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I've had my Maverick for a year now. I got a beautiful 2023 XLT Hybrid in Area 51 with only 23K miles on it. Even embraced the Orange by getting some extra accessories to tie it all together. I very much love my truck.
February 22, 2025
My husband took my truck to the dealership for an oil change. After reading it happen so many times here, I jokingly asked him if they tried to buy it. He looked at me strange and I explained what I meant and he said no they didn't...two days later, he gets a call. He tells me, you were right, they want it. I tell him there is no point in going in because they will never be able to make me love a truck as much as the one I had. However, they persisted and we also thought maybe we'd trade my husband's car in and have two Mavericks.
Saturday finds us at the dealership for a very long time. The salesman somehow knows that I am very attached to my discontinued color and doesn't even suggest anything but the very close Azure Gray. To my surprise, I find myself driving a brand new 2025 XLT Hybrid AWD! I knew they made the screens bigger, but I was so underprepared for their actual largeness! and so many upgrades that I didn't have...wireless carplay, heated seats, heated steering wheel, push to start, remote locking tailgate, inverters in the back seat and bed, DC power everywhere, inside blue instead of orange! I know I'm forgetting some, but I was overwhelmed by how much I like the new truck! Then they got my payment to be the same as I was paying for the first, used truck. It was a no brainer...
February 21, 2026
Don't worry, they made my husband an amazing deal, too, and he got a brand new 2025 Escape.
I wish I would have thought to get a picture of them side by side; but, unfortunately, I didn't. AI wasn't a lot of help as apparently they don't know what the front end of a 2025/2026 Maverick looks like. So, I went old school with Microsoft paint:
But actually, I found some paint comparison photos on this website that help much better. Go see them at
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/old-vs-new-area-51-vs-azure-gray.39521/
TTFN!
February 22, 2025
My husband took my truck to the dealership for an oil change. After reading it happen so many times here, I jokingly asked him if they tried to buy it. He looked at me strange and I explained what I meant and he said no they didn't...two days later, he gets a call. He tells me, you were right, they want it. I tell him there is no point in going in because they will never be able to make me love a truck as much as the one I had. However, they persisted and we also thought maybe we'd trade my husband's car in and have two Mavericks.
Saturday finds us at the dealership for a very long time. The salesman somehow knows that I am very attached to my discontinued color and doesn't even suggest anything but the very close Azure Gray. To my surprise, I find myself driving a brand new 2025 XLT Hybrid AWD! I knew they made the screens bigger, but I was so underprepared for their actual largeness! and so many upgrades that I didn't have...wireless carplay, heated seats, heated steering wheel, push to start, remote locking tailgate, inverters in the back seat and bed, DC power everywhere, inside blue instead of orange! I know I'm forgetting some, but I was overwhelmed by how much I like the new truck! Then they got my payment to be the same as I was paying for the first, used truck. It was a no brainer...
February 21, 2026
Don't worry, they made my husband an amazing deal, too, and he got a brand new 2025 Escape.
I wish I would have thought to get a picture of them side by side; but, unfortunately, I didn't. AI wasn't a lot of help as apparently they don't know what the front end of a 2025/2026 Maverick looks like. So, I went old school with Microsoft paint:
But actually, I found some paint comparison photos on this website that help much better. Go see them at
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/old-vs-new-area-51-vs-azure-gray.39521/
TTFN!
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Yes, I now have another year of the "same payment." But I look at it like this - I bought the first one used with 23K miles. I work an hour away and put a further 26K on it. They paid off that truck and then some and I am starting over with 0 miles and a sparkly new warranty with way more bells and whistles, which is helpful as I spend a LOT of time in the vehicle. Oh, and I just learned that I needed a new $300 12V battery in the old one. I get that I made the dealership's day, too. That heated steering wheel is something I never knew I needed in life...
