2023 Maverick TremorWhat is Wrong? The Maverick not competing with the Ridgeline is your opinion. I am downsizing from an '18 F150 Lariat and went to the Maverick as it is one of the shortest trucks available. I then cross shopped with the midsize. The Maverick and midsize trucks have close to the same size cabs with the Maverick having more rear seat room as I previously noted. Bed lengths are no different than comparing a 5.5'-6.5' in the full size. For towing the Mavericks 4K towing is comparable, as the GM twins and Ranger have 3.5K towing standard. A loaded Maverick is close to $40,000, not exactly inexpensive.
I was comparing Ranger to current Colorado and Frontier. GM has had the 3.6-308hp/275 lbft since 2017. Ford brought the Ranger to market spotting GM the 38hp advantage. Nissan offered the 3.8- 310hp/281 lbft in the 2020 Frontier (old model).
Consumer Reports, are the opinions of a few journalists and hold no more weight than yours or mine. I would not purchase a Tacoma because I don't like the styling or powertrain, and a lot of people would disagree, but as you said Tacoma is the class leader.
I did not say the Ranger was a bad truck, just did not like the dated styling, and styling is subjective, not everyone sees things the same. The Ranger also has a lack of features, hell you can't even get a heated steering wheel which I have had in my Fords since 2011.
I have not driven the Ranger because I would not buy the current one. I looked at the Santa Cruz in person and did not like the exterior styling and did not drive it either. There was never a Maverick at my dealers available for a test drive, either no stock or pre sold units.
Your opinion of the Ranger and Maverick having plenty of power, tells me you're easily pleased and/or have never experienced the driving excitement of a powerful vehicle. Since I sold my '18 F150. I have only one daily driver, a MKZ Reserve ll AWD 3.0-400 hp/400 lbft, and my summer only Charger SRT 392- 485 hp/475 lbft and I can say they both do what they were designed for, transportation and driving excitement. And with the Charger when I turn it on it returns the favour.
As for your Pantyline comment, I see it has out sold the Ranger in July and August this year. At end of Q2 The Frontier, Colorado,Gladiator, Tacoma have each out sold Ranger dramatically. As I have said, Ford just is not putting the same effort into the Maverick and Ranger as they do with the F150 and SuperDuty.
Also, check out the Truck King youtube channel, to date they have tested 8 trucks 0-60 towing a tandem trailer, you might be surprised where the Pantyline ranks. With all the extra features available, if Honda offered their 3.0T-355 hp/354 lbft 10 spd in the Ridgeline I know where my dollars would go, unfortunately that is not happening for 2023. I am not thrilled with GM having the 2" lift standard on the 2023 twins, however performance is highest on my list. I do like the next gen Ranger but to date Ford has not mentioned any optional powertrains coming, and the 2.3, even at the global rating of 298hp/333 lbft won't sway me. If Ford offered the 3.0 in the standard Ranger as GM is offering their HO 2.7 in lesser trims, things would be different.
But hey, enjoy your 2022 Ranger Tremor that you like.Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:32:02 +0000
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