It looks like the reception to the Proton X70 is exceeding expectations, as the national carmaker today announced it has received over 10,000 bookings for its first-ever SUV model. This comes following the start of order taking at dealerships on September 8, followed by online bookings from October 17.
Of the 10,000 bookings made, nearly 2,000 of them were made via the dedicated X70 microsite, which required customers to pay a fee of RM99. Meanwhile, the remaining bookings had customers placing a deposit of RM1,000 at official Proton dealerships across the country.
“We are thankful to all Malaysians for the support they have given to Proton since we started accepting bookings for the Proton X70. Despite our need to control the flow of information prior to its launch, the response has been very encouraging as we have received over 10,000 bookings with those placed online via our booking platform exceeding our expectations,” said Li Chunrong, CEO of Proton.
“We were unsure how customers would react to this new method to book a car but its success points to how cars might be sold in the future,” he added. The Proton CEO also asked customers to be patient final preparations are being made ahead of the X70’s launch, which includes ensuring a proper sales and aftersales network to support what is undoubtedly an important product for Proton.
In that regard, the company also confirmed that it has surpassed its target to achieve 109 submission approvals for 3S/4S outlets, with 113 submissions recorded to date. Through this initiative, dealers can apply to build new 3S/4S centre, or upgrade their existing ones to meet the new standards and corporate image (CI) set by Proton.
“We are very proud of this achievement as it means the market has responded well to the Proton brand by deeming it as a good investment. I commend the efforts of our existing dealers who took the opportunity to stay invested with us as well as the new dealers for their faith and vision to see the potential for Proton in the current and future automotive market,” commented Li Chunrong.
“When JD Power released their 2018 Sales Satisfaction Index ranking (SSI) for mass market automotive brands, it showed Proton had improved to sixth in the table with a score of 782 points. While we are not satisfied, we still managed to surpass the score of some of our major rivals, which is a sign our customers have responded positively to our efforts to serve them better. I believe with a concerted effort, we can achieve our target to be ranked in the top-three by 2019,” he continued.
The X70 is being offered with a choice of four variants – Standard 2WD, Executive 2WD, Executive AWD and Premium 2WD – all of them powered by a 1.8 litre TGDi turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine producing 181 hp and 285 Nm of torque from 1,700 to 4,400 rpm. The mill is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission, with drive going to the front wheels save for the AWD model.
Features on the highest-spec variant include 18-inch alloy wheels, LED headlamps, Nappa leather seats, powered front seats, a panoramic sunroof, 8.0-inch touchscreen and GKUI infotainment system. All variants come with electronic stability control (ESC) and six airbags as standard, but it is only the Premium 2WD that gets the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) – autonomous emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control (ACC), lane departure warning (LDW, no steering), blind spot information system (BLIS) and intelligent high beam control.
Final pricing for the X70 will only be revealed when the model makes its official launch debut in November, but how much do you expect to pay for the various trim levels? Are you among those who have placed a booking?
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Over 10,000 patriotic Msians. Me one of them !!
I also ordered one because it is a non Malaysian car. I have more trust in China because they know how to run a car company and provide excellent after sales service.
I trust Li Chunrong to give Malaysians the best!
give Malaysians the best price! Under 80k.
I like this car a lot. Power betul
Miti is investigating their true status … Until then no prices as it’s considered a CBU China not local Proton .. clever DrLi try to potong que
Geely cheated its way to get local car status.
Nissan, Toyota and Honda spents tens of billions the past 40 to 50 years to gain local car status. But Geely did it for only RM170 million overnight.
Up there you say you trust them, down comment you say they cheated. Err… something wrong with you bro?
As long Proton logo glued here, is CKD.
Brian, i think John suffers from Schizophrenia
This is 100% a China car and we Malaysians have given Geely local car status just like that.
So many car companies in Malaysia invested tens of billions the past 40 years just to get local car status.
Geely just bought all this plus national car status for RM170 million
China Geely is going to get richer and richer. China thanks Malaysians for their sapot.
Designed by China, powered by Sweden, Japan quality, enhanced by Malaysia.
China only sell rm68k, its cheap car. After proton sell 100k then 10,000 booking will cancel. Then booking become “0”.
China is very pandai. Dumping their cars in Malaysia. Every first world country have rejected China cars and sales have failed big time. Even Singapore China cars got ZERO sales
Ask yourself why First World countries have rejected China cars like Geely?
