This is good and all... But how many USB ports does it have? ^^^ No shit saw an ad where that's literally the only thing they talked about for some Toyota product...
I'd still prefer to have an option for having just the front seats and a proper bed length (I grew up around small trucks when they had beds that could take full sheets of plywood flat on the bed), but I guess I'll take what I can get.
A Bronco Sport fell off a cliff in Colorado a few weeks ago. The driver survived the fall. While the truck looked like a crushed tin can the passenger compartment was completely intact. It's really impressive that the passenger compartment was intact after falling a few hundred feet down the mountain.
The Chrysler Airflow did that in 1934. They actually showed ads in movie theaters where a stunt driver drives an Airflow off a cliff, does a full somersault, lands on its wheels, and drives away. And around 1984, Volvo ads show a stunt driver driving a Volvo wagon off a 5 story parking garage, landing nose first on the pavement. The driver stepped out and walked away!
So, with the new rugged models, they're basically circling back to the CR-V from the 90s, which had fuel economy, great handling, ground clearance, 4wd and gray bumpers like the Subi wilderness models.
Yes agreed. And all what the new Mavericks got, the Honda Ridgeline was already doing it. But lots of people hate it bc its a honda. This video was like a huge advertisement JUST for Ford
@@cb7dakodo802 you have mechanical problems then. My CR-V, and CR-Vs belonging to a number of people in my Facebook groups get low-to-mid 20s with city driving and high 20s Highway driving. Average of 24-25 is normal.
@@AlexandarHullRichter nah she runs fine it just hit 151k miles, it barely hit 21 highway when I had stock wheels on it, it’s got new plugs, wires, distributor, brakes, timing belt kit, just about everything’s new, I also think it depends where you live, she’s a dog going uphill
Sometime between the 1980s and 2000s… wagons became “cool” again. Because before then.. they were ubiquitous and boring. National Lampoon Vacation was perhaps the apex of wagon hate. The same thing happened to the minivan. The same thing happened to the SUV. The same thing is happening to the CUV.
I drive a 2022 Ford Maverick XLT and it’s honestly spectacular. I was a mechanic for years and my only concern is engine reliability. Otherwise it’s a great vehicle, I’m at 180 miles right now and have yet to hit half a tank. With that, I’ve driven with all seats filled, a load in the bed, and on the highway multiple times. It works amazing in every way. Only thing I haven’t done is towed yet but I’m planning on it. With its track record so far I’m betting it’ll be great. Ford really is starting to put its name back in the game as one of the dominant manufacturers and I’ve been enjoying it thoroughly.
Reliability shouldn't be an issue, especially with the hybrid that we're getting. The 2.5 hybrid system Ford uses has proven itself to be insanely robust, and that e-cvt is about as durable as a transmission can be. The 2.0 might have a few more issues, but even that is a very durable and proven powertrain.
the 2.0 has been in use since 2008. the transmission is definitely newer but used in the higher end escape, bronco sport, the edge, the discontinued focus, and the transit connect. it's been around for 2 (almost 3 years) now and I don't think there's been any big recalls regarding it.
@@commodorebud Yeah, not to mention many of the components used on the hybrid have been out for over a decade as well, and also have a very solid dependability track record. It seems like regardless of what powertrain you get, it will be essentially trouble free. Shouldn't really be any major teething issues with the maverick.
Its funny because hatchbacks and wagons are more practical, but not found in the US as much. Here in europe its more practical to have a wagon like an audi bmw etc.
As an American, people here love being able to sit high and look over the road. They like "off-road" capability/high clearance. If people need more space than what a crossover or SUV offers, people usually get a pickup-truck. Which is also a very popular family vehicle here. Americans love big and rugged, overall. I also wish wagons and hatches were more popular here.
I’ve had my maverick for about a month now and I’m in love with it. First time ever owning a “pick up” and so far with small things around the house, the bed really helps compared to an suv or crossover
@@KB-bh9hp I’ve got almost 10k miles on it and I love it. I’ve got friends with tacomas that wish they got a maverick instead. I’m 20 years old and I’ve been saving for my first car since I was 16 and I was about to pull the trigger on a Tacoma w 200k miles for the same price as a new maverick. Glad I made the decision I did
@@holdenc2636 Yeah, Tacoma's aren't terrible, but their only real advantage is they're reliable. But the maverick being a ford truck should also be pretty reliable as well. More reliable than a Tacoma with 200k on it that's for sure. You made a great choice, hope your maverick serves you well for many years to come.
@@KB-bh9hp thanks man! When I bought it I never really thought I’d use the bed and it would just be like there for emergencies but I’ve put my mountain bike in the back and skis and friends if I needed to lmao. It’s 100% more convenient coming from driving my moms crossover
The Bronco in the thumbnail should have been a Bronco Sport, not the actual Bronco with the body on frame chassis. Escape, Bronco Sport, Maverick are on Unibody/Monocoque chassis.
They should have just called the Sport the Bronco II to avoid the confusion. Ford just sucks with names. *edit* Bringing back the Maverick name was pretty cool though.
I was surprised when he said people had to pick between good gas mileage or practicality. Wagons or as we call them in Germany "Kombi" (as in Kombination) were both practical and had better gas mileage than a SUV. So while apparently in the USA people had to pick between SUV or Sedan, everyone in Germany drove a Wagon/Kombi. And this is still what people mostly pick. For example: In Germany you will see more Audi A4 Avant & Audi A6 Avant as well as Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class Wagons than you will see the Sedan Versions of all of these Models. I always wondered why a Kombi/Wagon is less popular in the USA than a Sedan. No wonder it took so long for Audi to bring the RS6 Avant to the USA, but i hope all the other Kombi/Wagons the USA doesn't get from us Germans because they think the Americans don't buy them will now come considering the Success of the Audi RS6 & insane Sales Numbers. Also there is the cheaper Audi S4 and S6 Avant (a Version between RS Models and Standard Audi A4 and A6 Avant) Mercedes-Benz, VW, BMW, Audi etc all have Kombi/Wagon Versions of almost all their Models that i think arent offered in the USA but should be. Kombi/Wagons are always better than a Sedan if it's an Option Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
I work at a Ford dealer, the maverick is actually pretty cool and INSANELY popular. The sales team is having to actually schedule test drives as EVERY maverick coming in is sold. (Same hype as big Bronco)
The maverick is the truck we didn't know we needed. The reason so many people buy trucks in America is because they use it to haul every once in a while but then just use it as a daily. But the maverick solves that. It's basically a a car with a bed, and the mpg is amazing
@@steve_the_vehicon632 exactly my thoughts. My wife wants one just for this reason. Her nearly only use of her current Trax is back and forth to work, and it does that well, but I'd be very handy to have a bit more capability than the Trax without having to take my Yukon and trailer for those middle-sized things that a small bed would work great for. The market is ripe for Ford with only one competitor, the Santa Cruz, as no other truck is really fighting this, not even the Ridgeline, imo.
I was about to buy one, then the dealership a week after selling my dad a fully loaded f150 lariat tried to charge me 3k over list on a vehicle I was going to order. I walked out and got a hyundai instead.
I'd be interested to see it side by side with older model vehicles as a size comparison. The new Ranger is bigger than my 93 f150 when I park beside one. I have an 83 ranger and there is nothing new on the road as small as it.
I am personally a large truck owner (I need them for pulling my racecars and equipment), but the new Maverick is impressive. I’ve been very surprised with the capability and overall quality that you get for the price. We have already sold multiple at my dealership and will have no problem selling every future one we get.
Donut is unlike any other channels, they focus on cars that actual people can buy and not just all supercars that only a few people can afford. This is why I love you guys!
The thing I like about the Bronco Sport, Escape, Maverick and Lincoln Nautilus (and for that matter the big Bronco) is that none of them have "aggressive" front styling.
Thank god for Ford. Not everything has to look mean and angular. I really think they’re gonna blow a lot of the competition out of the water in the next couple of years. I’m still buying a Chrysler car tho lmao
@@lobehold2263 there’s generally more room in a minivan. I think they lower the floor more which adds interior cargo space. I think to get comparable interior space a minivan offers you have to go all the way up to a Tahoe or suburban.
