Spied: Maverick Refresh Lobo ST Street Truck Reveals New Vertical Grille Design & 13" Infotainment Screen

[Poultrygeist]

The waterfall grill reminds me of a 78 Buick Regal I once owned.

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[OneAlienBoi]

Agreed. It looks like hell. And is the truck itself a little more aerodynamic or am I just reading too much into the side pics?

It's probably just the camo doing it's thing. Generally when it comes to refreshes, brands tend to leave most the side, and general proportions unchanged, because getting all new body stampings is VERY expensive, hundreds of millions of dollars levels of expensive. Brands usually redesign the front and rear clips to keep things feeling fresh, but leave the sides about the same to keep the cost of the refresh low.

 

[OneAlienBoi]

My Gawd, that grille is horrendous!!!! What the hell? The current design is sharp as hell. I despise change for the sake of change.

I would have kept the grille shape basically the same, and just redesigned the headlights. That's the only part of the exterior design that doesn't look great imo.

 

[Cigargoyle]

Mercury revival? Comet?

 

[thev8man]

We just got our first look at a revealing new Maverick Lobo performance street truck prototype showing off a completely new grille design with a clean vertical slat arrangement in addition to a new infotainment screen interior upgrade.

All New Grille Design Finally Shows Itself
These shots not only show us what promises to be a new Maverick trim, it gives us our first uncovered look at its new grille design—our first such look at one of the updated Maverick prototypes. With the camo mesh removed from the grille-opening, we see a completely new take on the face of the Maverick. From this test truck, it appears that the new street truck will have the Ford oval floating amid a sea vertical grille slats that bend forward at the bottom, reaching out to its revised front bumper. It’s a complete departure from anything currently available in the Maverick lineup.

We know this is the new street truck trim- rumored to be called Lobo, based on Ford trademark filings—thanks to its new, larger wheel-and-tire package. Instead of the 18-inch wheels that top the current Maverick range, this new model gets a chunky new design, sized at 19-inches—wrapped by 225/55R19 Goodyear Wrangler Territory HT tires. Whether this street truck—which could also conceivably get an ST designation—gets more power, is currently unknown.

13.2-inch Infotainment Screen
We also have the only look at the key element of the Maverick’s revised interior design: It’s new-and-improved infotainment screen. It looks like the Maverick will be getting the same screen upgrade that’s coming on the similarly facelifted Bronco Sport—the 13.2-inch landscape-oriented screen that’s also found in the base Mustang and the upper-level trims of the Ford Escape. It’s a big step up from the humble eight-inch screen that currently resides in all Mavericks—regardless of the trim level.

The Maverick looks slated to get a thorough going-over, in order to keep it atop the compact pickup market. Currently the Hyundai Santa Cruz is its only competition, but there are rumblings that Toyota has eyes on the burgeoning segment—with evidence of benchmark tests of the Ford and Hyundai. With that in mind, Ford is smart to keep the hammer down to keep a strong hold on the top spot.

Booyah
Looks good

 

[imboden013]

We just got our first look at a revealing new Maverick Lobo performance street truck prototype showing off a completely new grille design with a clean vertical slat arrangement in addition to a new infotainment screen interior upgrade.

All New Grille Design Finally Shows Itself
These shots not only show us what promises to be a new Maverick trim, it gives us our first uncovered look at its new grille design—our first such look at one of the updated Maverick prototypes. With the camo mesh removed from the grille-opening, we see a completely new take on the face of the Maverick. From this test truck, it appears that the new street truck will have the Ford oval floating amid a sea vertical grille slats that bend forward at the bottom, reaching out to its revised front bumper. It’s a complete departure from anything currently available in the Maverick lineup.

We know this is the new street truck trim- rumored to be called Lobo, based on Ford trademark filings—thanks to its new, larger wheel-and-tire package. Instead of the 18-inch wheels that top the current Maverick range, this new model gets a chunky new design, sized at 19-inches—wrapped by 225/55R19 Goodyear Wrangler Territory HT tires. Whether this street truck—which could also conceivably get an ST designation—gets more power, is currently unknown.

