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Comparing apples to apples, since the price of the Ridgeline here is $50k the maverick starts at $34,795 here, and the hybrid starts at $35,295 according to the ford website.
Still a lot better on both price and fuel (if true), but the four doors, huge size (about the same as the ridgeline) and short (4.5 foot) bed still make me sad. If they had a two door long bed version it would be cool though.
Just to make sure you're doing a fair comparison, how much is a new Odyssey where you're at?
I'm seeing the Honda Odyssey you're comparing things to cost 37k USD new, where the ford maverick starts at 24k new. At less than 2/3 the cost of what you're comparing to, the maverick seems like damn good value. At that price point you're comparing it to sedans like the Honda civic or Toyota Camry.
The maverick carries 4 folks with better mileage and can moonlight doing truck things.
$54,096.25 for the Odyssey here, and that is kinda insane.