2023 Ford Maverick Pricing, Ordering, Constraints Revealed for New Model Year
2023 Ford Maverick gets more expensive along with some new updates, though it won’t be easy to get one.
Entering its second model year, one could argue that there’s no vehicle on earth hotter than the Ford Maverick. After all, the compact pickup debuted to much fanfare last year, and demand quickly exceeded FoMoCo’s production capacity. The result is, well, there are a lot of folks that ordered a 2022 Maverick that are still waiting for a VIN, let alone anxiously awaiting an actual delivery of the vehicle itself. Regardless, there are quite a few things about the 2023 Ford Maverick that prospective buyers will likely want to know.
For starters, even though order banks for the 2023 Ford Maverick just opened up on September 15, they’re already set to close this week, according to Ford Authority. It’s an unusual move, but one that the automaker is attributing to overwhelming demand, coupled with the fact that it still faces a large backlog of unfilled 2022 model year orders. Given the fact that 2023 Ford Bronco order banks aren’t open to new customers at all, it also isn’t a huge surprise.
Those that do manage to order a 2023 Ford Maverick will also be facing a whole host of supply chain constraints, as the automaker itself recently revealed via its official site. Those constraints cover a pretty wide spectrum and include the brand new Tremor Off-Road Package and Tremor Appearance Package, the Black Appearance Package, and familiar features such as the spray-in Berliner, XLT and Lariat Luxury Packages, Co-Pilot360 Package, the Cargo Management System, tri-fold tonneau cover, and molded splash guards.
The other bad news, as one might imagine, pertains to pricing – which has increased across the board for the 2023 model year. The base XL trim pickup previously started out at $20,995 but has risen $1,200 to $22,195, followed by the XLT at $24,455 and Lariat at $27,955, both of which have seen pricing increase by $1,095.
One piece of good news is that the 2.0-liter EcoBoost I-4 is now a no-cost option, at least for those that wanted to opt for that over the hybrid. Otherwise, XL shoppers will be happy to know that cruise control is standard on the 2023 Maverick base model – a feature that wasn’t available at all, even as an option, in 2022.
Much of this isn’t what one might call great news, but in an industry that’s still ripe with supply constraints, it also isn’t terribly surprising, particularly for an affordable, efficient pickup that the world has been clamoring for since the discontinuation of the last-gen Ranger a decade ago.
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