Spied: Maverick Refresh Lobo ST Street Truck Reveals New Vertical Grille Design & 13" Infotainment Screen

[MinntoMich]

The grille looks concave and reminds me of an early 1960's Plymouth.

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[dusty1787]

I am totally agreeing with you and it got me thinking about “what if‘s” - what if this is a new addition to the Lincoln line-up?

As the way, I can see it there is only two working, prevailing theories,

one… This is a new lineup addition to the Lincoln lineup, where they bring in a maverick model, hence why they have all the new additional things like the upgraded entertainment, and the new cameras on the side mirrors, power moonroof and relocation of the grill sensor.

Or two… They’re starting a new refresh in all of the Ford model to have this similar type of grill. It’s hard for me to think that as much as Ford tries to stay similar across lines of their vehicles that this would be the start of a new grilles in their lineup.

Either the “good idea fairy” got his time in the sunbeam or ford is total breaking away from giving the customer what they like.

I like your thoughts but I cant see them touching it with Lincoln. the clientele is different. look at all the vehicles lincoln currently sells, a luxury maverick doesnt fit at all.

I mean it is possible that this could be the start of the newer ford designs, but they just did the 24 f150, mustang '23 with the escape. expedition was 22. the explorer is getting one for 25 and has been released and does not look like the maverick grill at all.

Bronco/BS havent had one yet but I havent seen any leaks to those. Maybe those 3 could all get similar grill designs for the 25MY as they all came out around the same time.

 

[midcoastme]

Hopefully the dash is unchanged enough so that the infotainment screen can be retrofitted into older trucks

also liking the placement of the radar cruise thingy…. Looks terrible in currently Lariats
I wonder if that can be moved without too much trouble

If the radar receiver is located in the lower grille area, wonder where the front license plate is supposed to go??

 

[TacRunner]

If the radar receiver is located in the lower grille area, wonder where the front license plate is supposed to go??

Wow that’s a great thought, we don’t have to have front plate holders in Louisiana so this wasn’t a thought to me,

 

[Edge Haley]

Hopefully Ford does not miss their primary market with a new model year. My attraction to the Maverick XLT was fuel efficiency at a $24,000 base price...If their new target market reaches $34,000 for a base unit they will be opening a wide door for the competition.

For me, the best new Maverick market looks to be a "Plug-in-Hybrid", without all the recalls of a significant changed new model. Since Ford could not make enough for order demands for current Maverick in the last 3 years don't screw it up by going off the rails when you have already created what most consumers were looking far.

 

[volksnuts]

I don't know if that's necessarily the ACC radar; mounted that low would make it even worse for slush or susceptible to damage. Could be a change to the grille shutter; separate actuation for the intercooler?

Rather conspicuously there are also the two front ultrasonic sensors in the lower grille corners.

Wouldn’t you just have to aim it differently? I feel like I’ve seen vehicles with them mounted low like that….
I could be mistaken though
Wait isn’t Bronco Sport mounted low?
Ok just looked it up, it’s mounted in the same area BUT the cover looks the same as the test mule

 

[TacRunner]

I annotated a couple things that I noticed, the yellow in the upper grille looks like the ambient temperature sensor that mount in the lower grille in the 22MY thru 24MY. Having had to replace mine makes me think they disabled this one. It’s not attached to the sensor and the wire “dead ends” tied to the grille.

The purple circles I put on the bumper, definitely tell us that the bumper has been refreshed, the height of these mounted like this are possibly an off road version like the Tremor, but I don’t know if I like that for a “normal” truck…

We need to see more

 

[volksnuts]

If the radar receiver is located in the lower grille area, wonder where the front license plate is supposed to go??

Good point

 

[Bruce W]

We just got our first look at a revealing new Maverick Lobo performance street truck prototype showing off a completely new grille design with a clean vertical slat arrangement in addition to a new infotainment screen interior upgrade.

All New Grille Design Finally Shows Itself
These shots not only show us what promises to be a new Maverick trim, it gives us our first uncovered look at its new grille design—our first such look at one of the updated Maverick prototypes. With the camo mesh removed from the grille-opening, we see a completely new take on the face of the Maverick. From this test truck, it appears that the new street truck will have the Ford oval floating amid a sea vertical grille slats that bend forward at the bottom, reaching out to its revised front bumper. It’s a complete departure from anything currently available in the Maverick lineup.

We know this is the new street truck trim- rumored to be called Lobo, based on Ford trademark filings—thanks to its new, larger wheel-and-tire package. Instead of the 18-inch wheels that top the current Maverick range, this new model gets a chunky new design, sized at 19-inches—wrapped by 225/55R19 Goodyear Wrangler Territory HT tires. Whether this street truck—which could also conceivably get an ST designation—gets more power, is currently unknown.

13.2-inch Infotainment Screen
We also have the only look at the key element of the Maverick’s revised interior design: It’s new-and-improved infotainment screen. It looks like the Maverick will be getting the same screen upgrade that’s coming on the similarly facelifted Bronco Sport—the 13.2-inch landscape-oriented screen that’s also found in the base Mustang and the upper-level trims of the Ford Escape. It’s a big step up from the humble eight-inch screen that currently resides in all Mavericks—regardless of the trim level.

The Maverick looks slated to get a thorough going-over, in order to keep it atop the compact pickup market. Currently the Hyundai Santa Cruz is its only competition, but there are rumblings that Toyota has eyes on the burgeoning segment—with evidence of benchmark tests of the Ford and Hyundai. With that in mind, Ford is smart to keep the hammer down to keep a strong hold on the top spot.

I hope the grill is not changed to vertical slats. Not a big fan of the cow catcher look.

 

[volksnuts]

I annotated a couple things that I noticed, the yellow in the upper grille looks like the ambient temperature sensor that mount in the lower grille in the 22MY thru 24MY. Having had to replace mine makes me think they disabled this one. It’s not attached to the sensor and the wire “dead ends” tied to the grille.

The purple circles I put on the bumper, definitely tell us that the bumper has been refreshed, the height of these mounted like this are possibly an off road version like the Tremor, but I don’t know if I like that for a “normal” truck…

We need to see more

Front parking sensors and a front facing camera def speak to a 360 camera situation

 

[Headbanger]

Thanks for posting up! Like the info screen, hate the grille.

 

[Swampfox43]

Have to look out around Dearborn for this!

 

[259Maverick]

I wonder if the new screen will be able to retrofit into the old system

 

[EONR24]

It's going to be a REFRESH. just like the 2014 vs 2015 FOCUS ST. They will update the front, rear and interior. That's it.

 

[commadorebob]

360° cameras all but confirmed. Larger entertainment screen makes that easier to use.

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