In the Malaysian SUV market, many buyers compare the Proton X70 and Mazda CX-60 when choosing a car. These two cars are quite close in terms of price and positioning. Today we will make a detailed comparison from multiple aspects to save you time doing research.
Proton X70 OTR price in Malaysia is RM 106,800 - 122,300, with 3 versions in total, including 1.5L Standard 2WD (RM 106,800), 1.5L Executive 2WD (RM 115,800), 1.5L Premium 2WD (RM 122,300), etc.
Mazda CX-60 OTR price in Malaysia is RM 200,510 - 252,873, with 2 versions in total, including 2026 3.3T 4WD High Plus (RM 252,873), 2025 2.5L 2WD High (RM 200,510), etc.
In terms of price, the Proton X70 starting price is indeed RM 93,710 cheaper than the Mazda CX-60. If your budget is limited, Proton's entry-level version can already meet daily needs. But also note, the cheaper few thousand might have trade-offs on features, it depends on your specific needs.

Proton X70 Safety Rating is 5★ (ASEAN NCAP), Active Safety System includes ADAS (ACC, AEB, LKA, LDA, BSM, RCTA).
Mazda CX-60 Safety Rating is 5★ (Euro NCAP), Active Safety System includes i-Activsense Pro.
Regarding safety features, both cars have achieved good ratings. However, Proton X70's ADAS (ACC, AEB, LKA, LDA, BSM, RCTA) and Mazda CX-60's i-Activsense Pro have some differences in functionality. If you value active safety highly, you can compare their feature lists carefully.

Proton X70 adopts FWD drivetrain.
Mazda CX-60 adopts FWD drivetrain.
Both cars have the same drivetrain, both are FWD, daily driving experience won't have much difference.

Proton X70 Warranty 5 years/150,000km, Service interval every 10,000km or 6 months.
Mazda CX-60 Warranty 5 years/150,000km, Service interval every 10,000km or 6 months.
Both cars have the same warranty conditions, no need to worry about this. Actual maintenance cost depends on the brand's service network and parts price, recommended to ask real owners in car owner groups for experience.
Both Proton X70 and Mazda CX-60 are popular choices in the Malaysian market, suitable for family use and daily commuting. If you value brand reputation and resale value more, you can prioritize the one with better reputation; if you care more about value for money and features, choose the one with richer configuration. Ultimately, it is recommended to test drive both, personal experience is the most important.
Overall, both Proton X70 and Mazda CX-60 are very good models in the Malaysian market. Which one to choose depends on your personal needs and budget. We suggest doing your research, compare quotes from several dealerships, then test drive to make the final decision. Buying a car is a big matter, spending time doing research will never be wrong.

In Malaysia's SUV market, many buyers compare Proton X70 and Toyota Corolla Cross when choosing a car. These two models are quite close in terms of price and positioning. Today, we will conduct a detailed comparison from multiple aspects to help you save time on research.
The OTR price of Proton X70 in Malaysia is RM 106,800 - 122,300. There are 3 versions in total, 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 Toyota Corolla Cross in Malaysia is RM 133,800 - 148,800. There are 3 versions in total, including 2026 HEV 1.8L GR Sport (RM 148,800), 2026 HEV 1.8L Standard (RM 140,800), 2026 1.8L Standard (RM 133,800), etc.
In terms of price, the starting price of Proton X70 is indeed RM 27,000 cheaper than Toyota Corolla Cross. If your budget is limited, Proton's entry-level version can already meet daily needs. However, be aware that the cheaper few thousand might involve compromises in features, depending on your specific needs.

Proton X70 is equipped with a 1.5L Turbo, 140 hp. Official fuel consumption 7.0 L/100km.
Toyota Corolla Cross is equipped with a 1.5L Turbo, 140 hp. Official fuel consumption 7.0 L/100km.
Both cars use the same powertrain system, so the driving experience feels basically the same. Fuel consumption is also similar, so there is no need to worry too much about this point.

Proton X70 body length 4400 mm, trunk 400 L.
Toyota Corolla Cross body length 4400 mm, trunk 400 L.
The dimensions of both cars are almost identical, and the interior space difference is not significant. For this class of cars, it is completely sufficient for daily use.

