In the SUV market in Malaysia, many buyers often compare Proton X70 and Chery Tiggo Cross when choosing a car. These two cars are quite close in price and positioning. Today, we will make a detailed comparison from multiple aspects to help you save time on research.

Price and Versions

The OTR price of Proton X70 in Malaysia is RM 106,800 - 122,300, with a total of 3 versions, including 1.5L Standard 2WD (RM 106,800), 1.5L Executive 2WD (RM 115,800), 1.5L Premium 2WD (RM 122,300), etc.

The OTR price of Chery Tiggo Cross in Malaysia is RM 88,750 - 99,750, with a total of 2 versions, including 2025 HEV 1.5L CSH (RM 99,750), 2025 1.5T Standard (RM 88,750), etc.

In terms of price, the starting price of Chery Tiggo Cross is RM 18,050 cheaper than Proton X70. Honestly, in this price range, a difference of a few thousand is actually not that big, the key is still to look at overall cost-performance ratio and long-term usage cost.

Power and Fuel Consumption

Proton X70 is equipped with a 1.5L Turbo, 140 hp. Official fuel consumption 7.0 L/100km.

Chery Tiggo Cross is equipped with a 1.5L 4-cyl, 105 hp. Official fuel consumption 6.0 L/100km.

In terms of power, the 1.5L Turbo of Proton X70 has 35 hp more than the 1.5L 4-cyl of Chery Tiggo Cross, providing more confidence in mid-range acceleration, especially when overtaking on highways. However, Chery Tiggo Cross fuel consumption might be more friendly, the difference in daily city commuting will not be too big.

Safety Features

The safety rating of Proton X70 is 5★ (ASEAN NCAP), active safety systems include ADAS (ACC, AEB, LKA, LDA, BSM, RCTA).

The safety rating of Chery Tiggo Cross is TBD, active safety systems include Basic.

In terms of safety features, both cars have received good ratings. However, the ADAS (ACC, AEB, LKA, LDA, BSM, RCTA) of Proton X70 and the Basic of Chery Tiggo Cross have some differences in functionality. If you value active safety more, you can compare the feature lists of the two in detail.

Space and Comfort

Proton X70 body length 4400 mm, trunk 400 L.

Chery Tiggo Cross body length 4400 mm, trunk 400 L.

The size of both cars is almost the same, the interior space difference is not big. For cars at this level, daily use is completely sufficient.

Maintenance and Upkeep

Proton X70 warranty 5 years/150,000km, maintenance interval every 10,000km or 6 months.

Chery Tiggo Cross warranty 3 years/100,000km, maintenance interval every 10,000km or 6 months.

Summary

Overall, Proton X70 and Chery Tiggo Cross are both very good models in the Malaysian market. Choosing which one mainly depends on your personal needs and budget. It is recommended to do your research, compare quotes from several car dealers, and then test drive to make the final decision. Buying a car is a major matter, spending some time doing research will definitely not be wrong.

Other competitors have been chasing all along, but Wuling Commuter Car's status has never been surpassed.

On July 31, SAIC-GM-Wuling officially announced that Wuling Commuter Car users are about to exceed 3 million, achieving this new milestone. Wuling has decided to hold the "Colorful Life, Unleash Your Playful Heart" Hongguang MINIEV 6th Anniversary and Wuling Commuter Car 3 Million User Gala on August 7 at Chengdu Open Air Music Park.

At that time, Bingo Family Global Ambassador Meng Ziyi will be present on site, joining 3 million users for a colorful party belonging to the "People's Commuter Car" -- From a third-party perspective, Wuling Commuter Car has transformed from a "business" into a young person's "toy".

From Baojun E100 and E200's first debut in 2017, to the Hongguang MINIEV Family's emergence, to the Bingo Family's colorful blooming, Wuling took less than ten years to firmly carve its own name onto the "Commuter Car" category that was originally loose -- Nowadays, when people mention "small commuter car", the first reaction is almost "buy a Wuling", while other brands repeatedly try to replicate the legend, but can only chase from behind, never truly shaking its king status.

