Geely will be launching the 2026 Okavango and Coolray facelifts in Vietnam soon, with the date June 5, 2026 written on the company’s social media post.
This iteration of the Okavango will be the Vietnam market’s version of the Haoyue L facelift that was unveiled in November last year, while the Coolray depicted here will be the brand’s twin to the current Proton X50, which gets its look from the Geely Binyue L.
The latest Okavango/Haoyue L gets the 1.5 litre BHE15 four-cylinder engine that already serves in several Geely and Proton models, making 181 PS and 290 Nm in turbocharged guise (X50, X70, S70), also serving in naturally aspirated form with the MC3 Proton Saga.
This update to the Okavango and Haoyue brings a revised exterior, along with its infotainment where the same 14.6-inch touchscreen runs on the Flyme Auto operating system as used in the Galaxy E5/EX5 and Proton eMas 7.This update could also form the basis of the Proton X90 facelift, which received its update in March this year following its Malaysian launch in May 2023.
In January last year, Geely announced that it is to open a manufacturing plant in Vietnam as one of several regions that is part of Geely’s localised manufacturing plans, with other markets including Central Asia and Africa. Output from this manufacturing facility is to serve the domestic Vietnamese market, as well as left-hand-drive export markets.
The Vietnam plant is scheduled to begin production at the end of this year. This should mean that left-hand-drive Geely models, including the Okavango and Coolray facelifted duo, are likely to continue being made by Proton until then, as the Malaysian carmaker’s Tanjung Malim plant has been producing the pre-facelift Geely Coolray in left-hand-drive form.
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