Proton X70 adopts FWD drive mode.
Toyota Corolla Cross adopts FWD drive mode.
Both cars have the same drive mode, which is FWD, so there won't be a big difference in daily driving experience.
Proton X70 and Toyota Corolla Cross are both mainstream choices in the Malaysian market, suitable for family use and daily commuting. If you value brand reputation and resale value more, you can prioritize the one with better reputation; if you care more about cost-performance and features, then choose the one with richer configuration. In the end, it is recommended to test drive both, as personal experience is the most important.
Overall, Proton X70 and Toyota Corolla Cross are both very good models in the Malaysian market. Which one to choose depends on your personal needs and budget. It is recommended to do your research, compare quotes from several car dealerships, and then test drive to make the final decision. Buying a car is a big matter, spending some time on research will never be wrong.

GAC's emphasis on users warms our hearts as car owners.
On July 16, at the GAC Group 30 million users gratitude event site, Kungfu Auto met a GAC Trumpchi owner named Gong Ping attending the event.
This long-time GAC owner has long transcended the boundaries of a car as a mere commuting tool. It is a public welfare commuter car travelling between Yingde mountainous areas, carrying books and supplies along winding country roads; it is a mobile emergency station on standby, equipped with an AED, and with his EMT certification, he always aims to help strangers in critical moments; and it is even a witness of a decade of trust — from downpaying for the Trumpchi GS8 in 2016 within 15 minutes to currently trading in for the Trumpchi M8 Master and deciding instantly.

GAC owner Gong Ping with his Trumpchi M8 Master
GAC cars have long been his reliable old partner in life.
As a member of the 30 million GAC users, Gong Ping's story is simple yet warm. When talking about GAC's cumulative user breakthrough of 30 million, his tone carried the certainty typical of a long-time owner: "It is an honor to be one of GAC's 30 million owners. In these years, I have not only witnessed GAC's development but also personally felt the continuous progress of their products and services."

GAC's 30 millionth complete vehicle — Right-hand drive GAC Trumpchi M8 PHEV rolls off the production line
During a 10-year car ownership life, two details are etched in his memory to this day. One was a rainy season when Dragon Boat waters raged; he drove through a low-lying section, with water reaching half the wheel height. Two private cars behind him stalled one after another, but his Trumpchi drove steadily through. "Maybe I was lucky, but more importantly, it was about the vehicle's wading safety, high chassis, and wading depth." A casual sentence hid the deepest recognition of quality. Another time was when he couldn't take time for routine maintenance at the 4S dealer; a single phone call resulted in staff coming to pick up the car, doing the maintenance, and returning it clean to the downstairs area. "The service was thoughtful and considerate. I believe this is exactly the core reason GAC could win the trust of 30 million users."
Asked if he was afraid the AED in the car would be damaged by breaking the window in an emergency, he answered simply and frankly: "I don't worry about breaking the window; windows can be replaced with money, but life only has one chance." He has even proposed suggestions to the manufacturer and 4S dealers, hoping to build a network for owner AED public welfare, issue exclusive badge logos, provide glass insurance support for owners equipped with AEDs, and encourage more owners to join willingly.
This is the true image of one in 30 million of GAC's users.

Feng Xingya (left) handing over the new car key to Thailand owner Tony Jaa (right)

He Xianqing (far left) awarding honorary owner awards for GAC Group full brands
He is not a statistical number in a report, nor a "user persona" in a marketing report, but a companion with warmth, persistence, willing to meet the brand halfway. From the users' stories, Kungfu Auto clearly sees two sides of GAC crossing the 30 million milestone:
One side is "Change": Over a year of the Panyu Action, from organizational structure to service processes, from product logic to user communication, GAC's full link has iterated towards user thinking, transforming from "people building cars" to "people accompanying users with cars."
One side is "Constant": 29 years of quality faith, the original intention of "Quality Above All" has never wavered. Building reliable cars and safeguarding safety to the end, this persistence of long-termism has always been to not betray every user's trust.
One change, one adherence, the underlying logic has never shifted: Everything revolves around users, everything is for users.

GAC Group 30 Million Users Gratitude Event Site
On-site, Kungfu Auto found: "Users" have also become the loudest and most frequently mentioned keyword of the GAC 30 million event. Precisely because of "users", this event belonging to the industry quickly broke through the circle, becoming an event with industry height, user warmth, and communication heat.
(1) From "Engineers Building Cars" to "Users Defining Cars": The Reform of the Panyu Action Goes to the Core
Many say traditional car manufacturers find it hard to transform, difficult because big ships turn slowly, and traditional thinking is deeply rooted. But GAC, with the "Panyu Action", proved that as long as users are placed in the core position, even a huge system can be turned around.
GAC Group moved its headquarters to Panyu, initiated unified operation of independent brands, and comprehensively launched three major battles of "User Needs, Product Value, Service Experience". This reform is a self-refresh starting from the underlying logic: completely breaking the one-way logic of "Engineers feeling users should want what", and turning "what users truly want" into the center of all work.

