Less than two years after the Geely Boyue was launched in China, the midsize SUV has been given a facelift to keep it fresh on the market. Chinese automotive portal autohome.com.cn has gained early access to the new car, which is expected to go on sale in March.
Differentiating new from old is the front bumper design, which is now sportier and more modern, with LED fog lights integrated into the lower corners. At the rear, the tail lights have been given darker lenses, while the bumper receives a wider skid plate, redesigned tailpipes and vertical reflectors. The new alloy wheels are also a size larger, measuring 19 inches in diameter.
Inside, the biggest change is the new infotainment system, which ditches physical controls in favour of touch-sensitive buttons. The touchscreen, which now sits flush with the bezels, remains an eight-inch item, but the resolution has been bumped up to 1920×720 pixels. The user interface has also been redesigned, and the 360-degree camera now shows a three-dimensional view of obstacles surrounding the car.
Other updates are functional in nature, such as four additional USB ports (two at the front, two at the rear), plus another port in the headlining near the rear-view mirror for installing a dash cam – a neat feature. There are also separate controls for adjusting the passenger seat on the backrest (à la Toyota Camry), a new tea brown upholstery colour, an illuminated PRND display next to the gearlever and a Morel sound system.
Safety-wise, the Boyue receives a blind spot monitor that also warns if a passenger is about to open the door into traffic. This joins the list of existing driver assists, including autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning and auto high beam.
Engine options remain the same before, so the Boyue soldiers on with either a 139 hp/178 Nm 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine or a 1.8 litre turbo mill making either 161 hp and 250 Nm of torque with a six-speed manual transmission or 181 hp and 285 Nm with a six-speed automatic. There’s a choice of either front- or all-wheel drive, depending on the variant.
The Boyue will become the basis of Proton’s first ever SUV, which is slated to go on sale at the end of the year. Read our first impressions review here.
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Need to make sure that we get the facelift version
Look at the side profile. With the bigger wheels now, the proportions look comical.
Crude but so true. P1 paid 370mil for this game-changer..
M’sian will know if its a game changer or a DUD next yr. The RM370 million is just a drop in the ocean to Geely/China.
They actually wanted Lotus but P1 was generous enuff to part with its prized possession.
U mean local managed and staff DRB was smart & savvy enuff to know that, and they managed to packaged P1 & Lotus together in the sale instead of piecemeal like what Geely wanted?
Well kudos to DRB, to P1, and to MY gov too as well! Smart business moves!
Proton disposed of MV Agusta for 1 Euro. Well kudos to DRB, to P1, and to MY gov too as well! Smart business moves!
AMG oso disposed of MV Augusta for 1 Euro. U mean DRB and MY gov too is as savvy as AMG mgmt team? Well kudos to both then!
Itu Kia Sorento 2014.. 2nd hand hanya 65k… Cina atau Kimchi
Need to make sure that we get the 7SEATER version
agree. 7 seater + lutus ride & handling and make sure for the top version high spec below RM90,000. then it will sell like hot cake
agree. 7 seater + lotus ride & handling and make sure for the top version high spec below RM90,000. then it will sell like hot cake
Every about Proton was slated to be end of year but in the end..nothing! Remember the last time Proton said they will produce cars with Petronas engine ‘slated’ to be in 2017? Hello! It’s 2018 already..
Hundreds of millions wasted on the Petronas engines.
Poor Petronas kena kelentong from Proton
We must ask the most important question. Why are Geely cars only sold in China only? For over 20 years in business, their cars cannot sell outside China….why?
Many say, they have failed design and safety regulations in EU, US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
But ironically, they have found a scapegoat in Malaysia to sell their cars here.
Russia and Middle East are the other markets Geely has sold the Boyue to. And they tried to expand to places like Pakistan and South Africa at one point and are planning to return to those markets again with their new and improved models.
If you even bothered to read about their history and their models then you wouldn’t be this ignorant.
Russia come out with cars like Lada. Banned all over the world. So Russian design regulations, safety regulations and emission regulations already failed.
Pakistan….need I say further?
Middle East…..they don’t even produce their own cars so they have no clue as to design, safety and emission requirements.
