Proton has announced that they have entered a new export market in May 2023 in a recent release that also highlights their sales performance over the last month. According to the automaker, Mozambique is its 12th export market, with X50 and X70 are the first models to be offered through local distributor Entreposto.
In Mozambique, the X50 is offered in four variants, three of which are equipped with a three-cylinder, turbocharged, 1.5-litre, direct-injection petrol engine (PFI), producing 150 hp. force and torque of 226 Nm. These are Standard, Luxury and Executive, while the top-of-the-line Premium is available with a direct-injection engine (TGDi) version with 177 PS and 255 Nm – all variants are front-wheel drive with a transmission. seven-speed dual clutch.
The X50 series closely mirrors what we have in Malaysia, albeit with some changes to the variant names. The Executive and Premium we have here are pushed up a notch in Mozambique and combined by a new Luxury option, but equipment that comes with each similar to what is offered here.
As for the X70, Mozambique has only four variants with the same 1.5-litre TGDi as the X50 Premium, also with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission – Malaysia also has the 1.8-litre TGDi. The product line includes Standard 2WD, Executive 2WD, Executive AWD and Premium X 2WD, the last of which was previously used for X70 here before update 2022.
Entreposto revealed last week that the Premium variant of the X50 is being offered with a special starting price of 2.2 million Mozambican metical (MT), or about RM159,000. Meanwhile, the top Premium variant of the X70 costs 2.3 million MT (about RM167,000).
LIBRARY: 2023 Proton X50 Mozambique brochure
LIBRARY: Proton X70 Mozambique 2023 Brochure
