Ford has utilized for emblems on the F-150 Lobo and Maverick Lobo names, hinting at doable new variants of the 2 pickup vans.

Each trademark purposes had been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) August 14 protecting “motor automobiles, particularly gasoline and electrical vehicles, pickup vans, sport utility automobiles, and their structural components.”

2023 Ford Maverick

“Lobo” is Spanish for “wolf,” so the Lobo fashions would increase a menagerie of pickup variants that already consists of the F-150 Rattler and Raptor off-road fashions. Ford’s lineup is fairly effectively stocked with off-road vans in the mean time, together with not solely the Rattler and Raptor, but additionally Tremor variations of each the F-150 and Maverick.

The trademark purposes point out “gasoline and electrical vehicles,” however there isn’t a electrical Maverick as of but. Ford is engaged on a efficiency model of the F-150 Lightning, however has already filed a trademark utility for the F-150 Flash title, which looks as if a extra possible candidate.

2023 Ford F-150 with FP700 efficiency bundle

That leaves an internal-combustion efficiency mannequin as a chance. This might fill a niche within the Maverick lineup, and would give the F-150 lineup one thing it hasn’t had because the unique, gasoline-powered Lightning went out of manufacturing. Ford lately launched a supercharger choice for the F-150, however as a dealer-installed efficiency bundle, not as a part of a definite mannequin.

A refreshed F-150 is slated to debut on the 2023 Detroit auto present in September, updating the present era that debuted for the 2021 mannequin yr. Anticipated to debut as a 2024 mannequin, spy pictures level to new designs for the lights at each ends, presumably a multifunction tailgate, and a revised sprint with a portrait-oriented touchscreen. If a Lobo variant is not a part of this refresh, it may seem with the next-generation F-150 anticipated in 2027.