The latest manufacturer to set their sights on
the Aussie market is Chinese based LDV with their
brand-spanking-new T60 Luxe and Pro models.
We recently headed out to their official launch
to drink their booze, eat their food, and see if we
could break their utes while no one was looking.
WHAT THE FLIPPIN’ HECK IS
AN LDV?
So you’ve probably never heard of LDV, but
they’re hardly a young upstart. In fact, they’re
one of the longest running manufacturers of
commercial vehicles in history. The L, in LDV
stands for Leyland Motors, who have been
punching out commercial vehicles for over 120
years, right back to timber-constructed steam-
powered wagons. The D stands for DAF Trucks,
a Dutch company building everything from vans
right through to semi-trailers. They’ve been
screwing them together since right before the
outbreak of WWII so have a reasonable handle
on things by now. In 1993 the pair combined to
form LDV (or Leyland DAF Vans) and set to work
building no-nonsense work-horses out of the
HITS
Great tech
optionsBig name
componentsValue for moneyMISSES
Unknown
reliabilityLimited
aftermarket
supportUnderpowered