Long term test cars

We put some serious numbers on the odometer of our long-term 2022 Ford Maverick in service of a story with the most inane of premises: visiting Masterson, Texas.

While our Tesla Model Y’s range certainly dropped in colder temperatures, it didn’t fall off a cliff; more like it tumbled down a berm.

The Maverick hybrid has unladen ride quality that’s a bit bumpy, but putting some additional weight over the rear wheels with the attached trailer — along with some supplies in the cargo box — helped make for a smoother, more comfortable ride.

Since our last Maverick update, we’ve added nearly 6,000 miles to the Maverick’s odometer resulting in calculated fuel economy of 35.8 mpg.

Ford offers a hybrid drivetrain in its F-150, and Toyota debuted a hybrid powertrain in its redesigned 2022 Tundra. Both share a number of similarities.

See what you get — and give up — by choosing the Maverick EcoBoost over the Maverick hybrid.

Some of the camera system’s views are now available while the vehicle is in motion as well as stationary, and the Trailer Reverse Guidance feature now has picture-in-picture capability.

We drove our 2022 Maverick Lariat hybrid on a 200-mile loop around Southeast Michigan to see exactly how good it is on sipping the expensive unleaded.

So far, the 2022 Maverick remains a hit among our editors, with no one lamenting being stuck with it in our constant shuffle of press cars and long-term test cars.

Upon inspection, the service department confirmed that the insulation on our 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid had, in fact, loosened and was contacting the driveshaft.