MAXUS pickup and van catalogue

Which model should I be looking at?

Start with the duty cycle, not the specification. If the load rides on an open bed and the route leaves the road, you want a pickup. If it needs to be enclosed, locked and stacked, you want a cargo van. If you are moving people, the passenger vans run from nine to fifteen seats.

Then choose the powertrain by where the vehicle sleeps. A vehicle that returns to the same yard every night with a three-phase supply is a candidate for battery electric. One that finishes each day somewhere new should be diesel — or, if you want electric drive without the charging dependency, the Dana Super EREV and the Yuanjie hybrid sit between the two.

Why is steering listed on every card?

Because ordering the wrong steering is the single most expensive mistake in vehicle importing — the unit cannot be registered and cannot economically be returned. Eight models are available in factory right-hand drive; the newest models are left-hand drive at launch. A factory RHD vehicle is not a converted left-hand-drive one, and inspectors in Kenya, Tanzania and Australia treat them very differently.

Side-by-side comparison of the two electric trucks →