Proton Commerce, a joint venture between Proton’s sales arm Proton Edar, and CIMB Bank announced today that it disbursed a total of 27,288 loans to Proton car buyers in Malaysia in 2023. The figure is a new high for Proton Commerce, rising in tandem with Proton’s recent record of 154,611 units sold – its highest since 2012. This also means that 18 percent of Proton cars sold last year were financed by Proton Commerce. The Proton Saga is the financing arm’s most important model, contributing 61 p

During the launching of the Proton Digital Experience (DX) centre in Quill City Mall yesterday (19-June), Proton’s Deputy CEO, Roslan Abdullah revealed to the press that nearly 5,000 booking orders were collected for its latest flagship model, the Proton X90 since its launch last month. He also said that more than 500 units have been delivered to customers. “We expect deliveries to increase in July while the waiting period for the X90 is now less than 6 months,” Roslan commented. The Deputy CEO

Ever since being taken over by Dinamikjaya Motors, Kia has started a bit of a revival among consumers in Malaysia despite only having a couple of models in its line-up. The Kia Sorento seems likely to be model number three based on this latest discovery. This Astra Blue Sorento was spotted while we were covering the BYD Atto 3’s launch. The Chinese EV maker is distributed here by Sime Darby Motors which is one of the shareholders for the Inokom plant in Kulim, Kedah which currently assembles (CK

The cat’s out of the bag – During the launch of the 2022 Proton Saga MC2 earlier today, Proton’s CEO Dr Li Chunrong said, "Over the next 2 years, we will launch at least 3 brand-new models". That pretty much confirms that Proton will be launching not one, not two, but at least three brand-new models over the next 2 years, starting from 2023. Geely Haoyue-based Proton X90 – Largest SUV yet The first one isn’t too hard to guess, as the model has been spotted in Malaysia a few times already. We’re

Set to be Proton’s largest model when it goes on sale in Malaysia in 2022, the upcoming Geely Haoyue-based ‘Proton X90’ could be yet another homerun. Too bad for those hoping for the Geely Jiaji-based MPV, as the SUV-esque Geely Haoyue makes better sense in this region. After all, Geely Philippines sells the Haoyue there as the Geely Okavango, allowing for a more cohesive ASEAN-wide product strategy. Also Read: Proton V70 (Geely Jiaji) might be dropped in favour of Proton X90 (Geely Haoyue) What

As us Malaysians ride the Proton X50 wave, our friends in the Philippines are gearing up to welcome the Geely Okavango, based on the massive Geely Haoyue. Sojitz G Auto Philippines - official distributors of Geely cars there - confirmed the funkily-named SUV's 2021 introduction to media sources. Bookings for the seven-seater SUV will open on 17-October in the Philippines. The same source also reports that the Okavango will be equipped with a 1.5-litre turbo engine mated to a 7-speed wet-type dua