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Proton Saga MC3 to be rebadged as Geely – AMA01 confirmed for the Philippines, to rival Toyota Vios

Proton Saga MC3 to be rebadged as Geely – AMA01 confirmed for the Philippines, to rival Toyota Vios

Launched in Malaysia in November this 12 months, the Proton Saga MC3 is the primary to make use of the Superior Modular Structure (AMA) platform, and is thought internally because the AMA01.

By means of a presentation slide proven on the Autocar Philippines Fb web page, the mannequin labelled AMA01 is to be positioned in opposition to rivals Mitsubishi Mirage and the Toyota Vios. Pitched with dynamic styling and steady dealing with as key attributes, the AMA01-based Geely mannequin is about for its Philippines market debut within the fourth quarter of 2026.

Although the Philippines is a left-hand-drive market and the Proton Saga MC3, as the primary on this platform, is right-hand-drive, the AMA platform was designed from the outset to be match for changing to left-hand drive. Proton has said that Proton fashions constructed on this platform will likely be rebadged as Geely fashions for chosen markets. Right here, it will seem that the Philippines is one such market.

Proton Saga MC3 to be rebadged as Geely – AMA01 confirmed for the Philippines, to rival Toyota Vios

The explanation for doing so is that Geely doesn’t have fashions that are smaller, extra compact and extra inexpensive than these which Proton at the moment sells – these being the X and S sequence fashions – and future AMA fashions constructed from this platform will likely be “new-gen inexpensive and sensible world automobiles”, which in Malaysia are meant to exchange the Persona, Iriz, Exora and Previous Saga.

Past the AMA01/Proton Saga MC3, different fashions from the listing embrace the P145 (Geely Starray EM-i/Galaxy Starship 7or Proton eMas 7 PHEV in Malaysia), E22H (Geely Xingyuan/Star Want, or Proton eMas 5 in Malaysia), and the P155, which is claimed to be the Geely Monjaro or Xingyue L.

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