Just 100 days after the Proton X70 was launched, the national automaker delivered the 8,500th unit of the SUV to Malaysian law firm Lee Allen Hishamuddin & Gledhill (LHAG). This milestone means the X70 has broken all previous records for delivery numbers in the C-segment SUV category, effectively making Proton one of the leaders in Malaysia’s SUV market.
According to a statement released by Proton, it achieved a cumulative sales growth rate of 42% for the first two months of 2019. This means it has the highest sales growth rate among the top three automotive brands in Malaysia by way of volume. The main driver for this is the X70, which was the most popular model for January and February (as per official registration figures). At the going rate, March is for the taking as well.
Proton CEO, Dr Li Chunrong said: “By delivering 8,500 units of the Proton X70 in 100 days, the company has proven Malaysian car buyers have taken a liking to our first SUV. We continue to be humbled by their support and we are working hard to deliver more units as quickly as possible to reduce the waiting time of our customers.”
GALLERY: Proton X70 1.8 TGDi Premium 2WD
Wah, ramai terbeli rebadged China car rupanya. Wonder how Haval and Chery would respond to this.
Aruz also ramai terbeli, even the sales surpass this Ex Seventy. Proven Aruz is the Game Changer
13,000 surpassed 22,000? Where did you learn Maths from? The school of LGE?
Perodua is pure Japanese quality. Proton X70 is low grade China quality.
Enough said
So were products from Japan and Korea once upon a time ago.
Now it’s 2019, if you still feel that way, then ditch your iPhones, Vivos, Huaweis, Xiaomis, or any electronic devices that contain components with rare earth from China…..
Proton is pure Malaysian quality. Perodua is low grade sohais quality.
Enough said.
If you didn’t like low grade China quality, how did you get online to post this nonsense? Everything is now made with low grade China quality.
China took over Proton, sales became so good. Better we bring more Mainland people into Malaysia and work in Putrajaya. You will see productivity tenfold.
That’s why we got more china dolls. Productivity increase after that.
MAA figures still show the past 3 months, Proton total sales more or less the same as last year.
Looks like Proton is going to sell 60,000 to 80,000 cars this year.
Pls publish the balance sheets of Proton. Rakyat want to see whether it is making money or loses
Why should they? They’re a private entity.
I wait ur P2 show us how much profits was sent to Jepun 1st. Ada berani?
Proton Holdings Berhad annual report 2017 can be found online. This is public information, per requirements of Bursa Malaysia for any public listed company.
Just put Proton badge on Haval and Chery.
China will flood Malaysian market now. Our Proton is gone forever!
So what if Proton gone? Are you hardcore P1 supporter? Buy every model that comes out,dont be a butthurt sore loser like your beloved UTun
So what if jepunis cars gone? This world be much better without ugly cars
Awak sudah test drive Haval tak?
8,500 unit of Proton X70 x RM120,000 =
8500 in 100 days is not a big achievement.
So in 300 days it will be 25,000 cars. Still not enough to make $$$$$
25000 x RM123800 = RM 3 billion
25000 x RM 10000 profit = RM 250 million
Not enough?
Oh but it is a big achievement considering the car price. No other car upwards of RM 100k have garnered such intense bookings and delivery figures. Not even the SUV from another certain easily triggered local brand is matching up to the numbers being achieved by Proton despite being much cheaper. That in itself is a huge achievement.
End of the year, Aruz sales will be 4X more than X70 sales because Malaysians trust Japanese technology
You are right, Perodua can sell 100k of rambutan and Proton can only sell the durians that are 4 times lower than Perodua because Malaysia got a lot of people from rambutan garden.
Its a big deal becos of the price.
I am never amazed by sale of ‘cheap’ car price in My bcos that is what most can afford.
Aruz sale will be higher becoz its the cheaper alternative. Lets face the fact, X70 is offering what others can give at higher price hence its a bargain.
If owner fork out 1200+ for monthly payment for a ‘Proton’ that showed trust. We did not see that happen when Proton redesigned the Accord into Perdana right?
Krn Accord tu tak cantik dan bukan versi baru.
Nope, look is subjective…like the Vios.