Globally, Japanese and Europeans have set the standard for safety, design and emission regualtions
Dude. Lada was made back the gud ol Soviet days. Toyotas werent any better back then. Move on with the times.
Russia has better safety regulations now, with specs even better than EU such as mandatory dash & rear cams and E-call device. If they can sell to Russia, they can almost sell to EU. It only needs a EURO6 engine.
EU is even tougher on emission and branding is an issue, something Qoros failed to achieve despite their crash test even beats the Volvo.
Geely’s answer is Lynk & Co, this year will be the litmus test to see if consumers will be more willing to buy it this time around. With Volvo’s engineering behind it, it looks more promising than Qoros’ attempt to enter EU market.
Also, don’t Malaysians like to say “if you can’t serve the local market, how to serve overseas market?” So Geely is concentrating on local market, and they have proper plans to tackle international market. Apa salahan Geely then? Now they’re successful in their local market, they can expand overseas, buy Proton, Lotus, Daimler, AB Volvo, you’re sore loser to think Geely is some chinaman sweatshop.
They’ve also helped Volvo to break sales record 3 years in a row, now Volvo is on a role. Damn straight they can claim credit, Volvo Cars is 100% theirs after all.
agree with TOKMOH. plus i think China car compnay will be leader in world market next 7 year or faster. Please look how fast they improve safety, technology and spec in their latest car
Geely failed in all those markets you just mentioned. Middle East as well.
This is like Proton selling a grand total of 1 car in Singapore in 2016 and claiming it sells well in Singapore
Negara Arab semua kaya. Yang kaya pakai Rolls.
Yang paling miskin pun pakai Camry.
Orang Arab tak tengok kereta Cina pun
That is a 100% increase (growth) in SIngapore
negara arab banyak kereta korea… hyundai elantra belunggok depa buat teksi.. lain2 semua kereta2 lama… yang kaya itu dubai.. lain semua xberapa nak kaya sangat. haha
Well said bro! They never learn preferring to listen to the echoes in their heads
Geely failed in Russia and Middle East. Middle East got tax free cars. U can get Merc or Toyota Camry so cheap. Why would anyone buy a Geely?
Geely is doing quite well in ME ekceli. For its price, it has more features than its competitors, tax free withstanding. ME pipu r more adventurous with their choices and dun care such things as RV or pricetag.
Middle East people so concerned with brands and status. They are No 1 shoppers to buy Armani and LV for instance.
You think they will buy a China car?
Go check youtube channel motoring middle east.
The reviewer was really pleased with the Emgrand X7 aka Boyue, he’d tell people to seriously consider it over the typical CR-V. Not bad for a company much younger than Honda, yet caught up until giving the Japanese a real run for their money. If UAE imports 1.8 turbo instead of 2.4 like the one he tested, it will be sure to impress the writer further.
The most poor dude in Middle East use Camry cause Camry is dirt cheap. Why they downgrade to Geely?
Toyota SUV super cheap in Arab countries. Why they bother to buy China car? Prado, Land Cruiser super super cheap
pls show us statistics Geely is doing very well in ME. I was in ME last month, never saw a single Geely. Betul ke abang?
The pls show statistic that Geely isnt doing well in ME. Ahbeng cakap senang kan? Tunjuk bukti.
31 million MY pipu, including newborn babies, r waiting for this with breathless anticipation. This is gonna continue the legacy of P1 being a market changer.
My hobby is to read car magazines. In a month I read about 10 car magazines…Autocar, Auto Express, Top Gear etc etc
None of the magazines even mention Geely. These are International Magazines.
So why isn’t Geely ever mentioned? No review….no data…no nothing
U read the wrong versions of Autocar, Auto Express, Top Gear. Go read the Chinese edition. Its in there.
yes you are spot on. Geely is only in the Chinese edition for the China market ONLY. In International Editions, Geely is non existent.
I think you just shot yourself in the foot.
Lolz! U really shud get out more often. Chinese edition of these mags r even more widely distributed globally than English version. Its even in places where the English ones dun exist, like in ME, South Africa, & some EU countries.
