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X70 reloaded

At a glance, it’s difficult for anyone to differentiate the new-for-2020 Proton X70 Premium 2WD pictured here from other X70s we’ve seen prior. Look closely and you’ll see that it now sports Proton’s new logo up front and on its wheel centre caps.

That aside, we’ll note that this X70 isn’t a China-built CBU unit that we’re all acquainted with either. Instead, this X70 – and all X70s after it – proudly rolled off Proton’s own Tanjung Malim production hub, thus making

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