When we covered the DFSK Glory 580 in Indonesia two years ago, we wouldn’t have guessed that the seven-seat SUV trading on value will eventually reach our shores, but it’s here now. It’s a lot of car for the money, but before we dive in, here’s an introduction.
DFSK stands for Dongfeng Sokon, and in Indonesia, the Chinese brand is simply known as Sokon. Here, it’s Dongfeng or DFSK, and it’s retailed by Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Malaysia alongside Dongfeng’s Supercab light commercial truck. Basically, it’s a Chinese commercial vehicle brand probing the passenger car market for the first time with the Glory 580. The first customer units will be registered next week.
Value is the Glory 580’s calling card, and it’s quite eye-catching on paper. The 580 is a Honda CR-V type of SUV with seven seats, priced at Honda BR-V levels. Powered by a 1.5 litre turbocharged engine mated to a CVT, the Indonesia-assembled 580 is priced at just RM88,000 without insurance. Yup, RM88k for a seven-seat turbocharged SUV.
The Glory 580’s styling is inoffensive, but it does look like other SUVs in a few areas. There are hints of the Honda HR-V in front and shades of the previous-gen Hyundai Santa Fe in the profile, while the wraparound tailgate is obviously “inspired” by the first-gen Audi Q5. The 580’s sober interior gives off a Volkswagen vibe.
The unibody SUV rides on MacPherson strut front suspension and a torsion beam rear setup, with disc brakes and 17-inch wheels all round. It measures 4,680 mm long and 1,845 mm wide, with a 2,780 mm wheelbase. That’s a fair bit bigger than a Proton X70 – 161 mm longer and 14 mm wider, with a 110 mm longer wheelbase. Like the Nissan X-Trail and the CR-V in some markets, two small seats make for a third row.
Under the hood is a 1.5 litre turbo engine pushing out 150 PS and 220 Nm of torque from 1,800 to 4,000 rpm. Power from the four-pot goes to the front wheels via a CVT with manual mode. In Indonesia, there’s a six-speed manual option for this engine, besides a 139 PS/187 Nm 1.8 litre naturally aspirated motor.
In Indonesia, the Glory 580 is available in Comfort and Luxury trim levels, but we’re getting only the Luxury here. It’s well equipped, with leather seats, a black-brown two-tone interior, six-way electric driver’s seat, keyless entry with push start and all auto up/down windows.
Also included are a multi-function steering wheel, rear blower with control panel, electronic parking brake, reverse camera, tyre pressure monitoring system and a 10-inch touchscreen head unit, among other things. There are four airbags. Available in four colours – Glorious Metallic Red, Elegant White, Phantom Black and Champagne Silver – the DFSK Glory 580 is covered by a five-year or 150,000 km warranty.
Following the Indonesian path cleared by Chinese counterpart Wuling, Dongfeng launched its US$150 million plant in Serang with a 50,000 units per annum capacity in November 2017. Today, the factory produces the Glory 580, the smaller Glory 560 SUV and the Glory i-Auto, a higher-end version of the 580.
So, what do you think of the DFSK Glory 580 as a value proposition? Owners will have plenty of explanation to do, but the Dongfeng undercuts even 1.5L NA budget MPVs like the Honda BR-V and Mitsubishi Xpander.
GALLERY: DFSK Glory 580 1.5L Turbo CVT Luxury
GALLERY: Dongfeng Fengguang 580
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(Like) DFSK Glory Turbo.
(Dislike) Proton X50
Padan muka Proton Geely.
Chinese car + chinese brand = nobody want to touch
Chinese car + fake europe brand (bogward) = people just laugh
Chinese car + proton brand = people buy like crazy.
Geely struck a gold mine with proton.
1 china, 1 standard
Apple iphone standard.
88k seven seater. Yet msian paid premium price for some chinese rebadge.
Malaysian also paid higher premium at same price for 2 airbag Indon mari Jap.
excellent rival to Santa Fe, dont need buy a 2nd Hand Santa Fe.
Dsegment SUV
RM88k, same safety standard like Proton X50 Premium, better with CVT.
No clutch issue, got torque converter for better traffic Jam drive.
1.5 Turbo, same like Geely good value 7 seater Okavango/HaoYue/Jiaji SUV
https://paultan.org/2020/11/05/geely-okavango-philippines-specs-revealed-for-haoyue-7-seat-suv/
Geely Okavango – Philippines specs for Haoyue 7-seat SUV revealed; mild hybrid 1.5L turbo; from RM104k
This DFSK on CRV platform & 1.5T 1.8NA enjin honda… rm88k dem cheap frm Dongfeng honda.
RM88k, same safety standard like Proton X50 Standard 4 air bags!
Nice, DFSK Glory 580 same standard as Proton X50 Standard
1 china, 1 standard
This is a laugh to hyundai seller…
Keep pushing hyundai pricing up the sky.
