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KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Xinhua) — Malaysian national carmaker Proton has begun local assembly trials of its X70 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) at its manufacturing plant in Tanjung Malim, the company said on Wednesday.
The vehicle, jointly manufactured with China's Geely, will be put together at Proton's new 1.2 billion ringgit (290 million U.S. dollars) assembly plant, which is currently in its final stages of completion, said Proton chairman Syed Faisal Albar who spoke during a signing ceremony at the plant.
“Proton aims to start the production of the X70 in Tanjung Malim in the second half of this year so we are working hard to ensure we hit the target,” he said, adding that it was significant this was achieved within two years of cooperation.
Syed Faisal also said Proton had seen its sales jump from the fourth place on the Malaysian market to the second during the second quarter of this year, attributing this to the introduction of the X70, with its advanced features, to th..