I mean, when you have kids, those sliding doors save you from a lot of issues. I still may have chosen a sporty hatchback myself... But truth be told, I don't think anything has beaten the minivan in shear practicality.
Bought a 2021 Ranger when my bronco pre-order was delayed, and I'm surprised daily with how fun and capable and practical it is. Ford has it figured out.
As someone who works as a utility for the plant that makes the Escape and Corsair, it is nice to see that people like them. I have almost six years in the plant working in Trim. Save for the liftgate and doors, I have had a part in putting on the side panels for the interiors of every unit.
I’ve been interested in the maverick since it’s announcement and I just saw one out in the wild for the first time and I’m 100% sold. Let’s be honest tho the price of that thing made the decision for me, no way I could ever afford a Ranger or f150
Same. Not a big fan of Ford, but building a Maverick on their site and it comes to 27 grand for a brand new truck, optioned the way I want. If I had more room I'd be sold
Same here. I don't NEED a truck, but the 10 times a year I need a bed, it'd be nice not to have to call a buddy to help out. On top of that, it sucks that most trucks have "poor" mpg. If they make a hybrid with 4x4/AWD, that would be a huge plus. The Maverick is one of the only new cars I have been looking at to replace our aging gen 2 Prius.
I wanna say that the original rav-4 came with an optional fishing pole and first aid kit. I don’t know if Ford is making radical changes so much as coming full circle to what the crossover was originally intended to be.
@@whypikin In my country it is if I remember correctly. Because even in two wheelers you get a small first aid kit with band-aids, some lotions and other things.
This was an excellent video. I can only imagine the research that went into it. Great job guys!! - owner of a 2020 ranger (which shares the platform with the bronco)
I have an CUV. Is it because I like? NOPE. I need a small and economical car that can drive on a dirt road where my parents live without constantly scraping the bottom. I would like a coupe ☹
I think the solution is clear: we need more wagons. My Volvo XC70 is the light of my life and I just want to know there will be a new wagon waiting for me when it dies.
Yeah, regular Electrotechnician here, been looking for a decent compact truck for a while and the Maverick is pretty much bulls-eye on what i need. Will be my first brand new car and my first truck.
As a Passat wagon driver, don't lump me in with the crossover crew. Wagons are better than crossovers. If you really need to move people just buy a minivan. Minivans blow the doors off crossovers when it comes to day to day driving and moving people. With the new stow away seats they are also more practical at moving stuff than crossovers.
The stow away seats are some of the most uncomfortable seats out there. Can't have comfortable seats that can stow in the floor. Don't think they are worth it.
CUVs are superior. If you are tall it’s difficult to get in and out of a low wagon. In addition they are safer in collisions with trucks, not to mention better visibility. There is no penalty in mpg or handling. They are cheaper to insure and hold their value better.
Define “better”. A wagon has less usable interior space. Is more difficult to enter and exit (which is why older people buy crossovers by the score). Lower ground clearance. And at the end, is really just a “shorter” crossover (because most crossovers are just “taller” wagons).
My grandparents bought a Lexus RX 300 in 1999 brand new and we still have it today. It’s unbelievable for us younger people that these cars were ahead of its time and really luxurious.
I love the idea of the maverick. I had wholly written off the escape derived bronco. Until my uncle bought a bronco sport badlands. Wow, what a great little rig, it’s reasonably fast, very buttoned down and will go up a dirt road with ease. Once they make a maverick that parallels a badlands bronco sport, I’m all over it. Maverick Tremor?
@@Turshin I got the Bronco Sport a few months ago and wanna trade it for a Ranger, it's a cool little thing but I'm not very confident with how much computer gizmos are in it compared to the Ranger and now feel like the need for having a truck. I feel like Maverick is a cool city truck though tbh and having Tremor/Raptor variants kinda weird and should expand to hybrid/electric.
I picked up my Maverick last weekend (2.0 turbo). Coming from a Titan, I’m looking forward to the more daily driver friendly mpg. It’s an awesome little truck that my wife and kid can still comfortably enjoy.
I think the problem with wagons is that they are classified as sedans by the EPA, but get worse gas mileage than normal sedans. Crossovers are classified as SUVs, and get better gas mileage than typical SUVs. Thus crossovers, though getting worse gas mileage than a wagon, do better relative to EPA targets. A situation where outdated laws and guidelines (not updated to how manufacturers are skirting them) end up rewarding making less efficient vehicles. Europe does it different ways, and wagons are a lot more popular there.
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You beat me to that one. I know I'll never see it but I would love to see the end of the crossover. They are honestly the worst thing to ever happen to the auto industry
Crossovers are so stupid. Its like why not just buy a minivan if you want space and why not just buy a real car if you want gas mileage/sport. Another thing I hate is every car having the word "sport" or "turbo" or random letters to make you think its fast (like the ford explorer st). Such an obvious marketing scam that I am disappointed in people for falling for
@@octoslut every time I see one I think "That's not an SUV that's just a lifted wagon" and usually I just think "Oh well it's probably just an SUV with slightly different proportions and I'm looking too far into it" but now I'm certain that it's just a lifted wagon
“SUVs are more practical than sedans” Me who is from Sweden were wagons are the norm and the Volvo v70 was the most popular car for several years, and it is loads more and is more comfortable than many crossovers and SUVs: visible confusion
@@seanthe100 Please. My first car was a Saturn SL2. That car had very little ground clearance. I drove over dirt roads and hay fields without ever scraping. Seriously, tell me where your taking your *unmodified* daily driver that clearance is a real concern?
@@codeman99-dev I swear saturns are like POS tanks. Like they suck, almost everything goes bad. It will rust and yet somehow it will still run 300k miles with no oil and rotted floorboards and a transmission that may or may not shift.
maverick seems sick, but the bodywork should lean towards more of the UTE design and admit that its a fuel efficient reliable ute for people who dont know they want a ute.
Actually it should have been called the Model E to pay homage to Fords other major cutting edge vehicle that changed the automotive landscape over a century ago, the Model T. I hate the fact that Ford attached to their Mustang moniker. And on top of that they go and also use the Mach name, also a Mustang staple to further blemished Mustang history. Although I would have been more ok if they just called it the Ford Mach E. Sidenote: I suspect one the reasons Ford chose not to go the route of Model E was because Tesla was using Model for all their car models. Ford does own the trademark Model E however.
I just tested the maverick, ngl i was impressed. Affordable and pretty practical i was sold. And i guess ford's marketing team was spot on. Its gonna be my first ford and pickup truck. I basically use my drill pay for the national guard for the monthly payments and insurance.
Well, it's good that they're finally mixing up the truck sizes again. Especially if there's a range of work-oriented trucks and such rather than the off-road *playing* orientation. I think there's a real gap in smaller working/delivery trucks/trades vans that especially EVs would be a natural combination with. Being kind of a handyperson/semi-shadetree mechanic, I could easily see myself in a circumstance where like a Maverick-sized thing with maybe just an extended cab and some racks for long things like lumber or ladders would fit. Or maybe a bit more of a little van thing going on behind. I don't really need crazy offroad suspension travel and such, and I can't remember the last time I had more than one passenger ...being able to carry a reasonably heavy load for what it is and just not get stuck would be fine, and I could see similar vehicles, maybe even more basic, rolling around the cities for light deliveries and other stuff you used to see mini-trucks doing. Some times in my life I've needed a full-sized truck, but I doubt the local florists etc really need like F150s. (Though actually a few around here use those quaint antique ones, which is cool, I guess. :) With these skateboard platforms it'd probably be pretty easy to make a retro styled version without changing much technically but crash tests. :) Right now with everything kind of designed around a lot of passengers, it's easy to miss just how much room you can have in a pretty small vehicle with electrics.
