We drive the BASE Ford Maverick! | 2022 Ford Maverick Review
We drive the BASE Ford Maverick! | 2022 Ford Maverick Review
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The 2022 Ford Maverick is an incredible value proposition. The Maverick’s hybrid powertrain lets it pack more MPGs than a Honda Civic into a tidy, unibody truck. If you want frills, you’re going to want to keep looking, but the 2022 Ford Maverick’s got plenty to offer in the functionality department. And at a starting price just south of $20k, it’s the least expensive way to get into a brand new hybrid today.
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Presenter: Matt Smith
Cinematography: Elliot Haney
#Ford #Maverick #Hybrid
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12.32 -> we love pickup trucks here in america the
best-selling trucks they hugely outsell the
19.04 -> most popular crossovers and sedans it's not
even close but today we're driving a truck
26.24 -> from a storied american automaker that looks
feels and drives more like a crossover than
32.88 -> it does a pickup this is the 2022 ford maverick
specifically the base xl trim for folks who want
40.32 -> basic utility out of a pickup this is the
maverick they're likely going to purchase
45.6 -> it has an incredibly interesting value
proposition but does that make it a good buy
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74.72 -> now there are two mini trucks on the market
compare this maverick to the equally petite
80.24 -> hyundai santa cruz though and it at least looks
more trucky the vertical grille is crossed by this
87.04 -> horizontal bar hosting the ford logo front and
center and then there's the interlocking headlight
92.96 -> design it's all more upright and pragmatic looking
than the santa cruz's stylish front end moving
99.84 -> down the side you've got this squared up c pillar
the short bed these black plastic door handles
105.84 -> this looks like a truck we're driving the lowest
cost trim level a point that's really driven home
112.4 -> by the 17-inch steel wheels these look like
something you'd pull out of a salvage yard to
118.64 -> mount your snow tires on and yet so many people
love them they're like the mavericks way of
124.48 -> hanging a sign around its neck that just says i'm
here to work at the back ford has stamped the name
131.2 -> maverick in big letters and the license plate
is mounted to the side of our optional trailer
136.48 -> hitch receiver this really is a great looking
vehicle it looks the part and despite its size
143.12 -> it really does look like a work truck but
it's one thing to look like a hard worker
148.48 -> another thing to be a hard worker the mavericks
4.5 foot bed is small but it's not as small as the
155.92 -> santa cruz's bed we also have this flip out bed
extender which helps increase the usable length
162.08 -> even without the bed extender ford has built in
some tricks to help you get the most out of the
167.68 -> maverick for instance you can reposition the angle
of the tailgate by changing the attachment points
173.2 -> from here to here that means that you can lay in a
sheet of plywood over the wheel wells and have it
179.76 -> sit flush across the tailgate's lip then there's
ford's flex bed system essentially we're talking
187.12 -> about engineered in slots in the bed designed to
hold two by fours you can build all sorts of rigs
193.2 -> with this setup many of which ford offers plans
for you also have pre-wired 12-volt power sources
200.08 -> behind these plates and then there is the ford
integrated tether system or fits fits is a series
207.52 -> of slots designed to secure 3d printed items like
a trash bin or a cup holder all sorts of stuff
214.32 -> ford has released cad files for a bunch of
different integrations but it seems like the
219.12 -> possibilities are pretty much endless assuming
you have a 3d printer and an engineer's mind
225.44 -> now sitting in the back seat well the maverick is
small and i guess we knew that the driver's seat
231.28 -> is currently set for my height and back here
i have space but not ample space particularly
237.04 -> down at my feet if i were any taller i don't
think i could really get comfortable back here
252.24 -> there's a lot of plastic in here the good news
is that it looks genuinely cool and it can look
259.44 -> even cooler with a two-tone design
that's available on other trims
264.72 -> the bad news is that it is still
plastic it still feels like plastic and
271.04 -> driving over crappy roads on a cold day well
it still sounds like plastic there are a lot
277.52 -> of squeaks but for pete's sake the plastic is
part of the mavericks ethos this truck is all
284.08 -> about providing what you need and not much of
what you don't the best part of that ethos is
291.68 -> the price tag even after options and delivery
our test truck only ran about 23 maybe 24 grand
300 -> but the worst part is well it's everything you
have to give up to get that price no leather no
307.44 -> sunroof no keyless entry i know matt i don't
want those things anyways well trust me this
314.32 -> feels more spartan than you think there's no
lights for the vanity mirrors the manual sliding
319.92 -> rear window that's an option and this is how you
turn the car on that's right a physical key you
328.32 -> can get remote start but you're still gonna turn a
key not push a button to get your maverick started
341.36 -> under the hood we have the base two and a half
liter four-cylinder engine it's a hybrid with
347.28 -> front-wheel drive all-wheel drive is not available
