Ford just took away the choice that made the cheapest Maverick so appealing. According to the dealer order guide for the 2027 model year, the base XL can no longer be ordered with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost — hybrid is now the only option. No exceptions. The price of the hybrid XL stays put at $28,145 before destination.
For anyone who actually wants a turbo engine, this hits harder. In 2026, the front-wheel-drive XL with EcoBoost starts at $27,145. In the new lineup, the cheapest Maverick you can get with a turbo engine is the all-wheel-drive XLT at $30,745. That's a straight $3,600 jump — 13 percent. On paper, the Maverick itself only gets pricier at the margins. In practice, access to the gas engine just got a lot more expensive.
Losing the gas-only XL pushes the lineup's floor up $1,000 from today's $27,145, but the hybrid's price doesn't move at all. Ford has already made the hybrid standard across XL, XLT and Lariat; all-wheel drive remains available too.
At the same time, EcoBoost is disappearing from Lariat as well. For 2027, the 2.0-liter turbo survives only on the XLT AWD, the street-focused Lobo, and the off-road Tremor. And here's where it gets genuinely strange: those two specialty trims are getting noticeably cheaper. The Lobo Standard drops from $35,930 to $32,155, the Lobo High falls from $41,425 to $37,155, and the Tremor goes from $40,645 to $37,155.
The biggest cut runs as high as $4,270. Ford hasn't explained the reshuffle yet — and that silence raises questions. The result is an odd setup: buyers chasing the cheapest Maverick are effectively being pushed toward the hybrid, while anyone wanting the classic EcoBoost has to step up to the XLT AWD or pick one of the specialty trims.
For the entry-level truck, the move makes sense from a running-cost angle too: the current front-wheel-drive hybrid is rated at 5.6 L/100km. But the real story of 2027 is the pricing shakeup. The cheap, turbocharged XL is gone. Full stop.
