[Karl_1340]

Penalty box? That sir is a classic muscle car! Didn't you know?

As much as I would love any small bumper Maverick, they were pretty much disposable junk back then.

 

[Air and water do mix]

As much as I would love any small bumper Maverick, they were pretty much disposable junk back then.

Oh, I have an affinity for old, small economy cars and rather like the old Maverick, but you absolutely nailed it. It absolutely was a disposable car with a much shorter lifespan than any car nowadays.

 

[BRealistic]

If Ford wanted to name it after the last compact unbody truck Ford sold in the US.. then it would be the Ford Durango.
But I don't think Dodge would allow it.

 

[dubdaze68]

It's too bad Ford can't make a new Ecosport type vehicle on the new Fiesta.

They do, we just don't get it. I wish that we did, as we love our Fiesta. But alas, the Fiesta is dead in Europe as well.

 

[Sump]

Now you are just trying too hard.
I just did a search on Ford Maverick on google and stopped looking after 13 pages with no mention of the 70s penalty box.

Did you just search "Ford Maverick" Now why would an owner of a Ford Maverick search just that? lol

If I need to fix something or look up something on my Corvette I just mash CORVETTE into google and cross my fingers for the result.

They should of just named it Ford F-050!

 

[Egz]

They should of just named it Ford F-050!

 

[Sporin]

Spotted one on Sparco's today. I appreciate the extra effort/style/expense on that winter tire & wheel combo.

 

[iamnotemo]

they could take the protective vinyl off the center caps though, but I dig it

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Love that. 👍

 

[BRealistic]

Ooh, Leer has two caps for the Maverick now.
Sorry if posted previously.. I just now noticed.
Here is the one with windows. Not bad.
But $3500 is a lot.

 

[93JC]

 

[The Kilted Yaksman]

... and nobody remembers the Falcon based Maverick, not even the Hi-Po Grabber anymore.

I remember it. One of the better looking cars Ford has ever made, IMO, and it makes for a damn fine restomod.

 

[BRealistic]

Like most similar vintage Fords - the front shock towers are why they were forgotten cars.
It's like the high coil spring suspensions were designed for inline engines only.
V engines barely fit - now let's put some headers on it!
This is why Fords of this era were forgotten (not later built up as hotrods).

That Maverick in the video must have a completely redone front end to get a Coyote engine in it.

 

[Egz]

The Drive’s Best Truck of 2022 Is the Ford Maverick

We tested a lot of pickups in 2022, and when the staff was polled on their favorite, the Ford Maverick won. And not by a little.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Air and water do mix]

The Drive’s Best Truck of 2022 Is the Ford Maverick

We tested a lot of pickups in 2022, and when the staff was polled on their favorite, the Ford Maverick won. And not by a little.

www.thedrive.com

Not a bad article, if it only glosses over each vehicle, but the big takeaway is this: "more bang for their buck than a box of firecrackers on July 5th". I'll try to remember that one.

 

[dubdaze68]

I remember it. One of the better looking cars Ford has ever made, IMO, and it makes for a damn fine restomod.

I'm talking the car buying public. If you were able to buy a Maverick new, or even remember them as common used vehicles, you belong to AARP.

 

[The Kilted Yaksman]

I'm talking the car buying public. If you were able to buy a Maverick new, or even remember them as common used vehicles, you belong to AARP.

I have started receiving mail from AARP...

 

[Cooper]

they could take the protective vinyl off the center caps though, but I dig it

I bought my '14 Escape used in May '15 with 12,000 miles. Never removed he protective film fron the HVAC display during the PDI. It's still on there.

 

[iamnotemo]

I bought my '14 Escape used in May '15 with 12,000 miles. Never removed he protective film fron the HVAC display during the PDI. It's still on there.

I'm not here to yuck your yum

 

[BRealistic]

I guess they could have called it the Ford Courier.
But just like the maverick.. the people that remember that name in the US are now old and the Courier truck was never anything more than a rebadged Mazda truck.
Though they did make the Fiesta Courier in some market much later and they were excellent.
In Brazil they even had their own racing series.