It’s official – Proton is hitting the bottom operating in 2026 with the launch of the new X70 on Thursday, January 8. Arriving simply 17 months after the facelifted mannequinthe most recent iteration of the C-segment SUV will function a brand-new engine, the nationwide carmaker confirmed.
That engine is the 1.5 litre BHE15-EFZ turbocharged four-cylinder from final 12 months’s facelifted X50which Proton has given the Clever Inexperienced Expertise (i-GT) badge to. It produces 181 PS at 5,500 rpm and 290 Nm of torque between 2,000 and three,500 rpm – will increase of 4 PS and 35 Nm over the outdated GEP3 three-cylinder, and a more in-depth match to the unique 184 PS/300 Nm 1.8 litre turbo four-pot mill.
All that can nearly actually be despatched to the entrance wheels (the all-wheel-drive mannequin was discontinued on the facelift) via the identical seven-speed moist dual-clutch transmission as earlier than. Anticipate claims of lowered gas consumption in addition to decrease upkeep prices, the latter due to a change to a timing chain.
As with prior minor minor adjustments the place the majority of the upgrades have been underneath the pores and skin (assume X70 MC and X50 RC), anticipate little in the way in which of design revisions, which can seemingly be restricted to color and trim adjustments. Hopefully, nonetheless, we’ll see driver assists equivalent to autonomous emergency braking being expanded to the remainder of the vary (not simply the Premium and Premium X variants) this time round.
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