It is a common misconception that Proton engineers are simply slapping a Proton badge onto Geely cars without contributing any engineering work.
The process of adapting a Geely car to meet Proton’s standards and local requirements involves extensive engineering and developmental work. As highlighted by the modifications made to the Proton X50 to comply with Malaysian and ASEAN NCAP standards, Proton engineers conduct thorough crash safety analysis and make key safety changes.
These include body reworking, footrest modifications, airbag adjustments, child safety improvements, and revisions to driving assistance features. These changes are not minor tweaks but significant alterations that require a deep understanding of automotive engineering, rigorous testing, and strict compliance to safety standards.
Here are 5 ways Proton modified the Proton X50 to make it safer:
Body Reworking
They reworked an aspect of the body of the X50 to prevent tearing of the front floorboard during a frontal collision, which is not acceptable under ASEAN NCAP standards.
Engineers reinforced these areas with ultra-high-strength steel, effectively shifting the force of impact to other areas that do not pose a threat to occupant safety. As a result, 40% of the body, including the front, side, and back, was made using a combination of high-strength steel variants.
Driver’s Footrest Modification
The driver’s footrest, located next to the brake pedal, was modified due to concerns that the driver of a right-hand-drive X50 would be more vulnerable to foot injury in the event of a collision, as the engine is always oriented under the hood towards the right side of the vehicle.
The footrest was modified to ensure that the foot remains on the footrest, with limited slippage, during a collision.
Curtain Airbags Adjustment
The curtain airbags in the X50 were adjusted to provide additional cushioning to the head area during impact, primarily in side collisions.
This adjustment was necessary because the ASEAN NCAP protocol emphasises that the static deployment of curtain airbags should cover a range of body types for different potential drivers.
Child Occupant Protection (COP) Safety Modifications
In the area of child safety, the engineers lengthened the hook on the Isofix interface to make it easier to fit a child safety seat. Also, the angle of the anchor was readjusted to offer a more secure placement of the seat.
Driving Assistance Features Revisions
Some driving assistance features from the Binyue were carried over to the X50. However, the Speed Limit Information Function (SLIF), which recognises Chinese road signs and informs the driver of the current road’s speed limit, was excluded.
This decision was made to prevent the system from providing incorrect information to the X50’s control unit due to language, character, and signage differences.
GALLERY: Proton X50 ASEAN NCAP crash testing
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we are still waiting for the reasons why x90 is so much more expensive than the original model sold elsewhere.
Also why proton makes the x90 more premium (price tag wise) than the x70, whereas everyone knows it is not suppose to be a premium car.
If u prompt ChatGPT with this question ” Do we need the 5 points from Protong Engineers”,what reply?
ChatGPT bot reply : ” Tell Geely do the 5 points in Geely HQ in China.No need local P1 engineers input.Sack all the dead wood.” Save cost.
All adjustments. Good job.
Still fail to “adjust” the loud A-pillar wind noise
X90 is different to the Geely’s sold elsewhere (i.e. multi-link rear suspension vs. torsion beam rear suspension).
The question is why the Vios in unchanged form is sold RM30k cheaper in other countries.
OMG, took them such a long time to come out with 5 points just to show they are more useful than designing grille.
Did they conduct weekly meeting just to brainstorm what to put to make up the 5 points for the past 2 and a half years?
why dont geely just fire everyone in Proton that isn’t useful to their car business here in Malaysia? Just sell Geely cars as-is, which is actually cheaper than what Proton is asking!
By right,Dr.Li should get his China HQ to do the required changes before we CKD it here.
Just lay off half the workforce n save cost.
But we know politics here come into play.
DRB having half the shareholding ,would surely protest.They cant justify laying off hundreds if not thousands(deadwood especially)during their AGM.
So Dr.Li’s hands are tied.
The whole world knows P1 SUVs are 99% rebadge,except the Tiger logo.
What makes you think the changes wasn’t done in China? If it was designed, built and tested by Proton, surely they would have already shouted about it during launch like how they have been telling people that they designed the grille.
takut hilang kerja oi.
memang takde guna pun Proton. Baik jual Geely terus je di sini. Tukar nama semua service centre dan showroom terus. Senang hati, harga lebih murah lagi
tutup kedai saja p1 and p2, let the original cars come in, Geely, daihatsu, toyota. let malaysians experience the original, unaltered cars. we are fed up of all these BS marketing nonsense. Proton more expensive than geely for the same car. DONT MAKE SENSE.
Toyota Vios in Malaysia is RM30k more than Toyota Vios in Mexico. Let the original cars come in and pay RM30k more for it?
Toyota Vios doesn’t have national car status like Proton (though belongs to motherland). Takkan ini pun tak tau.
So, Geely are making milo tin cars for China market and Proton make them better for the rest of the world? Hebat Proton, so proud of you.
actually car safety regulations in China is more stringent than Malaysia.
Malaysia safety is so much lower than even Thailand…
LOLLLLLL welcome to the Twilight Zone.. you exist in a world that’s different from this reality, buddy..
Where’s your source? You’re still a keyboard warrior until you do so.
just take Perodua as example. Thailand and japan stopped selling the “at risk” cars immediately when they found out the safety results were tampered with. But Perodua can release statement proudly say NO IMPACT TO US. all BS. Malaysian car makers are the worse. irresponsible to their customers and nation.
