This looks fun too:
For the adults with CI to sleep in style and put the kids in...tent!
Plus haul kids toys and extra gear etc.
I am intrigued by the Maverick, with big reservations. The base XL package not only does not include cruise control, you can't get one, unless you step up to the XLT, for almost $3,000. This is 2022, folks. Cruise control is not a luxury. My first car, a real POS 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, had one.
No adaptive cruise control, unless you fork over at least another $6k for the Lariat. I don't want leather, and I don't want power seats and the moonroof, but there's no other way to have the adaptive cruise control.
A hitch with a 7-pin connector is optional. Even the 4-pin is optional. On a pick-up truck! C'mon, Ford.
Trailer brake controller is optional, but not on the hybrid engine, just on the gas one!
4K tow package is only available with the gas engine.
No rear USB ports, unless you step up to the Lariat, again, at extra $6k. Kids/grandkids in the back seat will HATE you.
No one-touch power windows (meaning you have to push/pull the window switch until the bitter end), unless you are at the +$6k Lariat.
I will wait for the Gen2, if it happens.
Regarding the GFC, I like the overall idea of this build. Looks like there's enough space for a porta-potty in the bed. We've just returned from a two night family camping trip in our tent, and I got up each night around 3am, and walked the sad old man walk through a 80 yard field, to reach the camp facilities.
Also, I don't like that the awning doors are angled to the inside of the bed. It makes standing underneath
a little more comfortable (but not much), but when it will rain, the water will pour off them inside the truck bed. If someone is cooking underneath the awning, or is just retrieving stuff from the bed, they'll be unhappy.