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- 2.0L EcoBoost
To reduce my expenditures at the gas pump by half.
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like a lot of people here, fuel economy.
I'd love the utility of a small bed for various things I'd love to do once I owned a house.
Although I'm feeling bearish about being able to buy a Maverick with Ford basically saying they probably won't be building most of the hybrid orders since they took too many hybrid orders and to my knowledge still are restricting body code changes so I couldn't get like a EB AWD w/ 4K Tow
I'd love the utility of a small bed for various things I'd love to do once I owned a house.
Although I'm feeling bearish about being able to buy a Maverick with Ford basically saying they probably won't be building most of the hybrid orders since they took too many hybrid orders and to my knowledge still are restricting body code changes so I couldn't get like a EB AWD w/ 4K Tow
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- Carl
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- 2023 Alto Blue Maverick XLT Lux, 2008 Lexus ES350
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- 2.5L Hybrid
As mentioned by many, fuel economy is a primary reason. Another reason, is wanting to have the open bed of a pick up to be able to transport taller items that won't fit into a car. The last reason is it can carry four people. Bottomline is it meets many all-around needs for my wife and I. My wife will be the primary driver and she is excited about the Maverick. Sure hoping it gets built, even if it takes a year or more.
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- 2.0L EcoBoost
Got my XLT eco in October 2021, worked in the home remodeling business (on the road a lot in Atlanta GA) until May 2022 and 32,000 miles later... put another order now for the hybrid
Eventhough I changed jobs (office) the Mav for my need is a perfect fit, comfortable, Milage, unfortunately the Ranger is a but too much $
P. S. beware Mall of Georgia Ford dealership MOGF, did a YouTube on my story
Eventhough I changed jobs (office) the Mav for my need is a perfect fit, comfortable, Milage, unfortunately the Ranger is a but too much $
P. S. beware Mall of Georgia Ford dealership MOGF, did a YouTube on my story
I no longer need a full-size truck, the Mav fits the bill to compliment my stable. Even a Tacoma or Ranger is more than I need. Since I do not care about fuel economy, I chose the EB.
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We've always tried to keep a spare vehicle on hand in case we (or one of our kids) need it. When it came time to replace the last one, we decided on the Maverick because the pricing allowed us to have a new spare that was reliable and under warranty. The Maverick ended up becoming my daily driver and the spare.
My 2014 Wrangler Rubicon is my backup for when someone else in the family needs the Maverick.
My 2014 Wrangler Rubicon is my backup for when someone else in the family needs the Maverick.
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Me and my tacoma ere together for 13 years then
it burnt up in august On I 44
This truck is for me if I can get it
How do I do the photo on here
it burnt up in august On I 44
This truck is for me if I can get it
How do I do the photo on here
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Originally I wanted to buy it for transportation, pure and simple. Now 13 months later with repeated delays and no Maverick in sight, I am wondering, "Why am I buying it???"
I feel ya. That's my Chevy Colorado.Me and my tacoma ere together for 13 years then
it burnt up in august On I 44
This truck is for me if I can get it
How do I do the photo on here
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- ‘23 Maverick Lariat Hybrid, ‘13 Porsche 911,’22 Porsche Macan S
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- 2.5L Hybrid
1. Fuel mileage on Hybrid
2. Smaller size than my Ranger 5g
2. Smaller size than my Ranger 5g
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- Eruption Green 2025 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid | 4K Tow
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- 2.5L Hybrid
Why did I order a 2025 Maverick? Oh, so many reasons:
Let's start with what I currently drive, a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek XV named Pete. It's my second Subie and I really like them - big fan of AWD am I, plus I've found them to be reliable and durable (except for the clocks for some reason). It's gets 29/33/31 MPG which has been very nice over the years. Good safety ratings. Decent cargo capacity. Hauls bicycles and a kayak just fine. I don't own a trailer of any kind. Cost just a shade over $20k (new) at the time.
Every time I've car shopped, I look at pickups and end up not getting one because they always seem too expensive in terms of paying for things (the bed being the big one) that I won't really use/want/need except on very rare occasions. Worst case, I can always rent a pickup if I need it for a one-off job.
As I began shopping to replace Pete, I looked at pickup trucks, not expecting much to change. I had a slightly better use case for a pickup since I was now part of a two-car unit. The other half of that unit had an aging Elantra (named Finn) that is also due for replacement, and the expected replacement is planned to be a small SUV for the added cargo capacity. That, however, would make my small hatchback surplus to requirements - we don't need two small SUV /hatchbacks. On the other hand, having a bed would be very handy for trips to Lowes and Home Depot (mostly to the Garden Centers). Need mulch? Fillerup! Then hose it out when you're done. Having a pickup is just handy even if you don't need the capacity a bed gives you on the regular.
