Geely will be launching the 2026 Okavango and Coolray facelifts in Vietnam soon, with the date June 5, 2026 written on the company’s social media post.
This iteration of the Okavango will be the Vietnam market’s version of the Haoyue L facelift that was unveiled in November last year, while the Coolray depicted here will be the brand’s twin to the current Proton X50, which gets its look from the Geely Binyue L.
The latest Okavango/Haoyue L gets the 1.5 litre BHE15 four-cylinder engine that already serves in several Geely and Proton models, making 181 PS and 290 Nm in turbocharged guise (X50, X70, S70), also serving in naturally aspirated form with the MC3 Proton Saga.
This update to the Okavango and Haoyue brings a revised exterior, along with its infotainment where the same 14.6-inch touchscreen runs on the Flyme Auto operating system as used in the Galaxy E5/EX5 and Proton eMas 7.This update could also form the basis of the Proton X90 facelift, which received its update in March this year following its Malaysian launch in May 2023.
In January last year, Geely announced that it is to open a manufacturing plant in Vietnam as one of several regions that is part of Geely’s localised manufacturing plans, with other markets including Central Asia and Africa. Output from this manufacturing facility is to serve the domestic Vietnamese market, as well as left-hand-drive export markets.
The Vietnam plant is scheduled to begin production at the end of this year. This should mean that left-hand-drive Geely models, including the Okavango and Coolray facelifted duo, are likely to continue being made by Proton until then, as the Malaysian carmaker’s Tanjung Malim plant has been producing the pre-facelift Geely Coolray in left-hand-drive form.
GALLERY: 2026 Geely Haoyue L facelift, China market
GALLERY: 2025 Proton X50 1.5TD Flagship facelift
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Hopefully 2027 can get hybrids alternative like eMAS7 PHEV
Literally new version every year
No chance of speaking RV
Good for 2nd-buyer
Also good for first owner who already enjoy best tech from 1st day ofpurchase.
There is no point to buy a brand new nor used iPhone 11 4G today
hopefully geely can export their cars from vietname to malaysia .
let proton close shop.
PMX failed to protect our independence and he even sold proton to geely and sold ECRL to china, sorry my mistake that was done by a different PM
That facelift will never make it here bcuz Miti protektion
Proton will take out ADAS later for no reason. They can remain 1 variant with complete ADAS, but nooooo. What a “smart” move, says Malaysian.
Proton is fail, incompetent and bankrupt. failure in africa, only success in fake asian tiger Malaysia
u got downvoted for speaking the truth, Proton is failure
Meanwhile in US got Chevrolet Trax 2025 subcompact suv but longer and bigger than average B segment SUV in malaysia even at base variant got completed chevy assist and 6 airbags from 21k USD price
In the future X and S series models might as well bring in the original Geely model. Save money no need to rebadge and change bumper.
Okavango in tamil means pls come and eff :-) no tamilan will buy this car
If got choice, of course choose the gear shift joystick rather than that wiper toggle gear shift.