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Thanks! It's about what I expected I initially, but I admit being a bit disappointed after the optimism from some of the mpg computers. It's pretty similar to my current vehicles. I was always likely to wait out the first wave or ordering and see how things developed, but it makes me more...

I edited after you replied, but it looks like Line X now has a product that is aimed at body panel protection that is thinner than the bed liner and so easier to make look good on body panels. It's still textured - which I imagine would hold dust and dirt - but it would be easier to avoid the...

Isn't Rhinoliner permanent? I'm not sure I'd put something permanent (and hard to make look nice) to protect my paint. I have seen some off road vehicles with the body panels painted with rhino liner or similar, but it looked a bit rough. If it was me, I'd probably add the protective flaps, a...

It looks like there are aftermarket covers for the Ranger in the ~275 range. I imagine once the Maverick is launched, there will be options that are much cheaper than the factory cover and easier to use than a piece of plywood.

I'm waiting to see if they come out with an AWD hybrid, but that also lets me wait to see if they have production issues that need worked out. My Transit Connect was a first year model and had multiple issues with the folding middle seats. You'd fold them down and they would just refuse to go...

I think that the Maverick's comparative advantage will be roughish dirt roads. I expect that the Maverick with it's unibody construction and lower CoG will drive better than the Ranger at speed, so for sandy, washboard, somewhat rutted roads, the Maverick will be great fun and possibly better...

The pickup body height is the bedsides.

I'm likely to wait to see if they introduce a AWD hybrid in the second model year in any case, but I think it just depends if you have other cars to use in the mean time and how inconvenient that would be. For me, a few thousand dollars isn't worth being without the car for 3-6 months. If I had...

I'm actually just the opposite. I don't like the look of high, body-on-frame vehicles with their differential pumpkin or shock mounts hanging way down below. It seems silly to me to have to deal with the extra height for entry/loading/center of gravity related driving dynamics when the actual...

I think you would be surprised, assuming it's the same system as the Bronco Sport. I've been very impressed with the videos of where that will go. I think the geometry will hold the Maverick back before the drivetrain. Given you won't be able to really jack it up, it won't be able to overcome...

Well I meant the that I probably don't see it as a rock crawler but I do have high hopes for a pretty rough and tumble little truck. I think people will be surprised what it's capable of. But I do think where it has the most potential is for performance driving on rough roads.

Sounds to me like the hybrid would have you covered for your purposes!

Just really depends on what "overlanding" means to you. I have explored places all over the west on beat up Forest Service/BLM roads in a Transit Connect. There are some places where i stoppedninnth van that I would have continued in a 4x4, but not many and the space and efficiency outweighed...

As people have mentioned, FWD is both easier/cheaper to do and really works better in a wider variety of situations (as the weight of the engine is over the driven wheels). I'm not sure what the benefit of having a RWD version would be outside of allowing higher towing limits in 2wd...

This could be the variant I'm waiting for. I basically want a practical rally car for the thousands of miles of happy dirt roads around me. A performance Maverick might be just the ticket.

I like the idea. But I basically want a lifted, hybrid Transit Connect rather than a truck, so that's not overly surprising. I'm fine with the extra height even if it looks a bit wonky as I worry about having less space in a Maverick than my current TC behind the second row due to the higher...

I have driven fwd cars in PA/New England winters for many years. I'm a skier so I spent a lot of time driving in the snow. You will be absolutely fine in Kentucky with FWD unless you live way up in the mountains on a steep hill with a momentum killing bend. In the snowy Northeast I had a...

This was 100 miles of potholes and tight turns up and down steep hills. The constant accelerating and decelerating would have been great for a hybrid but was terrible for the Transit Connect's mpgs. Though I recognize I don't drive that everyday. And really we made it back with some breathing...

I'll probably be waiting to see if they are going to offer a hybrid AWD version and what's exactly included in the FX4 package. The 2.0 Ecoboost would likely be more fun to drive, but as someone who a few days ago drove his Transit Connect over 100 miles of empty dirt roads only to find a pass...

Sounds great. I'll be glad to know the specs to see if it will fit my needs. Unlike everyone else though it seems, I very much want the turbo engine. I've been driving my loaded Transit Connect at 6-8000 feet the last couple of days and it is pretty anemic up here.