Rumours are floating around that official bookings for the upcoming Proton X50 will start in July, but is it true?

Not really. Bookings for the Proton X50 won’t be opened next month, as the launch for the new B-segment SUV may have been postponed a fair bit, owing to the current CMCO and Covid-19 pandemic situation.

As such, we would advise everyone not to put down a deposit at dealers as Proton has yet to officially open bookings for the new model.

While we’re on this topic, we would also like to remind everyone that prices of the Proton X50 have yet to be confirmed. The RM 76k to RM 104k prices that you see circulating on social media platforms are not true.

To recap, the upcoming Geely Binyue-based B-segment SUV is all but confirmed – test mules have been spotted doing their rounds around Malaysia, including one wearing Proton’s ‘Infinite Weave’ front grille.