It appears Ford has a hit on its hands with the mid-size Maverick truck. Ford says it's the truck ... There are new trim colors and materials available, including the light and airy Aspen Gray ...

The Maverick Lobo might not look like a pink-and-teal-pinstriped, lowered ‘91 Ranger, but the new truck is decidedly better ...

The Wildwoods Boardwalk Special Improvement District is replacing one of its nine tram car towing units with a Ford Maverick hybrid pickup truck.

Effective May 2, these increases range from $645 for the hideously expensive Tremor to $1,150 for the XL, XLT, and Lariat ...

The decades-old attraction is testing a new look, but it will still blare the familiar, 'Watch the tram car, please!' ...

Being affordable hasn't hurt, even if Ford has steadily increased prices for the compact truck over the years. That trend is likely to continue, given the Maverick's one, teeny-tiny issue ...

Full disclosure: Ford ... nonhybrid Maverick models, so you aren't getting any extra shove, but 250 horsepower and 277 pound-feet of torque should be plenty to get a 3,800-pound truck around ...