New Maxus 9 Van - Impressions

[ACCYSTAN]

A lot of Van for the money and it’s a decent enough drive.

Have no doubt, Maxus have purchased a Ford Transit and copied it through out which is not a bad thing.

Front cab is very Ford like, plenty of space, visibility, well built.

Engine (think it was a 2.0 diesel) had plenty of poke (I didn’t check mpg), felt nice cruising, no dramas, nice enough gear change.

Rear is well built, door hinges are good and strong, very transit like the way it looks.

Overall, a genuine alternative to a Ford Transit if 1. You have a Maxus dealer near you and 2. You can’t afford a Ford Transit.

Would have no problem buying one, I am sure they are a lot more of an attractive package price wise compared to the Ford Transit. I think the warranty is longer than Fords 3 year warranty.

[Register1]

What is the pricing compared to the equivalent Ford, Peugeot, Renault etc,?

[ACCYSTAN]

Good question

I don’t know

I have been on the Maxus website and there isn’t a price list (it’s not a very good website to be fair).

Most ‘deals’ are for HP or lease, can’t find a cash price from a quick google.

5 year warranty as standard

[awg454]

I’ve just ordered 2 delivery in 4 to 6 weeks L2 H2 model I paid £19k each

[ACCYSTAN]

Plus the VAT?
A lot of new van for £19k.

My local Ford dealer was offering new Transits for £23k + VAT in an offer they had on in March.

[awg454]

Yes plus VAT

[scorcher]

I paid 16k + vat for a L3H2 Relay at the end of 2019

[agent006]

Just looked at the pictures of it. They don't seriously expect to sell that over here without Ford suing them into a fine paste, do they?

[carreauchompeur]

agent006 said:

Just looked at the pictures of it. They don't seriously expect to sell that over here without Ford suing them into a fine paste, do they?

Colin the Caterpillar much?

[ACCYSTAN]

Well I had a look around my mates transit today on site and it really is a carbon copy.

The Maxus 5 year 125,000 miles warranty is the big selling point, it’s comprehensive.

Much better than the Ford 3 year 100,000 warranty.

[Register1]

awg454 said:

I’ve just ordered 2 delivery in 4 to 6 weeks L2 H2 model I paid £19k each

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Seriously,
Wow, thats a lot of big van for little money.
Plus the 5 year warranty.

[ACCYSTAN]

Had another play around in it today, it’s an impressive piece of kit for the money,

[awg454]

scorcher said:

I paid 16k + vat for a L3H2 Relay at the end of 2019

I was paying around 14k for boxers in 2017 vans have just shot up in price at the moment certainly making the deliver 9 look very good value

[MC Bodge]

There is nothing new in this appraoch. I went to Russia in the early '00s and saw a lot of Russian Transit "tributes" -Transitski?

[waynedear]

Ah right, wondered what those vans I have seen around are, had no idea what that front badge was.

[Venisonpie]

The challenge these things might have at the moment is parts availability and dealer network. However it will likely catch up and will become a player in due course.

[daydotz]

Venisonpie said:

The challenge these things might have at the moment is parts availability and dealer network. However it will likely catch up and will become a player in due course.

That's always been the issue they're struggled with with their re packaged maxus

[Toaster Pilot]

Maxus is yet another SAIC brand and just like with MG they’re going to make their real impact by selling the electric versions I reckon.