Right here’s one other sighting of what seems to be a taped-up Proton X50 roaming the streets of KL, taken by Noor Syazwan Sajali. The situation seems to be just like the Medan Pasar space in KL to me, and behind the camouflaged automobile is a daily X50. It ought to be the identical mule because the one noticed on the freeway, shared yesterday, with the identical commerce plate quantity.

Noor Syazwan’s footage are clear and from all angles, plus bonus photographs of the mule’s inside. It’s now fairly clear that this left-hand-drive automobile R&D automobile is a Geely Binyue Cool, the closely facelifted newest model of the unique Binyue – the Geely donor automobile for our Proton X50 – and the Binyue Professional from 2021.

The Binyue Cool surfaced final 12 months in China with a big black portion on the fascia, with a honeycomb mesh sample all through. Slimmer and sharper headlamps pierce deep into the entrance wing, in comparison with the abrupt chop of previous. The curved bonnet edge has been changed by a straight line.

There are additionally new LED daytime operating lights on the Cool, crimson pinstripe accents on the border of the higher grille – which itself is slimmer than earlier than, following the headlamps – and on the entrance lip. This tremendous aggressive look is bolstered by what seems to be vents on the bonnet. There’s additionally a small “tail” for the chrome underline of the glasshouse, the place the A pillars are. The Geely Emgrand/Proton S70 additionally has the latter.

The largest change is on the again. The entire revamp sees a pointy look changing the unique automobile’s flowing traces. The lights are very slim now they usually’re related to be full-width. Appears to be like very Hyundai Elantra to those eyes. The aggressive rear spoiler and quad-tailpipe structure aren’t new.

Our inquisitive snapper managed to get some photographs of the inside from afar, which reveals that it is a LHD unit. The pics additionally present an all-new dashboard that includes two joined screens, with a ‘step’ between the digital instrument panel and the infotainment display screen. In the event you squint onerous sufficient, you’ll be capable to see a completely digital meter panel that’s just like that on the X90. It’s an improve from the present X50’s part-digital cluster.

Under the centre display screen, you’ll see AC vents and piano-key type controls which can be totally different from what we have now within the X50. So, is that this the primary trace of an upcoming Proton X50 facelift based mostly on the Geely Binyue Cool?

In that case, it might be the primary main facelift of a Geely-based Proton, because the X70 MC from June 2022 wasn’t a lot of a change by way of seems to be. That’s if a giant facelift of the X70 doesn’t come out first – camouflaged items of the C-segment SUV are already roaming the streets.

Again to the Binyue. The Cool’s high engine is a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder making 181 hp/280 Nm, which is one-cylinder, 4 horsepower and 25 Nm up on the X50 Flagship’s TGDi engine. Try the Binyue Cool and share what you consider this new look on a well-known automobile.

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