Repairers might have an easier time handling the wiring on the truck. “You can buy the bolt-in Ford cargo management system and we’re happy to sell it to you, but if you’re a bit more creative, you can also just go to the hardware store and get some C-channel and bolt it to the bed to make your own solutions.” “The whole bed is a DIY fan’s paradise,” truck box developer Keith Daugherty said in a statement. Payload capacity for the truck itself is 1,500 pounds. It also has threaded holes, two tie-downs and four D-rings. Shops and customers will note a variety of features within what Ford calls the 4.5-foot-long “FLEXBED.” It has slots to accommodate the motorist using 2x4s and 2圆s to divide the bed. Besides the obvious precautions necessary when working on a high-voltage device, Ford has cautioned against exposing high-voltage hybrid and fully electric vehicle batteries to certain paint booth temperature conditions. The hybrid setup may pose its own considerations to repairers. We believe it will be compelling to a lot of people who never before considered a truck.” “Maverick challenges the status quo and the stereotypes of what a pickup truck can be. It’s a great-looking truck featuring four doors with room for five adults, a standard full-hybrid engine with city fuel economy that beats a Honda Civic, plenty of towing and hauling for weekend trips or do-it-yourself projects, and it starts under $20,000,” Ford truck group marketing manager Todd Eckert said in a statement. “The Maverick product proposition is like nothing else out there. A 2.0-liter EcoBoost gas engine is available as an option and can boost the vehicle’s capability beyond the hybrid’s 2,000 pounds of towing and 191 horsepower. Ford called the Maverick the first truck in the country to come standard as a hybrid. The vehicle is apparently also light enough that Ford seeks to reach 40 mpg in the city and 500 miles a tank with the standard hybrid powertrain. Ford trucks are Ford trucks – through and through.” “Our engineers were unrelenting, putting it through a battery of vicious on-road, off-road, environmental and simulated customer use testing until we were satisfied. “One thing that’s non-negotiable is that Maverick is Built Ford Tough,” Maverick chief engineer Chris Mazur said in a statement. Ooms said Ford built the Maverick using the “rugged” C2 unibody platform found on the Bronco Sport and Ford Escape. “We treat each vehicle on a case-by(-)case basis – strategically applying the right materials at the right place for the right vehicle to improve efficiency, capability and performance.”Ī spec sheet describes the vehicle as “High-strength steel spaceframe, mild steel body panels.”
“Maverick uses mostly steel throughout its frame and body, with the hood and various parts and subassemblies made from aluminum,” Ooms wrote in an email Tuesday. She indicated other parts were aluminum, but didn’t identify them. But Ford only built the 2019-present Ranger’s fenders, hood and at least part of the tailgate out of aluminum and left the rest of the smaller truck steel.Īsked about materials, Ford spokeswoman Hannah Ooms confirmed the Maverick’s hood was aluminum. The F-150 since the 2015 model year has featured an aluminum body over a steel frame. It appears repairers might also notice less aluminum than the Ranger, which itself used less of the nonferrous metal than the F-150. The base XL model starts at $19,995 when sales begin this fall, Ford said. The vehicle is smaller than the Ranger and features a unibody structure instead of the Ranger’s body-on-frame setup. Ford on Tuesday revealed the 2022 Maverick, a hybrid “truck for people who never knew they wanted a truck.”
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