The 2025 Proton X50 facelift has been spotted again, this time by reader Yong Owen. Some of the sheetmetal changes are visible, including a redesigned tailgate that houses the chiselled full-width taillights and moves the number plate recess lower down.
The redesigned bumper keeps the quad tailpipes but gains a new diffuser design. The Binyue L-specific rear bumper is less aggressive than the previous Binyue Cool (the left-hand-drive prototype seen in 2023 was based on this earlier model), ditching the diffuser fins and fake vents. However, the car you see here gets the Cool’s outlandish Batmobile-style rear wing.
You can’t see the face here, but expect it to be all new, with slimmer headlights (with S70-like DRL dashes), a massive full-width lower grille and L-shaped bumper corners that mirror those at the rear, with the bonnet and front fenders being re-profiled to fit. There should also be new 18-inch turbine-style alloys.
The Geely Binyue L – on which the X50 facelift will be based – has a revised cabin that incorporates new air-con vents, climate control toggles and a revamped centre console with twin grab handles, configurable storage and a thin translucent gear selector.
The Binyue L also has the latest Flyme Auto infotainment system that made its Malaysian debut on the eMas 7, running on an 8.8-inch slimline instrument display and 14.6-inch centre touchscreen (the current X50’s displays are 7.0 and 10.25 inches respectively). Other new bits include novel new sunvisors with a transparent lower half that retains forward visibility while still cutting out glare.
Could the X50 facelift get Geely’s latest four-cylinder turbo engine, used since the Binyue Cool?. In the L, the mill produces 180 PS at 5,500 rpm and 290 Nm from 2,000 to 3,500 rpm. That’s 3 PS and 35 Nm up on even the highest-spec direct-injected TGDI version of the existing GEP3 engine, giving the Binyue L a 7.6-second 0-100 km/h time. The gearbox should be the usual seven-speed wet twin-clutcher.
GALLERY: Geely Binyue L
GALLERY: Geely Binyue Cool/Coolray
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