Ford Maverick focused on street performance is rumored to be in the works

The Ford Maverick remains so popular that two years after its debut, Ford still isn't able to build enough of them to satisfy demand from nearly two years ago. Here's another Maverick hunger that's gone unfulfilled since the compact pickup's introduction: A street-focused variant, perhaps called ST. Spy photographers caught a Maverick Hybrid prototype at Ford's proving grounds last year wearing bits that could have been considered part of an ST package. The truck sat low, its wheels hidden behind covers and tucked under potentially wider wheel arches, and its reshaped rear bumper sporting two cutouts at the flanks presumed to be exhaust exits. The shots were inconclusive, though, and that proto hasn't been seen again. However, if Ford Authority's sources are telling the truth, there's a "street performance" Maverick in development.

The only bits of additional rumor to go with these whispers are that the truck "will feature a lowered suspension and big wheels, and that it will 'sit low.'" That's practically nothing to go on. The saving grace is that Ford has admitted to watching the market to gauge reaction to such a truck, and still hasn't ruled out a street-loving version.