It was recently revealed that Proton would be given access to the Geely Boyue SUV platform, as part of its deal with the Chinese automaker. This will see the development of Proton’s first-ever SUV, although exact details about such a plan are scarce for now.
The main thing most people would be interested to know is just what the Proton SUV will look like, and to reduce the strain on your imagination, we’ve rendered exactly that.
As you can tell, the rendered vehicle still retains the Boyue’s original profile, but with a heavily altered front fascia. A tweaked version of the Perdana’s grille replaces the previous Geely one, while the lower apron accommodates a larger intake and new fog lamp enclosures. A set of 17-inch seven-spoke alloy wheels from the Suprima S have also been added as part of the transformation.
Moving on to the rear, the changes are subtle when compared to the front, with a revised skid plate that appears less rugged than on the Boyue. Elsewhere, the taillights have been redesigned, no longer forming the Boyue’s C-shaped lighting motif. A Proton badge in place of Geely’s is the only other revision here.
It wasn’t stated at the time just how much of the Boyue design will be adopted by the Proton SUV, but these renders certainly points to something promising, right? Share your thoughts with us.
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Looks quite promising. Minimal investment from Proton, save for the assembly & painting jigs, some pallets, the badge and maybe the rims. But to challenge the strong established Japanese & Korean makes here, the price has to be right.
Looks really promising, what Geely done for P1.
Looks very promising as well, what alternative leaders can do for Msia.
Well of cuz Geely, being big, has leaders that can fill in some critical decision making in P1. Thats the whole point of looking for FSP in the 1st place, cuz MY has quite limited pool of leaders in automotive that can take the brand globally.
Gud for P1, gud for gov, & gud for MY.
Fit it full safety package with min 6 airbags and sell it 80k i’ll throw all in cash.A single cent above that price,i’ll walk out and drive to nearest BMW showroom.I rather downpayment an X3 and monthly instalment.
From proton, i mean geely straight to bmw….hmm
Kembali lagi manjadi King of Rebadge.
Keep Calm & rebadge like Poodua.
China cars are only gud in being copycat for example Landwind. Oh wai…
yg cmpany lg 1 tu dh 23 tahun dok kje rebadge kete org x plk ko bsing ekk…
They own the same company….. Nothing wrong
Everything rebadge is shaneful according to basher, so? Even toyota rebadges mazda
If the car quality is good and selling price is affordable to Malaysian, it looks good. Fuel consumption look reasonable 7 to 8 liter/100Km for such a heavy car (China WEB info). My friend bought Exora turbo and fC is like 9 to 10 liter/100km.
Anyway, Geely and Proton partnership help to secure ten of thousand rice bowl and link industrial. What Malaysian look for is quality good with reasonable and affordable price.
When comes to bolehland, it will be 12l/100km. Lol
I think Lotus will benefit the most on this SUV platform. With smart strategy, they will sell bucket loads of this SUV and can basically fund their other project, like what Porsche did before.
Wow Geely alr so productive & hardworking.
Existing Proton staff need to keep up with Geely fast working pace & efficiency.
Not sure whatcha implying cuz P1 factory neither works slower than needed or faster than needed. All activities r based on takt time and pull system. The same goes for Geely as well, in fact this is applied to all carmakers.
No wonder only 72,000 P1 cars made. 1 man, 1 car method. AMG Affalterbach #lostliaolor.
Obviously you ripped off other pipu name. Sian so desperate
cheaper Range Rover… why not?
Range Rover and this junk are two different things.
But but but range rover maintenance ate not easy and expensive wor
Headlight is boring.
offer iriz 1.6 engine in this car, sell at rm80k
With all the new offerings on the table,
who wants to buy a Saga or even a Perdana ?
Better wait and see what direction PG is taking. Will take some time and many boardroom tussles b4 a decision on Proton’s fate.
Looks.like the dream of a new turbo engine is down the drain cos P1 will have other options rather than producing their own engines.
Looking forward to the phasing out of the current VVTi / Campro engines. Finally.
IMHO, current Saga looks much better than any B-Segment Geely offered. Same goes with current Perdana. Techwise, Geely is ahead I think.
Who ever did this. Please surrender yourself to Geely, as their new designer.
This suv design look… simple and nice..
The MIMOS guy design nicer la… stylo and nice..