Now pre-2019 used Santa Fe 2nd hand value will soon below RM 80k already,
Expensive road tax, spare parts, Kimchi vs Onglai
Compare to Santa Fe 2014-2019, same size lar
Its just late arrival to Malaysia.
D-segment SUV tu..
Dsfk already tapau china commercial industry, acceptable durability.
DSFK shall grow more service center, training here.
Congratulations to stepping into Malaysia,
D-segment SUV but cheaper than Proton Compact SUV.
That’s some kinda crazy pricing !!
Will it impact the mighty Japanese brands? Probably not as Boleh-Landers are mighty conservative and not willing to be what fanbois calls “lab rats”.
However, for this pricing, anyone who is in the market for a value for money 1.5T seven seaters should seriously consider at least a test drive before going to the usual Japanese marques showroom.
Apparently, DFSK is facing multiple lawsuits because the car cannot go uphill. So if you buy this car, it might not go around Genting.
it can, just have turbo lag.
Its the old school workhorse turbo only, american type.
How come no power can get lawsuit?
Like that can sue Kapchai 50cc already
Better value than Xpander
DSFK Glory I-Auto,
The flagship variant shall come too.
Just launch it, no sales also can.
Ppl need to see it.
DSFK glory 580 is already a Money Value Buy, compared to 2 airbags Xpander, BR-V, Avanza, Exora MPV.
Value for money only problem is not much retailers and services centers available
Fuiyoh, 7 seater SUV with 1.5T sell at RM 88k. If this car wearing Proton badge the waiting period gonna be 6 months at least. Rear aircond blower with fan speed selection and electric power driver seat.
I think it can be 6 years,
Longer than Indonesian waiting for Suzuki Jimny jdm 5yrs waiting period.
And American waiting for Mitsuoka Handcraft Rav4 American classic Muscle SUV.
Proton X50 edi have 6 months waiting list….
looks better than the bmw ix
Honda fanboys will automatically choose this over brv….just to prove that they have class and unique at the same time…
X50 buyer can upgrade to this then upgrade to brv
Its like audi merried with vw and got a bastard child name glory580
if audi married vw, they will hv legal child, not bastard child.
88k for a Cbu with this spec is unbelievable. Now we all got a better picture of the profit margin from cars like elantra 1.6 na.. 160k
that comes into the question as how much engineering effort needed to produce/refit right hand drive SUVs?
if ChangAn can do it from China, i think Geely also can do so easily.
that apa nama Tanjung Malim plant dare to say to transpose left to right hand drive plus the thundercat logo need more than 18 months really alot of BS.
Beautiful Audi Q5 rear. Copy exact width and size.
Fatty SUV
Really not bad for the pricing
Why spend more if you can get same china suv at lower price
Anyone know who is the distributor? Where can I buy this from? It’s not stated in the article. TQ.
Read 2nd paragraph
http://dongfeng.my/autos/glory-580/
Number listed here.
Distributor should be MBM Resources, the same people who run and own Federal Auto that manufactures Volvo cars in Malaysia since the 80s. They have sole rights for Dongfeng commercial vehicles.
that MBM Mara Resources also majoriti owned P2.
the dashboard is so 1980s.
Agreed its old, but 20 years ahead Proton Wira 1990s dashboard.
The cockpit is just 2015ish, similar to pre-2019 Santa Fe Cockpit and interior, budget VW car Dashboard.
Even better, it has TPMS, Reverse Camera, Push Start, Electronic Parking Brake,
Plushy Leather.
For the same price, its better to take this car than a 2nd Hand Hyundai Santa Fe
At least a better buy than 2 airbag Xpander for the same price.
RM88k at Indonesia, 308k Rp Conversion Rate Today.
RM88k at Malaysia
Same spec, same car, Same Price!
Value for money
waa.. price almost same with Indonesia.. if the service center near my place.. i will give this a chance..
If I buy I will remove all rear emblem and thats it. perfect.
actually quite a handsome car
Haval H6 much more handsome
Where can i test drive and where is the service center for this?
Datuk Syed Faisal Khalid
Datuk Sri Farid Kamsah
David Fong Sai Wan
Dharmalingam Sonnadorai F Kunjappy
Dylan Fontaine Stuart Kennedy
Come buy la…
Hi Danny of Paultan.org, you forgot to mention the storage size, when all seats are up, when the third row seats are down, and when the 2nd and 3rd row seats are down.
Based on figure you provided, the dimension is close to the recently launched Allspace. Hope you can provide these figures as to compared it with, most of 7 seater suv in malaysia road. Br-z, expander, moving up to X-trail, Allspace, then moving up to Q7, Xc90, X5(?) GLE450. Thanks
I noticed that the offering is different from official pic. The most glaring is that the aircon is manual, looks out of archaic. No digital automatic climate control as advertised in the pics. Besides 4 airbags is underpar for this segment. They should ditch the sunroof and used the cost savings to add 2 more airbags & digital auto aircon. And perhaps front sensor too.
