Taiwanese Yulon Motor unveils its new turbocharged Luxgen MPV based on a Renault chassis
Taiwanese auto industry player Yulon Motor has taken the wraps off its new 3-row Luxgen MPV, which will be built by a newly formed subsidiary company from April 2009 onwards. The MPV will be sold under Yulon’s own LEXGEN marque, which probably means it will be oddly called the LEXGEN Luxgen?!
The name Luxgen is derived from combining the words Luxury and Genius and is meant to reflect the qualities that Yulon have attempted to build into the MPV. Built on an old Renault Espace chassis, the Luxgen has a central in-car computer system powered by Microsoft Windows CE that provides the entertainment system as well as an interface to various features such as the “night vision”-capable cameras mounted on the wing mirrors. Under the hood is a 2.2 liter turbocharged engine producing 200 horsepower and 280Nm of torque which should be way more than enough to lug around 7 people together with their luggage.
The MPV is 4,800mm long and 1,876mm wide, which is actually longer and wider than the benchmark Toyota Estima’s 4,795mm length and 1,800mm width. Look after the jump for more shots of the Luxgen.
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February 25, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
Design wise i think quite nice.
February 25, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
Wow.. even taiwanese MPV is going turbocharged! Why not our Campro?
This MPV seems more luxury then the Estima… Yummy… If driven wise, the FC may even better then the boring 2.4L VVT-i…
Somemore night-vision found in those BMW/Merc!
February 25, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
I like this MPV, its design is quite vogue. Will this car be imported to Malaysia? If so, I think this will be huge challenge to upcoming mode Proton MPV. Hope
February 25, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
paul ah,
want to ask you ah, the Honda CITY NEW one got come in white color & manual in the near future, you think??
February 25, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
Hmm, quite a nice car. The whole car just look sleek. With all the technology items equipped in the car, I guess the car price will be around Toyota Estima’s price if and only if we have it in Malaysia…
February 25, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
[quote comment="215355"]I like this MPV, its design is quite vogue. Will this car be imported to Malaysia? If so, I think this will be huge challenge to upcoming mode Proton MPV. Hope[/quote]
its bigger than the toyota innova, and even bigger than the estima.. there is no way you can compare this mpv to proton exora. its in a totally different class..
but then again, i wouldnt dare buy this mpv. would you?
February 25, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
[quote comment="215368"][quote comment="215355"]I like this MPV, its design is quite vogue. Will this car be imported to Malaysia? If so, I think this will be huge challenge to upcoming mode Proton MPV. Hope[/quote]
its bigger than the toyota innova, and even bigger than the estima..
there is no way you can compare this mpv to proton exora.
its in a totally different class..
but then again, i wouldnt dare buy this mpv. would you?[/quote]
Why not?
February 25, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
luxgen , sounds like some sort of treatment for ur genitals !
February 25, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
interior is nice.. but the exterior so ugly
February 25, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
aiseh…i dont like the front look…like tapir..
February 25, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
Littlefire said,
Wow.. even taiwanese MPV is going turbocharged! Why not our Campro?
well my friend,
campro will be turbocharged..just wait for it!!
have a nice day
February 25, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
wow…wat a cool car…
February 25, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
Yulon has been assembling Nissan cars for so long now, so they must have picked up most of the technical know-how, just like our Proton.
February 25, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
looks good, but hopefully that’s not all about good looking….
February 25, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
I like the interior design of the MPV.Outside design, im not really sure..but it does look luxurious overall compared to Proton Exora hehe
February 25, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
At least taiwan had evolved into an industrial country that able to produce high quality products. I am sure their rnd is hell a lot better and will be just as good as Japanese products.
February 25, 2009 @ 11:12 pm
wat the … it looks so weird.. lagi lawa proton exora
February 26, 2009 @ 12:10 am
not bad ah, the interior is quite nice.
February 26, 2009 @ 12:21 am
Design wise…quite decent and more unique than proton MPV
February 26, 2009 @ 12:25 am
Looks like Hyundai Entourage to me
February 26, 2009 @ 1:52 am
Jaxxon;
indeed…if im not mistaken, the taipei 101 tower was fully engineered locally in taiwan.oops of topic……
February 26, 2009 @ 3:12 am
looks more balance then some of the mpv out there
this company try to make cars sometime ago(more then 10 year)
but fail , so they just concentrate do build nissan car . now they do it again , with nice appearance and nice price tag , rm90k++ rumour from taiwan
February 26, 2009 @ 7:59 am
Actually those badged engineerning of Lancer and Saga between Mitsubishi and Proton in the early 1980’s were eventually offered to Taiwan in the first place. They refuse, and Dr.M with his vision persuade Ku Li (then Finance minister) to proceed with it.
February 26, 2009 @ 8:06 am
microsoft?!
r u kidding me??
microsoft?!
seriously?!
February 26, 2009 @ 8:30 am
the meter made in malaysia!
February 26, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Aiyah! Protong campro take around 10 years to make . Turbocharged, another 10 years….
February 26, 2009 @ 9:48 am
Nice design..but dont like the grill.
eh,the door handle nearly like a fridge door handle…
the 2nd final pic is confusing me.is it the A shape window panel at the side mirror is body colored?the other picture show that part is a glass.
February 26, 2009 @ 10:12 am
wow.hope the facelifted exora will get the similar dashboard like this…really look luxury…with mounted in gps instead just portable gps..