Look at a maverick size vs an obs chevy single cab short bed pickup. Theyre like the same size except the 4.5 foot bed on the maverick is basically useless
@@alexanderdrago7166 Yeah, those four door pickups seem to be way too much a compromise to be good at either thing, especially the smaller they get. I guess some people must like em but maybe that goes to them being more recreational than working vehicles.
Why is this a problem? If it's a good design it shouldn't need to be changed frequently just to satisfy the consumerism demons. They don't race crossovers so there is no need for continual development. It's just a consumer appliance, updating the appearance and interior gadgets is enough.
@@kunzesaur and it's not like the manufacturers take a huge vacation on the cars, Toyota keeps the computers relatively current with performance and emissions standards, and interior tech changes often enough that you aren't buying a dated car if you buy new
because Mustang already has a name, people use # on social medias which will make the mach e show up, and also when people search for a mustang it will appear...its all marketing tbh
I think it's mainly because of the design. The Mustang name has it's own design language compared to the rest of Ford's lineup. They could've also called it Edge Mach E or anything alike since it's about the same size (maybe even the same idk, I haven't looked into it) as a Ford Edge.
Basically, the C2 platform sharing is like other brands’s platform sharing, except the other manufacturers’s all look the same, instead of being the same base. The C2-based cars certainly don’t look exactly the same, which makes the difference.
I drive a Honda Ridgeline. Unibody trucks are the move. I never tow things, but I haul stuff in the bed probably 2-3 times a week. I cannot stress enough how cool it is to see all these little unibody trucks hit the market. Weird buyers like me finally have options. Back in the day, we just had the Subaru Baja lol
Big Toyota fan and I want to get a tacoma off road, but with all this praise about the Maverick I’m REALLY debating on getting it since it will be my first truck
I was pissed that no one mentioned it! But then, I realized that it's not a crossover at all. It has a solid chassis, Rwd/4wd, transfer case and 4Lo. It's the epitome of an SUV.. love my 89 to death.... But like they were saying, RAV4 is a crossover. It's fwd with optional awd(no 4lo) and unibody. A true crossover, but still fun ride
@@FatDad_LittleBoy yeah you’re right with the crossover part. But I always get pissed when anybody talks about suvs and it’s origins, how they forgot about the vitara. I freaking love my 94 also. But I think it doesn’t get the love it deserves. It’s design besides being boxy, was pretty beautiful for that era..
I just converted the price to my local currency. Damn! America has some good cars that are well priced. I mean the Maveric was priced way lower than I thought; Here the honda City is more expensive than the Maveric. And our wages here are lower than there. No wonder almost all working American can afford one.
The average new vehicle in the US costs north of $42,000. Automakers don’t even want to sell “entry level” products anymore, and low interest loans means anyone can get cheap financing. Cars/trucks are a LOT more reliable nowadays (keeping a vehicle for 10+ years isn’t unusual anymore) and buyers want features. They’d rather have one truck or SUV that does it all (hauls lumber while still seating 5) over a separate truck and sedan.
Yeah, seems to mostly be low because they saved so much on development. Personally I can't wait for the release of the Maverick - I hope it will make some Ranger drivers considering upgrading and drive down the price of used Rangers (pre 2011) so I can pick one up for less.
It’s funny that you say everyone knows the Bronco Sport isn’t the “Bronco”, because I’ve had to correct people on that misconception for months already. Marketing wise the Bronco Sport added a small bit of confusion to the brand for the sake of trying to ride the rugged coattails of the legit Bronco
Same as the Mustang Mach E - probably a good vehicle but completely different from the Mustang. Ford is trying to exploit (ruining in the process) their classic names to sell new crossovers. Granted I think they're all doing that, think of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.
Hmm I agree and disagree, Bronco Sport is basically a newer Bronco II and I could see Bronco II being kinda dated sounding. I think Mach E should have been named the Mach E or Model E tbh, and named future models like Bronco E, F-150 E, etc.
@@MaestroJericho They should have named the Bronco Sport something else- I'm sure copywrite has run out on Navistar so they could use the "Scout" name. That would be a real throwback to a mid/small SUV.
Minivans were all the rage in suburbia until the soccer mom stigma took hold. Then the SUV was the hot station wagon. But gas prices were destined to increase and driving a truck was not fun for most. Hmm, what if people could drive a car but tell people it was an SUV...and the crossover was born. That said, I like the flexibility of Ford's platform and providing vehicles that do not all look the same from behind.
My favorite lineup is still with regards to crossovers is Subaru. All they are missing is just bring back the Baja and we got the whole band back together.
@@TommyArianoutsos Either Ascent or like how it was before based on the Legacy Outback platform. Now just use same chassis as outback. I would be fine with that, still have my Baja 15 years later and haven't found anything to be a better weekend warrior outside of maybe the explorer sportrac.
@@speedingoffence Are you refering to the 2700LB rated towing capacity? If so that is a 90% Use Case Scenario. Or are you talking about the turbo'd stock 230HP, 270FTLB of Torque. That can easily be tuned and upgraded with rather cheap after market parts to push into the 300-400s. Since it is the EJ25 engine, same one that is in an STI, Spec B and XT Variants up until 2013. Stock it pulls more than most cars out there now.
@@silverharvest753 Perhaps it was a regional thing, but here the Baja was only available with the 165HP 2.5. 230 HP wouldn't have gotten me into the seat, either. Beyond that, I'm not a fan of turbo engines- I don't really care how much power an engine produces at 5000 RPM, I care how power it produces at 1000 RPM, because that's where I need it, especially in an AWD vehicle. I don't race my cars, I drive them, and when I go for power, I want it immediately. I don't want to have to keep my engine revved at 3000 RPM while I'm driving in traffic in case I need to pass. Also, like 99% of car owners, I don't know how to troubleshoot my own engine beyond the basics of what sounds or smells usually mean, and even then, I don't know how to fix it. I don't want to have to pay someone $120 an hour to figure out what's going on when something goes wrong. If you're not a mechanic, aftermarket tweaks are just a ticket to an empty wallet Sure, on paper you could get decent numbers out of it, but at the end of the day there's a reason that people weren't buying them, and the most cited reason is that little engine.
I have a 2018 jeep Cherokee. I got it because I drive an hour each way to work, so I needed decent fuel economy, and I work at a strip mine, so I deal with mud often. I got the Cherokee because not many other crossovers have a real low range 4x4, which I sometimes need to pull my coworkers out of mud. I have to say, while it doesn't have the suspension travel of a bigger SUV, so it'll never do trails and rock crawling as well, it's extremely capable in the mud, better even than most of my coworkers 4x4 pickups.
Jeep has been making off road capable crossovers since the 80's and yet you guys failed to mention one. Trailhawks have been kicking butt for the last 10 years.
@@nerfatron all the Trailhawks of the past 11 years are very capable. No cap. Just do a search hear on UA-cam. I would even say The Cherokee trailhawk is more capable than the bronco sport. Plenty of footage to back my claim.
So? Most trucks have a 5.5 or 6.5 bed that will get handily beat by mom and a minivan in a builder’s yard as she throws 4x8 sheets directly inside and 14 foot lengths on the roof racks….. …. while the ‘manly’ men and their ‘rugged’ full size trucks mess around with tonneau covers, ratchet straps, flagging tape, and prayers in the pouring rain.. deciding between scratched cab roof paint, an 8 foot overhang with the tailgate closed, or the risk of everything falling out the back with it open.
@@Bartonovich52 so? I wouldn’t wanna get a trailer JUST so I can get longish PVC pipe Just because I didn’t get the long bed, I would rather just have to put the stuff in there and be done with it
I thought I was going to get sold on some car insurance, but doughnut yahll really just offered me a job!!! Thanks but no thanks means a lot tho, the fact that Allstate thinks your audience would make good insurance agents is awesome
Jobe actually almost ended up with Aaron Kyro a professional skateboarder from the San Francisco bay area and Braille House, but here he is here doin car stuff.
4:05 Blasphemy. America isn't getting a flood of wagons. They're not the same as crossovers. They're _cooler._ If I ever have to daily something bigger than a sedan, it has to be a wagon.
