Ford Maverick Drags Trio of Ford Mustangs, Obliteration Comes From a Nine-Second Wonder

However, the Blue Oval company has used and reused the moniker over the years on no less than five occasions. In (backward) chronological order, the current Maverick is a compact truck sold in America, but it was also the Chinese and European version of the Ford Escape between 2001 and 2005, the Spain-produced rebadged Nissan Terrano II sold by Ford of Europe from 1993 to 1999, a reworked Nissan Patrol Y60 offered by Ford Australia between 1988 and 1994, as well as a compact car delivered in North America and Brazil during the 1970s.

Thanks to the availability of the two-door body style, the Ford Maverick was easily seen as the 'poor relative' of the Ford Mustang, which had already cannibalized the sales of the compact Ford Falcon during the second half of the 1960s. As such, the Maverick arrived in its place both with two- and four-door formats to occupy the slot and fight the Chevrolet Nova and Dodge Dart, among others. It was sold extremely competitively, and the 1973 oil crisis caused an even higher spike in demand – over two million units were eventually produced for the North American markets.

However, just like the Ford Mustang II, it didn't go down in history as one of the most beloved Blue Oval nameplates – and we have seen quite a few GM enthusiasts show appreciation for the Chevy Novas of the era. At the same time, the Dodge Dart and Ford Maverick were left forgotten. However, maybe that's not valid for all Ford aficionados. Here, let us give you an eloquent example of someone who still drives a Maverick and makes it feel like a contemporary supercar! Seriously, we're not kidding, even though it's a Maverick.

So, the videographer behind the Drag Racing and Car Stuff channel on YouTube has prepared another instance of the classic "always expect the unexpected" variety – while on a visit to South Georgia Motorsports Park (aka SGMP), he discovered a nasty two-door Maverick fastback sedan that wasn't feeling blue about its performance at the racetrack despite sporting the classic Blue Oval hue.

It seems that SGMP was overrun by Fords at the time, though, so its only opponents were a trio of Ford Mustangs (probably GTs) from different eras. The first one was an almost contemporary S550 Ford Mustang GT dressed in a purple hue that would make any Plum Crazy Mopar aficionado green with envy. They wouldn't want to be in the position of the Mustang driver, though, as the little Ford taught it how to be a maverick with a 10.08s versus 10.41s victory.

That wasn't a bad effort from the Mustang GT, indeed, but the videographer sure put the Maverick into the proper low-tens perspective before going down memory lane with a fourth-generation New Edge Mustang for the second race. That one wasn't anything to write home about from the latter's perspective as the Maverick beat it swiftly with an even-better 10.03s versus 11.85s result. Obviously, the Maverick rascal was eyeing the nine-second club, right?

Well, it was only a matter of time – and then obliteration swiftly came when it brawled with a third-generation Fox Body Mustang. The Maverick may have even given it the hit as it started a race to recoup the lost distance and wrapped the day's proceedings (at least as far as we know) with the best result of 9.71s versus 10.91s from its old-but-not-so-old competitor.