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Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

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In the SAIC Group, Maxus is responsible for light commercial vehicles, SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans. In addition, there are especially many of the latter in the range: there are junior G50 / Euniq 5 models and the “middle" G10 / G20 / Euniq 7 family. And now the flagship minivan is ready, which, as planned, should compete with cars. Buick GL8 and even Mercedes V-Class. Moreover, this Maxus has two varieties at once.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

Maxus Mifa 9

The first debuted back in November last year, and sales began in February last year: this is the electric Maxus MIFA 9. And now the petrol Maxus G90 has been added. In addition to the power unit, the cars differ in the design of the frontal part, but otherwise it is the same car with independent spring suspension, a wheelbase of 3200 mm, front-wheel drive and a body with a width of 2000 mm and a height of 1840 mm

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

With the MIFA 9 model, the company has opened a new family of electric vehicles with extensive online options: MIFA stands for Maximum Intelligent Friendly Artistic. But all this has nothing to do with the power plant. The minivan with a length of 5270 mm is equipped with an electric motor with a return of 245 hp and 350 Nm. A 90 kWh traction battery should last for 560 km on the Chinese CLTC cycle.

The petrol Maxus G90 has a more menacing look with huge fangs of running lights. Other plumage increased the length to 5280 mm. A two-liter turbo four (234 hp, 390 Nm) is installed under the hood, equipped with a 48-volt starting generator that helps in the first seconds of acceleration and works as part of the start-stop system. The gearbox is an eight-speed Aisin “automatic”, the declared acceleration time to “hundreds” is 9.6 s.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

Minivans have the same interior and equipment. There are three screens on the front panel and no hardware buttons. Touch panels are designed to control outdoor lighting and climate control. The right screen shows only the media system, and in front of the driver is also an augmented reality projection screen.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

Transmission control, regardless of the type of engine, is assigned to the lever on the right steering column, as in Mercedes. For a surcharge – a salon mirror with a built-in screen that transmits an image from the upper rear view camera.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

The basic layout of the cabin is seven-seater: with two separate seats in the second row and a three-seat sofa in the third. And the most expensive configurations have six seats. At the same time, the second row seats have folding tables and small touch screens on the side armrests: they control the electric drive, ventilation and vibration massage. And separate third-row seats, with partial electrification and folding footrests.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

There are other luxury options as well. On the roof – a sliding roof over the front seats and a full-fledged "panorama" with a sliding section at the rear. In front of the passengers of the second row, media system screens with separate camera lenses for video calls are installed. The control panel for the third climate control zone is located on the roof. Finally, there are adaptive cruise control, parking and other driver assistants.

Luxury minivans Maxus G90 and MIFA 9: against the V-class?

Maxus MIFA 9 electric minivans are now available in China, prices ranging from $43,000 to $60,000. The Maxus G90 petrol is available for order and will go on sale at the end of April. It is expected that it will be cheaper than its battery counterpart: from 36,000 to 55,000 dollars.

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