The Proton Savvy is set to launch on the 8th of June 2005. I will keep you guys updated if I find anymore information about the car.
BTW, one of the main marketing point that Proton is making for the Savvy is TUV certification. The TUV Rheinland Group is an indpendant product testing and certification body mainly to do with safety. Supposedly this will guarantee some form of quality and safety in the final product. Proton is trying to remove the bad karma surrounding their quality control issues. I wonder if the Proton Savvy’s power windows are TUV certified? 
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I begin to sweat for the TUV certification. Their reputation is hanging in the air.
And we cannot be wrong to accuse Proton of having double standards. I would suggest that the car they sent to TUV is a UK/Europe made Proton. (Or should I say UK/Europe spec?) If the TUV people were to come and have a look at MY(Malaysian) spec, maybe they will just retract their certification on the spot!
I am not holding any grudge against Proton, I am just telling the truth. One of my family members having nightmares with the alarm of a new Proton. Alarm triggers without any provocation, been back to the factory for more than half-dozen times, and yet they have not been able to solve the problem. Read elsewhere that Proton was No.2 in after-sales service and maintenance…in UK?
Just hope for the best ler…my parents alrdy show interest in the car. I heard the TUV certificate were given to the factory itself not by sending a car to be certified. But yeah, just wait and see…i read about the bad quality all over th place but all Proton owners in my family have no problem with their purchase. The beauty of mass production, I presume?
Model ini tidak begitu cantik.Saya amat kecewa dgn
iklan yang diwawarkan suluruh Malaysia.KERANA bentuk
yg tidak jauh beza dgn Gen2 dibahagian hadapan.Dan
potong yg terlalu bulat dibelakang sehingga menyakitkan
kepala orng dibelakang.Ini yg berlaku di Gen2 dan
diulangi lagi di Savvy!!!!.Tidak setanding dgn Myvi.
Harap maaf saya tidak akan beli Savvy.
myvi kontot sangat, huduh betol, camnerlah orang kata cantik
No.2 after sales service in UK? Not that unbelievable I supposed. Lotus is there afterall.
No lah.. Savvy aka TRM not the round (bulat) one lah..
Actually, savvy is a very nice model… it shows its sporty and intellegent… suitable for youngers as well as the elders.. for me, i will support this car… Kambateh!!
kinda nice to see the interior.but still lack of 2000s'auto model feelin.but for sure im not into all this small car.myvi nor savvy.bigger is better thou.
Proton is trying hard to change its image from cheap carmaker into stylish and quality carmaker since it change the tagline to 'daring to change'. But their reputation has been tarnished since 15 years ago and people still can remember what it feels to own a proton. Moreover, after protected by the government the still cannot manage to make production economical. The ratio for quality to price of proton is way behind other marques. Well, for proton designers, the 'patched' approached in designing cars cannot do much for proton because people will relate it to other car such as Gen-2, the mazda's grill, the MG's headlamp, Rio's tailgate, Merc's body sillouhette, etc. The SRM and Savvy, with MINI Coopers' centre exhaust. Afterall, yesterday I watch a Hong Kong series, Savvy shares the same headlamp with a Mercerdes firengine.
Hope Proton doing much in improving sales overseas, thus makin money from outthere and not on ly from Malaysian. This is what we all waiting for. Daring to change?
HMMMMMM NO COMMENT AT THE MOMENT…… WE WILL JUST HAVE 2 WAIT A SEE…….
Proton is trying hard to change its image from cheap carmaker into stylish and quality carmaker since it change the tagline to ‘daring to change’. But their reputation has been tarnished since 15 years ago and people still can remember what it feels to own a proton. Moreover, after protected by the government the still cannot manage to make production economical. The ratio for quality to price of proton is way behind other marques. Well, for proton designers, the ‘patched’ approached in designing cars cannot do much for proton because people will relate it to other car such as Gen-2, the Mazda’s grill, the MG’s headlamp, Rio’s tailgate, Merc’s body sillouhette, etc. The SRM and Savvy, with MINI Coopers’ centre exhaust. Afterall, yesterday I watched a Hong Kong series, Savvy shares the same headlamp with a Mercerdes firengine. Hope Proton doing much in improving sales overseas, thus makin money from outthere and not on ly from Malaysian. This is what we all waiting for. Daring to change?
