Product type Commercial vehicles Country China Markets Global | Owner SAIC Motor Introduced March 2011 Website saicmaxus.com | |
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Maxus is a commercial vehicle marque owned by SAIC Motor Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., itself a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC Motor. It was launched in March 2011. Sales to Australia started in 2012 under the original LDV name.
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Name
The name of the marque originates from the Maxus model of the defunct British commercial vehicle manufacturer LDV Group, following the acquisition of LDV's intellectual property by SAIC in 2010.
History
The first Maxus product, the V80 van, was unveiled at the Auto Shanghai motor show in April 2011. In the same month SAIC signed an agreement appointing the Malaysia-based WestStar group as the official distributor of the V80 for the Asia Pacific region. The inauguration ceremony of the V80 was held in Shanghai on 29 June 2011. The sale of Maxus vehicles in Australasia began in 2012, with distribution by the Australia-based WMC Group. In September 2013 it was announced that Maxus vehicles would be sold in Thailand starting in 2014, as part of a deal between SAIC and SAIC Motor-CP Co.
Maxus's second production model, the G10 MPV, went on sale in China in March 2014.
Current products
The current Maxus range comprises the following models: