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 era of pickups from the 1980s to the early 2000s, Maverick Lobo is the throwback cool street truck enthusiasts have been waiting for. It even cribs parts from other performance-oriented Fords, which sounds extremely promising.
The Maverick Lobo starts out as a four-wheel-drive model with the turbocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine. That’s already a pretty compelling 238-hp trucklet, and then Ford lowers the suspension half an inch in the front and 1.12 inches in the back. With “tuned steering” Ford says the Lobo drives more like a performance truck than the standard model, due in part to its twin-clutch rear axle with enhanced torque vectoring. Up front you’ll get better (and better looking) brakes cribbed from the Euro-market Focus ST. Unlike standard Mavericks, the Lobo gets a transmission cooler, a larger radiator, and fan from the towing package as standard. Ford says this truck is “inspired by drifting and autocross” and as a result I’d really like to borrow one for a track day.
The Lobo has been cooking in the brains of Ford designer Josh Blundo and engineer Keith Daugherty since 2019. In 2021 Blundo’s vision saw the SEMA project car with Tucci Hot Rods (below) make its bow. Ford received so much attention for the Maverick from that concept that the Lobo was greenlit. The Lobo isn’t quite as aggressive as what Tucci built three years ago, but the family resemblance is definitely there.
You can order your Maverick Lobo starting now, and it’ll be delivered at some point in early 2025. There are two packages to choose from, standard and high. The “high” configuration adds a heated steering wheel and seats, the Ford Co-Pilot360 2.0 driver-assist suite, a 360-degree camera, spray-in bedliner, a sunroof, and Ford’s very useful (if you tow) Pro Trailer Hitch Assist/Pro Trailer Backup Assist tech.
Pricing hasn’t yet been announced, but it stands to reason that the Lobo would be similarly priced to last year’s Maverick Tremor, which was a similarly modified suspension and aesthetics package, but quasi-off-road instead of street. The Tremor package was a $2,995 add-on to XLT and Lariat models. The 2024 XLT starts at $28,015 after delivery charge, while the Lariat is $36,555.