People/consumer whom can afford cars at the price bracket above the norm are getting smarter. They want every penny spent is worth it. Slowly normal level consumer are changing too, Toyota sales figure is proof. Previously they are king despite selling the same thing over and over again or in your term ‘versi baru’
Another example, despite majority Malaysian condeming Korean cars until today, their vehicle is still here (without gomen protection,hihi).How is this possible?
Malaysian market was previously brand driven last time where consumer are comfortable with the placebo effect of owning a certain make and model. As the market gets smarter, those whom fail to change will be left behind.
Congrats Proton. Very soon, Everyone are very sure that no one ever buys New Facelift Nissan Xtrail cause Nissan Xtrail got too much problematic about Nissan Gearbox including other Nissan Models. Even Nissan Models also got no RV. Moreover, Nissan Models looks extremely outdated and very ugly. So once Nissan Sales becomes zero sales from 20000 units in the next few years. It is time to say goodbye to YB Kunta Kinte
Also say goodbye to Honda CR-V 2.0L that more expensive and less tech than high spec Proton X70.
x70 is much more powerful than the cr-v 2.0,x70 is much better.comparing cr-v 2.0 vs x70, 140k vs 100k
Nissan sales is very good nowadays because quality and reliability is TOP
Mazda sales surpass Nissan already
Good one bro. :)
X70 sales in 3 months tapau’ed Nissan whole of last year sales. Kesian Nissan salesman, only can troll now.
Hi five bro. I am very happy to see all negative feedbacks from Most of the anti-Nissan Fans. I was very upset because YB Kunta Kinte talks fake stories about launching G20 3 Series articles in Paultan Website. G20 3 Series looks better looking but when comes comments, Very sure that YB Kunta Kinte always talk rubbish about Toyota, BMW, Mazda, Volvo, Proton, Mercedes and others
Proton will do well under China guidance. We need more China guidance in all our GLCs too
According to MAA statistics, Proton sales per month remain more or less the same as if the Proton X70 was never launched.
This is because Persona, Saga and Exora buyers now are very little. The existing Persona, Saga and Exora buyers all migrated to the Proton X70
Siapa untung? Well all money collected for the Proton X70 goes back to China because Proton X70 is fully CBU
Even if X70 sell well also, it is not Proton’s product. It is from Geely. Malaysians only changed the logo and grill.
Our 30 years of automotive experience masuk longkang. We just distribute China cars now
Your Perodua is no different kunta.
So? GM with 100 years of automotive experience and once was the biggest carmaker in the world is now rebadging Baojun 530 as the new Captiva. Is America distributing China cars now? ApamaluB055kurr….
GM is also bad. Always providing bad quality cars for Americans. In the end, they beg for bailout duit from the US kerajaan
Ford is better. At least they don’t beg for bantuan and also provide quality vehicles
If GM was bad, it wouldn’t be second best selling brand in USA. Stop the lies.
Then i can say a rebadged Geely is better than a rebadged honda
If GM is bad, why US government ask GM to build their president car The Beast aka Cadillac One?
I prefer all money go back to China because they are improving Proton and expanding the R&D into a regional R&D center. Money have been going back to Japan for 30 years, and we still get nothing, only know how to change bumpers and logo, make up here and there.
Money goes back to China for 1 year and we are seeing the benefits but money have been going back to Japan for 30 years, we still got no benefits.
Nissan sales now going higher and higher because it has 7 seaters. Proton only got 5 seater
Follow your logic, a 40 seater bus would be the best selling vehicle in Malaysia is that right? Where did you find such logic that belies belief.
Bus company sales now also going higher and higher because it has 60+ seaters. Others only got 2, 5 or 7 seater.
Mitsubishi Outlander better. Ok, people keep questioning about the omission of rear air-con vent, but the air-con unit in the Mitsubishi is cool (even sometimes too cold for kids at the back). No regret in acquiring the OL since the Proton X70 only have 5 seats.
Proton bashing? There’s a good lad, here, have a Like!
People got confidence in the best car Malaysia has ever had!
If i understand correctly, your tldr should be like this:
“I want to buy personal that cost 60k but there’s X70 so i might as well spend 120k for that.”
