2020 Proton X50 1.5T Flagship

Shortage of spare parts, especially for Proton X70 and X50 is forcing users to look for alternatives Spare parts traders cannot order Geely parts directly from China, because Chinese market parts don’t comply with UN regulations that are adopted in many markets, Malaysia included. Certification of compliance must be applied. Independent workshops say requiring cars to be repaired by authorized service centres as a condition for warranty, is anti-competitionMinistry of Transport will be loo

With the SUV trend on a full moon, many car manufacturer plans to bring in the latest model to our market, hoping to take some slice of the irresistible cake that is the SUV market. Malaysian will be spoilt for choice now, as there is a variety of SUVs in various sizes and flavors to suit your liking.Here at Wapcar, we present to you a slew of upcoming offerings in 2020 and 2021. Hold your wallet close.Proton X50Estimated arrival: H2 2020.Proton X50Without a doubt, the Proton X50 is literally th

After an absence of a decade, Proton makes its return to the South African market with its first shipment of vehicles on Friday, 27-May 2022. This comes after signing an agreement with CMH Group as Proton’s distributor back in April.The first batch of vehicles consists of the Proton X50, Proton X70, and the Proton Saga while it is also expected to arrive in Durban in July.Proton’s export growth sales in 2022 so far have been fuelled by the X50 and X70 with both SUVs showing an increa

In a rather surprising u-turn, Geely will be dropping the turbocharged 1.5-litre 3-cylinder (JLH-3G15TD) in the Geely Binyue, opting for a 4-cylinder engine instead. This marks a departure from their earlier stand, as Geely was one of the few Chinese manufacturers that continued to stick to 3-cylinder engines while other brands dropped theirs. Also Read: Geely is developing next gen 3-cylinder engines, no reason to switch back to 4Proton X50s engine is a 3-cylinder unitThe new engine is also a 1

The Proton X50 has problems, flaws and downsides. Is it still a good car to buy?Last year’s most hyped-up car was not from Italy or Japan – no, it was the new Proton new baby SUV, the Proton X50. When we took the B-segment SUV for a review, taking it anywhere was like hanging out with a celebrity i.e. people kept ogling the car, and ignoring us. It has been almost 2 years into the production of the car, and some stories have popped on the issues of the car. Is the Proton X50 still wo

Soon, 1 in every 3 new cars sold in Malaysia will be an SUV Sedans dropped from 78 to 64 percent MPVs dropped from 16 to 7 percentBy the end of 2022, it is projected that one in every 3 new cars sold in Malaysia will be an SUV. As for June 2021, the market share of SUVs now stand at 29 percent, according to data by the Malaysia Automotive Association.The figure is compared against passenger carrying vehicles, excluding commercial vehicles like pick-up trucks, prime movers, buses, or panel vans.A