Over the past few weeks, Geely was busy rolling out its entry-level Geely EX2 (Proton eMas 5 to us) to various markets, including Australia and the UK.
On the surface, the EX2 and our eMas 5 are identical – the cars all get LED headlights, offer a rear-mounted electric motor, as well as a large 14.6-inch display. However, upon closer inspection, there are subtle differences.
Starting with the exterior, the biggest difference are the wheels – the UK and Australia spec cars get their own 16-inch dual-tone alloy wheels; different from our eMas 5’s four-spoke design.
It’s also worth noting that our local-spec Proton eMas 5 lacks daytime running lights (DRLs). The Geely EX2, surprisingly, had be had with several DRL configurations – the South African-spec car has its DRLs embedded within the tri-LED inside the headlight cluster, while the UK and Australian-spec cars have vertical LED DRLs in place of the chrome trim pieces on our car.
Towards the rear-end, the AU and UK-spec cars also offer a rear wiper, whereas ours don’t. The addition of the rear wiper also means that the third light has been relocated to the upper part of the rear windshield.
Other small changes include different trim pieces – our eMas 5 gets silver chrome trim around the rear reflectors, but its Geely siblings get a neater piece on the lower half of the rear bumper.
Like the exterior, changes between our eMas 5 and its Geely-badged siblings are subtle.
For example, the UK and AU-spec Geely EX2 models lack the tiny shifter on the centre console; instead, the offer a steering column-mounted shifter ala Proton X50. Recall that our eMas 5’s signal and wiper stalks are similar to the Proton Saga and not the Proton X50. Said column-mounted shift made its debut on the 2026 Geely Xingyuan in its home market in China.
Also omitted from our eMas 5 is the air conditioner’s heater function – slide the temperature control within the 14.6-inch touchscreen unit and the max it goes is 28-degree Celsius. While some may claim that a heater isn’t necessary in a tropical climate like Malaysia, its availability is much appreciated when the need actually arises.
The operating system (OS) of the eMas 5 also differs, as our cars are running on the Atlas Auto OS, while the Geely-badged siblings run Geely’s own OS. Our eMas 5 also lacks the illuminated passenger-side trim piece that its Geely siblings get.
In terms of powertrain options, the Malaysian-spec eMas 5 get two battery capacity options – 30.12 kWh and 40.16 kWh. Down Under, their two variants offer larger 35.35 kWh and 47.14 kWh options. Those in South Africa, on the other hand, are limited to just the 39.5 kWh battery pack.
Despite the variance in battery capacity, power output is largely the same – the rear-mounted electric motor outputs 60 kW / 85 kW and 150 Nm.
At the time of writing, we don’t know for sure if Proton has plans to introduce these features.
As it is, the eMas 5 is currently Malaysia’s best-selling EV, with a total of 10,878 units sold since the model was introduced here.
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