Congrats You are fortunate!! My SA is lously and downright lazy. You have to ask him, only then he replied, no initiative at all. Standard reply 3-6 months. I booked on 2 October, till now no news

Honestly, Proton needs a total revamp to their image among Malaysians. Now, they are resurrected to life due to Geely's products, innovations and management expertise otherwise, they will sink to obivilion. I have 2 Protons in the past when I first started my career many years ago and utterly disappointed with their cars. I sworn never to have another Proton car again. I have moved on to Japanese cars and continental cars of which I'm happy with those cars. Now, I came back to Proton because of Geely's rebadging of their car into X50 and why not, it is good based on the media reviews and brief test drive.

However, the mind sets of their SAs rally put me off. For me, X50 will my last Proton car, no matter how good future Proton cars will going to be with Geely's inputs. Enough is enough!!

To answer your question why I'm getting X50. I have a premium continental car for work purposes, a Japanese car for evening/weekend use. X50 will be my 3rd car and will join the Japanese car for the same role, i.e. evening/weekend use. Before booking X50, I test drove a continental SUV car a month before X50 was launched (without knowing it will be launched) that costs more than twice flagship price. I never have a SUV before and I think perhaps, it's time I should get one. The media reviews by some renowned motoring journalists and the Sepang test drive media where X50 outshone the other cars convinced me to go ahead to book X50 (2 weeks after the media review. i.e. October).

I'm are sick of Proton's local management attitude and that of their SAs. I'm equally aware of SCs work attitude too, after experiencing it many years go. However, I don't want to deprive myself the experience of driving a Chinese technology car, hence X50. I believe, the Japanese car makers have a rude wake up call witnessing how Chinese car makers have improved by leaps and bounds in such a short span of about 20-25 years time. The Japanese car makers with their head start and experience in automotive engineering will have advantage over their Chinese counterparts and they just need to ensure their qualities border than of the continental cars. Thus, my future cars will continue to be continental and Japanese and not Proton. My hope is, Geely will totally revamp Proton's management in the future so they can be seen as viable altenrative to Japanese cars (like whar Dr Li said, aim to be the 3rd largest car maker in Asean behind the Japanese).

I guess your Accord is either the 8th or 9th generation models. Sometimes, it pains to know car owners experienced such bad quality issues when Honda cars are known to be quality cars in the other parts of the world. I have owned 3 Honda cars before and they were superb to drive and their qualities were good. Perhaps, qualities were good in the past, but have deteriorated now. It just doesn't make sense to me because it is now managed by Honda Japan, the qualities of their cars should have improve further. One of my previous bosses once told me, Honda is Japanese BMW. I hope the 10th generation Accord is good and their quality is better than the previous generations. Btw, what is the issue with Civic sterring rack?

This doesn't auger well for X50 after all this hype that was built up on its performance, automotive technology during the media preview, launched date and some test drives by motoring journalists. The engine is good, but the the QC of the car is a let down by Proton. This is going to hit it back in future as many people will buy X50 and soon discovered that the quality issue that came with it.

Proton never learned from its past mistakes at all. As you are aware that, Proton recently exported X70 to Pakistan without doing sufficient market due digilence. It can't keep up with the order books that, it takes more than 9 months for anyone to get the car after booking. So much so, unscrupulous dealers/agents are asking for additional $$ from buyers to cut queue to get their cars. Do not export if you don't manufacture enough cars to cater for the market demands. It only affects your reputation in the market. This is the same for X50 here.

I asked my SA how many X50 has your outlet delivered so far to their customers? You know what, he said, "not many". I asked him, not many is "how many"? He couldn't answer me and said, he need to ask his boss. What lah, as a SA you don't know? It means that you are not interested in your products, your job and the lack of drive. I think even with Geely on board producing good cars, Proton still will not transform inself into company of substance!!

Go ahead, if you have the capacity to fund the difference.

I will pass by the outlet showroom that I booked my X50 on my way to work each week. There are no X50 displayed there, only a couple of Saga there. So, be prepared that it is going to be a long wait for those who booked late. It's already 3 months wait for me, I booked on October 2.

I booked at the same outlet, still waiting.

You should quickly inform Proton about it. It should not happened in the first place, a brand new car with rust issue! Proton is getting a second life with Geely, they should make full use of this opportunity to ensure that their products' quality and workmanship are on par with other cars.

Good question & need quick answer from whoever in a position to explain/know.

Yes, you can register your motor vehicle with any States in Malaysia except for Labuan and Langkawi which are duty-free zone areas. Motor vehicles from these two places can only be driven in the rest of Malaysia for a certain period of time in a calendar year. The motor vehicles' prices on the road (before insurance) are lower than rest of the Malaysia.

I still believe you can't do that. It is obvious to identify whether the car is bought from a duty-free area/zone is look at their registration number plate. Thus, if you are allowed to register a car from these places even though it came with all the duties paid doesn't make sense. Customs will have a tough time carrying out audit on such cars and this also can lead to abuses. The best place to confirm is with JPJ.

Exactly what I mentioned in my first email that you can use the car only for a specific period of time in a calendar year. To the person who posed the question, why do you want to do it? Is it because the Labuan alphabet resembles your initial so you want to register your car there?

Is the installation free, if not, how much the items cost you?

Surprised that the SA can promise delivery in such a short time. Where are you located and which outlet are you referring to?

Is it still advisable to get the car or go for other cars?

I'm into my 7 months of waiting for the car. The worst thing is, the SA didn't bother to update me on the car status and when I asked certain matters, he didn't bother to reply. This is the last Proton for me.

My loan was approved in November 2020. Now expired & have to extend again. It's sickening.

I'm also applying to another bank which offers lower HP rate compared to the earlier bank.

Thanks for your advice. I will call Proton careline.

I have to agree with you on this. I walked into the Proton dealer showroom to look at X50 and this SA was present. I didn't choose him and never crossed my mind he is such an idiot and lazy guy. It's too late to change after waiting for 7 months. I'm not urgent to get a new car as I have 2 other cars with me. However, this does not mean I can tolerate the long wait or worst, dealing with someone shouldn't be in the sales lines at all.