Ford's new hybrid Maverick: A 40 MPG pickup for $20,000.

[freebeard]

I did not see Godwin's Law coming.

[cowmeat]

Can you fold it to make a half-tonneau?

It's a tri-fold cover so the rear two slats fold toward the front then there's a snap tie to hold it in place. So two thirds of it can be open and I can still see really well out the back.

Supposedly you can stand on it but I just can't bring myself to try it

It will (potentially) save (a little) gas, but I mostly wanted to be able to go on a trip and store stuff dry and secure in the bed. With the (tiny) amount of gas savings I estimate the ROI to be around 200-300 years give or take a century

[freebeard]

Yeah, if it would fold to the rear, then your ROI would be more like 150 years.

[cowmeat]

Hanging with the big boys

My Maverick looks like what you'd get if that F150 and the Chevy Silverado had a baby

[ECO-AKJ]

One thing I have seen in the Maverick chat forum is the Ecoboost getting up to 37mpg on highway trips

[freebeard]

My Maverick looks like ... a baby

Park it next to a Geo Metro.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Park it next to a Geo Metro.

Doesn't need to go that far... It might be harder to find a Fiat Strada there, even though I guess once in a while it might be easy to spot one rebadged as a Ram 700 with Mexican plates in Texas or other states with a border crossing point.

[cowmeat]

One thing I have seen in the Maverick chat forum is the Ecoboost getting up to 37mpg on highway trips

I've heard that too but not sure how much I believe it - I get about 33-34 mpg on the highway in the hybrid depending on speed but overall I'm averaging over 40 mpg since I spend a lot of the time in EV mode around town

[ME_Andy]

Fuelly shows a couple gas Mavericks over 40 mpg.

https://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/mave...=&submodel_id=

[cowmeat]

The guys at work made a dirt hill so I used it as my parking spot today