Proton will soon be selling the Saga MC3 in the Philippines as a Geely, the carmaker confirmed at today’s official launch of the eMas 7 PHEV.
The move by Geely to rebadge the Proton Saga MC3 is due to the parent firm’s lack of models smaller, more compact and more affordable than the X and S series models currently on sale, Proton vehicle programme executive Desmond John Pinto explained in December.
Through a presentation slide shown by Autocar Philippines last month, the model labelled as AMA01 is positioned against the Mitsubishi Mirage and the Toyota Vios, and this has been said to go on sale in that LHD market as a Geely in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Saga MC3 is underpinned by the Advanced Modular Architecture (AMA), and this platform will be the basis of future Proton models, currently codenamed AMA02, AMA05 and AMA06. This line of models will be a new generation of “affordable and practical global cars” to replace the PIES quartet that was the Persona, Iriz, Exora and previous Saga.
Retaining the existing basic structure, albeit on the aforementioned new AMA platform, the Saga brings new features including LED lighting, dual displays for instrumentation and infotainment and – on the Premium variant – driving assistance features such as AEB and blind spot monitoring.
The powerplant for the Saga MC3 is new, too, this being the 120 PS/150 Nm 1.5 litre BHE15-CFN Intelligent Green Technology engine. More about the Proton Saga MC3 in our review, compare specifications, and find out about its maintenance costs here.
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