For a country that produces all dangerous cheap tyres and you are saying their car safety is better than Malaysia?
There you have folks! Proton actually is not just potong and paste grille…they made China cars safer! Wow…if only they can make Proton Saga safer!
safer than the Geely Binyue
KAKAKAKA CHINAMAN CANT MAKE A SAFE CAR.
proton FUIYO.
that is why going nowhere.
“They reworked an aspect of the body of the X50 to prevent tearing of the front floorboard during a frontal collision, which is not acceptable under ASEAN NCAP standards.”
LOL goes to show what type of substandard safety benchmark is acceptable in China! Good luck to BYD buyers. Plenty of videos and Chinese socmed testimonies of BYD airbags not deploying in a crash haha.. loser car..
Rupa rupanya jurutera Proton pandai. Mereka hanya tidak tunjukkan kepandaian mereka sebelum Geely bawa masuk X70 dan X50. Marilah tunjukkan kepandaian kamu orang pada kereta Persona, Iriz and Saga!
Adding a small pebble on top of a mountain and claim the mountain is yours?
If that’s not bad enough, what’s worse is trying to claim the effort is very substantial.
Malaysia has been doing this all along.
Take credit for things they didnt do.
See SugarKing build sugar empire? Take it and claim as their own.
See gardenia build bread empire? Take it and claim as their own.
See mitsubishi cars good? Rebadge it and claim as local car.
See Daihatsu cars good? Rebagde it and claim as 2nd national car.
That’s not real engineering Proton, c’mon. LOL.
Who decide what’s real and what’s not and which engineering expert are you hiding behind the keyboard?
Do you even know what engineering is buddy? LOL.
low sales day eh? Address your world class aftersales first k?
Lol.
Please also explain why the camera is very 3gp?
Why remove ambient lighting?
Why remove dvr?
For asean ncap?
Please also explain why the camera is very 3gp?
Last time 3gp kelapa sawit also can use, now why cannot…
Why remove ambient lighting?
Glaring while driving.
Why remove dvr?
No need. Cost cutting.
For asean ncap?
This one for WOW factor. What do you expect.
It is actually quite hard to believe your word by word since X50 has been launched more than 2.5 years and now only you told this to us?
So Proton do you want to tell us that the Body Reworking – frontal collision & Air Bags changes is to comply with ASEAN NCAP while the Geely Coolray sold in the Philippines dees not comply despite being part of ASEAN nations?
I smell BS marketing words
What a engineering marvelous.
Ok now engineer another special edition price below 130k. Convenience features and driver assists aa similar spec as the one in the Flagship model. Just remove the panaromic roof, it is very hot in Malaysia and many old pokok branches or coconuts might drop on your glass roof.
AWD it and put the well tested 1.8T engine with slight tune up the power to be around 230hp. Make sure it can get to 100kmh in less than 6.2sec. (if 1.5T also can churn out the power then let it be, but use the 4 cylinder instead of the 3 cylinder, too rough and noisy)
Then put back the original suspension of Geely, the Proton tweaked x50 suspension is a bit too soft on cornering, and too much body roll. Make it better while cornering and hard braking.
Now get the engineers to work.
This is totally BS P1 created BS statement for the sake of BS! Else someone go translate into mandarin and let the Chinese to comment?
I think they may need to review/improve the braking system more. Drove once (my friend’s), and when hard braking at last minute, you really need to press that braking pedal very hard (likely due to the suv weight).
Haha so many suxerz buy this and x 70 Volvo tech still waiting for spare part fall down by parashut. Now say we made the grill safer come on la let us buy what we want and no protiction policy no need to syok sendiri.
you got me at “make the grill safer” hahaha
Sometime I also can be funny. Lucky I not spell grill haha
That is all ?
Potong engineers
The hike has gone after the sst discounts and price increase, now there are way too many ready stocks at the sales room seldom got people interest even go see the car. Styling and safety are good enough better than p2 car, shortcoming are the “downgraded” 3 cylinder tbelt engine, high fuel consumption, bad reputations on the spare part availability. At the price point rather choose H or T brand less canggih model for less headache longevity before ev era.
if i drive X50, i will have 9 lives.
ROTFL 5 points to comply with aseanNcap, since when aseanNcap becomes world’s benchmark for car safety standard? volvo and siblings chinese cars must comply ok hihi
Clone BETTER than Original
did proton bailed out geely?
ha yela, dia jela terpaling safe.
Most expansive grille in the world more value than Rolls-Royce because we have R and D department for this and many pupil on payroll
Almost signed the agreement on the X70 and X50 right after MCO. All seem too good but luck was with me as there were financial restrain causing me to let go of the opportunity.
Mid last year got all sorted and went back shopping and found so much complaints and issues. The biggest let down was the fuel consumption and cost of maintenance in the long run.
Bought a P2 and I’ve been smiling ever since, especially everytime I go to the fuel station to pump full tank.
You forgot the most important aspect of Proton. They re-engineer Geely handling! Ofc it’s the iconic Lotus handling. Handling is a huge indicator of Proton, compared to Perodua.
Lol no lotus handling in geely rebadged cars la. It’s just the suspension tuning by proton that’s still too soft as proton doesn’t have the experience to tune higher cars.