The 2020 Proton X70 was launched in Brunei on September 6, making the kingdom the first export market for the upgraded Malaysian-made X70, which was launched here in February this year. Brunei was also the first export destination for the CBU Proton X70.
The 2020 Proton X70 will be available in Brunei in three variants – Standard, Executive and Premium X – and the specs are the same as in Malaysia. The 1.8L turbo engine still produces 181 hp at 5,500 rpm, but thanks to the new seven-speed DCT gearbox, peak torque has been bumped up to 300 Nm from 1,750 to 4,000 rpm, 15 Nm more than before. The DCT replaces the six-speed torque converter automatic from the CBU cars. All variants are 2WD now.
Locally, since its launch in February, the CKD X70 has been delivered to 12,732 new owners up to the end of August. With this, Proton claims 25.9% of the total Malaysian SUV market. In Brunei, the previous CBU X70 was ranked in the top three in its segment despite not having a full year of sales.
“Proton is excited the Malaysian-made 2020 Proton X70 has been launched in its first export market as exports will play an increasingly important role in growing our sales. With its combination of innovative features and comprehensive list of safety equipment, we believe the X70 will gain support from car buyers not only in Brunei – where it has already attracted a strong following – but also wherever it is sold around the world,” said Roslan Abdullah, CEO of Proton Edar.
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Such a small market, nothing to be proud. And even though Brunei currency is abt 3 times more than ringgit, cars in Brunei are priced competitively and cheap (no such thing as 75% excise duty)
Its cheaper to buy in miri & drive back to brunai.
Proton is going back to international market again. This is all thanks to Game-Changing Geely for supporting and bringing back Proton’s confidence. Without Geely as Proton’s mentor, Proton will not be able to sell cars in here, let alone selling cars in overseas
Agreed. Geely is boosting Proton’s existing export successes. With Proton’s current successes of exporting superhot Gen2 & Persona to Egypt, Saga to Pakistan, X70 to Brunei, and various models to Kenya, Geely have full faith in letting Proton carry on their export success story. Thank you so much Geely for trusting in the capabilities of Proton team.
Kecik kecik lama lama jadi bukit.
What happened to all of Proton’s foreign ventures like Bangladesh and Pakistan? All lingkup.
Hello Bruneians are one of the richest in the world. Why should they buy a China car when a Toyota is so affordable to them?
To make it worse, the Toyota RAV4 also more or less same price as this X50
You commented in these treads below and still come asking stupid repetitive questions, making me question if you even bothered to read the written articles.
https://paultan.org/2020/09/01/spyshots-proton-saga-caught-testing-in-pakistan/
https://paultan.org/2017/06/02/proton-preve-now-assembled-in-bangladesh-by-php/
If Proton dares to go into such markets, that meant they have confidence to compete openly.
Tahniah Proton! X70 sell there below B$35,000.
We love it. All the best Proton.
I wonder if the export model has better quality, much like those exported to the UK in the 90s? I’ve been reading from X70 fb group that CKD model are having many issues that needed SC to rectify, and with spare parts waiting list took months to arrive.
Naw, those are fake accounts. I have been an X70 owner for the past year and nothing my experience are what they claimed. They can’t even tell us their chassis code which raises a big red flag they were fakes.
It was a sad time for Malaysians. The Satria sold in the UK in the 90s was far better quality than the Satria sold in Malaysia for Malaysians.
Whilst we did not have airbags, VSC or ABS, the UK export Satrias had all that.
Makes me wonder….isnt Proton born to give Malaysians affordable and safe cars?
Why give safer cars to Mat Salleh when your felow Malaysians did not even have airbags?
No. The goal then was to give cheap affordable cars which Proton did so well. Safety was not part of the Old Man’s agenda then, only after he got kicked out that Proton kicked into high gear with world-class safety features that you see today.
AFAIK, certain spec of Satrias sold here comes with airbags. The Satria GTi came with driver’s airbag and ABS.
Improve production first. Local market delivery like siput. 3 months++ waiting time not acceptable.