This change is most intuitively reflected in user voices reaching decision-makers directly. GAC implemented the "User All-on-Mic" mechanism simultaneously across Trumpchi, Aion, and Hyper three brands. GAC Group Chairman Feng Xingya, GAC Group General Manager He Xianqing personally stepped forward. R&D heads and product heads sat directly opposite users, listening to the most real car usage complaints and the most detailed functional requests, no need for layer-by-layer relay, no need for filtering processing; user pain points directly became the priority for product optimization.

GAC "User All-on-Mic" Event Site
More advanced than "Listening to Users" is "Doing Together with Users." GAC built a full-link, normalized user co-creation system. From early product planning and R&D testing to later marketing promotion and user operation, all links invite user participation. The past one-way logic of manufacturers building what and users buying what is turning into a two-way interaction where users want what and manufacturers optimize what. Users have also transformed from simple product users into brand value co-creators.
Changes at the product end are also visible to the naked eye. Qijing GT7 targets the aesthetic and functional needs of new generations for high-end smart shooting wagons; starting level is full-spec, gaining high popularity upon launch. Aion N60 directly downshifted LiDAR + 4D Millimeter Wave Radar to the 100,000 price point market, standardly configuring 27 high-value features, allowing young people not to compromise on intelligence. Trumpchi M8 series deep-dives into the comfort needs of family and business users, leading the Chinese luxury MPV market for 72 consecutive months. The explosion of every product is essentially the precise implementation of user needs.
At the channel level, borrowing the tailwind of new energy vehicles entering rural areas, GAC accelerates channel sinking, planning to add construction of 1,000 county-level authorized stores by the end of the year. By the end of June, 600 outlets have been certified, delivering convenient viewing and maintenance services to users' doorsteps. At the charging level, targeting the charging pain points most anxious for new energy users, a "9 Vertical, 10 Horizontal" charging network has been built, covering 213 cities nationwide, with self-operated charging piles exceeding 27,000, achieving "a station within 1 km in central urban areas". At the online service level, "Super Butler" is online 24 hours, committing to 5-second response, 2-hour problem resolution; user requests do not need repeated transfer, reaching fast handling directly.
True user thinking is sometimes this simple and direct: if users fear something, solve it; if users want something, give it to them.
(2) Slow Kungfu in a Fast Era: Quality Persistence, the Longest Promise Given to Users
In the current industry context of competing on price, speed, and marketing, GAC's "stupidest" yet most hardcore bottom card has always been quality. If the iteration of user thinking is GAC's "changing with the trend", then the ultimate persistence on quality is the never-wavered "adhering to righteousness".
Gong Ping's Trumpchi that drove steadily through the flooded road section is precisely the daily footnote of this quality persistence. In GAC's positive development system, such extreme scenarios have already been repeatedly verified countless times before new car launch.

GAC insists on a complete V-shaped product development process, building a complete test and verification system covering whole vehicles, systems, and components. Every new car development must experience at least "Two Winters, One Summer" of extreme environment verification, with the shortest cycle of 18 months, and the conventional stable cycle as long as 21 months. While the industry is shouting "Fast" and compressing development cycles, GAC is still willing to spend time on verification links invisible to users.
Not only "Two Winters, One Summer", GAC also upgraded the traditional "Three Highs" test to a "Five Highs, One Mountain, One Dust" full environment assessment. 60°C Turpan high temperature, -40°C Hulunbuir extreme cold, high altitude, high humidity, high salt mist, mountainous complex road conditions, desert sand environment,全方位 limit polishing. Before every new car launch, it must undergo more than 500 engineers, over 1,000 days and nights, nearly 10,000 test verifications, covering all extreme scenarios users might encounter.
How detailed is this system? 12 verification main items for the whole vehicle, over 1,500 verification sub-items, over 3,000 enterprise technical standards, cumulatively leading or participating in over 100 national and industry standards. From whole vehicle structural safety to the torque of a single screw, there are clear standards and traceable data. The AI visual inspection system at the intelligent manufacturing end responds in milliseconds with millimeter-level accuracy, thousands of key fastening points have full data traceability for life, ensuring quality of every car is traceable.
In a fast era, slow Kungfu is the most valuable. In a noisy field, sincerity moves people most.
Users might never drive cars to extreme cold places or run to high-temperature deserts for exposure, but GAC must test these limit scenarios for them. In our view, Gong Ping's experience of steady passage in Dragon Boat waters must not be luck.

