The Ford Maverick stays so common that two years after its debut, Ford nonetheless is not capable of construct sufficient of them to fulfill demand from practically two years in the past. Here is one other Maverick starvation that is gone unfulfilled because the compact pickup’s introduction: A street-focused variant, maybe known as ST. Spy photographers caught a Maverick Hybrid prototype at Ford’s proving grounds final 12 months carrying bits that might have been thought-about a part of an ST bundle. The truck sat low, its wheels hidden behind covers and tucked beneath probably wider wheel arches, and its reshaped rear bumper sporting two cutouts on the flanks presumed to be exhaust exits. The photographs had been inconclusive, although, and that proto hasn’t been seen once more. Nonetheless, if Ford Authority’s sources are telling the reality, there is a “road efficiency” Maverick in improvement.
The one bits of extra rumor to go along with these whispers are that the truck “will characteristic a lowered suspension and massive wheels, and that it’s going to ‘sit low.'” That is virtually nothing to go on. The saving grace is that Ford has admitted to watching the market to gauge response to such a truck, and nonetheless hasn’t dominated out a street-loving model.
If Ford has been watching, it’ll know there’s been a lot chatter that the broad strokes on the Maverick ST want record are fairly clear. The two.3-liter EcoBoost that makes 270 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque within the 2024 Ranger is a transparent ask. That engine as soon as made 345 hp within the Euro-market Focus RS, so there’s loads of headroom. As a result of the Maverick shares its C2 platform with that Focus and the present Focus ST, maybe some dealing with goodies might get clearance to cross the Atlantic as properly. 300 ponies, an intercooler, anti-lag, a limited-slip differential, sculpted fender flares, a one- or two-inch drop over 19- or 20-inch wheels, an optionally available ST Observe Pack with KW coilovers, and loads of black trim plus a pink ST badge, anybody? Whereas we’re dreaming, why not an everyday cab possibility and a guide transmission, too?
Since we have seen nary a prototype of such a truck, even assuming Ford Authority’s sources are telling the entire reality and nothing however, we’re seemingly at the least 12 months away from having Maverick ST desires confirmed. If Tucci Sizzling Rods might get its Maverick idea (pictured) into manufacturing, we would be pleased with that, too.