It really depends on how they engineer it so comparing to the Escape is probably the closest. Though I noted that the Escape hybrid has 198 HP and the Maverick has 191HP. Torque specs for the Escape hybrid are no where to be found from my searching.
Though the specs are confusing. They state...
I was going to get a used Fiesta ST before the Maverick came around. I wanted something that had good MPG and had some utility and fun to drive. So I did a bit of research on the Fiesta and saved these two PDFs about the force vectoring springs as they were developed on the MK7.
Probably not the traction you are thinking of but the Maverick has Ford's recently developed force vectoring springs in the back which can be tuned where under heavier load can perform better.
See this PDF page 15-17 for an overview of load impact on handling...