with the hybrid powertrain and it uses a cvt it
352.72 -> makes 191 horsepower 155 pound-feet of torque
so yeah i mean this has a truck bed but in every
360.56 -> other regard this is a car it's a front-wheel
drive unibody car with great fuel economy the epa
368.8 -> rates the hybrid maverick at 42 miles per gallon
in the city 42 33 on the highway 37 combined we've
377.44 -> been getting great fuel economy averaging about 38
miles per gallon in combined driving now you can
384.72 -> also get a maverick with a more powerful and more
expensive 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder makes
390.8 -> 250 horsepower 277 pound-feet of torque and it
pairs with an eight-speed automatic transmission
397.76 -> maybe most notably that one you can get with
either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive
403.44 -> it also doubles the towing capacity from 2000
pounds to 4 000 pounds but it keeps payload at
409.92 -> 1500 pounds it also doesn't get nearly as good
fuel economy at 23 city 30 highway 26 combined
417.6 -> the hybrid makes a bit of that hybrid car
noise particularly under braking and our
423.92 -> tester is predictably slow off the line but once
you're moving the maverick really scoots it's
430.96 -> a terrific powertrain although as a northerner i
deeply deeply want all-wheel drive with the hybrid
439.28 -> it doesn't weigh much as equipped ours is a little
under 3 700 pounds so it's a little bouncy which
446.16 -> is added to by the suspension there's a mcpherson
front but in the back it's just a torsion beam
452.16 -> overall it it definitely feels more like a truck
than the hyundai santa cruz but it feels less like
458.24 -> a truck than well you know every other truck on
the market ford's fitted this with a few driving
465.92 -> modes including normal eco and sport plus slippery
and tow and haul modes buy a maverick with the fx4
472.88 -> off-road package and eco and sport get
replaced by mud and ruts and sand modes
478.88 -> overall the maverick drives well enough
for its intended purpose i mean this is
483.84 -> this is not a sports car but all of
the little plastic bits on the interior
489.84 -> they did make a fair bit of noise particularly
when i was driving over some crummy pavement
497.52 -> the tech offering in this truck leaves a bit to be
desired you don't get front-running infotainment
503.44 -> software and what you do get runs on a relatively
small 8-inch screen this cubby next to the
509.68 -> screen is frankly sort of useless but its mere
existence has me thinking that maybe it's just
516.16 -> ford pre-engineering a way to swap in a larger
screen down the road maybe in the 2023 maverick
523.92 -> i certainly hope that's the case sync 3 not to
be confused with sync 4 which is ford's latest
530.72 -> infotainment software sync 3 is only optional
and it's only optional on the lariat trim you
536.88 -> can't even get it on the xl or the xlt you get two
standard usb ports two more are optional wireless
544.32 -> phone charging is available but apple carplay and
android auto both still require a wired connection
551.28 -> and if you want satellite radio well you have to
get the lariat trim and throw in some extra cash
558.24 -> because it requires sync 3. if you want satellite
radio and you just have an xl trim tough
565.6 -> the driver information display in our tester
is super small too which limits the amount you
571.28 -> can see you can upgrade to a larger six
and a half inch display on the xlt trim
577.68 -> and that larger display comes standard on the
lariat now in terms of safety the maverick is
584.64 -> still kind of a get what you pay for
mentality so some things come standard
590.08 -> you know we get automatic emergency braking
with pedestrian detection we get auto high
594.72 -> beams those are on all mavericks but if you
want some of the company's more advanced ford
600.4 -> co-pilot 360 features namely lane departure
warning lane centering lane keeping assist
606.8 -> and blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic
alert well that's all an additional 650 dollars
618.56 -> but again i am leading you all away from the point
of this inexpensive entry into club truck with
627.92 -> the maverick ford followed the k-i-s-s strategy
keep it simple stupid and honestly it worked i
636 -> have never ever been so amped to drive a vehicle
that felt this basic by now you've probably heard
644.64 -> that the ford maverick starts at an unbelievable
nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety five dollars
652 -> well it is unbelievable because you also
have to pay a one thousand four hundred
657.12 -> ninety five dollar destination fee but
still that brings the price to only 21
662.8 -> 490 bucks and that makes the ford maverick the
least expensive hybrid vehicle on sale today
671.12 -> this truck truck is more fuel efficient than
a honda civic a toyota corolla a mitsubishi
677.68 -> mirage for crying out loud it gets 19 more
city mpgs than a diesel chevy colorado and
685.04 -> it essentially doubles the fuel economy of a
toyota tacoma whether gas is expensive or not
691.76 -> it is impossible to miss the value provided
by the ford maverick but let us hear from you
698.72 -> in the comments section below is this a surefire
purchase or in trying to keep the maverick cheap
705.52 -> did ford maybe make it a little too cheap let us
know in the comments section below and as always
711.2 -> thank you for watching be sure to subscribe
to the channel and we'll see you next time
729.04 -> you
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