The MAXUS is a van model produced by LDV Limited. It was launched in late 2004. The model was jointly developed by LDV and Daewoo Motor, prior to Daewoo entering receivership in 2000, in a five year, £500 million development program. Following General Motors' acquisition of Daewoo, LDV secured the exclusive rights to the vehicle, purchased the tooling and moved it from Daewoo's plant in Poland to the LDV site in Birmingham. LDV was acquired in 2006 by the Russian automotive giant GAZ and there are plans to start production of the MAXUS in one of GAZ's Russian factories by 2010.
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| - The MAXUS is a van model produced by LDV Limited. It was launched in late 2004. The model was jointly developed by LDV and Daewoo Motor, prior to Daewoo entering receivership in 2000, in a five year, £500 million development program. Following General Motors' acquisition of Daewoo, LDV secured the exclusive rights to the vehicle, purchased the tooling and moved it from Daewoo's plant in Poland to the LDV site in Birmingham. LDV was acquired in 2006 by the Russian automotive giant GAZ and there are plans to start production of the MAXUS in one of GAZ's Russian factories by 2010.
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| - The MAXUS is a van model produced by LDV Limited. It was launched in late 2004. The model was jointly developed by LDV and Daewoo Motor, prior to Daewoo entering receivership in 2000, in a five year, £500 million development program. Following General Motors' acquisition of Daewoo, LDV secured the exclusive rights to the vehicle, purchased the tooling and moved it from Daewoo's plant in Poland to the LDV site in Birmingham. Since 2005 the vehicle has received good reviews and has sold well across the UK. The van is being used on fleet basis by companies such as Transco, Royal Mail and various UK police services. The van is also very popular in the hire market. LDV was acquired in 2006 by the Russian automotive giant GAZ and there are plans to start production of the MAXUS in one of GAZ's Russian factories by 2010. Not long after its launch the LDV MAXUS was awarded the Professional Van and Light Truck Magazine "Van of the Year 2005" and has since won several further awards including "Van of the Year", "Minibus of the Year" and "Combi of the Year". The LDV factory went into administration on the week of the 8th of June 2009, due to lack of funds from Russian owner GAZ. Some 800 workers were laid off during this period leaving the whole van building operation in question. It was hoped that Weststar may make a bid to buy the maker to allow production to restart with the funding in place. In August 2010, it was reported that China's SAIC, which bought most of the LDV assets, planned to launch the Chinese version of Maxus in late 2011. In 2011, the Chinese company Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) launched a new commercial vehicle marque called Maxus, following its acquisition of the intellectual property of LDV in 2010. The LDV Maxus model was relaunched by SAIC as the V80 in June 2011.
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