the long-awaited 2022 Ford Maverick is finally here now i can't give you drive impressions but
i can tell you everything we know at this point we have driven it and we will have a full review
coming out in early october but in the meantime if you are thinking about buying a maverick and you
want to know the difference between the gas and the hybrid you know what makes this car special
why does this vehicle sort of stand alone in this segment
well that we're going to show you stay right with us
welcome back to the channel i'm Lauren Fix this is the 2022 Ford Maverick and i'm going to give
you some information you may not know about we'll start off with the front end these are all led
headlights it is standard on all of the different trim levels so you've got the xlt the lariat and
the hybrid so you've got different trim levels and of course the higher trim levels are going to have
all that standard safety but we're going to get started with the two different engine options
which is the 2-liter turbo and then you've also got the hybrid let's start off with under
the hood and you want to subscribe so you don't miss the drive impressions which will be coming
in the very near future under the hood you have a two liter ecoboost powertrain that is rated at 250
horsepower 277 pound-feet of torque has a direct injected motor and the turbo four-cylinder engine
is matched with an eight-speed automatic cvt now if you're looking at a hybrid engine
that's 191 horsepower 155 pound-feet of torque and that has a 1.1 kilowatt battery pack to go with it
fuel economy on the hybrid's supposed to be around 40. on the gas it's 26 miles to the gallon on the
front wheel drive 25 on the all-wheel drive if you're looking for a comparison the base 2.5
liter santa cruz has 191 horsepower 181 pound-feet of torque while the turbo 2.5 for the santa cruz
cranks out 281 horsepower that's a lot more and 311 pound-feet of torque i think that's a direct
competitor ford doesn't think so but that's up to you to make the decision on what you're cross
shopping looking at the design of the maverick this is on an escape platform so it is an suv but
it does handle like a truck so what they've done is they've changed the suspension
they've got different wheels there's alloys on the xlt and on the hybrid you can go all the way
down to steel wheels depends what you want again if you're starting at a nineteen thousand dollar
car you're obviously going to have different packages than you would if you're going to go
up to this xlt or up to the lariat you'll notice the muscular hood again everything's starting
to look like that ford truck look and that includes the front end and the led headlights
so if you're living in suburbs or urban and you want to go out and do things and do
stuff you want to go kayaking snowboarding you want bikes in the back whatever it is this is
a great vehicle that if you're going to costco and you're loading up with all that toilet paper
you can do that in a vehicle like this there is a lot of space this bed is what makes maverick
special they call it the flex bed and there's a lot of things and cool things you can do with it
starting with the bed itself when you put the bed down it's obviously protected and this is pretty
standard i think with the santa cruz and other trucks as well but there is storage that is hidden
both either side of the fender and there's a qr code you put your phone on that and you can go to
all these great options and diy projects you can do it yourself how to build a bike rack you can
put 18 sheets of plywood back here and you can adjust these gate stops so that the bed is only
three quarters of the way down and therefore you can if you got something that's long but
you don't want it to be completely flat you can do that also and you want to stay for that his
turn her turn full car review it's coming so don't forget to subscribe now some of the other things
you got different type of tie-downs in here as well as you can build a shelf in here of plywood
so you have an under shelf and build on top of that so there's all kinds of really cool ideas
thinking about how people are using it and what they're doing with it because people that own
these trucks are diy-ers and they're people that do things and that's really what this is all about
beyond that you're gonna notice this maverick is embossed in the back so everyone knows what you're
driving you've got a coated bumper cover here and then they move the license plate to the right i'm
not really sure i like that i kind of prefer it in the center but you've got your trailer towing
which is not on this vehicle some of the other vehicles we've tested have class three towing
this vehicle has a good amount of towing capacity it's 2 000 pounds with the regular hitch 4 000
pounds so it depends what you want to do and again that fuel economy is going to make a difference
and the price that's always what's going to make the difference let's take a look at the
inside of the vehicle starting this vehicle you get the ford logo right in front of you
a little bit of storage here and then you've got your audio controls very nice easy to use
then you've got your controls down below someone shut all that off but this is
very simple you've got all of your basic controls for air conditioning and defroster
further down your usbc and usb and again love the orange i i mean that's a personal thing let me
know what you think about the orange i think it's pretty cool you got two cup holders and they're
huge so you can put things in it and they've made this a very flat surface to give you that bench
seating type of feeling which i do appreciate you've got your dial gauge here
it's funny you know people are gonna be putting stuff here i just know it
and then you've got your parking brake further back you've got your auto off your
your hold that's for traction control and that is for the cold weather pretty neat lots of storage
lots of storage bins again i love that this is a very full very deep center console and
this is soft so they've done a nice job with that as well so that's really nice in front i know
you're gonna ask glovebox is huge as it should be for a truck because you're bringing stuff with you
and then there's also some storage up front here now the two liters are in the dealer by the way
up above you have some additional storage for your glasses there is an optional sunroof this
test vehicle i'm in right now does not have it sync 3 is standard so that means you're going to
have bluetooth standard as well as apple carplay and android auto wi-fi so this vehicle has a lot
of nice features i really like the real gauges because if something fails down the road you'll
be really thrilled that you have these versus all of these digital gauges that people are looking at
if they fail down the road or you're buying this car used and you're watching this 10 years from
now you'll be glad that it's there on the steering wheel on the left side you get to cruise control
on the right side you've got some safety features audio etc pretty normal stuff nothing unusual you
got your volume on the left as well pretty simple pretty nice wheel i really do love this orange
i don't know it's just really cool there's something about it under the rear seat is a
ton of storage and there's these hooks right here that you can put separators in you can
buy them over the counter in the parts department and there's also cup holders you can put behind
the center console lots of additions and add-ons to that and i think the key to this was storing
your gear hiding something you need don't want someone to find and this was really well designed
we did get a chance to take this off-road and towing and some more on-road driving take a look
drive impressions are embargoed until october 5th at 6 a.m where you'll be able to see our his turn
her turn review of both engines on-road and off-road we'll give you our opinions
in the meantime if you have any additional questions put them in the comments down below
i'm more than happy to answer them don't forget to subscribe because you do not want to miss
this review we had a lot of fun we want you to join us and if you purchase something else
or you're waiting for a maverick well we want to hear about that too what did
you buy why did you buy it remember there are different engines they're completely different
vehicles in some ways but then very similar in others and people are also cross shopping
suvs and small pickup trucks so we got the new frontier you got the ranger you got the colorado
so there's a lot of product out there for you to choose from the bigger problem is not
what's available it's what's on the dealer lot you probably will have to order exactly
what you want because at this point with the global chip shortage and we don't know when
that's going to end you want to make sure to get the vehicle that you truly want we also covered
the maverick in our podcast total car score that's with javier mota and carl brauer and we
look forward to seeing you next time thank you so much for watching we do appreciate your comments