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I didn’t even imply that the Maverick is superior. You may be thinking that they are comparable because they’re both unibody vehicles? Last year about this time, Ford released a video featuring one of the designers for the Maverick. He emphasized that they were designing it as a truck. It was...

Ok, interior plastic. Mine doesn’t squeak or rattle. I guess I got lucky. Anything else?

So, nothing specific about build quality. You whole dialog sounds a bit hand wavey. That’s why I asked for clarification.

Can you cite specific examples of “build quality” issues.

Apparently so.

Nice try , but no.

Could you try these and get back to us on that? TIA

Many did not survive. That’s why we have them now.

other hybrids trucks will almost certainly be developed, but not at the Maverick hybrid price point. Even Ford seemingly doesn’t want to sell very many of them.

They don’t want to cannibalise their more profitable truck lines. Or, when Ford quit selling some of their cars, they probably started coming up short on their federal total flee mpg requirement. Based on the rest of what they’re selling, they were able to estimate how many Maverick hybrids it...

Hybrids may not be constrained by parts unavailability, but by product mix. They want to keep a 40/60 mix (or whatever it is) to either 1) get more profit from more EB’s, or 2) hit a target for total fleet mpg, or 3) both. In other words, they could build more hybrids, but they don’t want or...

That’s what Toyota has been thinking for quite a while. Batteries are expensive, with their materials in short supply. Those materials go a lot further in making hybrids than EV’s. You can cut the fuel consumption in half for 100 vehicles, or have zero gas consumption for one pickup truck...

Probably start at $42k.

I think they have the high-end eco boosts subsidizing the hybrids. That’s why they need to sell more EB’s — to cover that subsidy. Thanks, Lariat Lux guys!

I don’t expect any significant exhaust issues here in central California. My ‘02 Ranger exhaust was still solid after 20 years, but maybe that was better steel.

I too, am looking forward to his truck.

After having mine for six monthe, I’m thinking it’s a teal-gray, but it’s hard to pin down with all the variance under different lighting.

RAV4 Prime looks good, too.

Thanks for stopping by to gloat.

I think the dealer’s 5 hours was a good faith effort (albeit likely exaggerated), and now the ball is in your court. If you can’t be bothered to find the leak, then get an air freshener and live with it.