Want a 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid Rated at 42 MPG City? Better Order One Fast
Ford has finally announced official EPA fuel economy ratings for the new 2022 Ford Maverick hybrid compact pickup truck, and it’s as impressive as we thought it would be. But if you want one of the new gas-electric hybrid Mavericks rated at 37 mpg combined, you’d better get your order in fast because Ford’s cutting off ordering for them in early November and won’t be reopening hybrid orders until the summer of 2022.
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Hybrid Efficiency or Turbo Power
The official EPA fuel economy rating for the new hybrid is 42/33/37 mpg city/highway/combined, which combines a 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with an electronically controlled continuously variable automatic transmission and integrated electric motor. This is sufficient, according to Ford, to name the Maverick as the most fuel-efficient hybrid pickup in the U.S.
We can confirm that the Maverick gets stellar gas mileage: During our brief review drive of a new ‘22 Maverick hybrid, we routinely saw more than 43 mpg in normal driving conditions without trying too hard. For comparison, the other powertrain available in the Maverick, a turbocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder, is rated at 23/30/26 mpg city/highway/combined with front-wheel drive and 22/29/25 mpg with all-wheel-drive. The hybrid is far and away more fuel-efficient than any of the other traditional mid-size pickups on the market, even the Chevrolet Colorado diesel, which manages 20/30/23 mpg by EPA measurements.
Is That Good?
But traditional body-on-frame mid-size pickups aren’t really the Maverick’s main competitors (probably), and there’s only one model that really stacks up against the Mav: the new 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz. Despite Hyundai’s repeated protestations that the Santa Cruz is not a pickup (it’s a “sport adventure vehicle,” don’tcha know), the size and pricing line up well against the Maverick. Fuel economy does not, however: The base FWD, non-turbo Santa Cruz gets 21/26/23 mpg, while the AWD inexplicably rises slightly to 21/27/23 mpg. The AWD turbo model gets 19/27/22 mpg, seeing its city performance drop. All of these ratings are below even the optional turbocharged engine in the Maverick.
But don’t count Hyundai out in the fuel economy race. The 2022 Hyundai Tucson SUV, on which the Santa Cruz is based, has no fewer than three hybrid models for 2022, and we’d expect at least one of them to join the Santa Cruz lineup in the near future. The thing is, these are all optional models, more expensive than the base Tucson; the Maverick gives you this hybrid efficiency for free, as it’s the Mav’s standard powertrain.
Order Now! (No, Really! Now!)
Apparently, everyone is a bit more excited about the hybrid Maverick’s stellar fuel economy than the turbocharged EcoBoost Maverick’s greater towing capacity because Ford is cutting off Maverick hybrid ordering for the 2022 model year sometime in early November. A Ford spokesperson told Cars.com that customer demand for the hybrid has outpaced the expected take rate of 40%, which is forcing the company to put the kibosh on orders, leaving only the optional turbo engine available for ordering going forward. This will remain the case until the summer of 2022, when ordering for the 2023 model begins, according to Ford.
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That means if you want to order your own Ford Maverick hybrid — or if you plan on getting the cheapest possible base model XL, front-wheel-drive, hybrid variant with no options — you’d better stop reading this right now and get online to order your model. Otherwise, you might have to wait until the summer to get yours.
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