Long-term test cars

Our staff racked up nearly 16,000 miles on the 2022 Maverick hybrid’s odometer in the year we owned it, and our ownership experience was mostly issue-free.

Knowing what we do after two years of ownership, would we buy the 2021 Ford F-150 again?

After weighing whether to spend $386.73 to repair the active air dam, we decided instead to remove it entirely, which is a common solution other F-150 owners have taken.

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.