This is the new Chevrolet Captiva that’s making its debut at the 2019 Bangkok International Motor Show. Replacing the original Captiva that first surfaced in 2006 (facelifted in 2010), this second-generation SUV will go on sale in the second half of 2019 in Thailand at a starting price of below one million baht (RM128,175), which will make it among the most affordable C-segment SUVs in town.
“The all-new Captiva is positioned to overlap the fast-growing SUV-B and SUV-C segments. Captiva will be especially attractive for customers looking to get into their first SUV, offering expressive style, life-sized space and smart technology, all wrapped in a smart-value package,” said Piyanuch Chaturaphat, sales and marketing director at Chevrolet Sales Thailand.
If you’re wondering how General Motors pulled this off, the new Captiva is basically a rebadged Baojun 530 from China, which was launched last month in Indonesia as the Wuling Almaz. Both Baojun and Wuling in Indonesia are joint ventures between GM and China’s SAIC Motor.
Besides making cars for GM in China, SAIC owns brands such as MG and Maxus. If you’ve seen this before, it might be from our GIIAS 2018 coverage.
“Our strategy to focus on trucks and SUVs continues to pay dividends and reflects GM’s global emphasis on these key growth segments. We’re now taking the next step in our long-term strategy to grow our local vehicle portfolio by leveraging the global scale and partnerships of General Motors, starting with the all-new Captiva,” Chaturaphat explained.
GM says that the new Captiva will offer one of the largest interiors in the market, and will available in five- and seven-seat configurations. Available equipment will include a panoramic sunroof and integrated LED headlights, among other things. Full pricing and detailed specs will be announced closer to launch. The showcar’s interior is not accessible and the windows are heavily tinted.
Word is that the new Captiva will be powered by a 1.5 litre downsized turbo engine and six-speed torque converter automatic in Thailand. The same engine makes 140 hp/250 Nm in the Wuling Almaz, but the Indonesian car has a CVT auto.
The new Captiva is a big car – at 4,655 mm long and 1,836 mm wide, it’s 71 mm longer than a Honda CR-V, and its 2,750 mm wheelbase is also 90 mm longer. As mentioned, it will come with a third row option in Thailand. In Indonesia, the five-seater Wuling Almaz is priced at 318.8 million rupiah (RM91,417). Unlike the outgoing car, the new Captiva will not be made in Thailand, which means it will be imported from either China or Indonesia.
What do you think of the new Chevrolet Captiva alongside the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5 and Proton X70?
GALLERY: 2019 Chevrolet Captiva official images
GALLERY: Baojun 530
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Malu apa bossku. Even GM has to kowtow to Tongsan and sell rebadged Tongsan cars. Behold the power of Tongsan!!
If chevrolet brings this Game Changer here, we can kiss Ex Seventy Good Bye and Game Over
It is not a game changer. It is also a rebadged chinese car like the X70 is.
BTW previously captiva is a rebadged Korean Daewoo, now it is a rebadged Chinese Wuling.
Geely/P1 has sold over 700k Boyue/X70. So how many Baojuns were sold?
Proton X70 kawen sme Perodua Aruz, kluar anak serupa Chevrolet Captiva… 7seat turbo SUV.
Baojun???? Wuling???? Lmao!
Wanna get sue again?
Chevrolet pun fail, kena rebadge kereta China. Hahaha.
Bila nak datang sini? This is one China car I wouldn’t mind buying.
Mitsubishi’s face, and Audi’s butt.
Wow, now the American have to rebadge the Chinese car.
What do i think ? I think it is a good looking SUV. But being a chevrolet , it is just disappointing.
Lol
The Muricans rebadging a Chinese? 100 years of car making and end up rebadging a Chinese car. No shame. Got bailed out by US Gov still end up rebadging. What their pipu do, goyang kaki tido in opis & factories? Perhaps they need a foreign CEO to teach them how to make cars.
What are you on about?
The americans has been rebadging cars for the longest time.
Fords have been rebadging Mazdas all through the 80s and 90s.
GM has been rebadging Daewoos and Holdens and other Chinese partner made cars for Buicks
Chrysler (not really American anymore) has been rebadging both Hyundai and Mitsubishi’s since the 80s.
