Ford has utilized for logos on the F-150 Lobo and Maverick Lobo names, hinting at attainable new variants of the 2 pickup vehicles.

Each trademark purposes had been filed with america Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) August 14 masking “motor autos, specifically gasoline and electrical cars, pickup vehicles, sport utility autos, and their structural elements.”

2023 Ford Maverick

“Lobo” is Spanish for “wolf,” so the Lobo fashions would develop a menagerie of pickup variants that already contains the F-150 Rattler and Raptor off-road fashions. Ford’s lineup is fairly properly stocked with off-road vehicles for the time being, together with not solely the Rattler and Raptor, but in addition Tremor variations of each the F-150 and Maverick.

The trademark purposes point out “gasoline and electrical cars,” 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 like a extra possible candidate.

2023 Ford F-150 with FP700 efficiency bundle

That leaves an internal-combustion efficiency mannequin as a chance. This may 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 just 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 technology 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.