2025 Ford Maverick Lobo Adds Attitude to Ford’s Small Pickup

• The 2025 Ford Maverick Lobo is expected to arrive at dealers early in 2025 and will start at $36,595.
  

• Ford gave the Maverick Lobo a new front grille, turbofan-style wheels and a lower ride height.

• The Maverick Lobo is only available with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, which sticks with 238 hp and 277 lb-ft of torque.

On the heels of the updated Maverick, Ford is expanding its compact truck’s footprint with the Maverick Lobo. Joining the Tremor as a separate trim variant, the Maverick Lobo adds a dash of street-truck styling with some interesting parts-bin manipulation for upgraded performance.

While this truck should be more fun than the standard Mavericks, that’s not because of what’s under the hood. The Ford Maverick Lobo sticks with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost I4 that sends 238 hp and 277 lb-ft through the driveline. That driveline, however, has some big shakeups.

Affixed to the 2.0-liter I4 is a seven-speed Quick Shift automatic transmission. From there, power travels through the standard all-wheel-drive system. At the rear, Ford swapped in its twin-clutch rear-drive axle, which gives the Maverick differential torque vectoring instead of just relying on the brakes.

Ford raided its parts bin for a set of European Focus ST front dual-piston brake calipers, and also swapped in the steering rack from a Kuga, which gives the Maverick Lobo a quicker steering ratio.

Of course, the Maverick Lobo gets an altitude adjustment. Ford dropped the Maverick Lobo a half-inch in the front and 1.12 inches in the rear. This might not seem like a lot on a spec sheet, but the drop does give the Lobo some more street presence.

Ford says the top height is just shy of an inch lower than a standard Maverick. Naturally, Ford’s engineers retuned the dampers and springs as well. A set of black turbofan-style 19-inch wheels rounds out the major exterior upgrades.

The Maverick Lobo gets some love, too, but it's still largely Maverick hardware. Ford swapped in some grabber blue and electric lime interior accents with the stitchwork and threw a graffiti-inspired print on the seat covers. Ford also added a Lobo mode, which loosens up the stability control and makes the Maverick a little more compliant to rotation.

Despite an uptick in power, the Maverick Lobo suggests Ford understands that Maverick shoppers aren’t opposed to having some fun. But that fun has a price. The Maverick Lobo will start at $36,595, and it should be available at the start of 2025.

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