Proton will soon be selling the Saga MC3 within the Philippines as a Geely, the carmaker confirmed at today’s official launch of the eMas 7 PHEV.
The move by Geely to rebadge the Proton Saga MC3 is as a consequence of the parent firm’s lack of models smaller, more compact and cheaper than the X and S series models currently on sale, Proton vehicle programme executive Desmond John Pinto explained in December.
Through a presentation slide shown by Autocar Philippines last month, the model labelled as AMA01 is positioned against the Mitsubishi Mirage and the Toyota Vios, and this has been said to go on sale in that LHD market as a Geely within the fourth quarter of this yr.
The Saga MC3 is underpinned by the Advanced Modular Architecture (AMA), and this platform might be the idea of future Proton models, currently codenamed AMA02, AMA05 and AMA06. This line of models might be a brand new generation of “inexpensive and practical global cars” to interchange the PIES quartet that was the Persona, Iriz, Exora and former Saga.
Retaining the prevailing basic structure, albeit on the aforementioned recent AMA platform, the Saga brings recent features including LED lighting, dual displays for instrumentation and infotainment and – on the Premium variant – driving assistance features corresponding to AEB and blind spot monitoring.
The powerplant for the Saga MC3 is recent, too, this being the 120 PS/150 Nm 1.5 litre BHE15-CFN Intelligent Green Technology engine. More in regards to the Proton Saga MC3 in our review, compare specifications, and discover about its maintenance costs here.
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