I dislike car dealers just as much as most Americans, but I’m also a big proponent of personal responsibility and financial literacy when buying a car. Blindly signing on the dotted line can get you into a life-changing situation. Take the ordeal one Ford Maverick owner is currently in. Detailed in a Reddit post to … Read more
The 2025 model year Ford Maverick was revealed earlier this week with a host of new features, styling tweaks and the availability of an all-wheel-drive hybrid model. Amid all that news, no one is really talking about the Maverick’s price. In the three years since the Maverick went on sale, its base price has risen by … Read more
Image: Ford Motor Company The street-style truck is back with Ford’s new Lobo package for the facelifted Maverick compact pickup truck. With lower suspension, a unique front fascia, painted accents, and fresh-to-heck 19-inch turbine-style wheels, this truck looks like it came out of a custom shop right off the assembly line. Inspired by the lowrider … Read more
Ford heard the cries of its compact unibody truck buyers. The refreshed Maverick pickup now comes with the option of pairing Ford’s beefy 2.5-liter hybrid engine with all-wheel drive Maverick. Our problems are over! Ram Rampage Small Truck Pre-Orders Sell Out In 28 Minutes The Maverick has been a big success for Ford. Last year, … Read more
It definitely upsets some readers, but here at Jalopnik, we’re fully on Team Don’t Drive A Childcrusher 9000. Cars are fun and all, but they’re not more important than people’s lives. And unfortunately for everyone who does anything outside of a car, tall hoods on large trucks and SUVs make them especially deadly in the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, June 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Cyberattack Continues To Disrupt U.S. Car Sales I know it’s tricky, but this week we have … Read more
2024 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali UltimateImage: GMC If you’re like me, when you pop the hood of a car, you want to actually see the engine. There are those among us who actually still appreciate admiring the beauty that is the internal combustion engine, but lately it seems that some automakers are phoning it in … Read more
Europe-only Ford Explorer EV Image: Ford It wasn’t all that long ago, February of 2021 in fact, that Ford Europe announced it was “all-in on EVs.” It planned to invest $2 billion to transform the Cologne, Germany plant into an electric car production giant. The plan had stepping stones toward a fully electric 2030, including … Read more
Don’t buy a fire truck, get a Flyer truck instead. Screenshot: Alaska Premier Auctions and Appraisals via YouTube Pickup trucks are everywhere these days. Whether it’s million-mile Tacomas, hybrid runarounds like the Maverick or monstrosities such as the Cybertruck, you can’t walk more than a few paces in the U.S. without spotting at least one … Read more
Screenshot: Team O’Neil When we first drove the new Subaru WRX, it proved more competent than inspiring. It felt like you could push it hard, but it wasn’t really a car begging to be pushed. Then again, we’re also amateurs who drove it in the rain on tight northern California backroads. How does it do … Read more
