[3] The first Maxus product, the V80 van, was unveiled at the Auto Shanghai motor show in April 2011.

[4] In the same month SAIC signed an agreement appointing the Malaysia-based WestStar group as the official distributor of the V80 for the Asia Pacific region.

[8] In September 2013 it was announced that Maxus vehicles would be sold in Thailand starting in 2014, as part of a deal between SAIC and SAIC Motor-CP Co.[9][10] Since April 2013, Kauffman Group-subsidiary Andes Motor is the official distributor of the Maxus brand for Chile.

[16] On December 14, 2015, Maxus was launched officially in Hong Kong with the V80 and the G10 being sold in cooperation with the Inchcape Group.

[18] On October 2, 2018, Ayala Corporation announced that AC Motors is the official distributor of Maxus vehicles in the Philippines.