Courier rumor

[Saddle Tramp]

An image posted by TFL shows a tailgate with the name Maverick pressed into the metal.
Thoughts?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Not sure why they apply a former car name to a truck....courier would make more sense...but eh.

Unless its just some 15 year old with photoshop and sore wrists that got bored.

 

[bobbywalter]

Yup

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Not sure why they apply a former car name to a truck....courier would make more sense...but eh.

What do you mean? It worked so well for the Chrysler Aspen.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

What do you mean? It worked so well for the Chrysler Aspen.

And the Ranger.

Was originally a model of Edsel...

 

[Snoranger]

Maverick approves this message.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

What do you mean? It worked so well for the Chrysler Aspen.

You mean ridiculiously overpriced 2nd gen durango with slightly better styling?

And the Ranger.

Was originally a model of Edsel...

The maverick was a relativly well known, successful car though....

The edsel not so much

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The edsel not so much

Probably not so much today. Edsel is the standard by which all failures were measured. "Maverick? That is like a Pinto right?"

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Probably not so much today. Edsel is the standard by which all failures were measured. "Maverick? That is like a Pinto right?"

Minus the explosions

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Probably not so much today. Edsel is the standard by which all failures were measured. "Maverick? That is like a Pinto right?"

Nope. Not like a Pinto. Maverick was replaced by the Fairmont, which was replaced by the Tempo, which was replaced by the Contour, which was replaced by the Focus. The Pinto was replaced by the Escort. For the record, the Tempo and the Escort were on the same platform, but the Tempo was somewhat larger (but not by a whole lot).

This is the Maverick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(Americas)

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Nope. Not like a Pinto. Maverick was replaced by the Fairmont, which was replaced by the Tempo, which was replaced by the Contour, which was replaced by the Focus. The Pinto was replaced by the Escort. For the record, the Tempo and the Escort were on the same platform, but the Tempo was somewhat larger (but not by a whole lot).

This is the Maverick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(Americas)

I know but most people don’t really care anymore.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

I know but most people don’t really care anymore.

Hey..... You asked.... Can't blame a guy for answering, can ya?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Nope. Not like a Pinto. Maverick was replaced by the Fairmont, which was replaced by the Tempo, which was replaced by the Contour, which was replaced by the Focus. The Pinto was replaced by the Escort. For the record, the Tempo and the Escort were on the same platform, but the Tempo was somewhat larger (but not by a whole lot).

This is the Maverick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(Americas)

Actually you got your lineage a bit off...

Falcon evolved into the Pinto, Pinto into the Escort, the Escort became the focus.

Maverick evolved into the fairmont/grenada. The line then split in 82 with the fairmont becoming the midsized LTD (rougbly taking the msrket segment of the 77-79 LTD II which evolved into the 80-82 Tbird,) and the grenada roughly being replaced by the tempo/topaz.

The midsized LTD would evolve into the taurus in 86, The tempo/topaz evolved into the contour/mystique. Both of which went extinct.

The FWD counterparts had 0 DNA of their predicessors besides taking its place in the market segment.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Nope. Not like a Pinto. Maverick was replaced by the Fairmont, which was replaced by the Tempo, which was replaced by the Contour, which was replaced by the Focus. The Pinto was replaced by the Escort. For the record, the Tempo and the Escort were on the same platform, but the Tempo was somewhat larger (but not by a whole lot).

This is the Maverick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(Americas)

the green one in your link is exactly like the one that my grandpa had in the 80s. I really liked the styling on the Maverick,

AJ

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Actually you got your lineage a bit off...

Falcon evolved into the Pinto, Pinto into the Escort, the Escort became the focus.

Maverick evolved into the fairmont/grenada. The line then split in 82 with the fairmont becoming the midsized LTD (rougbly taking the msrket segment of the 77-79 LTD II which evolved into the 80-82 Tbird,) and the grenada roughly being replaced by the tempo/topaz.

The midsized LTD would evolve into the taurus in 86, The tempo/topaz evolved into the contour/mystique. Both of which went extinct.

The FWD counterparts had 0 DNA of their predicessors besides taking its place in the market segment.

No. See here:

Subcompact	Compact	Midsize
	-1970 Falcon	-1976 Torino
Pinto -1980	1970-1977 Maverick	LTD II (1977-1979
Escort 1981-1999	1977-1983 Fairmont	Grenada (1980-1982)
	1984-1994 Tempo	LTD (1983-1986)
	1995-1999 Contour	Taurus (1986-2007)
	2000-2019 Focus