Hm.. How buyer of saga , persona can migrated to Proton X70. Selling price is 2 times above. T.T
100 days (3 months) for X70 to reach 8,500 car delivered. Meanwhile Aruz in 2 months only shifted 4,000 cars. At this rate, X70 sales will far outpace Aruz sales. Abesla Aruz! Abesla Perodua!
Aruz 2 months only 3600 units
Go stay in japan lor
I go to Japan I still don’t see Rush or Aruz on the roads there anywhere I went. Someone said that Rush is from Japan but I don’t see it anywhere in Japan. I think he is not telling the truth.
To be honest Rush or Aruz designed by Indonesian not by the Japanese. And the car production also from Indonesia not from Japan.
Syabas Proton Baru! Gongxi Dr. Li!!
Copy paste: “Tahniah
P1, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoCar, Volvo Trucks, Lotus > all”
Can they beat wira?? Maybe (volume wise)
8500 units over 3 months period is equivalent to an average of +-2750/month. I am not amused. Didn’t benefit the factory workers not vendors and other suppliers. And when proton starts doing CKD towards end of the year. The storm is gone. Unless proton is quick to get 100k extra sales from export market. Perodua is doing 20k sales every month with a combination of few models, consistently.
None of perodua cars are over 100k, dont forget that X50 is coming in this year
That’s like saying Vivo sold more phones than iphoneX and this higher sales of cheaper products makes it better than iphoneX. Yeah, sure dude.
Profit wise
Definitely won’t beat Wira volume (not even Perdana V6 volume cos V6 had massive Gomen sales).
But … The coming X50 might take the challenge.
Proton is the best brand ever. They are now top SUV in Malaysia. Jepunis overlords kalah
I have full confidence in Proton X70. Betul Onz!
What full confidence? already got someone’s x70 turbo leak. then got some people have different issues, then the SA lembap!
habisla!!! Perodua still numba 1
Aruz also got problem braking, and the SC foreman said memang macam ni
Is this fake news? I have never seen such issues before
Perodua ada special team utk handle socia media. Awak tak akan tahu cerita sebenar.
Because u r fake
New Myvi has lots of problems bro.
Hello john, X70 is made by Geely. Proton only tampal logo and change grill.
The engine, design, etc is all from Geely. Proton is now a distributor only
And the difference between what Perodua been doing? I missed that episode
If no proton you will have a LHD x70 !
When a new model comes out, memang many people buy. Wait for 1 year sales figures.
Confirm tak sampai 100K. Majority will still buy Perodua cars
At the end of the day, Perodua has support from all Malaysians.
Yawnz. People buy P2 because it is cheap not because it is good. People buy P1 because they want a car not a Japanese badge.
Proton Saga and P2 bezza same price.
Same for iriz and myvi.
Why i see more perodua models?
You work in a Perodua showroom, of course you would see more Perodua cars. DUHH!!!
The drive is good.. Gadgets offered also much more generous compared to other competitors. Only complaint is fuel guzzler. One tank around 320 to 350km…combined city and highway :(
You try driving 2.4L, 2.5L SUVs then come back tell us how was the fuel guzzling. It sounds like you’d never drove a big engined SUV, MPV or truck before.
lol the mazda cx-5 2.5 has way better fuel efficiency than this.
stop being jaguh kampung and lets hope that geely improves
Proton X70 FC is rated at 7.8L/100km, Outlander is also rated at 7.8L/100km, meanwhile Xtrail even worse at 8.3L/100km. So tell me, is the X70 have worse fuel consumption compared to its peers?
Go and try turbo engine, it gives much better driving experience, the FC difference is small
When i saw many buttons near the gear stick i asked myself why jepunis cars are so old fashioned still trapped in 90’s
you try driving each of them in the real world and tell me if you can get 7.8 L/100km hahaha
takkan dapat la kalau drive in real world.. pergh 7.8L/100 tu..on paper tu boleh ignore je. iklan je semua tu. bawa 80kmh kat highway kosong takda kete lain sepanjang 200km boleh la kot dapat.. takpun dalam tunnel 200km takde rintangan angin. lol
Same goes for jepunis and celup jepunis cars, claimed 20.1km/l fc is hilarious.
If like that no need to make hybrid cars!
