It’s no secret that the recently-launched 2026 Proton Saga MC3 is internally often known as AMA01, being the primary mannequin to sit down on the Superior Modular Structure (AMA) platform.
However now, Proton has formally revealed the existence of future fashions to be based mostly on stated platform – AMA02, AMA05 and AMA06 – that can change PIES (Persona, Iriz, Exora and outdated Saga) fashions.
Earlier than we will even start to take a position what these fashions will probably be, Proton has confirmed that there will probably be a hybrid MPV and two hybrid SUVs. One in all these two SUVs we take to be the upcoming eMas 7 PHEV, judging by the DHT160 transmission on the slide. The remaining MPV and SUV will use a DHT120 transmission, indicating decrease energy outputs.
One more AMA-related slide mentions concentrating on “the sub-RM80k section to win again market share with sequence of nationwide folks’s automotive” – if all AMA fashions are going to be underneath RM80k, the RM89k Chery Tiggo Cross Hybrid stands to lose its ‘Malaysia’s least expensive hybrid’ crown.
One SUV is not going to be a hybrid, and its strategic placement on the slide subsequent to the Saga signifies that it’ll primarily be a Saga-based SUV, mating the 4AT as a substitute of the CVT to the Saga’s 1.5 litre i-GT non-turbo four-cylinder engine. Though the AMA platform is modular, we wouldn’t be shocked if it is a small, Saga-wheelbased SUV – in different phrases, an A-segment SUV.
Let’s transfer on to the subsequent SUV, which goes to be a hybrid with a decrease output than the eMas 7 PHEV (due to the DHT120 transmission). Now, this might be both merely be a hybrid model of the ‘Saga SUV’ talked about above, or a distinct, bigger mannequin (B-segment SUV?). What do you assume?
That leaves the MPV – now, the thought of a folks service sharing the Saga’s platform could increase eyebrows, however keep in mind, the AMA platform is modular and may be lengthened or shortened. Fingers crossed that it’ll be dimension!
Right here’s our greatest guesses for AMA02, AMA05 and AMA06 – a small SUV, a slightly-bigger SUV and an MPV. The place has 03 and 04 gone? Once more, our guess is {that a} hatchback is certainly one of them. The opposite, effectively, is just not a really fortunate quantity in some cultures. Share with us your ideas, Sherlocks!
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