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2022 Ford Maverick Small Pickup Truck Pricing May Start From Under $20,000

Not that long ago, there was a rumor suggesting $25,000 as the Hyundai Santa Cruz's starting price. The small truck with crossover styling and not much in the way of payload and towing capacity would come to blows with the Ford Ranger, which is available from $24,820 before destination charge. According to hearsay, Ford intends to undercut all segment rivals with a sub-$20,000 price tag for the all-new Maverick.
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Coming courtesy of our friends at Ford Authority, sources familiar with product plans are responsible for the intel mentioned above. There is, however, an issue with it. There’s a $4,120 difference between the mid-size Ranger and full-size F-150 at the time of writing, but EcoSport money for a pickup that is larger than the EcoSport sounds a little fishy. What’s more, a sub-$20,000 Maverick would eat into the sales of the Escape compact crossover.

Although it shares its name with a Western comedy and Top Gun’s long-awaited sequel, the Maverick handle goes a long way back as far as the Blue Oval is concerned. Ford used this badge on a compact car from the 1970s, on the Nissan Patrol, Terrano, and the Euro-spec Escape from 2001 to 2005.

The closest vehicles in the lineup to the Maverick are the European Focus, Escape, Kuga, and Bronco Sport because all of them share the C2 platform. The Evos will adopt this architecture too, but as opposed to the Fusion it replaces, the newcomer is a coupe-like crosswagon instead of a sedan.

To be produced at the Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant in Mexico alongside the Bronco Sport, the Maverick will probably feature a three-cylinder turbo as the standard engine. The 1.5-liter EcoBoost is the most likely candidate, and it should be connected to an eight-speed transmission.

Higher up the spectrum, it’s easy to imagine the 2.0-liter EcoBoost as the only level up from the three-pot motor. In the Bronco Sport, for example, this engine belts out 245 horsepower and 275 pound-feet (373 Nm) of torque.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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