My mum just called Proton…yes, it's gonna be launched today and the car will start to be displayed at Proton showrooms on Wednesday. Goodies! ^_^
kepada atan b.dollah b. seman,
Jangan lah terlalu kecewa kerana dah membuat kesilapan buat order myvi….( myvi tayar sotong ,seat cover span murah dan nipis )
TUV should do random checks on protons on the road. But only the ones which haven't been modified too drastically though. Or better still, let the TUV guys use some protons for a few years…make that two!
too much publicity roaring the country…hope to see better car thats using Human Technology car standard which is not there in GEN2.Sometimes you cannot DARE TO CHANGE something thats is good already.
ade rupe keta kebal tak?
to brother2 kat atas sane:
sendiri makan pengat,
sendiri mau ingat..tok sah
gado2..dua2 malaysia gak!!
yang gado2 org malaysia gak..ishish
malu sihh..peace malaysia!!!
yiipiiee..andreandre..ariaba..yariaba
*aku gak yang best naik bas je..haha*
savvy???
another 4-seater???
when are they gonna learn???
people needs 7-seater nowadays!!!
look how fast avanza built-up toyota's que line…
not to mention the price hike after only berapa bulan jer launching… grrrrr
was really hoping that its a 7-seater this time… [sigh]
back to toyota's showromm lah nampaknya…
myvi or savvy…… ???? hmmmm…… in term or quality i will choose myvi… sorry savvy.. he he he …. i don't judge car by it looks… how it perform is important … there nothing to be proud about proton anyway, always back up by the goverment
there no technology in proton anyway …. always sell lotus name to gets it attention … but the quality are teruk …. but i hope proton will improve its quality in time to come …. savvy is nice to looks at….
can anybody tell me what is the top speed of myvi coz they say trm is much power than myvi
hmm..savvy is nice, but i booked city already.tak apa lah, city jimat minyak.as petrol going increase and increase….made me choose city. somemore, city got 2 years free service and maintenance….howcome!
maybe myvi1.3 better in it's class since prototyping from toyota passo(wald for sport version) and daihatsu boon but do not underestimste the Savvy as wellon performance.
Dont know why do i hate to see the interior design of Proton lately(Gen 2 and Savvy)
belilah barangan buatan Malaysia, kalau Malysian sendiri tak tolong Malaysian company sapa lagi nak tolong.
beli Myvi macam beli cost-down Daihatsu Boon aje.
try to test drive both models and make your decision.
i heard Savvy org dah booked 5000 lebih, betol ke?? is this car so good ever produced by proton ???
nice exterior and interior ….
kalau harga less than 40k i won`t mind booked one for my wife…
pembetulan sikit yee, myvi tue asalnyee Boon…just rebadge then dah panggil kereta buatan msia…at least proton come out with their own product…my parents and brother semua pakai kereta proton tapi takderlaaa pulak problemnyeee..sikit2 tue biasalaa..even honda crv pun ada problem..one more thing, it's not fair tue kutuk2 proton, you all semua dah test drive kee savvy and myvi.?? Experience yourself then baru adil utk judge..tgk performance dulu…myvi i tgk nak pegang lebih2 kat showroom pun tak boleh…kena sound..asal ye?? takut ada part terkelaur ke??kalau kita tak support kereta sendiri saper lagi nak support?? contohilah org2 jepun dan korea yg support kereta buatan sendiri…kita org msia ni terlalu banggakan benda luar negara…
angel.. the perodua didn't just "rebadge" the boon model and renamed it myvi here. The 3 cars: Perodua MyVi, Daihatsu Boon/Sirion, & Toyota Passo all came from the same "family". These 3 groups all sat down & came up with the ideas on how the car will look like, but just that each car will have some slight differences from each other, e.g. name, interior, exterior. But the overall look will be the same. Next time go & do your homework before saying somebody just copied other people's work.
bangga la sikit sbb negara kita dah sama taraf dengan negara matahari terbit kita patut ambil inisiatif dari tu semua so sbelum kita buat andaian apa kata kalau kita pergi kedua-dua showroom antara myvi dan savvy…saya dah test drive antara myvi dan savvy kedua-duanya ok handling lebih kepada savvy kerana ianya berciri sport citarasa mereka yg muda tp mcm mane dgn yg berkeluarga sudah tentu myvi so kita fikirkan bersama negara kita malaysia bukan jepun….
Aku cukup setuju dengan kau Pissed.Sepatutnya sesape yang galak sangat ngata yang Myvi tu bukan hasil titik peluh orang Malaysia patut cili je mulut diorang tu.Lain kali tolong buat research dulu sebelum posting,kalau tak nanti nampak sangat bangangnye.Apasal korang tak kata yang Boon tiru Passo?Daihatsu,Perodua dan Toyota duduk sama2 bincang/reka model tu lepas tu diorang ubah la sikit2 supaya nak bagi nampak identiti masing2. "Idea dari tiga individu lebih baik daripada sorang individu"
I'll still vote for SAVVY!!!!
Why?????
Pergi test drive both of them dulu , lepas tu boleh decide yang mana satu idaman kalbu..
