The slow-selling LDV V80 – which traces its roots back to 2004, and earned as little as two stars in crash testing a decade ago – is set to be dropped in Australia.
2019-onwards LDV V80 van.
Quite possibly of Australia’s least expensive van – the 20-year-old LDV V80 – is expected to withdraw Australian display areas toward the finish of 2024 preceding new accident evasion wellbeing tech it needs becomes compulsory one year from now.
The V80 was the main model sent off by LDV in Australia under Chinese possession 10 years prior, yet can follow its starting points to 2004 when the vehicle producer was a free English organization.
While deals of LDV vehicles in Australia have expanded 2600% beginning around 2015 – from 767 vehicles, to 21,298 last year – V80 conveyances have just expanded by 50%, and never outperformed 600 conveyances in a schedule year.
LDV leaders advised Drive this week the V80 is expected to finish up creation before the current year’s over due to declining request, and the Walk 2025 order for independent crisis slowing down (AEB) crash-aversion innovation.
The LDV V80 isn’t fitted with any type of cutting edge wellbeing innovation, and just has two airbags – with no side-influence assurance for tenants.
It was given a two-star wellbeing rating by ANCAP when tried in 2015, because of what was depicted at the time as a “hazard of serious injury to the driver’s head, chest and legs.”
Models with electronic dependability control – which didn’t open up until late 2015 – were granted three stars. The two scores are so old they lapsed toward the finish of 2022.
The LDV V80 was first presented in Australia in 2013, however was ‘relaunched’ by an alternate merchant – Ateco, which keeps on bringing in the brand right up ’til now – in 2014.
It discreetly got a facelift in 2019, and stays at a bargain controlled by a 2.5-liter super diesel motor, evaluated from $35,831 drive-away for private purchasers – making it quite possibly of Australia’s least expensive van.
Starting from the main LDV V80 vans were accounted for as sold by Ateco, 4601 models have been accounted for as offered – notwithstanding 112 instances of the now-ancient V80 transport.
2013 LDV V80 van.
In 2023, LDV revealed 596 models as sold – its greatest year – contrasted with 390 of every 2015, and 214 out of 2014.
In its most memorable entire year marked down, 2015, the V80 van and transport represented 57% of LDV deals – 390 vans and 51 transports out of a sum of 767 LDVs – however in spite of both the model and brand establishing deals standards in 2023, the V80 addresses simply 2.8 percent of LDV deals (596 out of 21,298).