What is the "synonym" of a niche market? It is when a user needs a small car for short commutes, shopping, picking up kids, flexible and easy to park, the first name automatically popping up in their mind is Wuling.

With solid product strength of "Good looking, easy to drive, easy to park, saving money", the Hongguang MINIEV Family cumulatively gained favor from over 1.95 million users, holding the domestic A00-level pure electric sales champion for consecutive 71 months, and ranking first globally in cumulative sales of micro new energy vehicles; The Bingo Family, with its high-value colorful ride, gained the trust of over 750,000 car owners. The two families combined to build a sales Great Wall of 3 million vehicles, this number itself is already a ceiling other competitors cannot reach. More importantly, Wuling is not "making a small car", but defining a lifestyle -- It turns commuting from "making do" to "being particular", from "tool" to "companion". This mental first-mover advantage allows later entrants, even if they launch products with similar parameters, to never replicate the familiarity and trust of the "People's Commuter Car".

Contemporary young people choosing cars want both good looks and practical space, flexible and easy to drive, and save money and worry-free.

The 5th Generation Hongguang MINIEV accurately grasped these four major pain points, and every item is a "hard threshold" that competitors find easy to imitate but extremely difficult to surpass.

In design, it uses "Sweet Fun Cube" language combined with Iridescent Pearlescent Car Color and "Caramel Cream" interior. The passenger seat "Versatile Scenery Space" allows trendy ornaments to be arranged at will, turning the small car instantly into a personal canvas. This good looks philosophy with built-in social attributes, other brands learn the shape but not the spirit; In space, four-door four-seat design, 2190mm wheelbase, 793mm front-rear seat spacing, plus trunk expandable to 838L, makes two-door competitors stretched thin when multiple people travel, while Wuling allows four people to comfortably travel together; In handling, 4.5m ultra-small turning radius makes U-turns in narrow alleys and parallel parking a commonplace, motor zero-start feature brings lightness at traffic lights, 0-50km/h acceleration only takes 4.9 seconds, city travel is effortless, ESC and dual airbags are standard, ring cage-type car body high-strength steel accounts for 60%, refreshing people's bias that "small cars are unsafe"; In economy, 100km electricity consumption is only 8.9kWh, cost per km is about 0.04 Yuan, supporting DC fast charging 205km/301km dual range versions, makes competitors pale in the face of "saving" -- Four advantages linked together, forming an experience barrier competitors cannot cross.

Based on product advantages, Wuling also built a "Product + Reputation + Ecosystem" triple moat. At the product level, four-door four-seat layout, standard dual airbags and ESC across the series, over 745L expanded space, these hard indicators lead solidly at the same price point; At the reputation level, real user feedback from over 1.95 million users, sales champion for 71 consecutive months, brings comprehensive dominance in second-hand value retention, maintenance convenience, and community activity; At the ecosystem level, Wuling has over 2,800 service outlets nationwide, Trend-creation Culture, User Gala and other activities gather car owners into a warm big family -- When competitors are still stacking configuration parameters, Wuling has long completed the leap from "selling cars" to "managing user relationships". Other brands can replicate the size and range of a small car, but cannot replicate the era memory written together by 3 million users, this may be the most essential difference between "synonym" and "chaser".

Not only in China, Wuling has achieved this solid foundation as "People's Commuter Car", overseas, Wuling Commuter Car is also rapidly growing into "People's Commuter Car of the World": On July 29, the 5th Generation Hongguang MINIEV (Wuling Aira ev) officially launched at the Indonesia International Auto Show, priced starting from 155 million Indonesian Rupiah (approximately 59,600 RMB). The new car collaborates with Disney·Pixar "Toy Story 5" for cross-boundary linkage, reaching local young families with a trendier and more fun image. This is not just product export, but pushing the "Chinese Style Commuting" concept globally -- In crowded streets of Southeast Asia, in ancient narrow alleys of Europe, the "Easy to drive, easy to park, easy to save" represented by Wuling Commuter Car is becoming a universal demand, while Wuling is defining the global standard for this niche market with a pioneer's posture, spreading the cognition "Commuter Car = Wuling" from China to the world.