February 26, 2009 @ 10:39 am
[quote comment="215431"]Actually those badged engineerning of Lancer and Saga between Mitsubishi and Proton in the early 1980’s were eventually offered to Taiwan in the first place. They refuse, and Dr.M with his vision persuade Ku Li (then Finance minister) to proceed with it.[/quote]
are you certain about what you’re saying? this company, yulon has been in the industry way before proton was even an idea in a persons head. they were partnering with nissan at the time we didnt even have our own country yet.
and from what little that i know, proton was conceived right from the very beginning in 1983 to be a malaysian car manufacturer. the way your comment goes, seems to say that proton was created for taiwan(why taiwan?), and when taiwan “refuse” (as if they were being forced??), then only Dr. M say proton is national car company.. Are you sure???!!?
February 26, 2009 @ 10:44 am
[quote comment="215371"][quote comment="215368"][quote comment="215355"]I like this MPV, its design is quite vogue. Will this car be imported to Malaysia? If so, I think this will be huge challenge to upcoming mode Proton MPV. Hope[/quote]
its bigger than the toyota innova, and even bigger than the estima..
there is no way you can compare this mpv to proton exora.
its in a totally different class..
but then again, i wouldnt dare buy this mpv. would you?[/quote]
Why not?[/quote]
simple. there are so many other choices in malaysia. i’ll go for someone with a longer track record in malaysia.
February 26, 2009 @ 10:48 am
the engine is from Renault
February 26, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
i duno..the front kinda looks like the honda stepwgn…..i dun like the exterior…the interior looks nice….n in my opinion…the name is just down right stupid….haha…
February 26, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
look at the picture of the side rear-view mirrors………the lining below it looks kinda poor quality…the grey colourin is like uneven…maybe it waz taken from a clay model or sumtin….i duno…but if than wat from the end product…mati lerrrrr….
February 26, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
i went to Yulon last year, its old plant starting on late 1970’s (if i’m not mistaken)
i believe proton plant is more hi tech compare to Yulon. Even i havent to tjg malim, from what i heard proton is better.
The only different between msian n taiwanese, is about attitude. they are ’same’ like japanese, n i hv no doubt they can produce such this model.
After Exora, i believe Proton can do better. perhaps better than yulon car.
cheers
February 26, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
The door handle s looks uber complicated.
Nice tech-influenced dash there. Cool.
But not diggin’ those grille. Over sized.
February 26, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
Paul, the fifth picture looks funny, got some little cracks on the surface which is supopposed to be the window, clay model?
February 26, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
[quote comment="215571"]Paul, the fifth picture looks funny, got some little cracks on the surface which is supopposed to be the window, clay model?[/quote]
that is the sticker .
taiwan maker make have a different style for covering their road test car
they used silver sticker instead of black sticker
February 26, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
[quote comment="215435"]microsoft?!
r u kidding me??
microsoft?!
seriously?![/quote]
i think it shud b d so called “car-pc”…
a product tat hv been popular in china mainland n taiwan for some times dy…
i oso interested wif tis product~hehehe…
February 26, 2009 @ 6:46 pm
Nice car. If put toyota or mazda logo on top of it, people cannot tell the difference of it.
February 27, 2009 @ 10:06 am
For me the design team yet to work out very hard on the exterior. Since this model is based on Renault Ecspace looks like they don’t alter the front side. Since the original Escpace is sleeker curve hood look so this MPV should at first place adjust the side windscreen, so the resemblance of the Escpace is not there. Then for me to have buldging hood it’s must have straight sidelines rather than arch sidelines, unless it’s balance just like Merc CLS.
March 2, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
I’d like to contact Yulon. Can somebody provide me with their contact details, telNo, Fax No. email address. Thank you.
March 3, 2009 @ 7:58 am
I’m sure about it. proton was Dr. M brainchild. it is the badge engineering of Lancer went to Taiwan first, but Dr. M grab this oppurtinity to shift our economy from agriculture and comodity based to heavy industries. this is after 1985 recession. HICOM also born on the same period. You can ask Dr.M through his chedet.cc about this.
March 23, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
Cheers to the Taiwanese MPV, am proud of your achievement. Syabas !
March 23, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
look at the details even to those minutes ones. Built quality should be high too. Nowadays, never under estimate a product from Taiwan.
March 23, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
good looking mpv (copiy estima), coz i like estima so much. hehe
April 10, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
Luxgen MPV Crash Test
the test result is between 4 and 5 star?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HtU0v84b7w
btw,
as I konw…
all the Luxgen cars will use the engines developed by Yulon’s subsidiary, CECengine.
http://cectek-e.so-buy.com/front/bin/ptlist.phtml?Category=303687
May 11, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
luxgen crash test…….64km/hr
not bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HtU0v84b7w&feature=related
August 23, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Hi Everyone. I live in Taiwan. Just went to see the car. It looks OK. Loaded version (top one) which I saw in the show room priced as NT$1,068,000 which is equivalent to USD approx. $33,400. It has 8 cameras, GPS navigation, 10.2″ LCD screen. Also DVD system. So the price is really good. The gear box is from Japan, the engine is Taiwanese, not Nissan nor GM. So we will have to see how this car will be on the road and listen what people have to say after they use it for a while.
August 24, 2009 @ 10:15 pm
I can’t help but to remember the ill fated FEELING 101 which was launched by the same company a few years back. Not only was the 101 handicapped with a full menu of electronic gremlins, it was totally gutless (i.e. no power) and further marred by a dated-design suspension. Window-based control system? Don’t make me laugh. I hope Yulon is not hoping the “users” to having to re-boot the Luxgen when system decides to “hang” in the middle of the highway. That’s what everyone do with their PC or latop. Right?
It is certainly a bold move to launch a new car model in 2009 when Chrysler and GM are rushing to file chapter 11. Porsche and VW merging. And, with a boat load of wannabe PRC car companies itching to get off the block.