Why does Ford keep confusing me?

[Jstpssng]

Now they have a Maverick that's a pickup truck.

I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a 4 door car with an open trunk. It actually is very similar to the original Maverick.
I hope to pick one up this fall though, if I can get the hybrid. 20K for something which gives 30-40 MPG is right up my alley... especially since it does have that open bed/trunk to through gas cans and/or the wet dog into.

 

[Sigarms]

I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a 4 door car with an open trunk. It actually is very similar to the original Maverick.
I hope to pick one up this fall though, if I can get the hybrid. 20K for something which gives 30-40 MPG is right up my alley... especially since it does have that open bed/trunk to through gas cans and/or the wet dog into.

I parked next to a new Maverick whatever they want to call it and actually thought it was some kind of a joke. Reminded me of the Subaru Baja. That model lasted 4 years for a reason.

Sometimes things look nice on paper or what you imagine they could be, but after you spend money on it and have to live with it a couple of years, you realize it's not what you thought it would be.

The Maverick might be good if your wet dog is 10lbs or under, but anything larger and the dog might fall out going around a corner.

 

[Sigarms]

To each their own.

Coming back next to our smaller honda, a Maverick was parked next to it.

I was like "what the heck is that".

Looked it over, reminded me of the Subaru Baja, which had a life span of 4 years.

Sometimes things look great on paper, but when you apply them to everyday life, reality sets in.

 

[Doofy]

I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a 4 door car with an open trunk. It actually is very similar to the original Maverick.
I hope to pick one up this fall though, if I can get the hybrid. 20K for something which gives 30-40 MPG is right up my alley... especially since it does have that open bed/trunk to through gas cans and/or the wet dog into.

My '98 Ranger is not to small or to large but the 17-20 mpg is terrible. I could almost justify buying a Maverick Hybrid but I can't justify a car payment at the moment.

 

[Jstpssng]

My '98 Ranger is not to small or to large but the 17-20 mpg is terrible. I could almost justify buying a Maverick Hybrid but I can't justify a car payment at the moment.

That's what I found frustrating about my last Ranger. The 4.0 with 4:10 gears was great, but mileage was terrible. My Colorado can get 24 without much effort, except when I'm going down the interstate. Then it's down to around 18.

I do a lot of short runs, back and forth to the field where my garden and livestock is. The battery would be great for that, and I wouldn't be putting so much wear on my Colorado.

 

[stuckmotor]

I think that's a bit of a stretch. It's a 4 door car with an open trunk. It actually is very similar to the original Maverick.
I hope to pick one up this fall though, if I can get the hybrid. 20K for something which gives 30-40 MPG is right up my alley... especially since it does have that open bed/trunk to through gas cans and/or the wet dog into.

Thanks for explaining the new Maverick. I saw a few photos and they confused me as much as the name.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thanks for explaining the new Maverick. I saw a few photos and they confused me as much as the name.

When it came out the reviews compared it to the Honda Ridgeline. There's one at the dealership about 100 miles from here. Not a hybrid, but I want to look at it anyways to see if the bodystyle is something I can use. By fall my Colorado will be pushing 80K miles, a good time to stop running it every day. If I can keep it out of the winter salt it should last me until I don't need the 4WD so much.

 

[lman]

Hopefully never. I hope that Ford is still embarrassed by those vehicles.

You mean Chevrolet. Chevy made the Vega.

 

[dodge man]

A little of topic but car makers give letter designation to the models. Like the original Challenger and Cuda were E bodies. For some reason that came out when Chevy came out with new front drive Citations. They were X bodies. I liked asking people why they were called X bodies. The usual answer was the frame was in the shape of an X.

 

[stuckmotor]

<snip> Never knew Ford made a pickup called the Edge.

To me, my Ford Edge looks just like the Splash edition of the Ranger pickup. I see that some of the current used car ads list them as the Ford Ranger Edge. The decal on the side doesn't say Splash it says Edge. Mine is a 2001 model.

 

[jyoutz]

You mean Chevrolet. Chevy made the Vega.

Correct. Those vehicles were embarrassing to both companies.

 

[stuckmotor]

Correct. Those vehicles were embarrassing to both companies.

To further complicate things, Wikipedia says Ford produced one concept car in 1953 and called it Vega.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Vega

 

[Jstpssng]

To further complicate things, Wikipedia says Ford produced one concept car in 1953 and called it Vega.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Vega

That's interesting. They mentioned the two seater T-Bird... I was looking at one of those last week. It could be mine for the low, low price of $43,000. A couple of days before that I saw a nicely restored '63 T-Bird. Neither of them are something I would want to own, but I enjoy seeing a nicely restored auto the way that some look at a piece of art.

 

[Farmer495]

To me, my Ford Edge looks just like the Splash edition of the Ranger pickup. I see that some of the current used car ads list them as the Ford Ranger Edge. The decal on the side doesn't say Splash it says Edge. Mine is a 2001 model.

They are a Ford Ranger. Edge is just a trim of the Ranger. Was basically a 2wd truck that had the stance of the 4wd among other things. I have the sales literature somewhere for them. The XL, XLT, FX4 are other examples of other Ranger rims.

"Ranger" used to be a trim level of the F150 before the Ranger pickup came out.

 

[Jstpssng]

They are a Ford Ranger. Edge is just a trim of the Ranger. Was basically a 2wd truck that had the stance of the 4wd among other things. I have the sales literature somewhere for them. The XL, XLT, FX4 are other examples of other Ranger rims.

"Ranger" used to be a trim level of the F150 before the Ranger pickup came out.

The F150 was a slightly heavier version of the F100 back then, until the smaller Ranger replaced the F100. I went from a '73 "Ranger" to an '83 Ranger the year they came out with them... and have owned 2 more since then. They really were small trucks back then, when Dodge came out with the Dakota it was the first truly midsized truck.

 

[Oaktree]

Reminded me of the Subaru Baja. That model lasted 4 years for a reason.

They also made the Brat for a few years in the 80s. Even more useless since it had seats in the bed.

 

[Jstpssng]

They also made the Brat for a few years in the 80s. Even more useless since it had seats in the bed.

That was to get around the tariff on imported pickups. Even without the seats they would have been darn near useless, but good for somebody who just wanted it for going to the dump, or for taking the lawn mower up to camp for the weekend.
Push lawn mower, that is.
It was comparable to the little VW Rabbit with a pickup bed.

 

[Oaktree]

It was comparable to the little VW Rabbit with a pickup bed.

Had forgotten all about that.

 

[BravoXray]

A little of topic but car makers give letter designation to the models. Like the original Challenger and Cuda were E bodies. For some reason that came out when Chevy came out with new front drive Citations. They were X bodies. I liked asking people why they were called X bodies. The usual answer was the frame was in the shape of an X.

The 67 and up Camaros and 68 up Chevy IIs/Novas were X bodies also.
Chevelles were G bodies.