There has been a lot of hype surrounding the Geely Boyue, which has been confirmed to be a new Proton model following the signing of a definitive agreement between both parties. Many have been clamoring for more details about the Proton SUV, including when it will be introduced, and more importantly, how much it will be priced.
According to second minister of international trade and industry Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, the Boyue-based Proton SUV is estimated to arrive in Malaysia within two years, and with a price tag of under RM100,000.
In the report by China Press, Ong explained that the Malaysian government will soon liberalise its tax structure to encourage more foreign investment. This is to honour its promise to the WTO and ASEAN Free Trade Area to lower the excise duty on cars.
Ong therefore said the Boyue, which is priced at 110,000 yuan (RM69,537) in its native market, will likely see an estimated 10-20% price hike when it is introduced here. However, it remains to be seen if the SUV will be introduced as a fully imported (CBU) or locally-assembled (CKD) model, although the latter is the more likely of the two.
At the time of the signing, Proton and Geely said that while they want this model in Malaysia as soon as possible, discussions are still needed on things such as whether or not to kick-off with CBU units, as well as the levels of localisation.
In China, the Boyue is offered with a range of engines which include a 2.4 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder (162 hp/210 Nm) and a 1.8 litre turbocharged unit (163 hp/250 Nm). Transmission options include a six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic, depending on engine choice.
The five-seater Boyue measures 4.5 metres long (a new Honda CR-V is 4,584 mm), and is designed by former Volvo designer Peter Horbury, who currently heads Geely’s design studios. If it is indeed true that the Proton SUV will be priced under RM100k, is it something you’ll be looking forward to?
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in two years, this suv might have been outdated.
Fuuyooh 2 years just to change the badge and change the steering position from left to right? Lol
By the way the engine numbers also doesn’t look that attractive.
Yes, why need 2 years. Just gip to Sutton Bespoke and pay Rm200k for each conver… oh wai
outdated model only can get below 100k…
But the car conversion is NOT Rm100k…
Nanti when the car failed every parts, complain again why not test it extensively before sell here.
U think just change position not use a lot of work?
In the first stages of the design process for literally almost every car, designers take into account that the car needs to come in both RHD and LHD version. This makes the manufacturing process easy.
Wow JPJ getting new patrol car
Non just JPJ…Bomba,kesihatan,Polis,Heads of Dept….wah liao…plenty of new business for Spanco.
You see the cronies r so happy with this bailout by geely.
New spinoffs opportunities.
There come our new spokesman from Proton, represent to you YB Datuk Ong Ka Chuan!!
Can proton survive the next 2 years with their current line up of models.
Yes, and Volvo will start local assembly soon.. joker MaCAi…
Here in Malaysia, if they said price will be under RM 100K means the price will be set at RM99,999.00
Road tag 2.4liter mahal siot..uwkwkwkww
Unlikely offered.
1.8 turbo makes more sense.
High car taxes deprived M’sian consumer of basic car safety features.
Are u sure? Why don’t u google neighbouring country low tax duty. Do they get best safety features?
Strange to hear your comments when a base model proton iriz has 2 airbags, abs and stability control.
Hearing what he said, I already made up my mind: either go for HRV for a little over 100k or BRV for 10k below 100k.
Both diff segment. Obviously boyue segment better.. but ur money anyway..
what constitutes the ‘Boyue segment’ to be better? Just because it’s physically larger and takes up more space on an already congested road?
is the Proton Perdana a better car than a Honda Civic just because it’s a segment above?
Not price tag like that lor…its RM99,800.00..need to add number 8 there…ONG ma….
Reliability and quality control must be up for Proton vehicles to do well
2 years? after 2 years this ah beng no more our minister who know how much the car cost after 2 years. Don’t cincai janji la
Cincai janji maaa…election coming ;p
How pipu to belip?? Car price 30% cheaper orso tabouleh
Becoz later got certain pipu complain no RV when gip 30% cheaper, deswai still maintain price.
Gosh not this joker again, isn’t he was the one who didn’t realize Volvo has an established plant here in Shah Alam during the 1960’s?
Yes he did.
Mulut takleh diam tul laaa. Proton, Geely, DRB semua tak cakap apa, menteri tak mengenang jasa Volvo ni pula syok sendiri buat statement topkek.
Kalau tak laku baru can give big discounts.
Rebadge Volvo xc90 under RM100,000. Simple.
You can wait long long… the model you mentioned is priced along BMW 5 series even in the US… even Volvo sedan is selling around 200k in Msia, summore u ask asking XC90….its akin to asking BMW Merc or Audi selling half their price under different brand
P1, BMX of Asia
Why compare with US? it is a lot more logical comparing with neighbouring countries. Why not compare with Brunei? over there no tax what.
