Spied: 2025 Maverick Refresh Prototypes Reveal Additional TWO New Grille Designs [UPDATED]

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UPDATE:
Just after showing another new grille design for the facelifted 2025 Ford Maverick, we caught yet another (third) new face. This third new grille design looks closer to the current Maverick grille, with a horizontal crossbar encompassing the Ford oval. The new face shows off the new headlight design, first revealed on a completely undisguised Maverick test vehicle earlier this week.

Likely Shows the New Maverick XL Grille
We think this new grille may represent the base XL Maverick grille, for two reasons: 1) The headlights look like they may be more simplified, without the prominent LED signatures, and more halogen overtones, and 2) This prototype’s side mirror doesn’t have the new camera that’s in place on the higher-end Lariat model spied earlier. It would seem that a mroe entry-lvel version may still be available without the upgraded safety and possible autonomous features that appear to be coming for the updated trucks.


ORIGINAL POST:
We just caught another one of the 2025 Ford Maverick’s new grille designs, thanks to a prototype that has shed its front-end camouflage.

Like the completely undisguised prototype we caught earlier this week, this Maverick test truck is running on 19-inch wheels, but NOT the dished turbofan design. Instead, the truck in these latest shots is wearing the original 19-inch wheel design from the initial phases of testing.

This Maverick prototype showcases the new headlight design from the our earlier shots, but the new grille is a big departure from the vertically-slatted grille caught on the earlier Lariat prototype that was caught, undisguised, in blue. Instead, this new grille looks like a more traditional pickup grille treatment, with an aggressive, woven mesh design. We’re not sure exactly what trim this model represents. It could be and XLT, but we’ll have to wait for more camo to be discarded to know for sure.

Grille #2

Grille #3

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[AF Blue]

Much better grill!!!

 

[TheShark]

I just don't like those new lights and the black inserts they put below the lights that match the grill might look worse than the body colored ones on the blue one. The grill looks better though.

 

[EONR24]

Grill is better! Those pictures indicate the XLT with the more "traditional" wheels and without so much paint matching going on. The mirrors are not paint matched either. This Maverick looks much better in my opinion. The grill, the wheels, the color. Still the front end is questionable but the black color seems to hide the odd lines and cutoffs. The new headlights are apparently supposed to look like the "HORNS" that a Maverick (the animal) has.

 

[paneubert]

And I will call her..... "Benito".

 

[TheShark]

The new headlights are apparently supposed to look like the "HORNS" that a Maverick (the animal) has.

I never thought about that but I guess it does!

 

[Shawshi]

I'm not saying there's a Lincoln model coming but I get a Lincoln vibe when I look at either of the new grill inserts?

 

[EONR24]

I'm not saying there's a Lincoln model coming but I get a Lincoln vibe when I look at either of the grill inserts?

The grill from the paint matched maverick refresh reveal post DEFINITELY looked like a Lincoln grill. but it did have a ford logo lol

 

[Your_Cousin_Vinny]

Looks like a new interpretation of the current XLT's grille

I like this grille more than the awful vertical slats, but I still hate how it doesn't have any sort of trim around the edge. it just dies into the side of the headlight/stupid blank panel on either side, looking very unfinished... And again, without the bar across the front it looks too tall. The emblem needs to slide down a half slot too, looks too high up. Not a fan of the new "flat" emblem either, looks cheap, though it would be easier to wrap, so there's a little silver lining...

One of my favorite movie quotes fits here: "Its better, but its not alright"

I really think they missed the chance to borrow from the expedition, as I think that's the most attractive version of their "ford truck" design language, in my eyes.

 

[cavemold]

Grill is better! Those pictures indicate the XL or XLT with the more "traditional" wheels and without so much paint matching going on. The mirrors are not paint matched either. This Maverick looks much better in my opinion. The grill, the wheels, the color. Still the front end is questionable but the black color seems to hide the odd lines and cutoffs. The new headlights are apparently supposed to look like the "HORNS" that a Maverick (the animal) has.

That’s what reminds of ! Good catch

 

[Carlitos_92]

Getting better. I like the black plastic trim pieces, at least on the default non-"street truck" trim levels.

I agree this is not a Lariat, but I think these look more like Lariat/optional wheels than anything that would come standard on an XLT. Especially at 19".

I notice that the "backward mud flaps" for efficiency are still around.

 

[cavemold]

Anyways looks much better than other one shown earlier

 

[cavemold]

The lobo design could be package on its own

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