Posted on 03/18/2022 5:29:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
Bingo.
Old fat people find it very difficult to get up and out of a Laz-E-Boy recliner............................
I know what you mean...... speaking for a friend of course...
From Jalopnik, no less!...................
The truck is being marketed to people who have never seen a Maverick car, or even heard of one. Considering that Ford is sold out until next year, and has stopped taking orders, I don't think the name is a hinderance.
Driver situational awareness is a big deal. You need to not be low, and everyone else way high up blocking all your sight lines. Trucks are better for that since so many people drive taller vehicles.
I have owned four pickups, three Nissans and a Ford Ranger and my family put all of them to use. I traded a 2015 Nissan Frontier in 2019 because it was leaking in a weld and Nissan wouldn’t repair it and it had an electrical issue for a Ford Flex. The Flex was big, road great, tons of room and decent mileage, but we soon found we were borrowing friends and family pickups to move things constantly. And we live on a ridge top and the Flex was AWD but we just didn’t have confidence it would get us home in a snow storm so I traded the Flex for a 2019 Nissan Frontier and have used it continuously.
As for the Maverick, if you are in a suburb or urban area it’s probably going to fit the bill, but if you want a truck for rural area and off road I would consider other options.
In a sea of full-size pickup trucks, the Maverick isn't going to have any better visibility than a sedan.
Have no idea in price of maverick truck, but I heard some friends talking about the “new” version of bronco selling for > $85k
Putin’s fault??
Joe Hill’s....................
But plywood? What am I? Donald Trump?
Well, I will probably get flamed for this, but one advantage in owning a pickup in many states with a large rural population is that you can have your child car seat up front.
Some young mothers I know see being able to keep an eye on their little baby as an advantage, and see the risk/reward ratio as favoring that.
Mrs AV
Jalopnik is a very leftist, anti auto (except for EVs) auto blog.
auto mfrs recycle their old brand names”
Examples?
Chevy Blazer, Chevy Nova (the 80s rebadged Toyota), Dodge Dart, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300, Dodge Demon
We still have 2 s10 blazers, 4dr, 2wd. An 01 (304k mi.) and a 04 (228k, engine 131k). Nearly identical silver exteriors except for pinstripe. The 01 has the rare ‘trailblazer’ interior package (not to be confused with the Trailblazer suv). The 01 has been semi-retired to a ready spare, in case we or our son has a vehicle down.
I like how easy they are to work on. I can swap a distributer in 15-20 minutes, the injection spider in an hour, a front wheel bearing in less than 30.
We had a 94 4wd blazer. But after selling it, we decided we didn’t the 4wd, even though we lived in NW IL (we already had a 4wd pickup and two farm tractors).
We had a pinto. Great little car!
I’m one of them, especially a truck with 4 door cab. You get a car and a truck.
Does this truck really get 40mpg?
I’ll never understand why so many car experts and enthusiast hate pick up trucks.
Jealousy......................
The writers were sports car racing and gymkhana nuts. If you could get cornering forces above 0.85 G the it wasn’t worth sitting in, let alone driving anywhere. In the 60s and 70s that was my attitude. I had lots of trucks at work I could use if I needed one but driving one for racing around was not for me in those days.
Another Mr Magoo design not selling who knew.
Detroit and others needs to get off the ugly trend.
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