Hentam sana-sini pun tak bagus…..
pls dun buy savvy, proton quality worst
ya, i setuju apa yang u cakap, proton savvy terlalu teruk, ini panggil kereta ka ???????
kalau nak beli , belilah myvi.
ayuh,banyak teruk lo, ah nene, ini kura-kuralah.
proton lu tidur ka? apasal takmau update design,mana desidner , tidur lagi ka?
wa sudah test drive, pick up takda,power takda.
airbag,abs pun takda. dalam banyak sempit,macammana jalan long distances? betul macam apa,wa sendiri geling kepala.
I think you guys really got problem,you know why
coz none of you talks about the price, Its damn expensive.You see,at present moment even the the KIA citra cost about Rm76K with seven seater some more, this is with forking four seaters and its cost about RM43k, i rather buy KIA,You said malaysia car is cheap, fork the malaysia car price
Yeah!
Proton cars are so expensive. I'd rather buy a Korean car which costs a bit more but has good quality. The cheapest Savvy cost about RM40K+ and it has no power windows and alarm. Nonsense!
The plastics look cheap.
i'd rather buy a perodua than a korean. korean spareparts expensive.
This question was posted on the yahoo.com.my
“Should the government protect Proton from foreign competition?â€
more than 65% respondence agree to “No protection please. Proton needs to compete globally or sink â€
Having to raise my children, I know we to let them learn by themselves.
Our son Proton is now 30 years old, still studying in the University, and when there was a big bully push him around, father have to make a trip to the school to inform the teacher , and look for the bully.
Poor old father is now 65+ and one will imagine how long will father still need to do this.
Our son Proton graduated and started working is a big firm, at now age 40, married and have child of his own, his manager scolded our son proton and make him do the report again, poor old father, now at age 75+, DO YOU THINK HE NEED TO GO TO THE OFFICE TO SCOLD THE MANAGER.
GROW UP PROTON
i want to buy avanza this is the proton savvy new close and open the pen penang i like the shop clean i want savvy comment this is smartshop penang thank you plese bou?
kalau banyak sangat korang komplen kereta malaysia pakai je la kereta import,susah ape tok sah gaduh-gaduh.Kalau korang nak semuanye sempurna korang buat kerate sendiri,kalau tak mampu nak beli diam je jgn bising-bising jalan kaki lg baik
kalu korang tak puas hati korang design la sendiri bagi diaorang buat atau korang bikin kilang sendiri. lagi satu korang yang kutuk tu dah ada keta ka belum atau tak mampu. korang sedarlah tiada yang perfect di atas muka bumi ini.
i say proton is ridiculous! wat built in tanjung malim, wat jet fighter element, wat 3 times tougher than wira.. all these are ridiculous!
well, as far as i know, this car is using one of the renault's lousiest engine. i wonder this car can last for how long…
oh ya.. the design! everything is ok.. UNTIL i saw the rear.. SUCKS! it juz looks like a very very low standard car, seems like it is just only available in poor countries.. very ugly looking on the rear! no matter wat R3 or watever lah, i think its a shame for proton to produce this car..
the previous gen-2 is also the same! it has a not bad design, BUT the space is too disappointed! i wonder how tall guys can squeeze themselves in the rear seats..
no matter wat car proton produce, they are juz disppointing us.. its been a damn long time since proton is born, till now there is still no improvement.. tats a shame for the malaysian car industry and for malaysia too!
even the younger perodua can produce a MYVI which is far more better than the savvy.. among the two cars, surely i support the MYVI coz it has good design and performance and oso.. comfort!
when will proton produce a better car (good looks, good performance, long lasting, compact and versatile)? i don think proton can do tat..
aku dah beli savvy… walaupun tak cantik… aku enjoy driving……
save minyak….
hmmm… betul tu sleep boy… pedulik kan kata2 mereka2 tu semua…
yang penting ko happy.
Savvy is the best looking small car around, and the gen 2 has the best looking backside…. the renault engine is the best engine in recent years…. look at Fenando Alonso…. do u know renault now owns nissan…. probably nissan cars use renault engines too…… cheers.
proton memang cilakak. wa baru beli wira EMPAT PULUH TUJUH RIBU RINGGIT. kete macam hampeh, pick-up takde sebab throttle body buat sendiri. tak pakai lagi throttle body mitsubishi macam mula keluar dulu. MACAM-MACAM BUNYI ADA !! rasa kena tipu idup-idup. yang tukang pasang kereta kat kilang tu pulak budak-budak lemah IQ yang sekolah tak pas. budak bodoh tukang pasang kereta. quality control langsung tak wujud. HAMPEH !!
ala protonnnnnnn………… BONGOKKKK………