Editing LDV Group (section)

==Vehicles==
LDV produced a range of panel [[van]]s, pick ups and minibuses, all available with various modifications and specifications. LDV's main customers were large British corporations, such as [[Royal Mail]], [[National Grid plc]] and many other [[utility companies]], which were politically persuaded to buy British built vehicles.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

'''200/400 Series''' 
The plant produced what was known as the 200 and 400 Series vans, inside the plant these were known as the K2 and 210 respectively. After the factory went into receivership in 1993, and a management backed buyout headed by Allan Amey, the 200 and 400 were given a facelift on the existing chassis, and renamed Pilot and Convoy.

===Pilot/Convoy===
Until 2006, LDV produced the [[LDV Pilot|Pilot]] and [[LDV Convoy|Convoy]], derived from the [[British Leyland]] Sherpa, and developed considerably throughout the 1970s to 1990s, and which were a common sight in the United Kingdom.

===Cub===
Between 1998 and 2001, LDV sold the Cub, which is a rebranded version of the [[Nissan Serena#Europe|Nissan Vanette Cargo]] after LDV entered into an agreement with [[Nissan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/1998/6/24/ldv-to-launch-own-version-of-nissan-cargo-one-tonne-van/3517/|title=LDV to launch own version of Nissan Cargo one-tonne van|publisher=fleetnews.co.uk|access-date=27 September 2015|date=24 June 1998}}</ref> Production stopped in 2001 when Nissan replaced the Vanette Cargo with a rebranded version of the [[Renault Trafic]] called the Nissan Primastar, which is produced in [[Luton]], England and [[Barcelona]], Spain. LDV, having struggled to sell the Cub, opted not to continue the agreement with Nissan.

===Maxus===
The last range of vans, the [[LDV Maxus|Maxus]], was introduced in the end of 2004. The Maxus was originally planned as a joint venture with [[Daewoo Motors]] of South Korea. Daewoo however, went into receivership in November 2000, before the project came to fruition.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/67218.stm LDV and Daewoo in £160m link-up] ''BBC News'' 19 March 1998</ref>

LDV subsequently acquired the exclusive rights to the van from [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], who had taken over Daewoo, and purchased the existing tooling and shipped it all to the Washwood Heath factory in Birmingham from the [[FSC Lublin Automotive Factory|Daewoo Plant in Poland]] where the van was originally intended to be built.<ref>{{cite news|title=Van maker plans 1,000 new jobs|date=19 August 2003|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3165425.stm|access-date=7 September 2007}}</ref> The Maxus was fitted with direct injection, common rail, diesel engines supplied by [[VM Motori]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Vehicles|publisher=VM Motori|url=http://www.vmmotori.it/en/01/01/index.jsp|access-date=7 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218063345/http://www.vmmotori.it/en/01/01/index.jsp|archive-date=18 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>