From sales champion to global trendy play symbol, Wuling Commuter Car proves with 3 million pieces of trust: Small cars can also carry thousands of loves. On August 7, Chengdu Open Air Music Park, nearly 100 user trendy creative cars will gather on site, car owner representatives will join this "Colorful Life" banquet exclusive to them. This is not only Wuling's glory moment, but also an announcement to the entire industry -- In the niche track of commuter cars, Wuling is no longer the leader, but the track itself; Other brands can chase desperately, but can never surpass that "People's Commuter Car" synonym!

Author: Liu Jungang

Have you ever seen the roads in India?

I've seen them online.

The scene is usually like this: a sedan blocked behind a cow, motorcycles running wild nearby, even milk tea vendors nearby, so "clean and hygienic".

However, in a place where many feel physically uncomfortable after watching, Toyota, Suzuki, Honda and other Japanese car companies decided to bet on India.

According to the Indian "Brand Quality Foundation" website, the three car companies will invest nearly $11 billion to build factories, increase capacity, and develop exports in India.

Some netizens commented: Did the three Japanese car companies have too much money?

In fact, they didn't have endless money to spend, nor were they bewildered by Indian curry. These Japanese car executives are much clearer than us.

Current Japanese car revenue and market share are declining. Raw material costs are soaring. Looking at the world map, finding a market that can accommodate capacity, expand share, and has gentle competition is not easy.

So, it wasn't that Japanese car companies chose India, but because they had no choice.

The Pain of Japanese Car Companies

Past Japanese cars were truly the envy of others.

Ask old drivers who drove Japanese cars over ten years ago, talking about Japanese cars, almost no one doesn't give a thumbs up, cheap price, fuel saving, durable...

Even many Japanese cars needed to be bought at a markup, but who would think this iron fortress would be beaten out of sight in a few short years.

With the wave of new energy vehicles coming, electrification and intelligence became the goal for many domestic car companies to "leapfrog". Relying on China's strong new energy vehicle industry chain advantages and car companies' own persistence on R&D and technology, Chinese independent brands quickly achieved "leapfrogging".

Domestic cars once criticized are now becoming more and more common on the roads, even surpassing joint ventures in share.

According to CPCA data, in April 2026, the share of independent brands reached as high as 62.5%, far exceeding Japan's 13.1%.

You need to know, the Chinese car market is the largest car market in the world. Losing speed in the Chinese market is like losing a huge piece of cake.

Meanwhile, the main theme of the Chinese market in recent years is still price wars. Racing on configuration, price, and service has become a normal state, which also had a huge impact on Japanese cars' profits.

Apart from China, Japanese cars are also not doing well in the US.

On January 20, 2025, Trump swore in as the 47th US President, starting a series of chaotic operations, including imposing additional car tariffs in the name of national security, causing the tariff rate for imported Japanese cars to reach as high as 27.5% at one point. Although it decreased later, it was still far higher than the initial tax rate.

This operation directly led to a tariff loss of over 2 trillion yen for seven Japanese car companies in fiscal year 2025.

Looking at Japan itself, it is actually not easy either.

Middle East geopolitical conflicts blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, transportation costs and raw material costs soared, Japanese car companies also had to suffer in silence.

Executives looking at the reports, their backs went cold, only to find a new growth curve.

So, Japanese car companies didn't fall in love with India, there was nowhere else to go.

Deep Thought on Choosing India

So, what magic does India have, to make Japanese car companies invest heavily?

