📸 Spotted: Mystery New Maverick Model With High Clearance Off-Road Bumper and Tires

[JSanchez]

Hilarious how they left the FX4 sticker showing....on purpose...LOL

Well the tires are a dead giveaway

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[rmay635703]

FX4 AWD hybrid!!

Possibly a PHEV

Shift by Wire used to refer to manual transmission manual tcase

 

[Dadmezz]

BUBBLE BUSTER...Always am worried about lifting narrow wheel bases because of the flip over effect during normal driver response. Looks cool until it isn't.

 

[rmay635703]

BUBBLE BUSTER...Always am worried about lifting narrow wheel bases because of the flip over effect during normal driver response. Looks cool until it isn't.

If it has a giant PHEV battery on the bottom in the middle it’s likely anchored down fine

 

[Maverick2022XL]

Hilarious how they left the FX4 sticker showing....on purpose...LOL

It is all on purpose. It's called guerilla marketing. You think the local beat reporter was staking out the building and after days or weeks of patiently waiting got those pics and his ticket to a pultzer prize?

 

[Haha48]

Manual transmission?

I would be tempted if it was a manual to trade it in. At the end of the day the mpg of the mavrick and my previous car are rated the same but due to many hills the auto doesn't do as well as a manual for mpg. I noticed a big difference is gas consumption for short hilly trips and highway they were about the same

 

[Maverickman74]

Saw another leaked image on a news feed. Showed the old squared off canopy like camo. It also had the same box on the side. The article said it had a PHEV sticker on the box.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new...f1825e0af40039cb906b6cb31f326#image=AAYASL8|2

 

[JohnnyBravo]

These prototypes might be a good few years before they hit the store shelves. I worked for GM in Detroit. There are special high security rooms that house the headlight and tail light configurations for the next 5 years. So basically future designs are already in place 5 years in advance. I'm pretty sure ford follows the same path. I also walked through the secured lot where all the masked cars sit, a few times a day. Funny that sometimes those vehicles were used just to go grab lunch!

 

[Maverickman74]

These prototypes might be a good few years before they hit the store shelves. I worked for GM in Detroit. There are special high security rooms that house the headlight and tail light configurations for the next 5 years. So basically future designs are already in place 5 years in advance. I'm pretty sure ford follows the same path. I also walked through the secured lot where all the masked cars sit, a few times a day. Funny that sometimes those vehicles were used just to go grab lunch!

Gotta put the miles on the equipment somehow.

 

[MLowe05]

If they come out with a PHEV Maverick, I'm selling my hybrid (assuming it ever gets here) and picking up one of those. I don't care about the AWD and I don't really want a full EV as the infrastructure where I live is not ready. But a PHEV would be ideal. If I could have gotten a Rav4 Prime in any reasonable time or at a reasonable cost, I'd have that.

 

[Timothyd]

I dont think you understand what engineers are. They arent going to go from designing cars and features for them one month and then move to Mexico to design expanded production lines.

A designer designs. The engineer makes the design of the vehicle, production line, etc. reality and workable. Sounds like the engineers didn't finish and need to get to work.

 

[Timothyd]

Gotta put the miles on the equipment somehow.

I'm up for the job!

 

[kingranchero]

Wouldn't a PHEV FWD also require a large HV battery? What happens if the rear drive unit is just a small motor like the prius e-awd unit?


Personally for me I'd take any form PHEV. I really like the convenience of leaving home with a full charge and only using gas on the weekends.

Yes, Plug-In Hybrids always have much larger battery backs. The Corsair's battery takes up nearly the entire underbody of the vehicle and has ~14x the capacity of the Maverick Hybrid.

Hey King, with that being said, do you see PHEV's becoming the base engine for most Ford's in the near future? I'm the kind of person whose current situation just isn't the best suited for an EV but could benefit from an AWD hybrid. Just curious in 3 years when my Escape (hopefully) reaches that 200,000 mark if I'll have more or less hyrbid options with new Ford vehicles.

Nope, the future appears to be fully Battery Electric. Existing vehicles like the Maverick & Escape Hybrid may continue on as long as they make financial and regulatory sense.

 

[AK ADQ]

If you enlarge the picture of the front tire it says 23575R17

 

[Hunny]

very nice, too bad they cant build the one we ordered 8 months ago, with only one option trailer hitch

11 months, ordered my hybrid Mav 7/30/21.........tick tock, tick tock............

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