So, that was the beginning and item #1 - I wanted something with a bed.
Next, I took a look at my parking situation. I have a two-car garage and have gotten used to actually parking both our vehicles inside it. Occasionally there are rashes of car break-ins around the neighborhood, mostly of unlocked vehicles, but my neighbor’s work truck got hit once so I’m a bit paranoid. Plus, it protects the cars from the South Carolina sun. Unfortunately, I have a workbench in there that takes up about 18” in the front of the garage. That’s never been an issue with Pete or Finn. However, if you look at the length of trucks these days, it’s an issue. I got out a tape measure and then looked at a lot of truck spec sheets. Result: There are precisely two vehicles with beds that will fit in my garage if I want to close the door, a Ford Maverick and a Hyundai Santa Cruz. So, reason #2 – It fits in my garage (barely). This is not something that seems to get mentioned a lot when people discuss the Maverick’s virtues anywhere other than here, which is a shame, because I think it is significant. Even then, the current Maverick is still bigger than a mid-90’s Ranger.
The next factor is cost. When I say cost, I don’t just mean cost to buy; I mean total cost to own, of which, over the ten-year life I expect to own a vehicle, fuel economy is the most significant factor by far. I wanted my next vehicle to have as good or better fuel economy than my outgoing Subaru. No other vehicle with a bed except the Maverick even comes close, and the (hybrid) Maverick beats the Subaru by 6 MPG. It does this without forcing me to get premium gasoline. Combined with the cheaper purchase price, this puts the Maverick head and shoulders above the rest. Reason #3 – It has great fuel economy at a good price.
The Maverick also has decent amenities. To be considered, a vehicle needed to have heated seats and a spare tire. The Maverick has heated seats and wheel and a 17” spare tire. It also has a decent safety suite plus adaptive cruise control in the Lariat trim level. Reason #4 – It offers a lot of amenities for the price.
The only thing that gave me pause in looking at the 2024’s (or earlier) was the inability to get AWD with the best fuel economy, because I really wanted both. Looking at the 2025 Subaru Forrester, it did have both, but gave up the capabilities the truck bed provided. Since it was then early July of 2024, I decided to wait until the 2025 Maverick specs came out to see if this changed with the ‘25’s.
When the 2025 Maverick specs dropped, I got my wish – Reason#5 – I could have a hybrid AWD Maverick. Plus, as a bonus cookie, I could even get it with the 4K towing package! (I have nothing to tow, but that capability is a no-brainer for me.) However, there was something else that gave me a moment of pause. The perfectly adequate SYNC 3 screen was replace by a much larger SYNC 4 screen. That had a couple of consequences which, to me, were very undesirable.
First, it moved the climate controls to the touch screen – where the ‘24’s had had knobs, now there was only the touchscreen. I personally think touchscreens on cars are a liability suit waiting to happen because they force you to take your eyes off the road instead of being able to manipulate the controls by feel. Second, not to put too fine a point on it, they break, and when they break, they are rather(!) expensive to fix. Worse, now if it broke, it would take out all the climate controls in addition to the entertainment. So, here was an unneeded and very unwelcome change from the past three years. Did Ford somehow miss how all the reviewers praised the Maverick relative to the Santa Cruz because the Maverick still had knobs?
Ford, however, decided to double down on the big screens, because in addition to the larger entertainment/climate screen, they also added a larger screen to the instrument cluster, getting rid of physical dials in the process. There’s another expensive screen to break, and when it does, you’ll lose all your driver information. These two big screens almost undid all the gains made by the hybrid AWD combination. In the end, however, it came back to what would fit in my garage, and I ordered a Maverick on August 3rd.
There is one final addendum and caveat to this tale. If the government slaps a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico, and if Ford then decides to pass that on to me, I am not paying over $50k for a Maverick. I will walk away and let the dealer keep the $500 deposit. Then, depending on what other tariffy things have happened, I’m probably buying either a Subaru or one of the mid-sized non-tariffed trucks. Maybe a Ranger, but more likely a Frontier since Nissan still has real knobs and dials in it.
Anyway, that’s my journey to buying a Maverick and my reasons for my decision.
Let's start with what I currently drive, a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek XV named Pete. It's my second Subie and I really like them - big fan of AWD am I, plus I've found them to be reliable and durable (except for the clocks for some reason). It's gets 29/33/31 MPG which has been very nice over the years. Good safety ratings. Decent cargo capacity. Hauls bicycles and a kayak just fine. I don't own a trailer of any kind. Cost just a shade over $20k (new) at the time.
Every time I've car shopped, I look at pickups and end up not getting one because they always seem too expensive in terms of paying for things (the bed being the big one) that I won't really use/want/need except on very rare occasions. Worst case, I can always rent a pickup if I need it for a one-off job.
