Private company

Maxus

Logo: Maxusmotor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Chinese vehicle brand

SAIC Maxus Automotive Co., Ltd. trading as Maxus (LDV in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Datong (大通) is a Chinese vehicle brand. Currently, it is a commercial and passenger vehicle manufacturer being a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC Motor, which owns other brands such as MG and Roewe.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Mar 2011Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersPeople's Republic of China1
  • Founded inShanghai1
  • Websitemaxus.autos
  • Legal formprivate limited company1

SAIC Maxus Automotive Co., Ltd. trading as Maxus (LDV in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Datong (大通) is a Chinese vehicle brand. Currently, it is a commercial and passenger vehicle manufacturer being a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC Motor, which owns other brands such as MG and Roewe.2

Corporate structure

Maxus is part of a group headed by SAIC Motor. 22 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

Since April 2013, Kauffman Group-subsidiary Andes Motor is the official distributor of the Maxus brand for Chile. Chile became the first foreign market to sell the T60 pick up truck in July 2017, where it has seen successful sales, becoming in just a year the 10th most sold pick up truck in Chile, outpacing all Chinese competitors according to the National Automotive Association of Chile and prompting Andes Motor to expand its Maxus dealership network around the country.

In October 2013, Maxus was introduced to Saudi Arabia via Haji Husein Alireza & Co. Ltd.

Maxus's second production model, the G10 MPV, went on sale in China in March 2014. In the same month, Maxus was introduced to Iran, Syria and the UAE.

On December 14, 2015, Maxus was launched officially in Hong Kong with the V80 and the G10 being sold in cooperation with the Inchcape Group. The brand was launched in Singapore on December 17, 2015, in conjunction with Cycle & Carriage as the official distributor, which was also the official vehicle sponsor for the 8th ASEAN Para Games 2015 event.

On October 2, 2018, Ayala Corporation announced that AC Motors is the official distributor of Maxus vehicles in the Philippines.

On 6 November 2023, SAIC Maxus officially unveiled its new light bus brand, "Xintu".

From Wikipedia’s article on Maxus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Current

The current Maxus range comprises the following models:

D series (SUVs)

Maxus D90 (2017–2022)

Maxus Territory, luxury variant of D90 (2022–present)

G series (MPVs)

Maxus G10 (2014–present)

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Maxus RG10, RV based on G10 (2019–present)

Maxus EG10, electric variant of G10 (2016–present)

Maxus G50 (2018–present)

Maxus Mifa 5, electric variant of G50 (2022–2024)

Maxus Euniq 5, electric variant of G50 (2019–2023)

Maxus G70 (2023–present)

Maxus Mifa 7 (2023–present)

Maxus G90 (2022–present)

Maxus Mifa 9 (2021–present)

T series (trucks)

Maxus T60 (2016–present)

Maxus T70 (2019–present)

Maxus T90 (2021–present)

Maxus Terron 9 (2025–present)

Maxus eTerron 9 (2024–present), BEV variant

Maxus Dana T1 (2025–present), a rebadged Yuejin Chaoyue H

V series (Vans)

Maxus Dana V1 (2023–present)

Maxus Dana M1, passenger variant of Dana V1 (2023–present)

Maxus EV30 (2018–present)

Maxus V70 (2022–present)

Maxus EV70, electric variant of V70 (2023–2026)

Maxus V80 (2011–present)

Maxus RV80, RV based on V80 (2016–present)

Maxus EV80, electric variant of V80 (2014–present)

Maxus FCV80, extended variant of V80

Maxus SV62 V80 chassis

Maxus V90 (2019–present)

RVs

Maxus V100, based on the V90

Maxus V80

Maxus H90, based on the Iveco Daily Ousheng

Maxus T90

Former

Maxus D60 (2019–2024)

Maxus Mifa 6, electric variant of D60 (2023–2024)

Maxus Euniq 6, electric variant of D60 (2019–2023)

Maxus G20 (2019–2025)

Maxus Mifa, hydrogen variant of G20 (2022–2023)

Maxus Euniq 7, electric variant of G20 (2020–2023)

Maxus Istana

Maxus LD100

Concepts

Maxus Tarantula SUV (2017)

Maxus Tarantula (2017)

Maxus D60 Concept (2018)

Maxus Concept Pickup (2020)

Maxus Mifa (2021)

Maxus GST quad-motor pickup truck (2023)

From Wikipedia’s article on Maxus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • LDV Automotive

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 2011Founded Founded in Shanghai1

Sources

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