I do drive a 2020 Ford Escape SE in black since mid March 2022. I just loved the smooth ride and even using Apple Car Play in it. It is my 2nd Ford Escape. My 1st one was a 2015 SE in silver grey. That one reminded me of the 2012-2014 Ford Focus. Just a little bit over 11 years ago that I wanted a 2012 Ford Focus in a sedan or hatchback. I ended up with a 2011 Mercury Milan back in late June 2012. I did have a 2005 Ford Focus ZX5 in a SES trim level when it got totaled in a bad car accident which I broke my left ankle in early March 2012. I had that car almost 7 years. A car before that was a 1998 Ford Contour SE that I got it in mid October 1999. I had that car a little bit over 5 and a half years.
I have a couple mustangs and an edge. The edge is super useful, I see why if you can only have one car, a CUV makes sense. That said, my edge is going bye bye when I take delivery of the big boy bronco.
“You can get any car you want, as long as it’s a C2 platform” - Henry Ford
MK4 Focus not being sold in the US: Am I a joke to you
@@perfectlybalanced8995 Sales numbers say: YES
@@claymorexl really, I see them everywhere where I live
I'll take the Earth friendly pick-up truck C2, please.
😂 😂
The Subaru assent has 19 cup holders thus making it, theoretically, the best crossover
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Don't drink in your car. The best number of cup holders is 0. No cupholders = no spills.
This is good and all...
But how many USB ports does it have?
^^^ No shit saw an ad where that's literally the only thing they talked about for some Toyota product...
You could put a cup holder extension from the D List in each one and get 38 cup holders
I like that the Ford Maverick is relatively small, we've been missing a small pickup for many years now.
Isn't the ford ranger was the small truck the f150 was the medium and the f250 and up was the large truck
@@haydonnewby5048 compared to the older Rangers. It's a fair bit bigger.
@@haydonnewby5048 today’s ranger is yesteryear full size
I'd still prefer to have an option for having just the front seats and a proper bed length (I grew up around small trucks when they had beds that could take full sheets of plywood flat on the bed), but I guess I'll take what I can get.
@@haydonnewby5048 the current ranger is bigger than my full size 93 F150. It's wild parking beside one.
A Bronco Sport fell off a cliff in Colorado a few weeks ago. The driver survived the fall. While the truck looked like a crushed tin can the passenger compartment was completely intact. It's really impressive that the passenger compartment was intact after falling a few hundred feet down the mountain.
@BL Dontmatter he was testing the vehicle LOL
I saw that! Black Bear Pass is no joke.
thats one hell of a selling point tbh
@@LordZevv probly why my insurance went down with it
The Chrysler Airflow did that in 1934. They actually showed ads in movie theaters where a stunt driver drives an Airflow off a cliff, does a full somersault, lands on its wheels, and drives away. And around 1984, Volvo ads show a stunt driver driving a Volvo wagon off a 5 story parking garage, landing nose first on the pavement. The driver stepped out and walked away!
So, with the new rugged models, they're basically circling back to the CR-V from the 90s, which had fuel economy, great handling, ground clearance, 4wd and gray bumpers like the Subi wilderness models.
Yes agreed. And all what the new Mavericks got, the Honda Ridgeline was already doing it. But lots of people hate it bc its a honda. This video was like a huge advertisement JUST for Ford
My 99 crv only gets 18mpgs and feels like it’ll tip over😂 but it does have the rest except it’s awd
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@@cb7dakodo802 you have mechanical problems then. My CR-V, and CR-Vs belonging to a number of people in my Facebook groups get low-to-mid 20s with city driving and high 20s Highway driving. Average of 24-25 is normal.
@@AlexandarHullRichter nah she runs fine it just hit 151k miles, it barely hit 21 highway when I had stock wheels on it, it’s got new plugs, wires, distributor, brakes, timing belt kit, just about everything’s new, I also think it depends where you live, she’s a dog going uphill
Nolan: "a wagon is kind of a crossover"
You take that back!
Nolan has a tendency to be hardcore wrong once in every video. Wagons are its own breed.
This appears to be a religious issue in most of these comment sections.
@@BillLaBrie You’re absolutely right!
Sometime between the 1980s and 2000s… wagons became “cool” again.
Because before then.. they were ubiquitous and boring. National Lampoon Vacation was perhaps the apex of wagon hate.
The same thing happened to the minivan.
The same thing happened to the SUV.
The same thing is happening to the CUV.
@@Bartonovich52 here in Europe wagons never stopped to be cool. Especially the Germans.
I drive a 2022 Ford Maverick XLT and it’s honestly spectacular. I was a mechanic for years and my only concern is engine reliability. Otherwise it’s a great vehicle, I’m at 180 miles right now and have yet to hit half a tank. With that, I’ve driven with all seats filled, a load in the bed, and on the highway multiple times. It works amazing in every way. Only thing I haven’t done is towed yet but I’m planning on it. With its track record so far I’m betting it’ll be great. Ford really is starting to put its name back in the game as one of the dominant manufacturers and I’ve been enjoying it thoroughly.
Reliability shouldn't be an issue, especially with the hybrid that we're getting. The 2.5 hybrid system Ford uses has proven itself to be insanely robust, and that e-cvt is about as durable as a transmission can be. The 2.0 might have a few more issues, but even that is a very durable and proven powertrain.
the 2.0 has been in use since 2008. the transmission is definitely newer but used in the higher end escape, bronco sport, the edge, the discontinued focus, and the transit connect. it's been around for 2 (almost 3 years) now and I don't think there's been any big recalls regarding it.
@@commodorebud Yeah, not to mention many of the components used on the hybrid have been out for over a decade as well, and also have a very solid dependability track record. It seems like regardless of what powertrain you get, it will be essentially trouble free. Shouldn't really be any major teething issues with the maverick.
Do you have an update on any issues?
Its funny because hatchbacks and wagons are more practical, but not found in the US as much. Here in europe its more practical to have a wagon like an audi bmw etc.
We have to keep up our rugged individual cosplay somehow.
As an American, people here love being able to sit high and look over the road. They like "off-road" capability/high clearance. If people need more space than what a crossover or SUV offers, people usually get a pickup-truck. Which is also a very popular family vehicle here. Americans love big and rugged, overall. I also wish wagons and hatches were more popular here.
Wagons are gonna back to the US, there's a market for high powered station wagons now because of the people who loved them
How is a wagon more practical than a crossover?
I would do some pretty shady shit for an F11 M550D.
"he drives a wagon, that's a kind of crossover!"
Nolan, just no.
Ima push it, the old Volvo XC70, a lifted AWD wagon, because roads in Sweden aren’t always great, but why buy a suv in the early 2000s
@@kalle5548 I feel targeted
"Fried chicken is also a sandwich."
@@kalle5548 no, a suv is a lifted 4wd wagon, a crossover is a cross between a lifted 4wd wagon(suv) and a fwd/awd hatch.
all wagons are cross-overs but not all cross-overs are wagons
I’ve had my maverick for about a month now and I’m in love with it. First time ever owning a “pick up” and so far with small things around the house, the bed really helps compared to an suv or crossover
What are your thoughts on it now that you've had it for over half a year. We're looking forward to ordering an xlt hybrid in August.
@@KB-bh9hp I’ve got almost 10k miles on it and I love it. I’ve got friends with tacomas that wish they got a maverick instead. I’m 20 years old and I’ve been saving for my first car since I was 16 and I was about to pull the trigger on a Tacoma w 200k miles for the same price as a new maverick. Glad I made the decision I did
@@holdenc2636 Yeah, Tacoma's aren't terrible, but their only real advantage is they're reliable. But the maverick being a ford truck should also be pretty reliable as well. More reliable than a Tacoma with 200k on it that's for sure. You made a great choice, hope your maverick serves you well for many years to come.