95% of all Geely cars can only sell in China only. Why?
Because they jelly about China success.
China is a great country to come and help Malaysia. Pity Malaysia don’t know how to make cars.
Pity Malaysia has no expertise to make a good car.
Meanwhile jepunis overlord cars are still big jokes in Europe
Another fake news. Jepunis cars are top sellers in Europe. Infact Europeans treat Japanese cars like how we treat German cars…..they yearn for it
TRUE
When visiting Europe recently , Japanese cars really is a big joke in Europe. Japanese cars on Europe roads is a rare scene when compare to the many Korean and their own German, Swedish and French cars .
British cars like Land Rover and Jaguar is also very rare in Europe outside UK. Their presence is slightly better than the hardly seen Japanese cars in Europe.
Japanese cars seems to be meant only for third world countries for third world mentality buyers especially Toyota and Honda brand.
I remember once P1 claimed the game-changer global-car Iriz recorded bookings of more than 35k during pre-launch. What actually happened, was a history.
So, should we take this 10k bookings number for X70 seriously? :)
You are practically driving a Volvo !!!!!
auto manufacturers (eg: kia) gives long term-testers to auto journalists and sells their cars with long 7 years warranty…
dealers here should do the same if they genuinely have faith in their products…
maybe not 7 years warranty , but long term testers
Typical malaysian. Always want free product.
So shameful. 30 years of motoring down the drain. All we can do now is rebadging.
Like this better sack all the 10,000 workers at Proton and just have a distributorship of Geely cars. You only need 100 people to just tampal Proton badge on to the Geely X70
10,000 Proton workers that brought in 10,000 X70 orders. Yes please, bring more workers in. As compared to the 10,000 Toyota workers doing nothing in showrooms.
totally agree!
Agreed bro Brian!
What did our engineers and designers in Proton do the past 30 years?
Proton is now just an official distributor for Geely cars.
Soon, Geely will kill the Persona, Saga, Exora, Suprima, Ertiga etc.
Geely will want to market all their cars in malaysia.
30 years of automotive down the drain
I believe we still do not have the brain to make our own cars. This arrangement in a way is good also. Hope we do not have to fill the hole anymore .
So you think Boyue is originally RHD?
Price! Price! Price! Price!
As someone had said, the people are waiting with bated breath, even screaming for the prices.
Until today can’t confirm price! Many will cancel after hearing price.
Short lived joy.
Can get a much better vehicle in the form of the Honda Hrv or Subaru Forester.
Much better in what sense? Is the HRV bigger? Does it have more tech? A better engine? Same with the Forrester. The only ‘better’ part is brand image and that’s a long journey to change.
This X70 so much tech promised. Let see later how they work and how long it will last before all of them break down. And also let see how much it will cost to fix and how good Proton SC handle all those tech.
Waiting 4 x70 70 problems on low yat forum.
there are certain type of people always quickly sign any document janji they got something to show off to their neigbours and family in the kampung.
then when repayments come, they cannot meet and kena tarik balik
These are the same type of people who ordered this car without knowing the price.
then they take the car without having the ability to pay.
Mati mati janji can show off to neigbours and balik kampung in style
More like jepunis car buyers
HRV? Is just a jacked up Jazz. Nothing to shout about a crossover compared to a real SUV.
Forester? At 2x the price, it’s so much more expensive compared to X70 and yet less features like no Eyesight.
So X70 is the real SUV?
Hrv are a lame slow suv, subaru inside plastic look so cheap, cheaper than p2 alza
Not bad, 10k booking means 10 million in the pocket first for up to two months!
More interested on the ‘price-contagion’ effect on Japanese and S.Korean vehicles.
Now, people will not buy Honda CRV. Because Honda CRV have zero quality as well as Honda Service Malaysia and Honda Assembly Quality is suck as they know that Honda Malaysia is being cheated. Now, Honda Salesmen are hiding today
Honda service as bad as Autobavaria? Bro, can share?
Wrong Bro. Autobavaria service is good. Except for Honda Service in Malaysia is bad
Wrong, wrong and wrong. Survey other brands before blindly bashing.
That’s what they said about their Iriz… I will believe when i see the cars on the road
Stop doing stupid marketing la. Why don’t dare reveal the PRICE ????????
