2025 Proton X50 facelift secures 5,000 bookings in 10 days – revamped B-SUV’s launch, price reveal July 24

2025 Proton X50 facelift secures 5,000 bookings in 10 days – revamped B-SUV’s launch, price reveal July 24

Proton says that it has collected 5,000 bookings of the 2025 Proton X50 facelift in 10 days after order books opened on July 5. This means that half of the early bird offer quota – RM1,000 cash rebate, special edition Touch n Go card and an exclusive ‘Gempak!’ deal that will be announced at the launch – has been taken up.

Test drives are now available at selected 3S/4S dealerships ahead of the launch and price reveal, which is happening on July 24.

“The incredible response we have seen for the all-new Proton X50, truly shows how much Malaysians love this model. We are humbled by the 5,000 bookings received in just 10 days, and to keep the momentum rolling in the final week prior to the launch, we will offer test drives at our outlets beginning July 19 so that customers can get a live on-road experience from behind the wheel,” said Zhang Qiang, deputy CEO of Proton Edar.

2025 Proton X50 facelift secures 5,000 bookings in 10 days – revamped B-SUV’s launch, price reveal July 24

“Proton’s production team at Tanjong Malim have also worked hard to build up our stock levels to enable the delivery of cars to customers immediately after the launch. The target is to have at least 5,000 units ready for registration by the end of August, which will help manage the time it takes for a customer to receive their vehicle after placing an order,” he added.

Offered in Executive, Premium and Flagship variants (Standard dropped), the X50 is now powered by a new ‘i-GT’ 1.5-litre turbo-four with 181 PS and 290 Nm of torque from 2,000 to 3,500 rpm. The good thing is that this engine, which has higher outputs than the old 1.5 TGDi, is standard across the range. Mated to a seven-speed DCT, 0-100 km/h is done in 7.6 seconds (0.3s faster than old Flagship) and there’s also 4.7% better efficiency to boot.

Looks wise, there’s an all-new face based on the Geely Binyue L plus an entirely new interior that Proton says is fully designed in-house – big screen, clean layout, angled slot for phones, just like many Chinese EVs on the market. Check out our walk-around videos and full galleries of all three variants below.

GALLERY: 2025 Proton X50 Executive facelift

GALLERY: 2025 Proton X50 Premium facelift

GALLERY: 2025 Proton X50 Flagship facelift

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Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • This BS unscrupulous practice of take-booking-first-before-price-reveal needs to stop man.

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    • Phaser on Jul 18, 2025 at 8:49 pm

      Why is it unscrupulous? It’s for people to chup their place in the queue and the deposit is low and it’s refundable no questions asked. Which part is unscrupulous or stealing or cheating?

      Many restaurants ask for a deposit when you make a reservation to ensure that jerks don’t just book and then FFK. Is that unscrupulous?

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    • Thinker on Jul 18, 2025 at 9:32 pm

      How so. Willing buyer willing seller.

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    • musky the influencer started this, he even can collect money by just producing one unit for display, then start production when got bookings, if nobody like the design he will scrap the single production unit and come out with another design, smart ass.

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  • Broken door handle and windows dropping problems fixed already?

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    • instead of asking same question on each X50 post, why don’t you go to the show room and see it for yourself

      yes they already redesign the door handle on the facelift and also strengthening the bracket clip for windows dropping issue since the X50 RC update

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      • So its proven that the door handle got design problem? Some more got the audacity to hire youtubers to accuse people doesn’t how to use the door handle. European design konon. Hahaha…

        So are you going to do a recall to replace the faulty designed door handle and window’s bracket?

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    • If tell you already fixed those, would you stop repeating the same question? Likely no, because well, you are the resident Proton hater ioma.

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  • Not 88k. on Jul 19, 2025 at 12:58 am

    Starting price from 98k. Lol

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  • Uaaret on Jul 19, 2025 at 7:37 am

    The 5k numbers including old bookings compulsory converted to the new one.

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  • 15w wireless charging on Jul 19, 2025 at 12:37 pm

    A bit sayang gear selector placed at odd wiper toggle. The feels like driving a company van.

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    • Captain on Jul 19, 2025 at 2:20 pm

      Luxury car owners like 7 series and s class owners paid almost a million for their car also never complain on the gear selector wiper toggle style.

      Which are you driving anyway?

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      • Those owners either aren’t car enthusiasts or their drivers drive them lmao

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    • Your company use Rolls Royce as van? Because all Rolls are using gear stalk shifter.

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  • KotakPeti KotaBaru on Jul 19, 2025 at 1:40 pm

    Warna merah ong mali kereta idaman warga SjkC

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    • Najib on Jul 21, 2025 at 7:25 pm

      Merah utk type C.
      Hijau utk type M.
      Kelabu utk type I

      Smua gembira

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  • Karam Singh on Jul 19, 2025 at 6:02 pm

    Still proudly Jaguh Kampung. Dont even dare to sell in Thailand, Indonesia or Singapore. All countries which border with Malaysia.

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    • Are You Sure on Jul 21, 2025 at 8:36 pm

      X50 selling quite well in Brunei, a country where import cars from Japan, Korea and even USA are cheap.

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