2023 Proton X90 noticed testing in Malaysia once more – now with much less camo; to get 1.5L TGDi three-cylinder?

It’s extensively identified that Proton will add a second SUV to its line-up, which can be a seven-seater based mostly on the Geely Haoyue (also referred to as the launch three new models between 2023 and 2024ines-specs-revealed-for-haoyue-7-seat-suv/” rel=”noopener” goal=”_blank”>Okavango in different markets). Over the previous few months, several camouflaged prototypes of the model, which is popularly known as the X90, have been sighted on our roads.

This has occurred as soon as once more, and the images you see right here come courtesy of paultan.org reader Lim Wei Leong, who noticed this X90 take a look at automobile someplace in Melaka. Not like earlier sightings, this unit is wearing much less camouflage and bears a special commerce plate.

As such, we get to see extra of the SUV’s rear quarter home windows and taillights, which resemble that of the Haoyue. The boxy profile is one thing we’re already aware of, whereas the bumper, rear badges, wheel arches, belt line and a part of the automobile’s high part are all lined up.

Proton beforehand stated on the launch of its new engine plant in Tanjung Malim that it’ll launch three new fashions between 2023 and 2024, and at the least two of them can be powered by a turbocharged three-cylinder engine.

The X90 is one in every of three fashions on the way in which, and it’ll doubtless be revealed in 2023 as the corporate has already confirmed that the big SUV gained’t be launched this yr. Within the Philippines, the Okavango is powered by a 1.5 litre turbocharged three-cylinder with a 48-mild hybrid system for 190 PS and 300 Nm, paired with a DCT driving the entrance wheels.

There’s a chance we might get the gentle hybrid engine, seeing how Proton showcased a 1.5 litre TGDi three-cylinder mill with a 48-volt belt-integrated starter generator (BSG) at its Gallery of Inspiration beforehand. A extra doubtless path is for Proton to only skip the gentle hybrid engine and use the the vanilla TGDi three-cylinder, which is now locally assembled for the X50 and X70 MC – the unit outputs 177 PS and 255 Nm in each Proton SUVs.

GALLERY: 2023 Proton X90 spyshots