They sked the microsite will overload and jam if they released the price too early.
If their marketing that managed to pull in 10,000 bookings is considered as stupid, that would infer that all other autobrand marketing which couldn’t pull as much or more bookings must be utterly stupid, no?
after reveal the price, if only have 100 booking, where should they hide their heads?
No need coz they dun kirr pipu with takata airbags
To the basher: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
P1 laku kerass giler!!
RM jatuh bankrap, ekonomi Malaysia merosot..
Mane citer betoi ni HAHHAHAH!
P1, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, VolvoTrucks, Lotus > all
Please dont put volvo and Geely to compare with Germans.
Volvo is owned by Geely. So is Daimler. Doesnt change the fact that the Chinese owns a part of Merc and also owns Volvo. They effing own Lotus too. They dont make cars. They are just owners geddit?
Volvo, Geely, Kimchi are same standard. Buy sushi you wont regret. With extra money, buy German.
But but but sushi quality has gone down to drain nowadays lor
are you really sure German cars are better than Volvo. Hi, time change, pls do sone research before make comment. Volume otr just show people prefer german cars due to their reason but does nor mean that they are better car. Otherwise, perodua the best cars!
Volvo is absolutely on par with the Germans in the segments they compete in.
I dont take Volvo to zouk and please dont pick me up with Volvo. It is dull and boring car
Please also do not pick up in a Honda or Toyota . These are killer aur bags cars and anything might ….. Live the world.
Also so shy riding in a BMW and also Do Not pick me up in a BMW too as it symbol a PIMP or AH LONG car .
Please pick me up in a safest car like Volvo or the TAXI car call Mercedes.
Both are safe , exciting , nice looking and comfortable cars to ride inside .
Off course not.
Mercedes is perceived and used as TAXI in Europe whereas Volvo is not seen as TAXI
So shy owning a Mercedes call as TAXI CAR.
Geely do make Taxi cars for UK market known as Black Cab Taxi.
Please also do not pick up in a Honda or Toyota . These are killer aur bags cars and anything might ….. Live the world.
Also so shy riding in a BMW and also Do Not pick me up in a BMW too as it symbol a PIMP or AH LONG car .
Please pick me up in a safest car like Volvo or the TAXI car call Mercedes.
Both are safe , exciting , nice looking and comfortable cars to ride inside .
Jim
At least Volvo is many times better than those junk and useless USA cars like FORD , GM Cadillac , Buick and Chrysler where No buyers in any part of the world would like to buy and own..
Geely is a good company allows funding without disturbing the working engineering professional and workforce unlike FORD. days .Hence, Geely had succeeded making Volvo as a Global Premium car.
FORD on the other end keep producing vehicles being describe as Finish Or Repair Daily ( FORD) . Hardly seen any buyers like buying FORD paaenger car compare to other brands..
Only syiok sendiri Proton staff think their Proton is same level as Mercedes and Volvo. this is why Proton neve rimproved the past 20 years. They always was of the opinion that Proton cars were better than Volvo and Mercedes.
John oh john, if Proton was so good, nobody will buy Volvo and Mercedes at RM400k la
All our Ministers also used to say Proton is better than Volvo and BMW.
So now we are better than Volvo, BMW and Mesidis….oh wai
You must believe in all politician words, lol
Minister will use Audi, they are selling xminister Proton pronda accord for RM70k
Please improve your English. John never mentioned that Proton is superior to Volvo or Mercedes, but in fact, Proton, Volvo & Mercedes are superior to all others.
If myvi is 70k noone will buy, better buy cheaper iriz or jazz
Maybe AL Jazeera 101 also can Interview john and Proton?
Don’t walk out half way okay?
Cannot! Later go into their office for interview then terus disappear.
Wow,
never deny good features & design.
Some people doubt proton + Made In China
Some ppl confidence Proton + Volvo engineering.
& for the price tag 7 seater alot saving or better than purchase Livina/Avanza/Exora
The real result On The road if after one year no complain- then SEA / India market is open. We share same climate.
China bike & car, and also WV failed here due to hot climate
u conpared x70 with livina, avanza and exora? people usually compared same class or segment but malaysian usually to price. But the models that u mentioned, not even close to class and price.
