After nearly four years and over 70,000 units on the road, the Proton X70 has finally received its first minor change (MC), giving it mild styling tweaks and a new engine option to go with …
, giving it mild styling tweaks and a new engine option to go with them. No, this isn’t a facelift in the conventional sense, even though its twin, the Geely Boyue, has gone under the knife twice in China for the 1.5 Executive. Making a return since it was dropped in 2020 is the Executive AWD retailing atThe Premium X remains at the top of the lineup, now named simply the 1.8 Premium and costing RM6,000 more at.
Three-pot engines aren’t exactly the last word in refinement, but the new mill, developed in collaboration between Geely and Volvo, gets a sound-insulating polyurethane engine cover to ensure the X70’s whisper-quiet driving experience remains undimmed. It’s also locally assembled for the first time, built at a new plant in Tanjung Malim – ahead of it being offered in more Proton models in the future.Buyers hankering for the older 1.
Finally, there are the two new wheel designs, both lifted from the Chinese-market Boyue Pro. The intricate 19-inch alloys on the 1.5 and 1.8 Premium are familiar and come from the SE, but the 18-inch rollers for the Executive have not been seen in Malaysia before. The Standard, on the other hand, rides on the same silver 17s as before.
Safety-wise, the X70 comes as standard with six airbags and stability control; as before, only the Premium models can be had with advanced driver assistance systems . The suite is unchanged and includes autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, door opening warning and automatic high beam.
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