13.2-inch Infotainment Screen
We also have the only look at the key element of the Maverick’s revised interior design: It’s new-and-improved infotainment screen. It looks like the Maverick will be getting the same screen upgrade that’s coming on the similarly facelifted Bronco Sport—the 13.2-inch landscape-oriented screen that’s also found in the base Mustang and the upper-level trims of the Ford Escape. It’s a big step up from the humble eight-inch screen that currently resides in all Mavericks—regardless of the trim level.

The Maverick looks slated to get a thorough going-over, in order to keep it atop the compact pickup market. Currently the Hyundai Santa Cruz is its only competition, but there are rumblings that Toyota has eyes on the burgeoning segment—with evidence of benchmark tests of the Ford and Hyundai. With that in mind, Ford is smart to keep the hammer down to keep a strong hold on the top spot.

That grill would be the first thing I’d change out. It’s butt ugly.

 

[Bilbo_B]

I suspect that that grill has two functions. You can detach it and cook a side of beef when tailgatin.
Maybe they should go with horizontal fins? This one looks like it just swallowed a canary.

looks like it just swallowed a canary.

 

[Adas]

Very ugly !!!! The way you showed me, don't bother!!!
Are we friends or not??? My look way better!!!!

 

[MM Mav]

9 pages of responses and no one's mentioned all the apparent road rash/damage on the wheels.
Hope the final wheel coating is more durable than whatever's on this test mule.

 

[WJOHNM]

What about the superfluous cubby?! Won’t someone think of the superfluous cubby?!

Oh no ! ...where are am I going to put my gloves now
What No cubby.

 

[klutch14u]

Anyone commenting on the grill are fools. Any parts you can actually see are camouflaged, they have to expose the grill for cooling so it's camouflaged.

 

[2lbgill]

We just got our first look at a revealing new Maverick Lobo performance street truck prototype showing off a completely new grille design with a clean vertical slat arrangement in addition to a new infotainment screen interior upgrade.

All New Grille Design Finally Shows Itself
These shots not only show us what promises to be a new Maverick trim, it gives us our first uncovered look at its new grille design—our first such look at one of the updated Maverick prototypes. With the camo mesh removed from the grille-opening, we see a completely new take on the face of the Maverick. From this test truck, it appears that the new street truck will have the Ford oval floating amid a sea vertical grille slats that bend forward at the bottom, reaching out to its revised front bumper. It’s a complete departure from anything currently available in the Maverick lineup.

We know this is the new street truck trim- rumored to be called Lobo, based on Ford trademark filings—thanks to its new, larger wheel-and-tire package. Instead of the 18-inch wheels that top the current Maverick range, this new model gets a chunky new design, sized at 19-inches—wrapped by 225/55R19 Goodyear Wrangler Territory HT tires. Whether this street truck—which could also conceivably get an ST designation—gets more power, is currently unknown.

13.2-inch Infotainment Screen
We also have the only look at the key element of the Maverick’s revised interior design: It’s new-and-improved infotainment screen. It looks like the Maverick will be getting the same screen upgrade that’s coming on the similarly facelifted Bronco Sport—the 13.2-inch landscape-oriented screen that’s also found in the base Mustang and the upper-level trims of the Ford Escape. It’s a big step up from the humble eight-inch screen that currently resides in all Mavericks—regardless of the trim level.

The Maverick looks slated to get a thorough going-over, in order to keep it atop the compact pickup market. Currently the Hyundai Santa Cruz is its only competition, but there are rumblings that Toyota has eyes on the burgeoning segment—with evidence of benchmark tests of the Ford and Hyundai. With that in mind, Ford is smart to keep the hammer down to keep a strong hold on the top spot.

Could be Lincoln prototype

 

[Clarkdonbran]

Oh no ! ...where are am I going to put my gloves now
What No cubby.

That’s what OJ said!

 

[BlueXLT]

NO to all the buttons/switches/knobs moving onto the screen. I know it's cheaper to make that way, but people HATE it. I want to just adjust that stuff with muscle memory and feel, not always have to look down for where it is.

As for the grill, I wouldn't be certain that this is the real grill. It honestly looks like something someone had to slap together quickly just to get the test truck going.

 

[XLTLUXA51]

Looks like we may be getting some sort of camera on the mirror as well

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