@@KB-bh9hp thanks man! When I bought it I never really thought I’d use the bed and it would just be like there for emergencies but I’ve put my mountain bike in the back and skis and friends if I needed to lmao. It’s 100% more convenient coming from driving my moms crossover
The Bronco in the thumbnail should have been a Bronco Sport, not the actual Bronco with the body on frame chassis. Escape, Bronco Sport, Maverick are on Unibody/Monocoque chassis.
Was hoping someone had pointed this out. Bronco sport is an escape. Bronco is a brand new chassis
@@Michael-jq5pf not entirely new, it's still mostly ranger based
You're totally correct, that's on me. We changed it to the correct model. -Nolan
They should have just called the Sport the Bronco II to avoid the confusion. Ford just sucks with names.
*edit* Bringing back the Maverick name was pretty cool though.
@@Donut nolan we'll let you off since your the only 1 at donut without a crossover 👏😊
Comparing a wagon to a crossover feels like heresy in the world of handling.
Lol
I choked out my drink when he said that, i was so offended
Highly offended my guy!!!
No one drive to mordor in crossover! Like the Volvo wagon does!
I was surprised when he said people had to pick between good gas mileage or practicality. Wagons or as we call them in Germany "Kombi" (as in Kombination) were both practical and had better gas mileage than a SUV.
So while apparently in the USA people had to pick between SUV or Sedan, everyone in Germany drove a Wagon/Kombi. And this is still what people mostly pick.
For example:
In Germany you will see more Audi A4 Avant & Audi A6 Avant as well as Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class Wagons than you will see the Sedan Versions of all of these Models.
I always wondered why a Kombi/Wagon is less popular in the USA than a Sedan.
No wonder it took so long for Audi to bring the RS6 Avant to the USA, but i hope all the other Kombi/Wagons the USA doesn't get from us Germans because they think the Americans don't buy them will now come considering the Success of the Audi RS6 & insane Sales Numbers.
Also there is the cheaper Audi S4 and S6 Avant (a Version between RS Models and Standard Audi A4 and A6 Avant)
Mercedes-Benz, VW, BMW, Audi etc all have Kombi/Wagon Versions of almost all their Models that i think arent offered in the USA but should be.
Kombi/Wagons are always better than a Sedan if it's an Option
Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
I work at a Ford dealer, the maverick is actually pretty cool and INSANELY popular. The sales team is having to actually schedule test drives as EVERY maverick coming in is sold. (Same hype as big Bronco)
The maverick is the truck we didn't know we needed. The reason so many people buy trucks in America is because they use it to haul every once in a while but then just use it as a daily. But the maverick solves that. It's basically a a car with a bed, and the mpg is amazing
@@steve_the_vehicon632 exactly my thoughts. My wife wants one just for this reason. Her nearly only use of her current Trax is back and forth to work, and it does that well, but I'd be very handy to have a bit more capability than the Trax without having to take my Yukon and trailer for those middle-sized things that a small bed would work great for.
The market is ripe for Ford with only one competitor, the Santa Cruz, as no other truck is really fighting this, not even the Ridgeline, imo.
@@JBMuffinman187 I'm glad we share a point of view
I was about to buy one, then the dealership a week after selling my dad a fully loaded f150 lariat tried to charge me 3k over list on a vehicle I was going to order. I walked out and got a hyundai instead.
I'd be interested to see it side by side with older model vehicles as a size comparison. The new Ranger is bigger than my 93 f150 when I park beside one. I have an 83 ranger and there is nothing new on the road as small as it.
I am personally a large truck owner (I need them for pulling my racecars and equipment), but the new Maverick is impressive. I’ve been very surprised with the capability and overall quality that you get for the price. We have already sold multiple at my dealership and will have no problem selling every future one we get.
Donut is unlike any other channels, they focus on cars that actual people can buy and not just all supercars that only a few people can afford. This is why I love you guys!
Statement didn’t age well
@@Whotfisdray Sadly 🥲
The thing I like about the Bronco Sport, Escape, Maverick and Lincoln Nautilus (and for that matter the big Bronco) is that none of them have "aggressive" front styling.
Thank god for Ford. Not everything has to look mean and angular. I really think they’re gonna blow a lot of the competition out of the water in the next couple of years. I’m still buying a Chrysler car tho lmao
@@georgelaflare you mean your still buying fiats. (Fix It Again Tomorrow)
Yet they don’t look as girly as stuff like Subaru which is nice
@@Enorkyeoj We’re gonna need a new acronym for Stellantis now with the French blood mix in. Gotta be fair haha!
@@Enorkyeoj I mean, the only things that aren’t fiats are the sedans. The Charger, Challenger, and 300 are still technically Mercedes
“There is no meaningful difference between a CUV and a minivan” I mean, aside from the fact that minivans are about 45 times more practical than a CUV
They average the same seats, rear cargo space, and towing capacity. Sounds about the same to me.
@@lobehold2263 there’s generally more room in a minivan. I think they lower the floor more which adds interior cargo space.
I think to get comparable interior space a minivan offers you have to go all the way up to a Tahoe or suburban.
I mean, when you have kids, those sliding doors save you from a lot of issues. I still may have chosen a sporty hatchback myself... But truth be told, I don't think anything has beaten the minivan in shear practicality.
Ah Jesus. I was trying to be a troll. Not gonna argue about CUVs and minivans 😂
Well not argue. Yall were cool.
Bought a 2021 Ranger when my bronco pre-order was delayed, and I'm surprised daily with how fun and capable and practical it is. Ford has it figured out.
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I love my ranger it’s awesome great on and off-road
As someone who works as a utility for the plant that makes the Escape and Corsair, it is nice to see that people like them.
I have almost six years in the plant working in Trim. Save for the liftgate and doors, I have had a part in putting on the side panels for the interiors of every unit.
"he drives a wagon, that's a kind of crossover!"
No, just no!
I’ve been interested in the maverick since it’s announcement and I just saw one out in the wild for the first time and I’m 100% sold. Let’s be honest tho the price of that thing made the decision for me, no way I could ever afford a Ranger or f150
Same here but I might wait a year before pulling the trigger cos I have lost interest in my '07 Colorado
Same. Not a big fan of Ford, but building a Maverick on their site and it comes to 27 grand for a brand new truck, optioned the way I want. If I had more room I'd be sold
Same I’m going to get the xl hybrid with bedliner for $22K
Same here. I don't NEED a truck, but the 10 times a year I need a bed, it'd be nice not to have to call a buddy to help out. On top of that, it sucks that most trucks have "poor" mpg.
If they make a hybrid with 4x4/AWD, that would be a huge plus. The Maverick is one of the only new cars I have been looking at to replace our aging gen 2 Prius.
@@n00bp0w3r Same reasons here. I'm replacing a 1st gen Prius v.
How dare you call out Max for driving a wagon - the anti-crossover - SHAME! :)
Wagons are lowered crossovers.
@@deciplesteve or crossovers are lifted wagons
@@deciplesteve Wagons are XL hatchbacks.
@@deciplesteve crossovers have different bodies from the cars they're based on. A lifted wagon isn't a crossover, it's a lifted wagon
@@fzj8022 big brain
I wanna say that the original rav-4 came with an optional fishing pole and first aid kit. I don’t know if Ford is making radical changes so much as coming full circle to what the crossover was originally intended to be.
The original crv had a table in the back
My bronco sport has a first aid kit, bike rack in the trunk, built in coolers, and a tool kit to fix most basic things on the car. Pretty cool stuff
@@gh0stedone472 Ain't first aid kid compulsory for every vehicle on road now?
@@neeljavia2965 i don't think so
@@whypikin In my country it is if I remember correctly.
Because even in two wheelers you get a small first aid kit with band-aids, some lotions and other things.
This was an excellent video. I can only imagine the research that went into it. Great job guys!! - owner of a 2020 ranger (which shares the platform with the bronco)
'He has a wagon. That's a kind of a crossover.' BLASPHEMY!
*The fact that Ford actually put effort into making the Bronco Sport off-road capable.*
I have an CUV. Is it because I like? NOPE.
