2026 Maextro V800: Huawei's $112,800 Ultra-Luxury MPV Has a Coffee Machine

Huawei's ultra-luxury Maextro brand has a new flagship people-mover. The 2026 Maextro V800 officially launched in China on August 5, 2026, positioned squarely against the Toyota Alphard and Lexus LM — and, at 5,495 mm long with a 3,430 mm wheelbase, it's a genuinely larger vehicle than either. Three trims span 766,000 to 1,016,000 yuan (roughly $112,800 to $149,700), and Maextro says it took 2,115 firm orders in the first hour after launch alone. This review is based on a hands-on walkaround by one of our partner channels, Sergey Gilevich — and unlike most of the glowing first impressions this segment usually gets, his verdict on the V800 came with a genuine complaint at its core: the ride.

Performance & Specs

Powertrain	EREV, dual-motor AWD
Range extender	1.5T turbo ICE, 127 kW (generator only)
Motors	160 kW front + 230 kW rear (390 kW / 523 hp combined)
Battery	65 kWh CATL "Giant Whale" NMC, 800V
0–100 km/h	5.7 s
Combined range	Up to 1,335 km (battery + 65 L tank)

The V800 is an EREV (extended-range EV): a 1.5-litre turbo four-cylinder never drives the wheels directly, only spinning a generator to top up the 65 kWh battery once it's depleted. Two electric motors do all the actual driving — 160 kW up front, 230 kW at the rear, for a combined 390 kW (523 hp) and a claimed 5.7-second 0–100 km/h across all three trims. CLTC-rated EV-only range is 340 km on the entry Premium trim and 330 km on the Executive and Flagship trims (a small, trim-specific difference worth flagging rather than treating as a single flat number), with up to 1,335 km of combined range once the 65-litre tank is factored in.

Our reviewer's road test found the chassis genuinely flat and stable through a 40 km/h corner — "it goes in level, like a slab," in his words — with confident braking and acceleration. But the V800's fully active, continuously-adjustable suspension (following the same flat-ride philosophy NIO and Li Auto have popularized in China) was, in his assessment, the first suspension tune on an expensive Chinese car he's genuinely disliked in five years of reviewing them. He described it as riding harshly over mid-size potholes despite staying level, with road noise and suspension chatter louder than a BMW 7 Series on the same surfaces — and, in a side-by-side he filmed immediately after, noticeably firmer and louder than a Li Auto Mega minivan. For a vehicle whose entire premise is chauffeur-driven comfort, that's a real miss, and one worth taking seriously rather than glossing over.

Dimensions & Practicality

Length	5,495 mm
Width	2,006 mm
Height	1,850 mm
Wheelbase	3,430 mm
Curb weight	3,190 kg (top trim)
Seats	7 (2+2+3 captain's-chair layout)

At 5,495 mm long with a 3,430 mm wheelbase, the V800 is a genuinely large vehicle — roughly half a metre longer overall than a Toyota Alphard, with a wheelbase that grows the difference even further. Curb weight tops out at 3,190 kg on the range-topping trim. Wheels are a modest 19 inches, wrapped in 255/55R19 Michelin Primacy tires — a comparatively soft-sounding tire spec that makes the ride complaints above harder to explain away as a wheel/tire choice.

Design & Interior

Second-row captain's chairs are the V800's showpiece: near-zero-gravity recline, individual footrests, fold-out tray tables, and a "boss mode" button that mutes the driver's cabin from the rear so a call or a conversation isn't overheard up front. A previous Maextro flaw — a front headrest that used to physically jut into the second row and block full recline — has been fixed on this generation, per our reviewer's direct comparison. Massage functions are fitted to the front, second, and third rows, and while our reviewer rated them as genuinely good, he noted they still fall a step short of the segment benchmark he's used for comparison, the Zeekr 9X.

Materials draw a more mixed verdict. Nappa leather is used on the seats and, oddly, the headliner — but not on the door cards, which use a lower-grade, non-Nappa hide instead. Our reviewer flagged this specific inconsistency as hard to justify at this price point, noting that Maextro's own S800 sedan, sold at a comparable price, has no such material complaints despite the V800 being the larger of the two cars. Against direct segment rivals Mercedes V-Class and Lexus LM, though, he was unambiguous: the V800's materials and second-row luxury aren't close on either. The steering wheel drew his single strongest compliment of the whole review — wood-trimmed, finished in a leather he called "simply gorgeous," with fully tactile physical buttons throughout.

Between the second-row captain's chairs sits a configurable console: buyers choose either a lidded storage box (fitted to our reviewer's test unit) or a paid-option built-in coffee and tea machine, which uses pod-style inserts and dispenses into a cup holder, with a small screen that folds away to reveal a Maextro-branded panel when not deployed. A retractable ceiling projection screen carries over from the S800 sedan and impressed our reviewer again here — he specifically tested its visibility in daytime sunlight and found the image still fully legible, useful for HarmonyOS-based file sharing and presentations on the move. A built-in refrigerator, full curtain sets on every window, and individually dimmable electrochromic glass round out the second- and third-row experience; the third row itself has reasonable head- and legroom for watching a film or joining a meeting in transit.

Technology & Features

The cabin runs on HarmonyOS with a 41-speaker Huawei Sound audio system and full device-mirroring support, letting passengers cast documents or presentations to the vehicle's screens — a deliberate pitch at the corporate chauffeur-car market the V800 is aimed at alongside the Alphard and Lexus LM. Autonomy hardware includes six lidar units among 40 total sensors, with Maextro describing the underlying architecture as ready for Level 3 autonomous driving once Chinese regulators permit it. Heating, ventilation, and massage are fitted across all three rows, and the panoramic glass roof pairs with individual manual curtains for privacy.

Available Versions

All three trims share the same 5.7-second 0–100 km/h and 390 kW combined output; the difference between them is almost entirely in cabin equipment and finish level rather than powertrain. Some Chinese outlets refer to the top trim as the "Navigator Edition" rather than "Flagship Edition" — the pricing and specs are identical either way, just a naming variance across press coverage.

Pricing & Availability

Pioneer/early-build versions begin deliveries in September 2026, with the remaining V800 trims (and sibling model V680) following in late September. Maextro reports 2,115 firm orders within the first hour of the August 5 launch, part of a pre-sales period that had drawn over 10,000 buyer inquiries across 23 days, with the V800 accounting for roughly 80% of that total — strong early demand for a vehicle priced well north of $100,000. The V800 is China-market only for now, with no export or international availability confirmed as of August 2026.

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