Proton sold a complete of 39,150 units in the primary quarter of 2024, including domestic and export shipments. Based on Malaysia’s estimated total industry volume (TIV) of 202,492 units for the primary three months of the yr, Proton’s market share is estimated at 19.3%, which is a 5.1% growth and good for second place overall behind Perodua.
In this era, Proton shifted 5,828 units of the brand new S70, including 2,072 units in March. “While production volume remains to be catching as much as demand as close attention is being paid to product quality, the C-segment sedan class leader is now the second best selling model within the Proton range,” the corporate said in a press release.
“Production shouldn’t be slow, but what we’re maintaining is ensuring the standard, because this can be a recent model for us, and we’ve to make sure parts quality maturity, in addition to our process – assembly maturity. The stock is being produced, but we’re checking thoroughly to make sure that we don’t face the same problems as after we were so desperate to deliver the automobile to the market,” Proton deputy CEO Roslan Abdullah said earlier this yr.
“We had lesson learned up to now and we won’t make the identical mistake, but we’re increasing deliveries starting this month,” he added, without naming the previous model.
Proton’s claim of the S70 being the best-selling C-segment sedan in Malaysia isn’t a surprise, because the plan was to supply a ‘C-segment sedan’ (’70’ name as an alternative of ’50’ to align it with the X70) at the value of B-segment incumbents Honda City and Toyota Vios.
The segment of the S70 has been a subject of debate. It’s based on the Geely Emgrand, which sits on the X50’s BMA platform, and the automobile has a 1.5 litre NA engine/CVT combo elsewhere – 1.5L CVT is in fact the ASEAN B-segment default set by the Vios and City. The pricing of the S70 can be squarely inside the City-Vios space, and the 2 class stalwarts were chosen as rivals within the media preview.
Nonetheless, Proton has plonked in a 1.5-litre turbo engine and dual-clutch gearbox instead of the 1.5L NA CVT that powers the Emgrand in China and the Philippines. Think 1.5T, think Civic, but Honda’s C-segment flag-bearer has one-cylinder, 32 PS and 14 Nm greater than the S70’s 150 PS/226 Nm 1.5L port-injected three-cylinder engine that powers the X50 Standard to Premium (the X50 Flagship and X70 MC gets a 177 PS/255 Nm 1.5L TGDi unit).
As for dimensions, the Civic is 76 mm longer than the S70, and the Honda’s 2,735 mm wheelbase is a whopping 108 mm longer. The truth is, going by the numbers, the S70 is definitely closer to the City than the Civic in size. And all the Civic, Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 are also lower slung than the S70, giving them sportier proportions which might be more inline with the C-segment. We’ll leave it as much as you to put the S70, because it’s a little bit of a mishmash.
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