I need a small and economical car that can drive on a dirt road where my parents live without constantly scraping the bottom. I would like a coupe ☹
Old Celica gt4?
Lifted mr2
Wrx sti
Dirt road and you’re worried about scraping? I smell cap. Any eco sedan has the clearance for a dirt path
@@danoninho5880 Isn't high enough unfortunately. Love Celicas
I think the solution is clear: we need more wagons. My Volvo XC70 is the light of my life and I just want to know there will be a new wagon waiting for me when it dies.
Also we need more big sedans(stuff like the chrysler 300, Ford crown victoria, etc)
Move to Europe. We still have plenty of choice
Don't nobody wants a wagon
@@seanthe100 wait, so a combination of a much nicer normal car with the practicality of an suv is unwanted??
2021/2022 (can't remember) volvo V60 is a wagon and it's actually pretty dope
I really, REALLY like the blue bar at the bottom of your ad to tell us how long it runs. It's a really good creature comfort for viewers.
Yeah, regular Electrotechnician here, been looking for a decent compact truck for a while and the Maverick is pretty much bulls-eye on what i need. Will be my first brand new car and my first truck.
Wai, woah woah, how you gonna disrespect wagons like that, "kind of a crossover" 😭😭😭blasphemy
As a Passat wagon driver, don't lump me in with the crossover crew. Wagons are better than crossovers.
If you really need to move people just buy a minivan. Minivans blow the doors off crossovers when it comes to day to day driving and moving people. With the new stow away seats they are also more practical at moving stuff than crossovers.
Wagons are no where near being a sucky CUV.
The stow away seats are some of the most uncomfortable seats out there. Can't have comfortable seats that can stow in the floor. Don't think they are worth it.
Got to disagree on the seats. The second row ones felt the same as the front seats and the 3rd row was that same as most SUVs.
CUVs are superior. If you are tall it’s difficult to get in and out of a low wagon. In addition they are safer in collisions with trucks, not to mention better visibility. There is no penalty in mpg or handling. They are cheaper to insure and hold their value better.
Define “better”.
A wagon has less usable interior space. Is more difficult to enter and exit (which is why older people buy crossovers by the score). Lower ground clearance. And at the end, is really just a “shorter” crossover (because most crossovers are just “taller” wagons).
I never expected someone to used sponsor spots to advertise their job openings, especially an insurance company
People getting desperate in this economy- but like who do they think in the donut audience wants to work in insurance
Yeah it's pretty bad when they are trying to hire this way. It's a sign of how bad things are getting...
“…a wagon, witch is basically a crossover”, I have never felt so insulted in my life.
My grandparents bought a Lexus RX 300 in 1999 brand new and we still have it today. It’s unbelievable for us younger people that these cars were ahead of its time and really luxurious.
I love the idea of the maverick. I had wholly written off the escape derived bronco. Until my uncle bought a bronco sport badlands. Wow, what a great little rig, it’s reasonably fast, very buttoned down and will go up a dirt road with ease. Once they make a maverick that parallels a badlands bronco sport, I’m all over it. Maverick Tremor?
You can just buy a ranger
@@Turshin yeah if I want to double the price.
Maverick may be good, but I already have a Hilux :)
@@AHondaCivicEX Well you don't have to rub it in....
@@Turshin I got the Bronco Sport a few months ago and wanna trade it for a Ranger, it's a cool little thing but I'm not very confident with how much computer gizmos are in it compared to the Ranger and now feel like the need for having a truck. I feel like Maverick is a cool city truck though tbh and having Tremor/Raptor variants kinda weird and should expand to hybrid/electric.
I picked up my Maverick last weekend (2.0 turbo). Coming from a Titan, I’m looking forward to the more daily driver friendly mpg. It’s an awesome little truck that my wife and kid can still comfortably enjoy.
Did you get the awd ?
@@dtmfool789 Just the FWD. I don’t tow anything large. I have a 2016 Jeep Wrangler for off-road duties.
I'd say a wagon is just as practical and way easier to live with, and not to mention they look 10 times better.
I think the problem with wagons is that they are classified as sedans by the EPA, but get worse gas mileage than normal sedans. Crossovers are classified as SUVs, and get better gas mileage than typical SUVs. Thus crossovers, though getting worse gas mileage than a wagon, do better relative to EPA targets. A situation where outdated laws and guidelines (not updated to how manufacturers are skirting them) end up rewarding making less efficient vehicles. Europe does it different ways, and wagons are a lot more popular there.
@@quillmaurer6563 Well I live in Europe and they're quite plentiful here.
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browne manuel rwd diesel miat wagone no electronic nanny😍😍😍😍😍
Allstate ad subtext: we either don't pay enough or treat our employees so terribly they keep quitting, so now we have to start putting out national ads to lure in more corporate cannon fodder.
7:19 did Nolan say upcoming Fusion?! Man, I love that car! Really hope it is true that Ford is bringing back the Fusion!
waiting for the all new Fusion (electric SUV obviously).
"solved the crossover problem" I mean, they still exist, so I wouldn't say the problem is solved quite yet
😑 ok we get it.
Facts!
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You beat me to that one. I know I'll never see it but I would love to see the end of the crossover. They are honestly the worst thing to ever happen to the auto industry
Crossovers are so stupid. Its like why not just buy a minivan if you want space and why not just buy a real car if you want gas mileage/sport. Another thing I hate is every car having the word "sport" or "turbo" or random letters to make you think its fast (like the ford explorer st). Such an obvious marketing scam that I am disappointed in people for falling for
Minivans, truly are the _original_ crossover. An automobile that drives like a car, but built like a truck, with more room than either.
Nope. The original crossover was the AMC Eagle
@ turshin
Nope. The original crossover was the Model T
Ragtop, coupe, sedan, truck, tractor, and stationary industrial power source.
But, but, soccer mom!
My grandpa had a grand caravan and took out the back row and used it as kinda a truck because it was lower to get to and easier on his back.
@@Bartonovich52 sorry that's not a crossover. Body on frame construction
Wagons are not crossovers or SUVs. I saw an outback described as an SUV and it infuriated me.
That’s because that’s how Subaru markets it so it can leech sales from actual crossovers suv
@@octoslut every time I see one I think "That's not an SUV that's just a lifted wagon" and usually I just think "Oh well it's probably just an SUV with slightly different proportions and I'm looking too far into it" but now I'm certain that it's just a lifted wagon
I saw a brand new slammed outback and it made me realize it really is a wagon that has a tall stock height
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Do you also consider the Crosstrek a wagon? Just curious
That All-state commercial is the most mature advert you guys have ever done. Please keep that up
“SUVs are more practical than sedans”
Me who is from Sweden were wagons are the norm and the Volvo v70 was the most popular car for several years, and it is loads more and is more comfortable than many crossovers and SUVs: visible confusion
There are many comfortable and uncomfortable wagons.
Many comfortable and uncomfortable crossovers.
Off road I bet the Volvo won't make it far that's why we don't like wagons they scrape the ground.
@@seanthe100 Please. My first car was a Saturn SL2. That car had very little ground clearance. I drove over dirt roads and hay fields without ever scraping.
Seriously, tell me where your taking your *unmodified* daily driver that clearance is a real concern?
@@codeman99-dev I swear saturns are like POS tanks. Like they suck, almost everything goes bad. It will rust and yet somehow it will still run 300k miles with no oil and rotted floorboards and a transmission that may or may not shift.
@@Typzical speak for yourself. I blew the engine around 160K during normal highway driving. The rebuilt I replaced it with didn't last at all.
maverick seems sick, but the bodywork should lean towards more of the UTE design and admit that its a fuel efficient reliable ute for people who dont know they want a ute.
The US really needs to get on the UTE wagon. Sadly the US markets uses the weight and size of their pickup trucks to measure their dicks.
small pickups/utes are everywhere in world except usa (talking from brazil)
@@fidequem not in Europe
RIP Ford Focus and Fusion in North America 🥲
For real
And Mustang.
The new mustang should have been an Edge-E
Hell, they could have called it the Fairlaine or any other unused name from their back catalog.