So after two years eh? Wait until the model obsolete only time for Proton to rebadge. lol
Proton quality + Proton slowpoke rebadge + Proton SC = RM100k ?! No thank you.
The world best rebadge king since 1985. Even the logo rebadged from Thundercats.
Must be cheaper BR-V no matter what, that means the price has to be lower than RM83,000. Else no one will buy. PROTON has to remember this.
At most sell it at 75,000
I would pay that price in cash!
I can’t understand why people like the BRV so much. It is a hideous vehicle and is very underpowered. It’s all about the brand here in Malaysia. Pathetic.
They can reduce excise duty to zero, but they’ll impose something else…. Price will never drop. Not in our lifetime. Not as long as BN is power. They’re addicted to that revenue stream. Addicts, all of them. Addicted to power and money, their new god…
What makes you think the opposition will off a sudden turn down millions of dollars generated from import taxes?
Not only under 100 thousand. It Must be reliable & Cheap to maintain. For a starter, this vehicle must come with at least 5 + 2 years warranties with unlimited mileages & Free services to boot. Can or Not??!
Cann! Sure Can, Why Not!
Want free servis is no problemo. But just need to pay Rm3.00 for every minute in servis center. The servis is free, but of cuz need to pay misc administrative fees. So mau?
Make it 7 seater to compete with BRV
It suppose compete with CRV not BRV
Proton build up quality is a point to concern, some more price sure be nicely position
I will buy it if given 20 years warranty unlimited mileage.
This is the way our menteri share good news to us. A proton with China technology selling below RM100K is suppose to make Malaysians happy. Dear Menteri, our purchasing power have dropped drastically such that RM100K is still out of reach. Some of us don’t even have a job
Your excellency Ismail
Our menteri talk 3 and 4 most of the time.They r given the Pondana,fully maintained by spanco.
maybe ,he oso will be given a Boyue.
LIke u said,some people have to borrow from along to survive,after being laid off for a long time.
Just shambolic,the way these menteri talk.They dont know what is the rakyat’s purchasing power and poverty level.
” Malaysian government will soon liberalise its tax structure to encourage more foreign investment. This is to honour its promise to the WTO and ASEAN Free Trade Area to lower the excise duty on cars.”
How many years have we heard this kind of promise? Only during coming GE will this empty promise be brought up again & again.
Can you trust anything that comes out of a politician vying for another term?
Priced below RM70k is more acceptable
1. Not latest design
2. Coming out in 2 years time
3. Other similar latest imports only cost 20% more with much much better warranty package and history of reliability to back it up.
4. Not too trusting on P1’s produce
2 years ok what? the deal on platform sharing. not the car as a whole. it is like renault and nissan share same platform for xtrail and koleos. technology, safety and add-on features perhaps different. but under the hood is the same. maybe the new proton SUV will be using proton new engine TGDI with some modifications from volvo.
I do hope they use those GDI/TGDI that currently in dev or the engine they buy from petronas.
RHD conversion
tooling n prepare d factory
Local parts sourcing
test drive
2 years to get it on d road for that price shubbe ok, as long as it is d facelifted model,
Updated infotaiment system, android auto
LED headlamps, etc etc
engine shoud be 1.8 turbo or the newly ricardo developed 1.5 turbo with jatco cvt
It a wet or dry dsg?. Who supply the dsg?. Looks like China is more into dsg rather than torque convertor. Proton need to work hard to start bringing in this car in CBU form by 2018 1Q. Then Proton, from 2018, will have about one year to start local production. Like Perdua bringing in Mira before starting Kancil production. Meantime I wonder what is the price of V40 in China. Proton need to do a poll if there is a demand for it. If Kia or Hyundai or Puegout could not do well in Malaysia there is less than 50% chance Geely could do well here!. At least not in the 1st 7seven years.
Geely should price it at 75k and below. Full stop. Else no one will buy. BRV is only 83k
They should also offer lifetime warranty like what they did to Lynk and Co. Then PROTON will surely be back again as market leader
Boyue is a lot bigger than BRV..
Sorry, a lot of pipu no have 100k to spend on Proton but can spend 150k for CRV. Unfortunately, that is the reality. Make them think twice by offering it at 70k. You are re-building a battered brand, you need to give more sweets to temp pipu back.
Safety is important. I think that they should have every safety feature possible on all models offered and should also have a no frills version with top safety.
Sign.. this idiot still don’t get it, why are there so many BMW and Audi in klang valley (which are sold at ridiculously expensive price)?
Sounds too good to be true, especially when it came from politicians.
Rm99500…..for the EX model….and RM 97800 …..for the DX model….minus EBD, ABD, ABC, XYZ…..is under Rm100000. GOOOOD BUY….
