A "New Products" slide Ford shared during a presentation hinted the Maverick could arrive for 2021 and plays right into the timing of this tailgate stamping leak.
"In April, a leaked CAD image showed a tailgate with Maverick stamped near its base. In early July, an anonymous source sent TFLTruck a closely cropped image of what looked like stamped pressing of the tailgate from the CAD image, complete with the model name as and where it should be. That same anonymous tipster, or a different one, has now sent Motor1 the same picture of that tailgate, with a wider crop. The reflections and scuffs along the top of the stamping give it away as the same image sent to the TFLTruck."
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"In April, a leaked CAD image showed a tailgate with Maverick stamped near its base. In early July, an anonymous source sent TFLTruck a closely cropped image of what looked like stamped pressing of the tailgate from the CAD image, complete with the model name as and where it should be. That same anonymous tipster, or a different one, has now sent Motor1 the same picture of that tailgate, with a wider crop. The reflections and scuffs along the top of the stamping give it away as the same image sent to the TFLTruck."

Ford Maverick tailgate stamping leaks; we may see the whole thing in 2021
Internet clues are helping online detectives build a case proving the return of a compact pickup called the Ford Maverick. In May 2018, Ford filed to tradem
