Here’s another appearance of what appears to be the forthcoming Proton X50, here seen partly in view behind the larger X70 positioned in front of it. The forthcoming B-segment SUV will be based on the Geely Binyue that was launched in China in 2018, and this latest teaser has surfaced from the Facebook page of a Proton dealer in Bintulu.
Official confirmation has yet to come from Proton, though it appears that the X50 is on track for launch in the third or fourth quarter of this year. Last August, we reported that AmInvestment indicated an October 2020 arrival for the X50, which has been tipped to come to market as a CKD model.
While social media is a vast and often, quick source of information, not everything that appears on one’s feed checks out. Rumours have ranged from the upcoming compact SUV set for launch in July, to a starting price from as low as RM50,000, which was a sum derived from a direct conversion of pricing for a base model sold in China. One has proven false, while the other is still far-fetched.
Chatter is harmless until money starts changing hands, at which point the security of your hard-earned is no longer assured. Though some dealers and agents have been rumoured to have asked for early booking fees for a guaranteed slot at the front of the customer queue, we advise buyers not to put money down until an official announcement from Proton itself has stated that the order books are, in fact, opened. They haven’t.
For example, the pre-launch campaign for the X70 in 2018 saw the company make an official announcement for when the order books would be open, and only then would any bookings be valid. The case remains the same for this upcoming X50, and until it is official, there’s no queue to beat. For the latest in updates regarding the Proton X50, stay tuned to paultan.org .
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Better book Perodua D55L Kembara
Buy car get fuel pump problem together-gether.
Based on reliable, Hyundai, toyota, p1, mazda, bmw will be last longer than honda
Gerenti no life threatening airbag, power steering, autoacceleration nor fuel pump problems.
Definitely will choose reliable gearbox option: come with either dct volvo gearbox or aisin 6 speed auto gearbox. Then b segment suv buyers will attract more on X50 than unreliable HRV
Since X50 predicted will be supernova hot, why not do Apple style marketing by doing overnite order queue at showrooms the day before the launch? Make it so the first 1,000 bookings from nationwide showrooms from midnite on launch date will get their cars within 10 days.
Hey, you forgot we still have this thing called Covid-19 going on?
Really ke? Have you seen the throngs of people in shopping malls ever since MCO got relaxed? And nobody said events cannot be held but must follow SOP. These can be done easily.
will have few thousand ppl line up the queue few week before the launch. this is more serious than apple iphone because this car is super hot now. marketing experts say this x50 can sell at least 50k units per day
market so slow n bad now n many ppl lost jobs, got 10k ppl book are very good and still dreaming of 50k units. Some more buyer still looking for good price.
Bro, it’s year 2020, not 1980.
We’re an online society today. Can book car online, no need to physically queue outside shop anymore.
And yet to be the first in getting the high tech latest iphones, Apple insist you must buy it the old fashioned way. Ironic yet successful isn’t it?
Nice.
Looking forward for it.
Frankly, the time they would have launched this, tax free will be over.
The attractiveness of this wasn’t due to tax-free period. It is the car itself that is super attractive.
HR-V is much better than this
Copy paste: “Fuel pump sudah tukar ke belum?”