Meet the refreshed 2025 Ford Maverick!
It’s only been on sale for a couple years now, but that doesn’t mean the Blue Oval can rest on its laurel and count the cash its small truck is bringing in. Quite the contrary — the Hyundai Santa Cruz just saw a revamp, so it’s only fitting that Ford makes some changes to keep things fresh. Enter what is assumedly the 2025 Maverick, which spy photographers caught with a conspicuous absence of camouflage before its official reveal.
So since we can see everything…what are the key changes we’re looking at? While it looks like the 2025 Ford Maverick will largely keep its exterior profile with this update, the front fascia gets a few noteworthy changes. The headlights, for example, are smaller and no longer wrap around the center element of the grille in a C-shape. Instead, these lights look a little bit more Ranger and F-150-ish, especially with how the running lights look. Rather than the headlight assembly wrapping around the turn signals, the signals are now more simply integrated into those new light assemblies.
The center, body color trim piece below the grille is now the first thing that catches your eye. If you were one of the folks who didn’t particularly like the front end styling of the Maverick when it first launched in 2022, then perhaps this is a bit more your speed. Ford’s designers also reshaped the lower fascia with a black trim piece separating the grille surround from the body-matched bumper, and look at that! Ford actually options fog lights from the factory, it appears.
Now, it’s worth noting all the color-matched options may be part of a special appearance package. Some folks consider this sportier looking maverick to perhaps be an “ST” performance model, or a trim/package that may use the “Lobo” name Ford trademarked last year. That isn’t yet clear, and this test mule still has Lariat badging, for whatever that’s worth (probably not much, since that could just be a pre-production quirk). My best guess is that this is an appearance package with some interesting looking black wheels, but the relative trim structure for the Maverick will remain the same, since ST is more of a car and crossover moniker than a truck one.
On the subject of trims, the 2025 Ford Maverick should keep the status quo largely intact. That means you’ll be able to buy an XL, XLT and Lariat with either a 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine or a 2.5-liter-backed Hybrid. The latter manages 191 horsepower and more than 40 mpg in the city, while the former puts out 250 horsepower for much better acceleration (not to mention all-wheel drive capability, which the Hybrid does not have at present).
Since this facelifted model is already out and about, it’s likely we’ll see more of the 2025 Ford Maverick in the coming months. Apart from the styling — and we expect Ford to similarly update the interior to the same level as the exterior — there shouldn’t be any huge curve balls compared to the Maverick you can buy from your local dealer today.
We will have to wait a little while to find out more about pricing. However, I also don’t expect any huge surprises there: A base version may start out around $26,500, while the pricier Lariat will probably top out the range around $36,500 before packages and options. The popular Tremor package, as it happens, may run upward of about $42,000 (again, these are all just guesstimates assuming Ford won’t crank pricing up too high from the 2024 models, so this could be way off).
Check out more of Andre and Nathan’s thoughts on the facelifted 2025 Ford Maverick below:
