Proton has entered a strategic partnership with CARSOME to offer customers a seamless solution to trade-in their old cars. Besides CARSOME, two other online bidding companies are also on-board with Proton. Proton says the partnership with CARSOME will provide customers with a range of benefits, including enhanced convenience, trustworthiness, competitive trade-in values, transparency in pricing, secure payment and ownership transfer, daily auctions, faster disposal, and comprehensive inspections

Nikkei Asia reported that BYD is to invest 17.9 billion baht (~RM 2.2 billion) in Rayong province, according to an official at Thailand’s Board of Investment. This move is said to make Thailand its production hub for Southeast Asia. "The WHA group has sealed a deal to sell a big plot of land in our industrial estate in Rayong province," said Jareeporn Jarukornsakul, industrial estate developer WHA's co-founder and chairman, to Nikkei Asia. The deal with WHA is expected to be announced soon. The

Carried-over powertrain Features AEB and Lane Keeping Assist One variant only, priced at RM 126k Bermaz Auto Alliance Sdn Bhd, the new sole distributor for Peugeot brand in Malaysia, has launched the all-new 2022 Peugeot 2008. The model comes locally-assembled (CKD) at the Stellantis manufacturing plant in Gurun, Kedah and is priced at RM 126,753 (OTR without insurance and SST) for the sole Allure variant. The 2022 Peugeot 2008 is a B-segment SUV goes against rivals like the Proton X50, Honda HR

Malaysians' hype for the Proton X50 started even way before its launch, and even with upstarts like the Perodua Ativa coming into the fold, interest in the model still holds strong. Which probably explains why it was a cinch to collect nearly 30 cars for a gathering, organised by the Proton X50 Senior Kakis group. It was a good, laid-back afternoon at MyTown Cheras with the owners as they shared their ownership experience with us, and we enjoyed seeing how no two X50s were the same. But...what d

Now that the dust is settled on the safety aspect of the Proton X50, we discovered something interesting in the crossover’s latest 5-star ASEAN NCAP report. Holding on to the fact that the X50 tested was the base-spec Standard variant (normal in crash tests to use the lowest-spec variants), MIROS has just kinda revealed that the X50 is making its way to Thailand. Hold on to your horses, enthusiastic Thai Proton fans. There has been no official announcement from Proton on when the Malaysian Tiger

Perhaps one of Malaysia’s most highly-anticipated models, the Proton X50, has been caught beside its larger sibling, the Proton X70, giving us a good look at how much smaller the X50 is. Compared to the Proton X70 (4,519 mm x 1,831 mm x 1,694 mm), the Proton X50 is 4,330 mm long (189 mm shorter), 1,800 mm wide (31 mm narrower), and 1,609 mm tall (85 mm shorter). The Proton X50’s 2,600 mm wheelbase is also 70 mm shorter than the X70. We’ve also compiled a table comparing the Proton X50 against it