![]() At four and a half feet with the tailgate up, it's just long enough to be useful, and comes bristling with tie-downs, built-in slots and threaded holes to install DIY dividers and tie-down loops, and adjustable-length tailgate cables that enable the tailgate to be half-raised to support long cargo. Out back, the Maverick gets a teensy but actually quite versatile pickup bed. ![]() If anything, its family resemblance up front to the last-generation Escape prevents the Maverick from looking truly fresh, but I'm thankful Ford didn't go the cutesy route, as it may well have done in a bid to appeal to non-traditional truck buyers. With its boxy build and square-jawed front end, it looks every bit the macho little truck, eschewing the jellybean looks of its Ford Escape platform-mate. The Maverick may be small, but its looks are hardly dainty. So for this review, I tweaked the format a bit, to see how the smallest truck in Ford's line stacks up against some unlikely competition. Ford really needs to bring its A-game to make the Maverick first choice among pint-sized unibody pickups, and we wouldn't expect anything less from America's top truckmaker. ![]() But the very promising and even more diminutive Hyundai Santa Cruz, with its superior power and exquisite handling, has shown up to block the Maverick from collecting a default blue ribbon. Hailing from an automaker that's made its name on cranking out top-selling pickups, the petite Ford Maverick seems poised to dominate this two-pony race. The North American market has been starved for years for a truly compact pickup, but suddenly in 2022, US buyers have two all-new trucklets to choose from. ![]()
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