A proper market study is what they really needed. Indonesians have different needs.
So pity the Honda salesman at showrooms, as they are losing their customers very fast…..
if rebadged as proton sure selling like hot cakes. even overprice china geely is laku. what the difference between this and china proton? of its name is apek dongfeng.
Dong Feng
= Eastern Cyclone
Chinese can really produce Premium SUV at affordable price yet with reasonable quality like a modern Hyundai.
The dashboard even looks better than Kia Sorento dashboard pre-2020, huge screen!
Paultan
Please do a Honda CRV vs this DFSK Glory side by side comparison and review.
The silhouette of this DFSK is very similar to the Honda CRV and I suspect this car is heavily “inspired” by the Honda.
You think PT so free? It’s not Proton.
This DFSK Glory a great buy. Since sharing spare parts & enjin with Honda CRV.
Looks decent. If this is a Proton, PT will angkat tinggi-tinggi with 2 article every 45 minutes.
this is pròof that our cars pricing are just ridiculous. same goes to thailand, indonesia, singapore and vietnam. vios and jazz 1.2MT in saudi arabia starts at the equievalent price of rm45-47k
whos the dealer and where is the service center located? or is it the foreman come to my house to service the car?
from the above pics alone you can see how poor the quality is. the plastic and material look like the one you get in axia. perfect for those looking to lose their money for a piece of junk.
DFSK really gives good value, even Glory 560 is even cheaper, starting from only RM 57,000 in Indonesia. Also with a 7-seat SUV format and 1.5T engine, only with slightly smaller dimensions.
Thats not bad, affordable Outlander
Now, they bring in affordable Santa Fe/Sorento
That pricing can bring more sales
Meanwhile, DFSK must be super busy, preparing and boosting the market sales, and after sales service, training, etc.
1 china, 1 global standard
Why does it cost more to buy a car in countries with national cars than countries without a national car?
Damn… makes X50 looks like a rip off.
Does it comes with ADAS Level 2? No?
X50 RM103k only got ADAD AEB, ok, no brainer buy
X50 Premium RM93k is a rip off,
make u wonder how much profit margin proton/geely get for CKD b-segment x50 rm90k and c-segment x70 rm110k
compared to this d-segment 580 RM88k only…CBU summore
both are CHINA cars anyway
You don’t mind paying so much for for an Iphone compared to a pocophone, why. Both are from CHINA anyway.
DFSK AND GEELY ARE CHINA BRANDs
APPLE/IPHONE is US brand….Pocophone is China brand, u catch the drift?
So you’re paying so much just for the brand. Does it makes sense?
why paying so much for geely/proton when dfsk offer better at cheaper and both same china brands, is that what u mean? makes sense
anyway…are these 1.5T engine & CVT self-develop or sourced from other manufacturer?
mind to know the engine and CVT from which source?
The interior and exterior is dull….
It is a good choice if you only care about it space and price.
I personally think 2021 HAVAL H6 win in every espect (even better than X70) except price.
Exterior is Santa Fe and Audi Q5
Kimchi with Continental looks
Gear level and Console follows Santa Fe, HR-V
Sofa like Santa Fe
Dashboard has Huge screen, Reverse Camera, Steering with Buttons,
CVT with tiptronic.
Many Fun Factors
Already more pretty and comfortable than Starex
suitable for who cant afford audi car. ya.. at least you get the rear bumper.
its for people who want a 7 seater Audi
Malaysia Audi with 7 seater – Q7 – RM 599k
DSFK Q5 1.5turbo ada 7 seater, cheaper so confirmed higher sales figure than Q7 too
donch play play you know, ChangAn SUV featured in Wu Jing’s War Wolves 2 movies one, manyak tahan lasak !
see for yourselves.
https://5b0988e595225.cdn.sohucs.com/images/20170808/4dc620dc6952420bbe4f1fe86fc32544.jpeg
Dongfeng???
Ini article Paultan yg paling kelaut aku pernah tgk. Sapa lagi author kan. Ini bukan article. Ni advertisement. Kurun ni mana ada orang tulis article with ZERO MENTION OF SAFETY AIDS. I sudah geleng kepala so many times i have to take panadol. Waste my life only.
I soo like DSFK 580 and DSFK i Auto model also. If I have much money, I buy this SUV definitely. I love soo much your both of those brands. I drove test driving also. What a nice feeling that. I said my friends also that feeling and I say don’t try to buy Japan or Europe any more and buy this DSFK 580 or i auto and enjoy that SUV feeling.
I Have money buy this SUV. Thank DSFK…..