After the F-150 Lightning reveal made headlines in May, Ford is keeping their foot on the gas (figurately anyway) with the launch of the Maverick. As one of the first full-hybrid pickups in the United States, the 2022 Ford Maverick will offer sedan levels of fuel efficiency with plenty of payload and towing capacity. Here is a detailed look at the latest Ford truck to join the Blue Oval family.

“Maverick challenges the status quo and the stereotypes of what a pickup truck can be,” said Todd Eckert, Ford truck group marketing manager. “We believe it will be compelling to a lot of people who never before considered a truck.”

2022 Ford Maverick vs. Other Trucks

The 2022 Ford Maverick is quite different when compared to the Ranger or other compact trucks. One crucial distinction is the Maverick’s unibody design versus a more traditional body-on-frame construction. Full-size trucks rely on their body-on-frame design to maximize towing and payload, as do other compact trucks like the Ranger and Colorado. Interesting enough, the Honda Ridgeline is a unibody, so the Maverick is similar in this way.
In a general sense, body-on-frame trucks will have a higher towing and payload capacity. By contrast, a unibody truck may (usually) provide a more comfortable ride and better gas mileage. And there is no doubt Ford is pushing for top-tier fuel economy ratings from the EPA for the Maverick.

2022 Ford Maverick. Photo: Ford Motor Company.

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