus]

It looks like a Brat. And I’m not talking bratwurst.

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