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It’s Proton S70, not S50. This has lastly been confirmed, because the upcoming new sedan has been caught fully undisguised, carrying the S70 badge. Reader Ilyas Othman despatched us a dashcam recording catching the Proton S70 (higher get used to that identify) within the midst of a video shoot (take a look at the Porsche Cayenne digital camera automobile!), revealing the identify.
Weirdly sufficient, whereas the badge on the boot lid clearly says S70, the mannequin plate has the all essential digit lacking, each back and front. Maybe Proton is planning so as to add the quantity again in submit manufacturing, or perhaps it’s meant to be part of a teaser to maintain us guessing if it’s going to be the S50 or S70.
Anyway, it being known as the S70 shouldn’t actually be seen as a shock, because it’s clear that Proton intends to market the brand new mannequin as a C-segment sedan, a category bigger than the B-segment Persona. As such, it is sensible for it to hold the -70 suffix to match the C-segment X70 SUV fairly than the B-segment X50.
Nonetheless, these “phase” references are usually not actually set in stone, and are often used merely as market (or extra exactly, pricing) benchmarks by Proton. Keep in mind, the Saga as we all know it at the moment is marketed as an A-segment sedan, however it’s closely based mostly on the Saga BLM which, again then, was known as a B-segmenter. The authentic Saga, in the meantime, was technically a C-segment sedan.
Within the case of the Proton S70, it’s based mostly on the Geely Emgrand which is sized like a C-segmenter, however is constructed on a B-segment platform – BMA, the primary letter denoting its phase, and it additionally occurs to be the identical fundamental structure the X50 is constructed on. Nonetheless, going by dimension, it’s larger than the Persona and different B-segment sedans available in the market just like the Toyota Vios and Honda Metropolis.
We’ve already written a complete article explaining why we thought the new sedan could be known as the Proton S70 as a substitute of S50 again in Could, and it seems like we have been proper all alongside. Finally although, we’d say that so long as it’s well-specced and priced competitively, Proton can name it no matter it desires! A “C-segment” sedan priced in opposition to B-segment Japanese rivals sounds good, don’t you agree?
So guys, what do you consider the upcoming Proton S70? We’d say that so long as it’s well-specced and priced competitively, Proton can name it no matter it desires! Now, what’s your wish-list of issues/options it ought to have, and the way a lot would you be keen to pay for it? Remark under!
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