2 years? 100k? Screw it..by tht time i would hve cashed out via listing or direct sale…if 50k thAn i would consider expansion with 30 more tow trucks…my repo guys have advance training in shock treatment as well…have to wait and see wat thix shiity company would do..ppl who this shiity got no money even for repairs…i dont like volvo, subaru and madza…this ppl got lots of money..pls support this geely crappy
If it’s price below RM75k for the base model I WILL buy
Pls make it 7 seater.. Or at least a variant to choose..
if bayu not market before mid 2017, Proton will big loss again …i guess.
TWO YEARS? how hard is it to change the badge?
most of the equipment will be outdated and even with that the price should not be near 100k, not at all.
Below rm50k for the top spec model would be reasonable, anything higher not good…
Kereta belum keluar da banyak Hal
163hp/250Nm from 1.8L turbo? Is that really a correct figure? Peugeot 1.6L THP can achieve close to that.
I wont freaking buy either a vehicle hp is just 162 hp for the 2.4L model
Ala dato, kalau 2 tahun mesti SUV dah outdated lah..
Less thab 100k? Tak payah lah. If in the region of 60k maybe can sell.
below 100k isnt that cheap
1.So far there’s no mention of any crash test ratings. If this SUV is for Malaysian, safety should be top priority.
2. The are also very limited reviews on this SUV. The reliability of the engine also unknown.
3. The design philosophy were said to follow China’s based aspiration such as the dashboard to follow “the broken bridge” and etc. Basically we are going to use China SUV with PROTON badge. No more design cues from Malaysia.
want sit also geli, scare halfway bo yu (no petrol)
7-seater please.
Since when did we trust our local ministers?
At the media conference, it was asked when the Boyue would come to Malaysia. The DRB-HICOM boss said as soon as possible.The Ertiga took less than 6 months, but given that that was a RHD model, that was easy peasy.
The Boyue RHD model is already in PROTON HQ undergoing testing. Yes, Geely made the RHD prototype conversion well before the deal was closed. That’s commitment. With conversion is already ahead of the project curve I wouldn’t be surprised if the car is out by end of Q2 2018 or Q3 at the latest.
Note also the one that was shown last Friday is the facelifted version of the model. So it is quite current.
good move by geely, 2 years later only allow p1 to rebadge it
under rm100k? probably around rm90k i bet they price it
Year 2019
Dato Ong Ka Chuan: That is what i told you in 2017; but now I’m no more belong or spoke on behalf of the cabinet. So it is not my word or decision now. I’m now retired and having holiday in Sabah – Negeri Di Bawah Boyoueeee…
A manual suv? Why??
Because ppl like me will want to buy a MT SUV.
Good looking car. Great combination of xc60, rr evoque, and 320i. This model will Give good competition to honda’s brv, hrv and toyota’s market. Need to make sure pricing is around rm80k only
Can buy if, like some other brands, include 5 years warranty and 5 years free service.
Not all Chinesecar did the same.i hope proton will not remove those China spec boyue to cut down the selling price.its score C-NCAP highest point and winning BMW X1 and subaru XV
Watch the link and see how those ppl compared their car with others Chinese brand.
I hope proton finally can came out Malaysian first car and improve customer service and quality control.
https://youtu.be/F56dSgBXEJs
Kenapa ramai yang sebut 2 tahun baru keluar…hmmmm..kenapa tak hujung tahun 2017,lamelah nk tunggu..lambat2 rival dah produce design lagi moden.model lagi menarik..kan ke nampak outdated..harga tu rm100k…mahalnye utk kereta nasional..bagilah 80k below..bagus aku ambik honda city…puas pun puas dapat brand jepun kalo mahal2 jual ye proton..sayangilah industri automotive negara.jgn bebani pengguna.pengguna ada otak untuk memilih.jdlah pengusaha yg bijak.semoga proton maju jaya lepas collaborasi dgn gelly ni..peace
You guys forgot that Haval H6 will be selling by end of this year at RM110K. The H6 2.0T is direct competitor to Boyue 1.8T. So the current Japs & Korean SUV will have to address both these 2 top selling SUV from China.
So who is going to buy a more expensive proton SUV over a honda HRV?
Proton or Geely. You can bring in to sell, but we Malaysians will gladly support you by giving ZERO sales. Just like the ertiga!
Sure proton calculate to made this suv become cheap Quality as remove standard sport rim 19 to 16inchi,remove rear disc brake to drum brake, etc this will happen for sure …to make kronis company more money …
I’d seen more continental SUV or MPV in Beijing than Geely or China’s made. Is that a good sign for us?
Seat/Skoda – German Enginnering
Proton – chinese engineering !
What have we got into !!