Agreed, under Geely everything will be better. They know how to produce cars unlike the 49.9% sorry excuse of a car company.
Better save cost on redesign, channel the resource elsewhere so that can maintain low price and high specs.
Geely > all
Proton > all
P2 only rebadge & assembly. Doin very well!
Proton Tongsan nanti agaknya ada turbo tak?
If they are smart, they better only bring in the 1.8 turbo variant.
2.4L kinda archaic, and unlikely popular cuz higher fc and road tax.
I watched some review videos of the Geely Bouye. Overall it is a promosing vehicle if proton can refine it further, but they should offer it with just the 1.8 turbo and AWD. Hate to admit it but proton engineers can most probably tune the ride better for malaysian roads when they engineer the RHD version of it. As for quality, don’t think we need to worry about that but the refinement would still be a mystery here.
Lotus badge on boyue will get more interesting hmm
It wouldn’t be surprised if one day ,GEELY fully own Proton due to their tactful business strategies.Our DRB-Hicom management only keen in short term benefits,greedy for own sake. While the China, they talk about empire and legacy.
Can you guys render the SUV with new Perdana facade, make sense since it will make the line more cohesive, or put on the new Personas facade or even mix a little of both
Wait at least 1 year to see fruit. Not only simple outer design cosmetic change but adaptation to Right Hand Drive and relevant associate parts will take time to develop and ultimately produce for assembly.
BTW, how long did P1 take to just do cosmetic changes to current Accordana? Was it nearly 2 years?
This dude should be designing our national cars instead.
Hes gud, yes, but photochopping & design from scratch is 2 totally diff things.
That SUV is already a finished product, no?
Honestly, Do we still need proton in auto market?
It’s actually not bad at all. I notice the inclining shoulder line have some ques of the RR Evoque.
Are they going to change the name from Boyue to “Bodue”?
good..
price it well..
i will choose it than Ch-r
If Proton do make this SUV, the back will read – Under licence by Geely.
Why should they do that?
I never read ‘under license by Renault’ on Smart cars (based on the Renault Twingo) or Mercedes Citan transporters (based on the Renault Kangoo)?
Nowadays it’s normal that manufacturers share platforms, engines, gearboxes and even complete cars.
U are probably right Mohd. I must be DRUNK when I say some vehicles assembled by Inokom that ready “Under licence by Hyundai”. Maybe U can donate a pair of glasses 4 me!? Cheers.
Not worth to read comment, wasted time reading
Naza Citra proudly displayes ‘Under License from KIA’ on the tailgate. As if that is something to be proud of.
Original grille looks better.
Just look at the interior, proton would not be able to produce that kind of interior on it’s own.
Great looking car! I’d get this in a heartbeat if the price is right
Got some proton design, maybe proton should just rebadge again.. Malaysian mentality for not supporting own product is too high..
will it be powered by 1.6 litre CamPro CPS engine with Turbo?
CPS valve train has alredi been replaced with continuous variable timing in CFE engine that comes with the tebo.
In this decade, the only place that engine belongs is in the junkyard
If you go Proton showroom now, the sales person will Suzuki here, Suzuki there at Ertiga. Malu nak kata Proton. Wonder if this really comes out will they harping on Geely here Geely there or not.
The proton wings doesn’t look nice, must say
Really 49.9% and 1.1% more they will take over the chair. DRB member would sell the share if the value rise again. On that time Glee will take it what ever price would be.
0.2% more lah.
Redesign Boyue Bumper,headlamp,rear lamp,slap on chrome bar,Proton Badge, 5 star NCAP RATING ,bring in Petronas engine.49.9% component from china with lower price than current vendor. Walla, this might be a hot seller. Good luck Proton & Geely.
Petronas engine? Are you high? Which part of the Geely equity take over do you not understand?
proton should re badge this car and “malaysiazation” this model..and sell it.
P2 did rebadging activity for the last 23years and nobody care.. sell like a hot cake..
but price must be reasonable cheap..
Wonder why it has taken so long to come up with SUV. No rebadge deal with Honda, Mitsubishi? Whwn is it going to be launched n what’s the price like ? What kind of engine to be fitted, ie Geely, Volvo etc ? If it’s <RM100K it shd sell like hot potatoes Any news of launching long overdue Proton pick ups ?