A light commercial vehicle ( LCV ) in the European Union , Australia and New Zealand is a commercial carrier vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of no more than 3.5 metric tons (tonnes). The LCV designation is also occasionally used in both Canada and Ireland (where the term commercial van is more commonly used).
8-720: The Jinbei Grand Haise or Jinbei New Haise (金杯大海狮) is a series of light commercial van produced by the Chinese automobile manufacturer Jinbei based on the same platform as the smaller Jinbei Haise vans. First launched in 2010, the Jinbei Grand Haise has since been available in a wide range of body configurations, including a minivan/MPV , minibus , panel van , crew van , and an ambulance . Short wheel base versions are named Jinbei Grand Haise W or Jinbei H2 while long wheel base versions are named Jinbei Grand Haise L or Jinbei H2L. The Jinbei Grand Haise W or Jinbei H2
16-445: A dedicated commercial vehicle network for heavy and light commercial vehicles, Volkswagen, whose franchised dealers usually have standalone van centres, Iveco, and Isuzu Truck. Isuzu Truck market commercial vehicles up to 18 tonnes GVW and Iveco market their heavy truck range with their Daily van to complement this. Many franchised dealers also retail used LCVs, with the poorer quality examples sent to specialist auctions for sale. There
24-400: A regular car license without the need for an Operator's License . The speed restriction is higher than heavy goods vehicles: 60 MPH on dual carriageways and up to 70 MPH on motorways. Qualifying light commercial vehicles include pickup trucks , vans and three-wheelers – all commercially based goods or passenger carrier vehicles. The LCV concept was created as a compact truck and
32-461: Is usually optimised to be tough-built, have low operating costs and powerful yet fuel efficient engines, and to be used in intra-city operations. All of the above light commercial vehicles are sold through dealer networks. Usually, a car dealer will have a franchise for the sale of a manufacturer's cars and the LCVs will be sold as an addition. The exceptions to these are Mercedes-Benz, which has
40-644: The Grand Haise W called the Jinbei New Haise was added later featuring a restyled front bumper. Engine options of the Jinbei Grand Haise includes a 2.4 liter diesel engine and a 2.5 liter diesel engine mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. With the 2.5 liter engine producing 115hp and 280N·m of torque. The designs of the Jinbei Grand Haise models are controversial as they heavily resemble the fifth generation Toyota HiAce (H200) with similar body styles and overall vehicle dimensions despite only having
48-625: The license to produce the H100 models. The Jinbei Grand Haise are among the various Chinese vans from domestic brands that chose to replicate the Toyota HiAce H200 vans with only minor styling differences. Other brands include government owned manufacturers including Rely and Foton . Light commercial vehicle In the UK, light haulage is a restricted-weight delivery service where the maximum permitted gross vehicle weight rating without
56-422: The need of an operator's license is also up to 3.5 tonnes. Usually light haulage excludes a distribution center as the majority of deliveries are direct. A delivery may consist of a single, multiple or priority urgent load and can be either same day or next day delivery. The vehicle (as long as it doesn't exceed the 3.5 T gross vehicle weight) does not require a tachograph and can also be driven by people with
64-410: Was released by Jinbei on March 23, 2012, with the Jinbei Grand Haise L or Jinbei H2L models being added shortly after. The Jinbei Grand Haise W provides up to 12 seating positions, compared with 14 seats on the Jinbei Grand Haise L. The Jinbei Grand Haise W and Jinbei Grand Haise L models share all essential body parts as well as styling features with only the size being different. A cheaper model based on
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