OMG…become worst dy
Yup worst for jepunis and p2
The return of P1! Now all they need to do is hurry up to complete the remainder outlets upgrading to 3S & 4S, and produce sufficient X70s for the hungry demands. As i have said, the pipu r waiting with bated breath. 10,000 has lined up and even more will come after launch. Habislah Azla and P2 SUV!
Sokong. Tepuk tepuk ..
I guess most probably are china people who works in mesia take the most booking numbers.
This will be very interesting to watch. I’m not that confident Proton will be able to pull it off and I still have my doubts on the remaining staff from the old regime in Proton Edar. Go have a look at their corporate structure and you will find some stinky corporate leaders still inside Proton Edar. The new Proton CEO should cleanse that segment of old farts too. Only when you totally cut off ALL the cancerous cells then only Proton may continue to live on.
China do all the research and work and Proton just claim the fame.
This is so shameful. Even more shameful is that our Government has spent over RM20 billion to bail Proton out over the years and we sold 49.9% of the company for a mere RM170 million.
Proton is the biggest loser. What did they lose?
1) the lost controlling stake of our local car company (despite Geely owning 49.9%)
2) Geely through backdoor tactics got local car status and local tax benefits. A slap to Nissan, Honda and Toyota and others
3) Proton lost Lotus completely. This is worth billions
4) Proton lost their Shah Alam land worth RM5 billion with a GDV of RM12 billion
Geely got all the 4 above for RM170 million. Clever Geely. Untung betul
Wow most probably only one person that came from is Honda Salesmen who put many downvotes
“Proton has sent over 500 engineers (on top of the designers) to Geely to not just learn the technical aspects when it comes to quality, but also to “bring back the working culture”
https://paultan.org/2018/09/07/malaysia-to-be-global-production-hub-for-right-hand-drive-geely-boyue-for-exports-and-the-proton-x70/
The suspense is no longer exciting. I think the marketing boys are overdoing it. Just launch it already. Or maybe the rumour is true? There’s a problem with orders from China?
Thats at least RM1 bil of sales, sure proton share price will go up.
Oh you forgot …Proton is not listed anymore … Too bad ..BTW sales don’t necessary means profits
that is assuming all bookings is converted to sales !
loan rejections plus cancel booking due to pricing
5,000 sales more likely … anyway gotta wait and see
pricing is most important whether this DUF do well or not, remember Inspira rebadged from the popular Mitsubishi Lancer
Dear proton, enough with the teasings etc, just publish your price list and launch the car already….. It is already nearing end of 2018….
Best wishes…. I’m tempted too….. Let us wait and see.
Sure boh?? Always talk big before actual launching..last time oso boasted Iris, Pondana, Petsona and Saka thousands and thousands of bookings lah, game changer lah, all the models eventually ended up failure or slow sellers
Talk big only can attract more people to book before they reveal the price!
Iriz, Persona and Saga sales very good what? Higher than Yaris, Vios and Altis sales volume.
Perhaps smaller version X30 in coming years to replaced my persona. X70, X50 too big for me.
Hope for a better Proton after this.
Only rm99 can place booking online. People just try their luck. If after launch, they like the look and happy with the price, they are the first batch to get the new car. If the prices do not meet their budget, just cancel order. For me, this 10k figure does not mean anything without know the actual prices!
No matter what, I won’t buy Proton car in my whole life, Japanese car is my only choose.
Who cares, get yourself a HRV and get tapao by X70 everyday.
Jepunis car salesman sudah goyang…
Same here
Why you replied to your own dupe?
TGDi engine..hmm. is one of proton engine or by petronas? The engine is not from China
Not Proton or Petronas engine. Developed by Geely with Volvo assistance
Laat few months so many new models launched even the ULtimate Uncle Driving MEsin (ULUD-ME) Camry launching Nov1st..but not tis Old Model Geli
..new FL allrdy launched in Tongsan so we actuallty taken for a ride in old model …supposely spent thousands of hours testing to ensure suit Malaysian climate hahaga means all oter car brands not suitable here? How long to design simple grilleand bumper
“Electronic stability control (ESC) and six airbags are standard cross the board. Proton says that the facelifted Geely Boyue, which the X70 is based on, scored five stars”
“In June, Proton CEO Li Chunrong had said that the SUV – which is based on the facelifted Geely Boyue – was expected to make its market debut”
“The X70 is based on the facelifted Geely Boyue, and will feature a 1.8 litre TGDi turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine (181 hp/285 Nm)”
Basher failed to read.
