Proton held a media briefing regarding its quality control performance at its Tanjung Malim plant today. As part of the presentation, the national carmaker publicly confirmed the presence of the facelifted X70 for the first time, the refreshed SUV set to be launched sometime this year.
Little has been made known about the new X70, but the company has stated that the car will be offered with Level 2 semi-autonomous driving for the first time, joining the X50, X90 and S70. But wait, doesn’t the X70 already have adaptive cruise control? Yes, but it only functions above 30 km/h (no stop and go), and the car also doesn’t come with lane centring assist, only lane departure warning.
The X50, X90 and S70, on the other hand, come with Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC), which combines ACC with stop and go and lane centring. This is almost certainly the system that will come with the facelift, along with lane keep assist.
We know that the new X70 will receive updates from the facelifted first-generation Boyue, thanks to previous spyshots. The changes include slimmer reflector LED headlights, a five-point grille (likely with the new “songket” studded mesh from the X90), a re-profiled front bumper and a new five-spoke design for the range-topping 19-inch alloy wheels. One new bit that the Boyue doesn’t get is a revised rear bumper design with horizontal reflectors.
Inside, the new X70 retains the same gently-undulating, Hangzhou Bay Bridge-inspired dashboard design as the original, losing out on the new dash from the Boyue Pro/Azkarra. The tech should get a much-welcome upgrade, however, with the facelift tipped to add a new steering wheel, seven-inch digital instrument display and 10.25-inch infotainment touchscreen – all lifted from the newer X50.
Expect the X70 to come with the same engines as before, including a 177 PS/255 Nm 1.5 litre turbocharged three-cylinder and a 184 PS/300 Nm 1.8 litre turbo four-pot. Both are paired to a seven-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, but only the 1.5 litre gets the option of all-wheel drive.
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Still no Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, how? And do I need to buy two of these one to harvest for spare part, or are things a lot better nowadays?
No way the latest x70 model does not come with the Hybrid version which has been sold in international market since 5 years ago and this will be a good choice to market it for fuel savings someMoore.
If the hybrid is available which is quite sure now since x90 now selling as well this will also spell the death of the 1.8L TGDi engine for good in Malaysia.
The best keeps getting better. Undefeated sales KING of SUV
Hahahhaha….. Need to camouflage like it’s a global car that gathers all attention! Seriously?
Pastikan Axle tak patah.
solve your aftersales issues first la
Ice engine. Minyak naik …. how
Proton, the power of grille engineering at its finest…
Eh kamu ingat kita kerja hari hari kat Proton HQ design grill saja ke? Yes we are the best grill designer in the world but we work relentlessly in designing many state of the art parts for Proton. We use almost all our brain capacity to design the latest tire air nozzle cap and fuel cap also. You ingat senang ka mau design caps?
I concur. Your t-shirt is comfortable and the mugs do hold water.
Come talk to me first about grille engineering…
https://paultan.org/2021/11/02/geely-launches-leishen-power-powertrain-brand/
time to bring the 2021 launched 1.5EV to replace the 1.5, bring it before it get old
Turn it off first thing you get into a car. Erratic behavior and can be quite dangerous on some cars.
China car no brake and weak rear axle..better not buy
Looks like they couldn’t fix the train wreck that was the rear
Last time few hundred years ago some Dynasty there already invented world first autonomous vehicle running by fire power. Now the world benifit so much for blessing you.
Myvi 2022 already Level 2 since 2022.
eh no lah. myvi dont have Stop & Go and low speed follow since it only work above 30km/h. Hence cannot considered as Level 2.
You are talking about a.s.a 2.0 that has been there half decade ago.
they should tweak the engine to be more fuel efficient.
The only feature that the facelift needs… a price cut.
Car nowadays with acc lah, aeb lah, steering assist lah, eco idle…etc bunches of useless kacau features. Suka2 tiba2 brake sendiri, else front camera mulfunction error light pop out kat dashboard please visit nearest sc…Pergi Sc suruh tukar bateri rm500 setahun+ jer pakai. Nak less headache better buy bezza x or saga jer.
The main problem with this car is the horrendous gas consumption. Just fix that and leave the cosmetics aside and it’ll sell like hotcakes.