The first advantage is big. In 2025, the Indian car market achieved 5.517 million new car sales, up 6% year-on-year, breaking the historical record, ranking as the third largest car market in the world, exceeding Japan for four consecutive years, second only to China and the United States.

The value of this doesn't need me to say much. India achieved this result mainly because India has been promoting tax reduction policies to promote consumption, which led to a significant increase in domestic consumption willingness.

The second advantage is close, meaning it is close to places where Japanese cars sell well, such as Africa.

So, India for Japanese car companies is more like a convenience store built in the center of a crossroad. You don't need to ship cars to eight countries separately, just build well at this stop in India, then unload ship by ship, and you can save a lot of costs.

The Nikkei also believes that India is expected to become its global car supply center.

The third advantage is stability. You know, Japanese cars' advantage is fuel cars, after all, the three major components of engines, gearboxes, and chassis, they have played for many years, technology accumulation is number one in the world.

But the Chinese car market has fully promoted electrification and intelligence development, leading to Japanese cars' advantage becoming weaker and weaker, impossible to play out. But India is different, it has the characteristics of few charging piles and slow electrification process. Indian old people buying cars still look for cheap, fuel saving, easy to fix, and these three points are exactly Japanese cars' old trade.

Especially Suzuki, always been India's car market evergreen, almost always sitting on the best-selling model throne, reputation of being worry-free, better than any advertisement.

So, Japanese car companies' vigorous layout of the Indian market is obviously carefully considered.

But, is the Indian market really that easy to mix?

The Hard-to-Bite Indian Market

Of course, India is not perfect like a hot commodity, its disadvantages are as obvious as its advantages, and every one is enough for Japanese car companies to face a hard time.

First talk about electrification. Yes, right now India has few charging piles and electric cars don't sell well, it is indeed a shelter for Japanese fuel cars. But you have to think, how long can this "shelter" avoid?

India previously shouted the slogan of 30% of new cars being electric vehicles by 2030. Although it sounds like bragging, but can't help but they really give subsidies, really build charging stations.

Imagine, what if one day India suddenly wakes up, starts vigorously promoting electrification, doing infrastructure, charging piles popping out like mushrooms after rain, then Japanese cars will be dumbfounded?

Isn't this a version of the Thai market?

Back then Japanese cars in Thailand won easily. The entire Southeast Asian market was called Japanese cars' backyard. Result Thailand took the lead in promoting electrification. Chinese electric vehicles came in, directly became a hot commodity. Look at Japanese cars again, share in Thailand falling down rapidly.

If India accelerates electrification, history will likely repeat, and this time, Japanese cars don't even have a place to flee, how to prevent will become the first problem for Japanese car companies.

Next talk about policy. India's policy is like a pot of curry, you never know if you will eat chicken or potato next time.

This magical country, today low tariff encourages building factories, tomorrow may fine you a huge amount. What's more annoying is mandatory joint venture. Foreign car companies want to sell cars in India, have to find local partners to partner up. When your factory is built, supply chain is done, India directly backstabs you. At that time whether adding money or withdrawing capital, what you get is heartache.

So you see, this market like India is like a mango that looks very sweet, bite the first mouth it's okay, chew two more mouths hit the hard core.

Japanese cars now is calculating, while the core hasn't bit the tooth, hurry up to nibble a few more mouths, but the core will bite sooner or later, just don't know which day.

Epilogue

Japanese cars this trip to India, not go for tourism, is go to make a living.

Chinese and Southeast Asian dining tables are more crowded, production and transportation costs have risen. Looking around the world, only this pot in India is still steaming, even if what is boiling inside is curry-flavored stones, have to bite hard and chew down.

Japanese car companies want to expand market, India wants to pull economy, solve employment, both sides have their own thoughts.

As for the ending is Japanese cars in India regain their glory, or like past competitors shamefully walk away, then is not known.

But no matter how, this play just started, we slowly watch is okay.

Anyway India's story, never bored.