One reason for LDV's collapse was the fact that local authorities were abandoning the brand, eroding its share of what was previously a mainstay of its sales base.
TransLinc, based in Lincoln, sources vehicles for local authorities across the UK, and according to Mark Werrell, national sales manager, LDV has not been a considered choice by local authorities for the past five years.
Today, LDV makes up just 2% of the vehicles on TransLinc's books, which equates to less than 100 units.
The last local council to take a significant number of LDVs was Coventry; since December, only one authority has requested LDV, says TransLinc.
Werrell says that although the Maxus was a huge step forward compared with its predecessor, the Convoy, it still failed to match the quality of its contemporaries, particularly vans from Ford and Mercedes-Benz.
"We took a pessimistic view of its value when we wrote down the vehicles," he says.
Of the 100 LDVs on its books, only 25 are affected by the cancellation of LDV's warranty by administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"TransLinc has been exposed to the warranty on the remaining vehicles, so there are those extra costs we have to meet, but we have no massive concerns," Werrell says.