The new Proton X50 has successfully achieved a five-star safety rating, according to the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP).
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, given the safety features that are offered for the X50. The base Standard variant comes as standard with four airbags (front and side), along with electronic stability control, traction control, ABS, EBD, brake assist, hill hold assist and drag torque control.
Meanwhile, the remaining three variants in the four-variant line-up – Executive, Premium and Flagship – get the same systems as the Standard, but with six airbags (front, side and curtain) instead.
The range-topping Flagship takes things a step further by being the only one that gets the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) suite, which includes a number of active safety systems, including lane keep assist, autonomous emergency braking and forward collision warning, to name a few.
According to the ASEAN NCAP, details of the X50’s results will be released at a later date, so we’ll have to wait to see how the SUV scored in each individual test.
An encouraging safety rating isn’t the only thing associated with the X50, as during today’s media preview, it was revealed that model also received Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) status. For the Malaysian market, the X50 is offered with either a 1.5 litre turbocharged and direct-injected three-cylinder engine (1.5 TGDi) as well as a port-injected version of the turbo three-pot (1.5T) – the former is exclusive to the Flagship.
Proton claims fuel consumption figures of 6.4 litres per 100 km (15.6 km/l) for 1.5 TGDi and 6.5 litres per 100 km (15.4 km/l) for the non-direct-injection 1.5T engine. With those numbers, it isn’t surprising for the X50 to secure its EEV status.
GALLERY: Proton X50 drive preview, Sepang International Circuit
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With all the mouthwatering ADAS system, it shud be getting 6 or 7 NCAP stars since even laoya Mivi with fake AEB and no complete ADAS can get 5 star oredi.
City RS with whopping 253Nm of torque right out of the gate. its hard not to smoked the 3pot X50, what else panjat genting
Geely Preface at top of hill asking what took you so long to smoke your way up.
https://paultan.org/2020/08/21/geely-preface-commercial-takes-aim-at-the-bmw-m4-mercedes-amg-c63-coupe-and-porsche-panamera/
You’re talking about City RS with whopping 109PS?
41 whopping PS less than X50 base model?
Not hard to smoked? Sorry, your vtec engine and iMMD Hybrid already out of the game.
no la John,
Proton Saga 4 star crash test only
That is why Myvi 5 Stars are fake stars….
EEV is for sure lo… Turbo charged 3 pots
Proton should really release it soon as possible so their impatiently baying prospective customers could take this SST free opportunity to snap up their cars.
SST free price & 5year free servis. Game-Changing.
PS. All this nonstop news makes me think its gonna get a full launch tomorrow, 1st Oct. Not only is it a new month but coincides with China National Day.
I guess it will be on the next Saturday i.e. October 3rd.
EEV status = lower taxes/duties = lower selling price?
Just curious, is there any new cars that still doesn’t meet EEV requirements?
Another great news that will boost confidence to us potential customers. We like it.
That’s mean slightly lower tax compared to the X70 as X70 don’t get EEV incentive. This should result in slightly lower selling price as NAP never reveal the actual amount of the EEV incentive.
Any exhaust emission statement from Proton regarding co2 …how much g/km?
we Proton fanbois waited this for so long, the Price.
Prices range from 78,800 yuan (RM47,194) to 118,800 yuan (RM71,150)
Wah, RM47K-RM71k for such specs. You can dream on. No way they are going to be that low. Proton are probably deciding what price to put by seeing the demand for the X50 hence why there are no proper price for the car. Same with Honda with the city.
Post PH takeover, the submission for audit/approval need to go thru various Goverment agency/board – firstly its Malaysia Automotive, Robotics & IoT Institute (MARii), before it is passed to the Automotive Business Development Committee (ABDC), and after that the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), with the Ministry of Finance making the final decision.