For users, the most intuitive quality security comes from the solid implementation of safety technology. Magazine Battery cumulative installation of 1.5 million vehicles, cumulative travel over 160 billion kilometers, maintaining a stable safety record. Star Spirit Safety Guardian System has served nearly 2 million users, cumulatively preventing potential accidents 6.28 million times. More rarely, GAC pioneered the "Three Liabilities" service commitment, extending quality assurance from the moment of delivery to the whole usage cycle: Battery three-electric problem spontaneous combustion liability, battery attenuation beyond limit liability, intelligent parking accident liability, turning quality confidence into real peace of mind for users.
By the end of 2025, GAC's cumulative independent R&D investment has exceeded 62 billion yuan, cumulative patent applications over 24,900 items. From Star Source Power to Star River Smart Cockpit, from Star Cruiser Body to Star Spirit Architecture 4.0, all technical investments ultimately land on the same goal: to make user travel more secure, more worry-free, and more comfortable.
(3) Putting Gratitude into Practice: Six Brands Link Up, Tangible Sincerity for Old and New Users
Many car manufacturers' milestone moments hold glittering star-studded press conferences and tell grand brand stories. But GAC's 30 million left the biggest sincerity to users. Six brands link up to launch full-scenario return benefits, putting gratitude into every user's real sensory experience.

GAC Group 30 Million Vehicles Roll-off · New Renewal Gratitude Season Officially Launched
From July 16 to August 31, GAC officially launches the "GAC 30 Million Vehicles Roll-off · New Renewal Gratitude Season" event. This is a full-cycle return action covering GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Trumpchi, GAC Aion, GAC Hyper, Qijing Automotive six passenger car brands, spanning new purchase, trade-in, additional purchase full scenarios, facing all-quantity users.
The most rare part of this gratitude season is that it is not a marketing campaign only staring at new users. New users have discounts to lower thresholds, old users have privileges to feel respect, welcoming new partners while not forgetting old friends. This "Old and New Same Care" logic exactly confirms GAC's "User Full Cycle Companion" positioning: Companionship is never for a moment, but for a lifetime.

At the same time, the event also broke the convention of single model roll-off, promoting multi-brand, multi-model roll-off simultaneously at each brand and overseas factories. Trumpchi M8 PHEV, Aion N60, Hyper S600, Qijing GT7, GAC Toyota BZ 7, GAC Honda P7, 6 models covering different market segments and different price ranges were shown simultaneously, both as a tribute to the 30 million milestone and providing richer choices for users with different needs.
In the eyes of old owners like Gong Ping, such activities are particularly meaningful. "When relatives and friends around me ask me for car buying recommendations, I will say choosing GAC is definitely not wrong." Good products plus real benefits make old owners willing to recommend proactively, making new users willing to try with confidence. The snowball effect of reputation is the brand's most precious asset. After the event launch, terminal heat continued to rise, both prying market increments and warming existing users, achieving a dual breakthrough of reputation and voice.
(4) Kungfu Verdict: Brands that Keep Users in Heart Will Never Be Betrayed by the Market
After chatting with Gong Ping, Kungfu Auto has always been thinking about one question: How heavy is the weight of the number 30 million?
It is 30 million heavy trusts, 30 million lives growing together with users.
In today's automobile industry elimination race accelerating, heat made by marketing will eventually fade, sales won by price wars are difficult to sustain. The only ones that can cross the cycle are always those enterprises that put users in the C-position and engrave quality into the bones.
Sales numbers will fluctuate, but the warmth felt by owners is what enables an enterprise to cross the cycle.
30 million is not the end, but the starting point of the next journey. On the road to the next million level, GAC will continue to change, changing out smarter products, more thoughtful services, broader global layout; and will also continue to remain unchanged, unchanged quality original intention, unchanged user stance, unchanged long-termism persistence.
Kungfu Auto always believes that a brand willing to sit down to listen to users, settle down to build good cars for users, and give real benefits to users deserves more trust.
