A Ford road truck appears set to return, with the Maverick compact pickup to be the avenue.

Our newest spy photographs present a camouflaged prototype of a Maverick sporting a brand new entrance fascia that is decrease than any design at present discovered on Ford’s compact pickup. It is laborious to gauge however there may be a big intercooler hiding behind the fascia.

The prototype additionally options 19-inch wheels, which is one inch larger than something at present provided on the Maverick, and people wheels are wrapped in Goodyear Wrangler Territory Freeway Terrain tires that are designed for improved traction on paved surfaces whereas supporting solely delicate off-road circumstances.

Up again, the impartial rear suspension used on Mavericks geared up with all-wheel drive might be noticed. There’s additionally a single exhaust tip however that is solely a short lived unit for testing functions.

2025 Ford Maverick Lobo spy photographs – Photograph credit score: Baldauf

The Maverick is at present provided with the selection of a hybrid powertrain constructed round a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder and producing 191 hp, or a 2.0-liter turbo-4 with a meatier 250 hp on faucet. Any Maverick road truck will possible have much more energy on supply, probably from a brand new engine.

Ford hasn’t confirmed plans for a performance-oriented Maverick however the success of the Raptor variations of the Ranger and F-150 present there’s demand for pickups with further efficiency. A possible identify for the Maverick road truck is the Lobo, a reputation Ford has trademarked not just for the Maverick but in addition the F-150. Lobo means “wolf” in Spanish and Portuguese.

Whereas Ford stays quiet on a Maverick road truck, the automaker has beforehand teased such an idea. On the 2021 SEMA present, Ford offered a Maverick road truck idea constructed by New York’s Tucci Sizzling Rods.