Look who shot himself in the foot and din realise it?
Geely tried in ME but failed so badly.
Seen plenty of Geelys and other chinese brands in Saudi and even Iran & Iraq during my business trips there.
Saya baru balik kerja Dubai dan Jordan. Geely pun satu tak ada
They’re starting to make a stir with Lynk & Co which is their more upmarket offering with Volvo and is mentioned on some of those magazines. Hopefully this gives more exposure to their own vehicles eventually.
and yet our Government is giving us this unheard car.
U know, theres such thing called ‘choice’?
what has the govt got to do with this car? please elaborate.
If Proton RV is so bad, imagine Geely RV….collapse
When its that cheap, pipu dun see RV alredi lah.
Besides when RV drops, then its cheaper for u to afford it, and yet u still wanna complain.
Where in this world got bog standard cars with RV higher than selling price?
They praised new Volvo kaw2, asking the Germans to get worried. Why can’t Geely take credit since Volvo belongs to them?
And Brits are one to talk. They suck balls at managing their car companies, nearly all are foreign owned in order to succeed.
Why not ask same question to Perodua? All the govt protection, best seller since 2005 with Myvi, yet only 2016 wanna give VSC in top spec Bezza? No money meh?
Their overseas sales even more pathetic, and they own nothing.
While Geely became so successful, they owned Volvo since 8 years ago, bought London Taxi Company, Proton, Lotus, Terrafugia, AB Volvo, Daimler, create Lynk & Co sub brand.
Perodua? Nothing but ripping off Malaysians, no international success to be proud of, pathetic safety reputation, only forced to improve just because Proton stepped up their safety specs!
Yet, of all things, Geely’s successes wanna downplay, u blow? Try walk up to Daimler, they ask u go fly kite la, too poor to buy their shares.
in case you havent been reading other news.. thats one of the main reasons why geely have bought into proton.. to make malaysia a hub for their RHD vehicle production. if thats not intention to expand its market overseas, i dont know what is.
Haters gonna hate, haters gonna hate
They see me rollin’, they hatin’. Patrollin’ like they’re tryna catch me ridin’ dirty,
tryna catch me ridin’ dirty,
tryna catch me ridin’ dirty,
tryna catch me ridin’ dirty
Must sell under rm60k.
I hear Proton very arrogant and want to sell RM100k. Gud luck Proton!
Sell it 100k, then dealer can close shop.
Dealer should persuade Proton in order to boost sales, the right price for the Proton label need to be highlighted.
Some more, Proton should increase the commission for the Proton dealers.
It might not put much profit to the Proton, but in a long run, it is a wise marketing strategy when many people buy, then many people can send to the proton service centre, and dealer can survived based on after sales and not depending too much on the sales.
But as always, they never learn even both Honda & Proton under DRB, Proton so arrogant to understand the Malaysians.
Agreed. Its basically Business 101. But Baoteng practices Business -001.
Being an expert in auto industri for 30year, Proton should take this chance to start 777 strategy. Give 7year warranty, 7year free service package, guaranteed RV after 7year ownership RM 77,777.
The problem is not DRB but the dealers that dunno how to sell a P1 car. Instead of the old strategy of focusing on being cheap or nationalistic pride, they shud focus on highlighting the well proven safety features of the cars, economical real world FC, superb value with 5 years free servis, and chockfull of kits that makes it even more value for money. And they shud have upgraded to 3S to carry the sales to aftermarket, but they just dunggu until Li Chunrong tells them that.
You heard…well i heared they are selling it under rm100k….so who’s telling the truth you or me???
I think you’re really not talking and thinking at the same time. You try to make a C-segment SUV with a full safety suit that matches what the new CRV has at under RM60k and I’d like to see what you can come up with.
Hopefully it’s below RM50k….
Also, the front grille is ugly.
Hopefully it will be cheaper than P2 Axia.
Nah. If wanna go that low, just demand it to be cheaper than a kapcai.
Have to be fair, cannot go unreasonably low so perhaps can price it slightly above a Hot Wheels car.
The highest spent Myvi is barely above 50k, you REALLY think something like this is going to be cheaper?
