2001 Ford Maverick – Driven To Write

Unbranded Steers (Part Two)

Continuing our exploration of Ford’s many and varied Maverick badged models.

After a compact saloon for the Americas and a rebadged Nissan Patrol for Australia, to what would Ford next apply the versatile Maverick badge?

Ford Maverick, 1993 to 1999:

Ford’s third model to carry the Maverick name was, like the second, a rebadged Nissan, albeit from Spain rather than Japan this time. The Nissan Terrano II was a compact SUV for the European market⁽¹⁾ manufactured by Nissan Motor Ibérica S.A. It was also supplied in very lightly modified form to Ford of Europe, who sold it as the Maverick.

Following the highly successful launch of the Land-Rover Discovery in 1989, Ford observed the growing popularity of SUVs in Europe but had nothing to Continue reading “Unbranded Steers (Part Two)”

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