Your comment is really shallow.
Ford rebadging Mazda not so bad since it is Jepunis. Chrysler as well. GM so far din rebadge China cars but developed localised Buicks for China market. This time GM is bringing China car outside of China. Apa mau cakap lagi? Still want to bash P1? Hahahahaha!
This is just many cars combine into one
Front: VinFast LUX SA2.0
Rear: Audi Q5
Side: X50 BinYue
Steering: X70
Centre screen: Subaru or Volvo
If this car comes to Malaysia, habis lah Proton X70. I hope we bring in more China SUV into Malaysia to give Proton some competition to reduce their prices.
RM123k for “Malaysian” car company made for the Rakyat of Malaysia is way too much. Most Malaysians cannot afford RM123k Proton X70.
Yes, should come here and give Perodua competition in the 7-seater SUV segment to reduce price of Aruz instead. 80k for a 15 years old Avanza platform and powertrain is way overpriced.
Most Malaysians are duped by the national car status of Perodua and their hard-earned money are being sent back to Japan. No improvement to automotive engineering knowledge either because Perodua Malaysian designers only authorised to design bumpers.
In Indo it’s just RM 91k. At that price you get a C segment SUV with many features like built in tesla style infotainment, electronic park brake, panoramic sunroof, 9 speakers Infinity sounds, etc.
Lolwhut? RM123k is way too much but RM128k for a Chinese car is not expensive? If your logic says most Malaysians cannot afford RM123k for an X70, what makes you think they can afford for more expensive China mari Captiva at RM128k?
We are fed up with your illogical statements. Please, if you have nothing to say, then don’t show that stupidity by saying illogical things.
Lol.. this car price even higher than x70 premium variant. Do you even read the article?
Again u never read the article and copy paste stupid bollocks again without fact checking that X70 Premium is still cheaper than this base spec car. When pipu sounded that this is stupid and lazy trolling, u get mad pulak.
Whatta great time to be in Bangkok now.
Thailand’s new dawn , a nation reborn. Following our neighbour Malaysia historic footstep, the Thai people have spoken.
At least they admitted its a rebadge… unlike Proton fanboys
I’m sorry, where do you get the info saying Proton fanboy does not admit X70 is a rebadge? Are you hallucinating?
X70 buyers know the car is a rebadge of Boyue. You think this is still the 90’s when information was limited? They also know only rival brands salesmen and trolls scared of losing sales that keep posing as Proton owners and fanboys to badmouth the brand.
Only you read they dun admit, meanwhile toyota also rebadges mazda so…
That really looks like made in china product
More exp than X70 and less gadgets plus inferior safety spec? Confirm DoA when X70 crosses to Indon. Lolz1
indon dun like your proton john. and i think they wont like a china made car also. Toyota is the best there
Actually Suzuki is king there. Toyota is only no 2. Indonesians have low opinion of Malaysian cars thanks to the crappiness of Peroduas sold there as Daihatsu, which is why those cars have dismal sales. In such an open market like Indonesia, it takes a lot of wow factor to draw them in and I can confidently say, X70 has oodles of wow factor for that job.
When Iriz came to Indonesia with the best spec in it’s class and cheapest price, it’s also Game Over instead of Game Changer. We can expect the same with X70 to DoA when it comes to Indon
author got it wrong. car is based on ladder frame chassis. don’t compare this with unibody SUVs like CX5, CRV but instead compare with Fortuner, Pajero Sport & MUX.
Source? This is definitely monocoque.
You’re wrong! this is monocoque SUV like CRV and CX5 with 1.5T turbo engine.
To P1 basher : hahahahahahahahahahaha
if the toyota fortuner and volvo XC60 had an affair…their child would look like this.. lol
Is Chevy still present in MY? I thought they ‘died’ since most of their showrooms are now closed
Forget this Baojun.
The Haval H6 is the other worthwhile SUV from China.
Chevrolet Malaysia has officially shutdown several months ago, and with good reason. All their cars are unreliable junk, I could write an essay about my personal experiences with these cars. Good riddance to chevrolet.