You’ve probably not seen a new car price list for the last 20 years. It’s 2018 and you can only buy A segment cars at that price range…maybe can stretch to some local B segment ones so don’t get your hopes up ya
Change the badge to H then it will sell like nasi air dingin
H salesmen goyang edi, they hate competition. See how sour they are, accusing Geely with all kinds of slanderous nonsense.
The truth will prevail, they will know the might of Geely soon, resistance is futile.
Enough with all the thrillers and overkill exposure of the vehicle. Just launch the damn thing would you Proton?
Why the rush? Better for P1 to do a gud job on the RHD conversion rather than a lazy job like them Frenchies.
If you know anything about automobile mechanicals and engineering, you would know that a RHD conversion is not a complicated procedure. And whether the Frenchies are doing a lazy job, I don’t think I want to comment on that as the French do produce innovative and interesting cars. They are in F1 for a reason.
Not complicated? U sure about that? Lets see what PT has to say: https://paultan.org/2018/01/12/photo-of-proton-right-hand-drive-geely-boyue-is-fake/
2 years to convert cause half the time sleep in factory
Following that logic, https://paultan.org/2017/08/01/tesla-model-3-performance-version-arriving-next-year/
Elon & half of tesla factory must be sleeping too, including their robots.
70k to 80k is more reasonable. But if really sell 100k than i think it cant fight hrv.
As I had commented somewhere earlier some of us should be working with car companies so that we can enjoy buying cheapest cars in the world.
Yep again we will be getting old toys since Proton is testing the pre face-lift version
Much of the changes r accessories which can be retrofitted into P1 Boyue later on. This aint like Tan Chong Renault, pissing off early bird customers with new changes after 6 months.
Why Proton not testing facelifted car? So now sur elonger and launch 2019
I am a Malaysian Chinese who has been in China since 2006, I am in Shanghai but travel around China. Boyue is only popular in 3rd/4th tier city in china, I hardly see one in Shanghai/Suzhou/GuanZhou kind of big city. It is cheap, super high CP value. In China forum, most people are complaining about the fuel consumption, heavy with under power engine is a pain, build quality is not that bad but people from 3rd/4th tier do not complain that much. Recently Geely is going to push out a coupe version for Boyue that looks like X6…
BTW, Geely has a sub-brand call Lynko, the first car is base on Volvo CMA platform [brother car for XC40], that is really a good car. Price start form about RM 80K. I think this will never be license to Proton …
The way Proton portray Geely as the best thing happen to Malaysia is amazing. Both Changan and Haval are selling more cars in China than Geely and look at their sales figure here. The fact is people is still skeptical about China car brand, what’s more Proton.
And yes, I am talking about car brand, not smartphone. Samsung is selling well here but Hyundai are not.
Yea, most of the changes is just aesthetic, change of HU and possibly the single significant improvement is introduction of BLIS.
Anyway, how to confirm we really get the pre-facelift ones? Rumours are saying the first batch will be CBU from China, and since it will be launched later this year, China production will only be producing facelift by then, no? Which means there is good possibility we do launch facelift, yes?
Damn, my comment supposed to reply to seancorr above, how did it appear here lol
First tier cities are all driving VW, Buick, H/T, BMW, JAC and BYD.
I agree with you. When I was in Shanghai last year, I didnt see a single Boyue. But I saw a gazillion Roewe SUVs.
“Geely Boyue” actually reads like Geely Boleh
Proton input?
Terus EV sahaja this boyue….0% excise duty sumbangan dari kerajaan.
faster bring it out and sell and see how la
That CHEAP front grill must go. Horrendous!!!
Sell this car for 80k-90k, for sure laku lah.. if sell above 100k maybe susah laku…
40 years ago, japanese cars were ‘milo tin’, now world top 5.
20 years ago, korean barnds all sold only in Korea, now selling worldwide.
Same with China cars, wait abit, then they will conquer at their price range.
Malaysia is tiny tiny market la
LOOK GOOD. BUT MAKE SURE THE PRICE THE MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE IMPORTED CAR. GOOD LUCK
IT IS PETROL SAVING????