The 2023 Proton X90 has received a five-star rating from ASEAN NCAP. Under the latest 2021-2025 assessment protocol, cars are assessed based on four categories comprising adult occupant protection (AOP) with the full score of 40 points, while the child occupant protection (COP) category, safety assist (SA) and motorcyclist safety (MS) have a full score of 20 points each.
The X90 “performed exceptionally well in the assessment” and achieved an overall score of 83.75 points, which translates to four stars. However, if you look at the individual categories, the D74A scored a five-star rating for AOP with 37.75 points, COP with 17.79 points and SA with 15.71 points. Lastly, the SUV scored 12.50 points in the MS category to make it nearly 84 points and five stars. The crash test was performed last month at CATARC in China.
There are four variants of the X90 – Standard, Executive, Premium and Flagship – and all four come with six airbags (front, side, curtain) plus basics such as ABS/EBD/BA and ESC. Also standard across the board are lane change assist (blind spot), rear cross traffic alert (RCTA), door opening warning and rear collision warning (RCW). The latter warns you when a car is approaching fast from behind, while flashing the hazard lamps.
However, ADAS is only available from the Premium onwards, which means that the Standard and Executive miss out on AEB, forward collision warning, ACC with Stop & Go, lane departure warning and prevention, lane centering control, emergency lane keep assist and traffic sign information (TSI). The latter has been calibrated to read Malaysian road signs, which you’ll see in the meter panel.
Three of these features – RCTA, RCW and TSI – are new to Proton and are debuting on the X90. Other safety related convenience features include auto high beam (Premium onwards), tyre pressure monitoring (Executive onwards) and a 360-degree camera with 3D view (Executive onwards, Standard gets a reverse camera). Flagship buyers get a dashcam.
The X90 is priced at RM123,800, RM130,800, RM144,800 and RM152,800 for the Standard, Executive, Premium and Flagship variants, respectively. Check out our launch report for full details and galleries of the variants, as well as our first impressions drive report.
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Make sure no rigging like the tether-gate or sending another car to test when the first one failed.
X90 was not tested at Toyota/Daihatsu facility in Japan, so rigging is unlikely.
Pass R95 standard?
DNGA-VIOS failed
Trust Zhongguo Gongchandang more than Nihon Shihonka.
Why bring Toyota into discussion? We are talking based on experience with Proton.
Because Toyota/Daihatsu/Perodua are well known for crash test rigging, but not Proton/Geely?
1. Sending a modified car to retest when the first car got 1-star.
2. Tether-gate
Kerja siapa??
Test conducted by lab in China? Can be trusted or not? Why don’t conduct the test here in MIROS?
If tested in Japan, nobody can be sure in test car was rigged. In China no rigging problems yet.
Trust Zhongguo Gongchandang
Fyi in PRC, scammer cheater gets caught always bite the bullets in riffle range execution.
You must have never been to motherland.
Yes we definitely runaway by boat to formosa island safe haven no persecution
No rigging found at “Zhongguo Gongchandang” yet, unlike confirmed rigging at Toyota/Daihatsu/Perodua.
comrade hino says no rigging in prc. that’s why trust zhongguo gongchandang.
Those speeding Myvis and Kanchils…pls open your eyes when overtaking.
If one mistake…lu hangus.Look how hardy the X90.The crumple zone is just the bonnet.The passenger n driver front area didnt kemek.
Those small peroduas..kemek until half the car if head on with this X90.So,this X90 has unofficially dethroned the Myvi as KING OF THE ROAD.
PMX,why thank the founder ? You should thank Geely,especially the white knight.Dr.Li n Co.
Without Geely,P1 is already insolvent..going bust until Geely step in.
If you sayang your car,
Don’t crash it, add RM20,000 – RM30,000 to get the AEB variant, not low spec X90.
Finally, all car 64km/h also total lost like tin kosong.
I sayang the passengers and not the car.
You don’t care that your family will be killed, because you sayang your car so much?
There are strange people living in this world..
WOW, Proton Improve on safety.. good job. At least better than Uncle Toyota/Perodua NOW..full with recall, oil filter, safety
Actually would anyone think otherwise since the car already received 5 Star rating everywhere else it sold since 2020.
It is a RHD car. The front body structure is different than LHD car.
Rm 154k top range, sorry as its so call national brand(always rebadge) later many guaranteed issues specially parts and quality service
Chup dulu… kena tunggu 6 months to reconfirm balik ini model Okanwanga ke?
Better be for that price range!
1.5L engine is not enough, please upgrade to 2.0 at least to pull the load.
Did u said the same to F1 when they were using 1.6L engine or when accord and CRV started using 1.5L engine?
Its not so much abt the engine, its about output figure and specific usage tune of the engine.
The astmatic Camry engine has 2.0 but much less power and torque than X90’s 1.5 engine.
This D seg SUV is equipped with 1.5L TURBOCHARGED + BSG, not an ordinary 1.5L naturally aspirated engine.
Typical Malaysian reader. Always condemn their product and wish it never sell. Then they lament over why the economy is bad. Everyone will say thanks to China like Proton doesn’t make any profit off it. Korean are proud of their cars from the spectra until we get the ioniq. Malaysian? Persuade other countries not to buy our product because “spare part, easy kaput, expensive”. If anyone to blame for the economy, just blame politicians. Never us.
My wife & I still using 1 old Proton & 1 old Perodua. Both cars still running good enough although got signs of wear & tear. No plans to replace them because use money for other more essential things.
Wow Brader….
Can I have some of whatever you’re smoking?
do migrate to Siam or Holland since addicted to smoking substance
Finally some sanity!
Plotong ,
Please make AEB as standard on all variant as minimum.
Don’t mock us like this. You have the upper hand in pricing here in Msia (ploteksen)
get the premium. 1.5 underpower but cheap roadtax, its a family car so power concern is 2nd..safety first
Btw is the ASEAN NCAP verified ISO ???
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asia, or known as ASEAN NCAP, is an automobile safety rating program jointly established by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) and Global New Car Assessment Program (Global NCAP).
CCP cars are safest in the World
Sucking blood so many years