Proton to introduce new sedan in 2021, likely Preve replacement – another sedan and SUV to follow

During the launch of the 2019 Proton Saga facelift, Proton CEO Li Chunrong reiterated the automaker’s plans to introduce a new model every year, and a graphic from the slide deck from his speech provided clues to what’s in the pipeline.

Based on the suggested profiles, it’s no suprise to see the shape of the next model slated for introduction, which is an SUV. This will of course be the X50. The next car after that will be a sedan, out in 2021. In the current line-up, the car that desperately needs a replacement is the Preve, so we could be looking at a C-segment offering, with the Geely Binrui the likely candidate.

This will be followed by another sedan in 2021, and the guess is on a Perdana replacement model, or possibly that for the Perdana. We’ve heard in the past that the automaker has plans to keep localised development going for some models in it’s line-up, so it could well be that the car in question will be derived from the Geely Bo Rui.

The final model in the mystery quartet is another SUV, due in 2023. By then, it should be time for an X70 replacement, and this could well be the vehicle slated four years down the road. Interestingly, there’s no suggestion of an MPV, which was on the cards, and based on the Geely Jiaji. This was supposed to be one of the licensed models, but as the silhouettes suggest, it doesn’t look to be on the cards.

The MPV was supposedly due in 2020, but given that the X50 has been pushed back to 2020, the timelines look to have been moved around a bit.

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