Ford Maverick is perfect pick-up for active families that we need in UK… it drives like a Focus but best bit is the cost

THE Ford Focus lives on – as a pick-up truck in Trumpland. I’m serious. The Ford Maverick is perfect pick-up for active families Credit: JON SIMON The ‘FlexBed’ cargo area has built-in slots for bike racks and D-rings for kayaks and camp gear Credit: Supplied Put this Maverick through an X-ray machine and you’ll find the front end is essentially a Mk4 Focus underneath. It even drives like one. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Unusually for America, Maverick isn’t XL-sized like an F-350 Super Duty. It’s actually smaller than our Ranger pick-up and specially engineered for active families. Less for work, more for rest and play. The “FlexBed” cargo area has built-in slots for bike racks, D-rings for kayaks and camp gear and so on, an outdoor power socket, even a bottle opener for tailgate parties. Maverick starts around £21k in its US homeland, which is what? Renault Clio money? I’m sold. Most read in Motors There is even a bottle opener for tailgate parties Credit: Supplied KEY FACTS: FORD MAVERICK Price: £34,745Engine: 2.5-litre petrol hybridPower: 191hp0-60mph: 6.7 secsTop speed: 113mphEconomy: 36mpg Even our test car in the posh Lariat trim with 4WD and £5k of extras came in under £35k. Same as a Nissan Qashqai. Ford promised a “European Bronco” will come our way from 2028. Send us the Maverick as well, please. One last thing. Maverick is named after a Seventies two-door saloon and not Tom Cruise in Top Gun. You can watch the video on YouTube @sunmotorsUK. Comment now