Futura or Fusion... its Ford. What do we expect?
But then, how would they trick people into buying it. Like they also did with the bronco sport
Actually it should have been called the Model E to pay homage to Fords other major cutting edge vehicle that changed the automotive landscape over a century ago, the Model T. I hate the fact that Ford attached to their Mustang moniker. And on top of that they go and also use the Mach name, also a Mustang staple to further blemished Mustang history. Although I would have been more ok if they just called it the Ford Mach E.
Sidenote: I suspect one the reasons Ford chose not to go the route of Model E was because Tesla was using Model for all their car models. Ford does own the trademark Model E however.
@@MyHeadHz
No Fairlane totally does not fit it. It should have been called the Model E to pay homage to Fords original cutting edge car the Model T.
I just tested the maverick, ngl i was impressed. Affordable and pretty practical i was sold. And i guess ford's marketing team was spot on. Its gonna be my first ford and pickup truck. I basically use my drill pay for the national guard for the monthly payments and insurance.
Love the Subaru accent cup holder call out at 4:30 lol
Been wondering when this topic would come up!
Crossovers: “ my main goal is to blow up then act like I don’t know no body “
HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR
Well, it's good that they're finally mixing up the truck sizes again. Especially if there's a range of work-oriented trucks and such rather than the off-road *playing* orientation. I think there's a real gap in smaller working/delivery trucks/trades vans that especially EVs would be a natural combination with. Being kind of a handyperson/semi-shadetree mechanic, I could easily see myself in a circumstance where like a Maverick-sized thing with maybe just an extended cab and some racks for long things like lumber or ladders would fit. Or maybe a bit more of a little van thing going on behind.
I don't really need crazy offroad suspension travel and such, and I can't remember the last time I had more than one passenger ...being able to carry a reasonably heavy load for what it is and just not get stuck would be fine, and I could see similar vehicles, maybe even more basic, rolling around the cities for light deliveries and other stuff you used to see mini-trucks doing. Some times in my life I've needed a full-sized truck, but I doubt the local florists etc really need like F150s. (Though actually a few around here use those quaint antique ones, which is cool, I guess. :) With these skateboard platforms it'd probably be pretty easy to make a retro styled version without changing much technically but crash tests. :) Right now with everything kind of designed around a lot of passengers, it's easy to miss just how much room you can have in a pretty small vehicle with electrics.
Look at a maverick size vs an obs chevy single cab short bed pickup. Theyre like the same size except the 4.5 foot bed on the maverick is basically useless
@@alexanderdrago7166 Yeah, those four door pickups seem to be way too much a compromise to be good at either thing, especially the smaller they get. I guess some people must like em but maybe that goes to them being more recreational than working vehicles.
Just got my Ford Maverick AWD Truck. It's awesome!!
Power (250hp), Economy (+25mpg) and Style all in a small pickup!!
I’m a proud Ford Bronco Sport owner and it is VERY capable on and off-road!
Off-road they are beasts even conquered Moab they took a stock bronco sport up things I wouldn’t take my ranger up
Double edge sword. So nice to find our parts crossfit....but also a bummer when a car doesn't update for 20 years or a new car uses an aged platform.
Why is this a problem? If it's a good design it shouldn't need to be changed frequently just to satisfy the consumerism demons. They don't race crossovers so there is no need for continual development. It's just a consumer appliance, updating the appearance and interior gadgets is enough.
"aged technology" is the reason Toyotas are so reliable. The newest gen 4Runners are pretty F'n rad in my book, so...
@@kunzesaur and it's not like the manufacturers take a huge vacation on the cars, Toyota keeps the computers relatively current with performance and emissions standards, and interior tech changes often enough that you aren't buying a dated car if you buy new
If it ain't broke dont fix it.
Still wondering why they just didn't call the Mustang Mach E just Mach E.
because Mustang already has a name, people use # on social medias which will make the mach e show up, and also when people search for a mustang it will appear...its all marketing tbh
I think it's mainly because of the design. The Mustang name has it's own design language compared to the rest of Ford's lineup. They could've also called it Edge Mach E or anything alike since it's about the same size (maybe even the same idk, I haven't looked into it) as a Ford Edge.
Yeah Mach e already has a similarity in its name with the Mach 1
I 100% agree with you on that still love the car though
Because really who cares
Basically, the C2 platform sharing is like other brands’s platform sharing, except the other manufacturers’s all look the same, instead of being the same base. The C2-based cars certainly don’t look exactly the same, which makes the difference.
I drive a Honda Ridgeline. Unibody trucks are the move. I never tow things, but I haul stuff in the bed probably 2-3 times a week. I cannot stress enough how cool it is to see all these little unibody trucks hit the market. Weird buyers like me finally have options. Back in the day, we just had the Subaru Baja lol
Big Toyota fan and I want to get a tacoma off road, but with all this praise about the Maverick I’m REALLY debating on getting it since it will be my first truck
"The Bronco Sport isn't the big boy. It's not the big Bronco. Everyone knows that."
Whoever made the thumbnail for this video doesn't know that.
Exactly
EXACTLY
@@shept.7736 they've fixed it now
@@bananasplease666 oh yeah you're right
Apparently theyve also seem to not recognize Jeep and AMC has been making off road capable crossovers since the 80's. starting with the Eagle.
Can we bring back the shotgun racking sound when Nolan adjusts his glasses? It's not the same without it.
Seeing the Hyundai Santa Cruz in person for the first time a few weeks back was an awesome experience. They look absolutely FANTASTIC
I’m surprised that no one mentions the Suzuki Vitara/Sidekick as the first Japanese small suv… imo for a 89 car, it was on point
I was pissed that no one mentioned it! But then, I realized that it's not a crossover at all. It has a solid chassis, Rwd/4wd, transfer case and 4Lo. It's the epitome of an SUV.. love my 89 to death.... But like they were saying, RAV4 is a crossover. It's fwd with optional awd(no 4lo) and unibody. A true crossover, but still fun ride
@@FatDad_LittleBoy yeah you’re right with the crossover part. But I always get pissed when anybody talks about suvs and it’s origins, how they forgot about the vitara. I freaking love my 94 also. But I think it doesn’t get the love it deserves. It’s design besides being boxy, was pretty beautiful for that era..
Ford Flex baby, i have one , love it.
I just converted the price to my local currency. Damn! America has some good cars that are well priced. I mean the Maveric was priced way lower than I thought; Here the honda City is more expensive than the Maveric. And our wages here are lower than there. No wonder almost all working American can afford one.
The average new vehicle in the US costs north of $42,000. Automakers don’t even want to sell “entry level” products anymore, and low interest loans means anyone can get cheap financing. Cars/trucks are a LOT more reliable nowadays (keeping a vehicle for 10+ years isn’t unusual anymore) and buyers want features. They’d rather have one truck or SUV that does it all (hauls lumber while still seating 5) over a separate truck and sedan.
Yeah, seems to mostly be low because they saved so much on development. Personally I can't wait for the release of the Maverick - I hope it will make some Ranger drivers considering upgrading and drive down the price of used Rangers (pre 2011) so I can pick one up for less.
You can't survive in much of America without a car
Love the crossovers, not the vehicles, the hosts! Keep it up donut!
The mach e is not a true mustang.
It’s funny that you say everyone knows the Bronco Sport isn’t the “Bronco”, because I’ve had to correct people on that misconception for months already. Marketing wise the Bronco Sport added a small bit of confusion to the brand for the sake of trying to ride the rugged coattails of the legit Bronco
Same as the Mustang Mach E - probably a good vehicle but completely different from the Mustang. Ford is trying to exploit (ruining in the process) their classic names to sell new crossovers. Granted I think they're all doing that, think of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.
Hmm I agree and disagree, Bronco Sport is basically a newer Bronco II and I could see Bronco II being kinda dated sounding. I think Mach E should have been named the Mach E or Model E tbh, and named future models like Bronco E, F-150 E, etc.
Poor timing. They should have launched the Bronco first, then a year or two later launched the Bronco Sport.
@@MaestroJericho They should have named the Bronco Sport something else- I'm sure copywrite has run out on Navistar so they could use the "Scout" name. That would be a real throwback to a mid/small SUV.
My little brother and I love watching your videos here in Zambia
Minivans were all the rage in suburbia until the soccer mom stigma took hold. Then the SUV was the hot station wagon. But gas prices were destined to increase and driving a truck was not fun for most. Hmm, what if people could drive a car but tell people it was an SUV...and the crossover was born.
That said, I like the flexibility of Ford's platform and providing vehicles that do not all look the same from behind.
Nolan: “…with as much personality as a floor mat”
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Did Nolan just say a wagon is basically a crossover?! You can't liken us to those people, that's not fair
My favorite lineup is still with regards to crossovers is Subaru. All they are missing is just bring back the Baja and we got the whole band back together.
I would love to see an ascent sized baja
@@TommyArianoutsos Either Ascent or like how it was before based on the Legacy Outback platform. Now just use same chassis as outback. I would be fine with that, still have my Baja 15 years later and haven't found anything to be a better weekend warrior outside of maybe the explorer sportrac.
I totally would have bought a Baja if it weren't for that tiny little engine.
@@speedingoffence Are you refering to the 2700LB rated towing capacity? If so that is a 90% Use Case Scenario. Or are you talking about the turbo'd stock 230HP, 270FTLB of Torque. That can easily be tuned and upgraded with rather cheap after market parts to push into the 300-400s. Since it is the EJ25 engine, same one that is in an STI, Spec B and XT Variants up until 2013. Stock it pulls more than most cars out there now.
@@silverharvest753 Perhaps it was a regional thing, but here the Baja was only available with the 165HP 2.5. 230 HP wouldn't have gotten me into the seat, either. Beyond that, I'm not a fan of turbo engines- I don't really care how much power an engine produces at 5000 RPM, I care how power it produces at 1000 RPM, because that's where I need it, especially in an AWD vehicle. I don't race my cars, I drive them, and when I go for power, I want it immediately. I don't want to have to keep my engine revved at 3000 RPM while I'm driving in traffic in case I need to pass.
Also, like 99% of car owners, I don't know how to troubleshoot my own engine beyond the basics of what sounds or smells usually mean, and even then, I don't know how to fix it. I don't want to have to pay someone $120 an hour to figure out what's going on when something goes wrong. If you're not a mechanic, aftermarket tweaks are just a ticket to an empty wallet
Sure, on paper you could get decent numbers out of it, but at the end of the day there's a reason that people weren't buying them, and the most cited reason is that little engine.
As someone who just bought a Baja. Crossover trucks are coming back in style. Everyday I get comments from people telling me they love my little truck
I have a 2018 jeep Cherokee. I got it because I drive an hour each way to work, so I needed decent fuel economy, and I work at a strip mine, so I deal with mud often. I got the Cherokee because not many other crossovers have a real low range 4x4, which I sometimes need to pull my coworkers out of mud. I have to say, while it doesn't have the suspension travel of a bigger SUV, so it'll never do trails and rock crawling as well, it's extremely capable in the mud, better even than most of my coworkers 4x4 pickups.
Thank you for pointing this out, the Maverick is not a truck. It’s a crossover with a bed.
the wagon is the anti-crossover! its a car, with sedan fuel economy and sedan handling but the practicality of an SUV
That's not fair. Unlike an SUV, a wagon actually is practical.
Jeep has been making off road capable crossovers since the 80's and yet you guys failed to mention one. Trailhawks have been kicking butt for the last 10 years.
Yea and the last capable crossover they made was in 2001 (XJ Cherokee) and 2004 (WJ grand Cherokee)
@@nerfatron all the Trailhawks of the past 11 years are very capable. No cap. Just do a search hear on UA-cam. I would even say The Cherokee trailhawk is more capable than the bronco sport. Plenty of footage to back my claim.
I love you Nolan, my Niro 2017, has 150,000 miles, 100,000 of them are almost off-road or going over landing and camping. I love Donut
This video really hit the spot on my hate for crossovers.
Fun fact: Ford EU still produces the Mondeo, Kuga, Focus, Fiesta and Puma.
None of which sale well in the U.S.
@@Turshin Well the Kuga is the Escape, and the Mondeo is the Fusion!
"they're basically the same car with different logos" 😂😂😂 epic
This may have been sponsored by Allstate, but this was clearly a Ford video.
THIS.
Have you guys ever published your sources for the research. Just curious. Im a huge fan
As a person that loves hatches and wagons. Crossovers is a slap in the face to me.
12:53 “rugyness and utility” * while talking about a truck that has a 4.4 ft bed “
So?
Most trucks have a 5.5 or 6.5 bed that will get handily beat by mom and a minivan in a builder’s yard as she throws 4x8 sheets directly inside and 14 foot lengths on the roof racks…..
…. while the ‘manly’ men and their ‘rugged’ full size trucks mess around with tonneau covers, ratchet straps, flagging tape, and prayers in the pouring rain.. deciding between scratched cab roof paint, an 8 foot overhang with the tailgate closed, or the risk of everything falling out the back with it open.
@@Bartonovich52 so?
I wouldn’t wanna get a trailer JUST so I can get longish PVC pipe Just because I didn’t get the long bed, I would rather just have to put the stuff in there and be done with it
The worst crossover of all time: Eclipse Cross!
C'mon you could've AT LEAST called it something else for us missing the Mitsubishi glory days!
Overall design is just a shitty reincarnation of the Aztek, except the rear looks even more hideous
I seriously see Ford being on top for a while with all these new options
I thought I was going to get sold on some car insurance, but doughnut yahll really just offered me a job!!! Thanks but no thanks means a lot tho, the fact that Allstate thinks your audience would make good insurance agents is awesome
Jobe actually almost ended up with Aaron Kyro a professional skateboarder from the San Francisco bay area and Braille House, but here he is here doin car stuff.
Did I just watch a Ford commercial?
4:05 Blasphemy.
America isn't getting a flood of wagons. They're not the same as crossovers. They're _cooler._
If I ever have to daily something bigger than a sedan, it has to be a wagon.
4:06 pause
Nolan, thanks for making this video. Crossovers are boring but you made this interesting. Thank you sir
I do drive a 2020 Ford Escape SE in black since mid March 2022. I just loved the smooth ride and even using Apple Car Play in it. It is my 2nd Ford Escape. My 1st one was a 2015 SE in silver grey. That one reminded me of the 2012-2014 Ford Focus. Just a little bit over 11 years ago that I wanted a 2012 Ford Focus in a sedan or hatchback. I ended up with a 2011 Mercury Milan back in late June 2012. I did have a 2005 Ford Focus ZX5 in a SES trim level when it got totaled in a bad car accident which I broke my left ankle in early March 2012. I had that car almost 7 years. A car before that was a 1998 Ford Contour SE that I got it in mid October 1999. I had that car a little bit over 5 and a half years.
Crossovers are literally just station wagons cosplaying as SUVs, try to change my mind
Edit: four-door hatchbacks are also wagons
Because it is
I’ll do you one better: crossovers are sedans cosplaying as SUVs.
I always say if you want a real SUV, buy a real SUV. Wish we had a stronger station wagon market in the US
More like hatchbacks cosplaying as SUVs, wagons are longer and sleeker
@@fast.biking_freddy This. Wagons have good proportions, CUVs are just stupidly big, stupidly tall hatchbacks.
"allstate didn't want a typical donut ad" - oh so not something funny, original, or entertaining, gotchya I can skip now thanks
You know the economy is weird when Allstate becomes a large sponsor to ADVERTISE JOBS.
Hey, In Brazil we have a Fiat truck based on The Jeep Compass platform since 2016. Its called the Fiat Toro and it sells VERY well
I have a couple mustangs and an edge. The edge is super useful, I see why if you can only have one car, a CUV makes sense. That said, my edge is going bye bye when I take delivery of the big boy bronco.