Proton will soon be selling the Saga MC3 in the Philippines as a Geely, the carmaker confirmed at today’s official launch of the eMas 7 PHEV.
The move by Geely to rebadge the Proton Saga MC3 is due to the parent firm’s lack of models smaller, more compact and more affordable than the X and S series models currently on sale, Proton vehicle programme executive Desmond John Pinto explained in December.
Through a presentation slide shown by Autocar Philippines last month, the model labelled as AMA01 is positioned against the Mitsubishi Mirage and the Toyota Vios, and this has been said to go on sale in that LHD market as a Geely in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Saga MC3 is underpinned by the Advanced Modular Architecture (AMA), and this platform will be the basis of future Proton models, currently codenamed AMA02, AMA05 and AMA06. This line of models will be a new generation of “affordable and practical global cars” to replace the PIES quartet that was the Persona, Iriz, Exora and previous Saga.
Retaining the existing basic structure, albeit on the aforementioned new AMA platform, the Saga brings new features including LED lighting, dual displays for instrumentation and infotainment and – on the Premium variant – driving assistance features such as AEB and blind spot monitoring.
The powerplant for the Saga MC3 is new, too, this being the 120 PS/150 Nm 1.5 litre BHE15-CFN Intelligent Green Technology engine. More about the Proton Saga MC3 in our review, compare specifications, and find out about its maintenance costs here.
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Would be interesting to see whether Geely will change features of the car including bumper, grille, headlamp, wheel design and even body colours though probably coming from same factory. Previous Saga VVT was already converted as LHD specs so its pretty much ready to go for the Philliphines.
No way it can compete with vios when it comes to rear legroom. The engine maybe the same capacity but the refinement and power to the wheel is not on par with vios. Don’t get me started with the CVT in the saga (loud).
it shows how greedy toyota/umw cheats malaysians when the vios is priced double of saga.
More like pitting their lower segment cars against higher segment from other brands to confuse consumers.
B-segment S70 vs others C-segment and now A-segment Saga vs others B-segment.
whats so confusing ? only stupid customer would buy expensive overpriced cars. smart customer would choose proton saga every time .
Only idiot would buy Saga. So new yet so many complaints already in the market.
saga got 100k bookings already so are you saying that 100k b40 buyers are idiots?
the 100K don’t become B40 for no reason.
You think Philippines will allow Saga Tax Free like Malaysia? No way ..The Pricing in Philippines will be similar with Geely Saga and Vios. Maybe cheaper a bit Even if RM10K cheaper which car you will choose? A bigger Vios or a Tiny Geely Saga. Its a jo Brainier.
how about the loudness in Mitsubishi Mirage, Attrage, Axia and Bezza?
Maybe they are quieter than Nissan Almera
The Vios in the Philippines is ONLY offered with a 1.3L engine because they sell it alongside the latest Vios (Ativ in PH). The Saga is more than capable to go against the 1.3 Vios.
Vios 105ps, Saga 115ps
vios 1.3 engine only has 90hp
So next perodua gonna rebadge bezza as honda city rival
Bezza junk can compete with old iswara. Don’t tokok can fight the king Vios
100k vios being compared against a car half its price, malu apa bossku
Perhaps Geely Saga, because Saga is also an English word as well.
Google what is meaning of Saga in Chinese, that could possibly be the name for PH. I think it is Chuánqí
..The Saga will lives on!… yippee!!
I just don’t understand why the rear bumper cannot make it lower ground clearance by another 3 to 5 inches? and also why the wheelarch gap cannot be smaller by another 2 inches?
whats so difficult to understand? for practical reasons obviously higher ground clearance is bettr
The car suspension had been raised because the new 1.5 engine sits quite low in the chassis, potential of break each time going over speed bump.
so who did all the hard work to convert left hand drive? was it proton , geely, or phillipines?
The previous Saga VVT had already been converted to LHD and sold in countries like Chile and Egypt. That was 10 years ago. The changes for this model could only be the dashboard, wiper and headlamps.
Geely S30
Vios in the same price bracket as saga. Intereting. Saga got expensive or vios is cheaper over there?
Vios rival?
Someone’s at P1 wet dreaming
Okay that’s a good start for 2026. Proton must take this opportunity well. Be responsive and deliver value to customers.
I used to own a Mitsubishi Attrage. It is a wekl design car with a wheelbase longer than Saga and Bezza. Even though the Attrage is compact but surprised it is spacious inside. Like to see how it fare in Philippines Market.
The engine enough to push a b segment while the chassis still a segment. Spawn the engine into persona then enough to rival city or vios.