First Trip in the Lariat Hybrid Lux

[rivermaverick]

400 mile round trip from AZ to the CA High Desert, an easy drive, all freeway except for about 15 miles each way. The Maverick completed the trip just fine, I like the leather steering wheel, I don't know it it's real but feels good. Don't like the faux leather seats though.
We do this trip about once a month always get better fuel milage on the return trip - a couple or reasons, there is about a 4000 ft net altitude gain on the way out and we always start with a full tank so we are dragging that over several mountain ranges. Here is the outbound trip summary:

Didn't drop much below 70 MPG on the uphill's, 80 or so for the rest of the trip at one point on a gentle downgrade with a light throttle I glance down and it was doing 99 MPH! Very smooth and quiet, no drama but that speed will get you into trouble. Obviously not great milage but blame that on a new vehicle and a driver with a heavy right foot.
Took it a bit more gently on the way back, tried to keep it below 80:

Better milage but not as good as my Mazda CX 3 used to get but of course the Mazda has much better Cd figures and the new generation Skyactiv-G high compression engine rather than the 'old' L-series engine in the Mav.
Obviously the hybrid's strength is urban driving - still working on getting the best out of that, I've noticed in 'L' it's almost one pedal driving!

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[JBryant]

Glad it performed well for you. I have taken a few long 1,200+ mi trips in my Lariat hybrid and normally do about 41-42 with 95 percent highway driving. Continue to enjoy your Maverick.

 

[CZaugg]

Made a trip from Albuquerque New Mexico through northern Arizona on over to the central coast of California then on up to northern California and back home. Total of 2,781 miles, most of which was highway driving speeds of 65 - 80 mph. 311 miles was electric. MPG of 36.8 which was what I was expecting.

 

[Vmontello]

Has anyone yet tested the dashboard MPG vs actual MPG when you fill up, drive, fill up again and do the math? My old kia was typically 2mpg optimistic on the dash as opposed to real mpg.

 

[FordHybrid]

We have a Maverick XLT Hybrid 2022. We made a round trip from Blaine, WA, to Colorado Springs, CO, through ID, UT, & WY, going from sea level to as high as 7,000+. We average according to tank fillups, 36.7 mpg. We are very pleased with overall experience with this truck.

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