It’s a small tank la.
If that’s the fuel consumption (FC) of the X70, they need to improve. Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0 FC is rated at 13.7km/l, if mostly driven on highway can reach 600++km full tank. Mixed highway + city (in my case, 5 days/ week travel to & fro Dengkil & Jalan Parlimen in KL via PLUS (Southville exit – Jalan Istana – Jalan Parlimen…you know the morning traffic in KL) can reach around 500km per full tank. Maybe the Outlander 2.4 sips a little bit more fuel but not that much difference at 13km/l on paper. It’s a 7 seater SUV anyway.
Chinese have very good business acumen.
Wrong. They have the money. Local business is so good because of scale of economy. The China men in Malaysia can’t never achieve that because scale of economy is small here. Don’t believe? Look at Tan Chong. Or berjaya Hyundai and Mazda. Or Kah Motor.
After 30 years, results finally!
Customers that decided to buy CR-V 2.0L has changed their mind to buy X70 because cheaper car price, cheaper roadtax and more tech like high spec CR-V. I say this because befor X70 launch I always saw CR-V 2.0L on the road, so no wonder X70 attract more customers.
Finally. The. Game. Has. Changed!
Daft Punk, hit it!
All hail Proton! All hail Geely!
All thanks to a company that just 2 decades ago selling a refrigerator.
all i hear from those pitiful salesman and fanboys are woof! woof! woof! auuuuuuuuu! ha ha ha ha.
rebadge pun rebadge la, asal tech tinggi pada harga berpatutan. jangan rebadge, tech sub par, enjin underpower pada harga tinggi.
That sounds like Perodua
Good sale is one thing, Hope that this China car has the same Reliability as a Japanese car, given the pass Bad records on China car.
from fridges to a world class car. only thing is make the engine more fuel efficient la.
Tried many jepunis cars , it is not that good neither
This Dr Li Chunrong is serious about turning Proton around. He is very hands on, astute & has his ears on the ground.
He is quietly monitoring X70 owners experience via FB & I believe he has quietly intervention some cases of QC issues that’s highlighted in FB. He also came down to meet Malay car bloggers & journalist who were having a meeting at COSE. Reason was not just to say Hello but also to ask them to educate him on what the Malay car buying consumers want. Not the kind of CEO who is “Tidak Apa” & sombong.
The other Departments are also proactively working to improve or rectify X70 owners experience. There was the 2 Meet & Greet at Shah Alam & Kuantan dealership; Technical personnel meeting X70 owners for briefing & discussion.
Seems the feeling at Proton now is proud & confident that things are looking better. All the initial hard work has paid off but they know there is more to do, more hard work but are proud to do it. This is how much Dr Li has turned the team around. Kudos Dr Li & team. We’re looking forward to the X50.
Sidenote: Should Proton turnaround be super successful, it should be the template to other GLCs on how to reform. Firstly, absolutely ZERO political interference, find a commited CEO (who is willing to work 12 hours daily 6 days a week) & give him the full authority to do the difficult job. There will be hard business decisions to be made & they must NOT be seen through the political lens.
To be honest Rush@Aruz designed by the Indonesian and also the production also from indonesia not from the Japan or by the Japanese. Sometimes, the truth is hard to swallowed.
Will u buy Proton X70 or Geely Boyue(if sell here). Admit it, u still love Proton
the reason is clear why Proton is so important to geely. 2 main things to see here.. 1. people will still buy proton if they believe the product is good 2. malaysians still trust proton enough to buy a rebadged china product, which on it’s own, might not have fared so well.
Proton is an established brand here & in ASEAN. Building a brand new brand takes time as consumers don’t TRUST new brands. It can take up 10 years to build this trust. Thus, from a business point of view, it is logical to rebuild the Proton brand name & sell/rebadge the new products (cars) under Proton brand.
Another point is the infrastructure. There already exists a manufacturing plant, existing dealerships & service centers. Again, from business point of view, it is logical to use the existing facilities. Refurbishment may end up costing as much as building new facilities but factors such as prime location, trained workforce & short implementation of time etc are taken into the business decisions.
So from a business Return of Investment (ROI) point, Proton brand makes logical sense Vs Geely brand here.