As I began shopping to replace Pete, I looked at pickup trucks, not expecting much to change. I had a slightly better use case for a pickup since I was now part of a two-car unit. The other half of that unit had an aging Elantra (named Finn) that is also due for replacement, and the expected replacement is planned to be a small SUV for the added cargo capacity. That, however, would make my small hatchback surplus to requirements - we don't need two small SUV /hatchbacks. On the other hand, having a bed would be very handy for trips to Lowes and Home Depot (mostly to the Garden Centers). Need mulch? Fillerup! Then hose it out when you're done. Having a pickup is just handy even if you don't need the capacity a bed gives you on the regular.
So, that was the beginning and item #1 - I wanted something with a bed.
Next, I took a look at my parking situation. I have a two-car garage and have gotten used to actually parking both our vehicles inside it. Occasionally there are rashes of car break-ins around the neighborhood, mostly of unlocked vehicles, but my neighbor’s work truck got hit once so I’m a bit paranoid. Plus, it protects the cars from the South Carolina sun. Unfortunately, I have a workbench in there that takes up about 18” in the front of the garage. That’s never been an issue with Pete or Finn. However, if you look at the length of trucks these days, it’s an issue. I got out a tape measure and then looked at a lot of truck spec sheets. Result: There are precisely two vehicles with beds that will fit in my garage if I want to close the door, a Ford Maverick and a Hyundai Santa Cruz. So, reason #2 – It fits in my garage (barely). This is not something that seems to get mentioned a lot when people discuss the Maverick’s virtues anywhere other than here, which is a shame, because I think it is significant. Even then, the current Maverick is still bigger than a mid-90’s Ranger.
The next factor is cost. When I say cost, I don’t just mean cost to buy; I mean total cost to own, of which, over the ten-year life I expect to own a vehicle, fuel economy is the most significant factor by far. I wanted my next vehicle to have as good or better fuel economy than my outgoing Subaru. No other vehicle with a bed except the Maverick even comes close, and the (hybrid) Maverick beats the Subaru by 6 MPG. It does this without forcing me to get premium gasoline. Combined with the cheaper purchase price, this puts the Maverick head and shoulders above the rest. Reason #3 – It has great fuel economy at a good price.
The Maverick also has decent amenities. To be considered, a vehicle needed to have heated seats and a spare tire. The Maverick has heated seats and wheel and a 17” spare tire. It also has a decent safety suite plus adaptive cruise control in the Lariat trim level. Reason #4 – It offers a lot of amenities for the price.
The only thing that gave me pause in looking at the 2024’s (or earlier) was the inability to get AWD with the best fuel economy, because I really wanted both. Looking at the 2025 Subaru Forrester, it did have both, but gave up the capabilities the truck bed provided. Since it was then early July of 2024, I decided to wait until the 2025 Maverick specs came out to see if this changed with the ‘25’s.
When the 2025 Maverick specs dropped, I got my wish – Reason#5 – I could have a hybrid AWD Maverick. Plus, as a bonus cookie, I could even get it with the 4K towing package! (I have nothing to tow, but that capability is a no-brainer for me.) However, there was something else that gave me a moment of pause. The perfectly adequate SYNC 3 screen was replace by a much larger SYNC 4 screen. That had a couple of consequences which, to me, were very undesirable.
First, it moved the climate controls to the touch screen – where the ‘24’s had had knobs, now there was only the touchscreen. I personally think touchscreens on cars are a liability suit waiting to happen because they force you to take your eyes off the road instead of being able to manipulate the controls by feel. Second, not to put too fine a point on it, they break, and when they break, they are rather(!) expensive to fix. Worse, now if it broke, it would take out all the climate controls in addition to the entertainment. So, here was an unneeded and very unwelcome change from the past three years. Did Ford somehow miss how all the reviewers praised the Maverick relative to the Santa Cruz because the Maverick still had knobs?
Ford, however, decided to double down on the big screens, because in addition to the larger entertainment/climate screen, they also added a larger screen to the instrument cluster, getting rid of physical dials in the process. There’s another expensive screen to break, and when it does, you’ll lose all your driver information. These two big screens almost undid all the gains made by the hybrid AWD combination. In the end, however, it came back to what would fit in my garage, and I ordered a Maverick on August 3rd.
There is one final addendum and caveat to this tale. If the government slaps a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico, and if Ford then decides to pass that on to me, I am not paying over $50k for a Maverick. I will walk away and let the dealer keep the $500 deposit. Then, depending on what other tariffy things have happened, I’m probably buying either a Subaru or one of the mid-sized non-tariffed trucks. Maybe a Ranger, but more likely a Frontier since Nissan still has real knobs and dials in it.
Anyway, that’s my journey to buying a Maverick and my reasons for my decision.
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