Over the weekend, prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad took the 2019 Proton Saga facelift out for a spin around the city. The event was highlighted in a short 41-second clip posted on his official Facebook page.
In the video, Dr Mahathir is given a walkaround briefing on the car, a Ruby Red example, by Proton engineering director Hazrin Fazail Haroon. Also in attendance at the session were Proton chairman Datuk Seri Syed Faisal Albar and the automaker’s deputy CEO Datuk Radzaif Mohamed.
The Saga facelift was launched on August 6, and is available in three variant forms – Standard MT, Standard AT and Premium AT. Exterior styling revisions include a new “Infinite Weave” grille and front bumper, along with new LED DRLs. There’s also a new rear bumper and the inclusion of Proton script above the number plate as well as new wheel designs.
Inside, the car gets a reworked centre stack, with the air-con vents shifted downwards to accomodate the new floating 7.0-inch colour touchscreen Android head unit. Other interior revisions include a new instrument panel, updated fabric for the upholstery, Tricot headlining and a new automatic gear lever.
The 1.3 litre four-cylinder DOHC VVT mill continues on unchanged, with 95 PS at 5,750 rpm and 120 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm, but there’s a switch in transmission – the CVT has been replaced by a four-speed torque converter automatic gearbox, sourced from Hyundai.
Read our test drive report of the 2019 Proton Saga facelift.
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I hope Proton can realize their mistake and discontinue the Saga FL soon. Already Saga have failed, Proton wasted their money to facelift this game over sedan.
Test drive both cars yesterday and I felt that Bezza is a better choice. Game changing Bezza have better build quality, design, fuel consumption and RV.
1985 – kini, Saga kebanggan Proton baru.
Proton Saga kekal menjadi pilihan rakyat Malaysia dek kerana harganya yang berpatutan dan sinonim dikenali sebagai kereta rakyat
Proton Geely Lotus > all
Why wanna buy kuat makan minyak saga if there is jimat minyak bezza u can buy.
1985 – kini, Saga kebanggan Proton baru.
Proton Saga kekal menjadi pilihan rakyat Malaysia dek kerana harganya yang berpatutan dan sinonim dikenali sebagai kereta rakyat
A P2 troll’s words. Does they worth anything?
Why r u triggered by a dupe??
People believe trolls when no one calls them out for their nonsense. Not everyone who follows these or any forums are educated enough to not get pulled in and believe the pure fabrication that comes out of people like our resident dupe troll.
HELL NO!!!
We need to keep someone like him around the forum for sh!ts and giggles.
wow.. AMAZING.. just by test driving a BEZA, you know it has better RV and fuel consumption.
The Bezza is the better car for old people, as it’s not so powerful and fast as the Saga.
Ya laa…2018 1.3 Premium only cost RM28500, best RV
Rubbish car test by u also comment good quality and best RV.
U tok kok laa…now Bezza game over dy…hahaha
Hahaha.. More cheaper.. More quality.. yess.. all under geely.. Thanks DSNR
Thanks higher DSNR.
https://paultan.org/2018/07/31/malaysians-to-be-gifted-with-higher-car-prices-najib/
Yup PM Najib predicted which came true
https://paultan.org/2019/06/13/toyota-camry-price-increased-by-7k-now-rm196888/
TunF betuii :
Hahaha.. More cheaper.. More quality.. yes..
15 months on. Thumbs up Tun! Keep it up wokay!
Automaker should stop inviting him to test or whatever presentation. It just feeding him with idea mengarut like 3rd national car, flying car, submarine car, space car.. etc.
Submarine car ord buy by previous pm weh.
Submarine car better than spending billions for flying car-pet.
Tun still love Proton even after kick-out by DRB Hicom from Proton itself. Yes because he is in power now.
The kick out was ordered by DSNR, just so you know.
No one from BN Govt ordered it. DRB Hicom owned by SyedMokhtar sould not go on it alone and needed a startegic partner. DRB picked Geely.
BN Govt did not interfere. Grow up and move on.
Good riddance!!! An albatross around Proton’s neck for so long.
Name is Proton, hidden behind it is Geely. Now, it has kimchi gearbox……
Is national car is just a name? or there is a special definition of what is “National” by Proton?
What a shallow mind you have. Nobody made a big fuss about Lotus when P1 owned them or was JLR any less British under TATA?
And so what about the gearbox? Now it’s Hyundai’s, previous version used Polish tranny and before that was Aisin from Japan.
That Saga is made in Malaysia by Malaysians on a Malaysian designed chassis, powered by Malaysian made engines and rolls on Malaysian tuned and made suspension. So what if it uses a ………….. (Insert country) transmission? Most if not, all, car manufacturers are doing the same thing.
your argument wont age well. all next proton models will be Geely rebadge. the next saga will be a car rebadged from a car with weird chinese name. no campro or proton-built engines too in the future. proton will be our national car re-badger. it should already cease calling itself a national car.
Nope, that’s why Tun suggested for us to have a new carmaker. Because proton can no longer be known as local. Except for the fact that it started in Malaysia, with an assembly plants in Malaysia and majority of locals working in it.
yes and that new company oso going to you use Daihatsu/foreign core components… and yet that is okay, but not for P1 working with Geely? would you think the same if P1 was working with VW instead?
not local anymore? what your brain just switched off issit? forgot about local designed platforms and chassis since Waja? forgot about selfmade powertrain since Gen2? forgot about in house tuned suspension since GTI and PV6?
ex VGM staff.. saga, persona, iriz, exora, preve are all cars still on sale today that are running a Proton developed chassis and engine. designed, developed, tested and built by malaysians. x70 is only 1 model rebadged from Geely. Even then , CKD X70 promises to have more input on new improvements for the malaysian market.. improvements that were done here in Malaysia by Malaysians. please do a bit more research the next time you decide to post something.
Proton now is going to focusing on manufacturing dan distributor of the car. The current model will be phase out with the model from Geely. The business model is the same as NAZA, but it fails because NAZA doesn’t hold national car status.
Wow. Did you get all that info directly from Dr Li himself? Or did you just spoke/ typed straight out of your ar5e?
Ur fruit of labor after 30+ years. Proud?
I really hope Tun can come to his senses & do what’s best for the nation not just in automotive industry.
Agree. Industry players bidding for HSR project willing to invest and work with local instituitions to share training and skills development for HSR industry growth.
BUT TunM not willing to proceed with HSR because it was not his idea… just because it was from DSNajib and previous BN Govt. Have to wait till end of May 2020 to know the fate of Sg-KL HSR.
Perhaps the Geely TX5 aka London Taxi parked at the sheltered lot can capture more attention. Who owns this black cab??
Wish I can be as free…
My priorities are wrong, it seems the higher you go up, the more free you get.
You cannot testdrive a Saga “over the weekend”? Poor guy…
So whats next. Proton to go for ergonomic perfection. Even my naive wife said. ” i have to raise my knee just to step on the brakes” . So means tha brake pedal is tad higher. And she said ” i hurt my back for long hour driving”…..yes its the seat
MEH…
Your new car project may lose to proton.
Tun M tells to himself after he test drive the Saga…..”hmmm… should i plonk in a 4-speeder into my flying car too?”
Bye2 NNCP.. Go proton & perodua.. Kah kah kah!