Prototypes of the facelifted Proton S70 are hitting the road in droves – the car was first sighted last week, and already it’s been papped once again, seen in these images posted on Threads by user @sherryfaty. This time, the segment-straddling sedan exposes a never-before-seen design cue lifted from the X50.
That would be the rather outlandish quad round tailpipes, which are hopefully connected to the actual exhaust system (as per the X50), rather than being fake (*cough* Chery *cough*). Once again, we spot the new taillights with Saga MC3-style segmented graphics, in what seems to be a slimmer design akin to the fifth-generation Geely Emgrand – the successor to the car that spawned the S70 – although this could just be the camouflage playing tricks on our eyes.
Speaking of the Emgrand, the existence of a next-gen model is why the facelift has almost certainly been designed in-house. Geely never updated the design of the fourth-gen Emgrand, merely giving it minor trim changes in 2024; these were adopted by the S70 MC earlier this year, alongside the latest four-cylinder turbo engine.
The new Emgrand, meanwhile, is likely too new for Proton to use, as the national carmaker has probably yet to amortise the car’s development and production costs. Don’t worry, the fifth gen also uses torsion beam rear suspension, so it isn’t much of an upgrade.
As such, we can expect the S70 to receive some further-reaching updates to the design. Past spyshots have already shown that the facelift will get a new grille and bumper, the latter with larger corner “intakes” with a mesh design. Also on the cards are new wheel options and possibly a redesigned interior with a larger infotainment touchscreen.
The presence of quad tailpipes only on certain units suggests that they will be offered only on the current turbo model, and it also hints at the introduction of a cheaper naturally-aspirated variant with hidden exhausts. This will act as an indirect successor to the Persona, which will be discontinued this year, following in the footsteps of its Iriz hatchback sibling.
The NA engine is likely the same 120 PS/150 Nm 1.5 litre BHE15-CFN mill found in the Saga, which made its debut on the fourth-gen Emgrand last year. This should be paired with a Punch CVT, perhaps with a torque converter to suit the “sportier” application.
It will join the existing 181 PS/290 Nm BHE15-EFZ turbo engine, mated to a seven-speed wet dual-clutch transmission. Are you excited for the facelifted S70? Let us know in the comments.
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they dont even bother covering the rest of the car anymore, since we know they only changed the front and rear bumpers as usual.
Quad exhaust pipes
to make S70 faster
I’m quite skeptical with the quad tailpipe. Because why wrap camo on it, if it is real exhaust? Wouldn’t it be burned from the heat. Hence I assume it just a dummy tailpipe. I would love to see they R&D new suspension setup since they market this as a sport sedan. Should be more improvement from the feedback saying it overly soft. Adding a paddle shifter will be great since Preve has it. So they have the experience ady.
Proton team only did hand right setup, they’re busy with their saga, and they no longer focused on other cars handling.
IKR, i dont think its real exahust
all this just to lose to Perodua bezza terpaling resale value king
thank you proton for constantly updating the s70 so i can buy the outdated units for cheap.
Finally S70 can get what it deserved.
It’s 7.5s to 100km/h is too punchy and fun for a C segment while counting the coin for best comfort tech and performance roi.
It’s a B-segment. Don’t syok sendiri.
You are handsome, suitanle for powerful and larger hi tech car.
right hand drive conversion by my boys as usual
buat la hatchback. adooi
Not majority is interested with hatchback as many gen z group like me prefer sedan and compact suv or fastback sedan/ fastback crossover
Proton expertise, bumper & grill engineering.
Nevertheless should give them some credit as the front now looks nicely proportion. At least under those thick wrap.
Well Saga also looks nice under the camouflage but in reality it just meh when they decided to extend that grill under headlights like VW Touareg.
C segment sedan but small length and use torsion beam suspension
B-segment.