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The Maverick Interior Is CHEAP Hard Plastic

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After viewing a 22 minute in depth video of the Maverick somewhere, whose source I cannot recall, I was struck at the cheap, hard, utilitarian, plastic used in the interior. And do you wanna know what?

I LOVE IT!!!

I have LONG bemoaned the overengineered, overstyled, interiors that most new cars now posses; I longed for the return of a sturdy, functional, stylish, easy to clean, interior - such as what was common to lower end vehicles in the 80's-90's. Most new vehicles have become needlessly expensive; many interiors feature tacked on bling to them - for the sole purpose of claiming such - and as a consequence, I have held onto my trusty last gen Ranger.

Ford has finally filled a niche with the Maverick, in that they created a handsome, useful, runabout, that hopefully will be reliable. I'm thinking that their sales projections of 110k per year are VERY conservative. I LOVE the easy to clean, sturdy, handsome, interior in the Maverick. I know that certain publications - CR for one - will jump all over Ford, but I love the product that they put out.
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After viewing a 22 minute in depth video of the Maverick somewhere, whose source I cannot recall, I was struck at the cheap, hard, utilitarian, plastic used in the interior. And do you wanna know what?

I LOVE IT!!!
Man, that took a turn. 😆
 

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Probably Doug DeMuro's video....? - he covers the interior in depth.

Could be... I may have missed it because I couldn't stop watching his hands.
 

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I figured there would be limited soft touch surfaces. I’ve seen some YT channels mention it’s plastic, but not necessarily super cheap feeling. Most has nice textures and I think some is some sort of recycled material type woven texture that was mentioned to feel decent for the segment and price point.
 

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I personally love simple hard plastic interiors. Some of these new cars with 5 different colors and 7 different materials look ugly. Rule #1 in visual arts class. 2 main colors and 1 accent. That’s it.
 

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I really like the XLT interior, very unique. I think the orange would go would compliment a lot of the paint color options. Lariat interior is nice but I think I would prefer the XL over it.
 
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I agree with you. The great thing about these hard plastics is that they are so easy to clean.
 
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Glad to see so many people agreeing; the automotive market has, for far too long, been flush with unnecessary nonsense and bling.

But get ready for it: the same publications that (will) laud the Maverick's 20k starting price, will in the same breathe complain about "low rent plastics."

I'm glad that Ford brought the Maverick to the market just as she is; I have not been this excited about a model in many years. The Maverick is plenty handsome, and functional.
 

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i have a fiesta ST and it has an extremely plasticky and inexpensive interior and it is great. its easy to keep clean, functional and durable. i am hoping the interior of the maverick is similar. durable and utilitarian
 

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No to carpet in any truck. Trucks are supposed to get used in bad weather so they're going to get wet and dirty. What happened to vinyl floors?
 

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No to carpet in any truck. Trucks are supposed to get used in bad weather so they're going to get wet and dirty. What happened to vinyl floors?
I never understood why ANY vehicle has carpet. Hell I’ll just rip out the carpet and spray paint the metal. Call it a day.
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