OMG, X70 X70 X70… numurous post of X70 but still this freaking SUV is hiding for launching. Look at UMW, they launch Toyota Rush without many rumous and teaser, and now they are launching on 1st Nov and only teaser on 28th Oct. It is only 4 days before official launching.
I am truly disappointed with Proton and now Geely. Idiotic teasers culture of Proton is still exist though it is now consider Geely in control. Stop giving stupid news to public, just launch the freaking “rebadge Boyue” ASAP. I am enough to see this X70 news over and over again and the car still hiding.
Dude, if you dont like it, you are free to ignore the news articles on X70.
Am disappointed with Proton Edar Marketing Dept for it’s pre launch of X70. Open booking on 8 September. After that, only By Invitation viewing, that also all they were doing was trying to convince that Proton was solely responsible for the development of RHD X70, Proton now suddenly overnight high class already & best of all, fishing for retail pricing. (I attended the PJ viewing at Metal Bees). Add on top that videos released where that rich man son said the car should be priced RM170K !!!!! Proton Edar tried to project an aura of high class but forget that it takes years to build this type of image. It won’t happen overnight with one unknown unlaunched unproven SUV.
Then, only dribs & drab info being released. Konon wanna build excitement but after 3-4 weeks of this teasing, it grew to be annoying. Many voices their frustration. What they should have done is released more informative videos of this car. Heck, Geely Boyue has enough videos for this. There’s the 100 degree challenge, where the car was driven from sub zero cold to tropical to desert. Then there’s the 5 days 4 nights drive through the harsh hot Gobi desert. All these could have been released as a series of videos, to prove the reliability & toughness of the SUV.
Many are not convinced of the reliability of this car on M’sian heat, even though it can survive the harsh hot Gobi desert. Proton Edar failed to convince public these 2 months. The A&P budget was probably blown on the By Invitation events. Then the RM99 Online Booking was probably an afterthought. Good way to piss off the 8,000 who pre-book with RM1,000 deposit and were not given any free gifts during booking.
Now just left pricing to reveal. If it’s more than RM110K (Premium), then sorry, it’s Game Over. The pre launch marketing failed to convince otherwise.
I was one of those who booked – but my target is to get one of the 2,000 CBU units.
If I don’t get that, I will instantly cancel my booking and wait to see the reviews for the CKD version.
I’m guessing quite a lot of other people are doing the same. Can’t trust Proton CKD just yet, they need to prove themselves first.
just give us the price so that we can apply financing at bank….so proton better give extra free gift for those who had booked earlier on the month of September 2018. petrol voucher worth rm500 if can…
Ain’t gonna happen. Proton Customer Service lansi reply email that Management decision is final. No reconsideration. You get that useless die cast model same as those who book online. Macam that toy car is so special.
Too bad lah. You put your trust in Proton by booking without even seeing, touching nor test drive & they balas budi by treating you like this. Still very much like the “old” Proton.
This car gearbox have a lot of problem like oil leaking from the transmission, harsh noises are heard when shifted from 3rd to 2nd gear. According to the Chinese consumer from China, even the 18′ Geely Boyue are still suffering from this problem. Geely has bought over a company from Australia that is called DSI. DSI supplied to various car manufacturer around the world, one of them is SsangYong. I owned a SsangYong Rexton back in the day, I can attest to the shitty gearbox. Very very poor reliability.
My understanding was it’s the Manual Gearbox that’s giving all the problems you described.
Received an automotive industry rumous, the delay of launching X70 is due to supply issue. Currently only have 2000 AP to bring in the X70 CBU from China but Proton received 10k units booking. Proton tanjung malim plant has not ready to CKD. So it is now awaiting approval of additional AP certs to bring in more CBU units while waiting tanjung malim plant to go live. Rumous said it takes at least 6 months to get the infra ready and suppliers able to provide parts.
Agree. Going by your rumour, X70 CKD roll out earliest only late 2Q2019/ early 3Q2019. Tanjung Malim (body in white) plant will only be ready September 2019. Construction update has been published sometime last month.
So it’s perplexing how Proton still stand by it’s earlier statement that X70 CKD can roll out by 1Q2019.
This will also affect the manufacturing & hence launch of RHD Binyue (X50?).
Hopefully below 115k
i already order 10 unit