Bangladesh is the fourth export market for Proton’s flagship SUV model, the Proton X90. Launched under new partner Rancon Holdings Limited, the X90 is offered in the country with two variants – the 7-seater Premium and 6-seater Flagship. 25 units have already been registered in less than two weeks following its unveiling on 29 February 2024. Prices for the Premium start from BDT 4.59 million (~RM 199k) while the Flagship is priced from BDT 4.99 million (~RM 217k). In a press statement, Proton an

Proton just announced that 13,602 units of its models were sold in February 2024 both domestically and in export markets. As such, a total of 26,484 Protons were sold in the first two months of 2024, an increase of 3% over the same period in 2023. The Proton Saga remains the best-selling P1 car of the month with 6,212 units sold, making February 2024 the fifth consecutive month the entry model sold more than 6,000 units. 2024 will be the 39th year for the nameplate that kickstarted the Malaysian

The wait is finally drawing to an end as Proton has finally revealed its latest rebadged Geely model, the Proton X90. It will be Proton’s first hybrid-powered model though the system used is a mild-hybrid (MHEV) rather than a full hybrid (HEV). The upcoming 3-row D-segment SUV is based on the Geely Haoyue which is sold in the Philippines as the Geely Okavango since 2020. Named after the African delta, the name also caused a bit of a stir (or laughs) among the Tamil-speaking community. Perhaps it

The cat’s finally out of the bag – Proton has dropped the initial round of information surrounding its upcoming model, the Proton X90. The new model is set to be a D-segment SUV, positioned above the Proton X70. Four variants will be offered – Standard, Executive, Premium, and Flagship. The Flagship variant is the only variant that gets captain seats on the second row, effectively making it a 6-seater SUV. Every other variant is a 7-seater model. For the first time ever in Proton’s history, a pe

Big news yesterday as Kia's Malaysian operations have officially come under new ownership. In case you've missed it, the new distributor is Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto. Following that, the new distributor is calling for current Kia owners to hop on to their site and participate in the company's customer information update exercise. This information, the company says in their Facebook post, will be used to allow their system to check for warranty status and recall no

At a recent virtual meeting with Dr. Håkan Sandquist, director of powertrain strategy at the Geely-Volvo Car jointly owned powertrain specialist CEVT AB, we posed a question to the person who lead the development of the Proton X50’s three-cylinder 1.5 TGDi and 1.5 MPI, will Geely go smaller than 3-cylinders? Beyond the 1.5-litre 3-cylinder, Geely also has a 1.0-litre three-cylinder for the Chinese and European market. So how small is too small? The simple answer is that 2-cylinder engines are un