Where does it say in the title by the op or his first post. 2026
Like the Pinto, the Maverick was considered by many (most?) to be kind of a piece of crap in the 70's so wouldn't that car still be one today? $22K, wow. I have friend who bought one back then because it was cheap. He knew it was made as cheaply as was humanly possible at the time but it got him around for a couple years so no harm, no foul.
again I ask, where does the OP INFER that he meant 2026? I DID NOT ORDER the truck, I bought it off the lot.
Truth be told, the maverick of the 1970s had a good reputation as a solid, dependable, no frills vehicle. That's why Ford was willing to reuse the name. Even the pinto was considered a decent vehicle until the gas tank issue.
Not among the people I knew. And by the early to mid 70s with smog pumps, ugly 5 mph bumpers, etc, US cars in general hit one of the lowest points in their evolution. I can't think of a single car from that era that I would care to own, not even in showroom condition.
Remember, I'm comparing it to other vehicles of its day. The four cylinder engine was virtually bulletproof. They used it in some form until around 2,000 or so. They had the bulletproof York compressor if they had AC. The transmissions lasted about as long as the transmissions did in any other '70s era vehicle. Most did not have power steering. And they had the tried and true upper and lower control arm type suspension. A smaller version of that used in their full size cars. Were they great? No. But nothing was back then. As for the huge bumpers, everything had those gargantuan bumpers starting in 1974. Were they fast? Of course not. But neither were any of the imports. When you hear pinto. The main comment you hear is the gas tank problem. When you mention other small vehicles such as the Chevy Vega, you here rust bucket and mosquito fogger. You saw pintos still on the road long after the vast majority of Vegas had disappeared
