Proton X70 is the official car for the 2019 MSF season

Proton X70 is the official car for the 2019 MSF season

The Proton X70 has been confirmed as the official safety car, medical car and official car for the 2019 season of the Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF), with the first round set to take place this weekend (March 15 to 17, 2019) at the Sepang International Circuit, featured alongside the Asia GT Festival.

The main highlight of the MSF races will no doubt be the Saga Cup, as Tun Dr Mahathir will be present at the circuit he launched back in 1998 to flag off racing versions of the first Proton car he unveiled 35 years ago.

Tun Dr Mahathir will also be taken for a ride around the Sepang Circuit in the phenomenal electric hyper car the NiO EP9, which will then lead the GT3, GTC, and GT4 cars around a parade lap with the Saga Cup racing cars. The NiO EP9 is blisteringly fast with a 335.25 hp electric motor per wheel for a total of 1341 hp (1360 PS) across all four wheels.

Proton X70 is the official car for the 2019 MSF season

A total of 13 racing categories, with four race per day, will take place under the MSF umbrella, including Street 1600, Street 2000, and Super Street races, to the open-class Masters Unlimited category.

Meanwhile, the Asia GT Festival will also feature the China GT Championship series with two races per day – Race 1 will be the GT4 category, whilst Race 2 will be the faster GT3 and GTC category. Grandstand tickets start at only RM20 and available online or at the gates, whilst access to the MSF paddock is RM35.

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Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Habisla Nissan on Mar 15, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    The real game changer is here again. Habisla All Nissan Models including New Facelift Nissan Xtrail as All Nissan Models including New Facelift Nissan Xtrail looks outdated and very boring design for both exterior and interior design. Don’t forget, Nissan Xtronic Gearbox got too much problematic. Whereas, Proton, Mazda, Volvo, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes and other carmakers that produces Gearbox have lesser problematic than Nissan.

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    • YB Kunta Kinte on Mar 16, 2019 at 7:05 am

      Lucky China has given us a car/SUV that we can be proud of.

      Thank you Li Chunrong, Geely and China for giving us a car that is so high in safety spec and quality.

      For 30 years, our own National car company could not give this to Malaysians and we needed a foreign company to give the rakyat of Malaysia finally a good car.

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      • Roti john Pte. Ltd!!! on Mar 16, 2019 at 3:32 pm

        We can expect the 2020 MSF season will not use the X70 again because they regret it. Habisla X70!!

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      • Maarof on Mar 17, 2019 at 8:27 pm

        Why use this car? It does not appeal to the young. Young and fresh grads prefer other brands.

        https://paultan.org/2017/03/21/more-than-70-of-local-university-grads-choose-to-buy-foreign-vehicles-rather-than-the-national-car-proton/

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        • Vader on Mar 18, 2019 at 3:02 pm

          Yeah, as if a RM100k car is within reach of the young and fresh grads. Try better next time Perodua troll.

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      • Wow this Kunta Kinte guy, like how many times does he repeat the same crap on different posts?

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  • Amran on Mar 15, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Aruz better

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    • Roti John Sdn Bhd on Mar 16, 2019 at 10:26 am

      Better in consuming fuel

      Like or Dislike: Thumb up 11 Thumb down 1
      • Roti john Sdn Bhd!! on Mar 16, 2019 at 4:11 pm

        The fake dupe from john. Habisla john caught with his pants down!!

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    • Copy Paste on Mar 16, 2019 at 4:17 pm

      Copy paste: “Lucky Indonesia has given us a car/SUV that we can be proud of.

      Thank you Dato Abidin, Toyota Indo and Indonesia for giving us a car that is so high in safety spec and quality.

      For 30 years, our own National car company could not give this to Malaysians and we needed a foreign company to give the rakyat of Malaysia finally a good car.”

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      • Rahman on Mar 17, 2019 at 5:59 am

        john already got caught with copy pasting, still want to do it.

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      • Rahman on Mar 17, 2019 at 6:02 am

        you are right, both Proton and Perodua both never learn anything. This shows for 30 years, Malaysians are incompetent and cannot learn anything. We need more China people to come into Malaysia to help us run the country

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      • Maarof on Mar 17, 2019 at 8:23 pm

        local university belajar apa ya? Sampai hari ni tak boleh buat kereta sendiri

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    • Paudzi on Mar 16, 2019 at 6:53 pm

      Aruz different category

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  • Muhammad John on Mar 15, 2019 at 6:00 pm

    The X70 is a good car! Proton will finally be great again :D Geely did save Volvo after all, now it will save Proton and Proton will rise…

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  • Vader on Mar 15, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    Bravo Proton X70 !

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  • Cramps on Mar 15, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    These three SUV models that have better rating than New Facelift Nissan X-Trail

    – Proton X70, Mazda CX-5 and Toyota RAV4 have better performance, better equipment and features, better comfort and better safety

    – Facelift Nissan Xtrail – no ratings at all

    Better buy X70, CX-5 and RAV4

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 7 Thumb down 0
  • Tahniah!
    P1, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTrucks, Lotus, L&C, Polestar > all

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 11 Thumb down 3
    • Roti john on Mar 16, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      Habislah!
      all, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTrucks, Lotus, L&C, Polestar > P1

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  • Perlisian on Mar 15, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    Black X70??

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on Mar 15, 2019 at 8:52 pm

    cant wait to see them tackling those corners and setting new lap records

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  • suomynona on Mar 16, 2019 at 10:57 am

    X70 looks good in black!

    Hecc, I don’t think it’s cinnamon brown, especially when it’s under that bright sunlight

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  • Angela Ooi on Mar 16, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    Goof

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