Comments on: SRM in Australia early 2006

By: Siva

Siva — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:21:41 +0000

I’ve heard through the grapevines that the new Satria Replacement Model will be called the Proton Satria Neo. If that’s true, good job Proton on keeping the Satria name.

By: sadam

sadam — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:08:24 +0000

Now Malaysian are free to buy any car models, AP issue sudah quite. Many models are flooding Malaysian market ,the Chinese cars , the Indian’ s Mahindra , the Korean’s , the Japs, the Italian’s, the French, the Britsh , to name the few. Now selling cars like shopping at hyper market. Malaysian likes to bergaya. Car loans 10 years maybe next few years to come 12-15 years boleh hutang. Hutang ….hutang…hutang….. that’s the lifestyle of most Malaysian. Hutang along.. hutang …cheti …hutang bank…hutang education semua cannot… settled…. just for the sake to buy cars. Now to customise the car also can hutang. hidup nak bergaya tapi papa kedana. Survey shows the lower income Malaysian spent about 30 of their income to spent for a car ( car loan-petrol-customise-insurance-road tax-repair & maintenance) . Food 20% and 30% housing ( some 0 tumpang rumah famili) 5 % clothing – 15% entertainment – saving zero 00000000.The most important thing is get the right car with your budget. All cars have the same objective can go places as you like.

By: Zool

Zool — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:59:00 +0000

I am a proud owner of 3 previous protons (Saga and two Iswaras) and supports proton. I have now a WIRA auto and wife a gen 2 1.3. Got no problems with our protons since I first used one in 1988. These cars goes on and on…. Thanks proton and keep improving.

By: Man

Man — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:41:59 +0000

Love the SRM. If you want a three door get a SRM, if you want a four door, get a WAJA/ IMPIAN, if you want a five door… get a SAVVY or GEN 2 or SAGA, thanks proton for producing a variety of cars

By: wafiess

wafiess — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:26:41 +0000

lol … y aus ??

By: superman

superman — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:34:39 +0000

Proton , like some other manufacturer, has several specifications for any given Model. For GEN 2 they have:-

Low Line (base model specs)
Mid Line (Electric /power windows, CD and alloys)
High Line (Airbags, Leather)

As the Regulation in this country doesn’t specify that Airbags are compulsory Proton doesn’t put them in all the models .

However you do have a choice. The Waja and Gen2 have airbags-equipped model. The choice is up to the buyer.

For me , I bought a airbag equipped Waja. It cost a bit more, but hey, what price your life?

By: eCUN

eCUN — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:10:31 +0000

Proton already 20 years maa… so many complaints on news paper… television… what else they want… servis center more worst… “Biasa la… Proton maaa”… “oh…. itu masalah biasa jer, semua pun macam tu”… YAU MOU GHOU CHOR… kereta kebal pun masih lagi air masuk kat lampu… selepas 20 tahun? pissed off la… last time RM18K… after 20 years RM38K but still have this kind of problem… kawan aku nyer Satria pun dah jadi akuarium…

By: rasco

rasco — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:20:03 +0000

eagerly waiting… hope there’s test drive.
waiting… waiting… waiting…

By: toolan

toolan — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:54:49 +0000

proton ‘merajuk’ already. tu la bashing proton all the time.

By: savvyamt

savvyamt — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:19:33 +0000

for sure SRM will be launched here sometime in january.
that’s what i read in newspaper the other day.

By: KISIO

KISIO — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:57:02 +0000

bila masa cakap dgn proton nih, aku tengok banyak yg ckp dlm blog jer pkai nick mcm2.. tulis paper la dgn nama, no ic, model dan nomber plat.. baru diorang tersentak.. skg pakai sms plak, lagilah takleh pakai….

By: eCUN

eCUN — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:01:55 +0000

My friend said, “Cakap ngan Proton macan cakap ngan tunggul”… no action… no improvement… finally everybody bashing lah… nak salahkan sapa? Proton Bashers TM la jugak… pity Malaysians… Proton tak salah…

By: [Half-Half PBâ„¢] HatukNgkau

[Half-Half PBâ„¢] HatukNgkau — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:47:01 +0000

option package more like it… wont come standard as our law does not make it compulsory, and of course proton will want to reduce cost (to get higher margin mah!) as much as possible….

so like it or not we malaysians will continue to bear higher prices, no matter how many new models being introduced, compared to those being sold elsewhere, as in ALL the proton cars that has ever been exported and also sold here…

there is solutions to overcome that, but then i guess all ppl here already knows wat it is… so up to u all to do what u think is right la!

By: gegaoff

gegaoff — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:58:20 +0000

sorry guys… but will satria SRM wil come with Air bag as standard safety feature? or an option package??

By: swee

swee — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:14:20 +0000

this baby must have a lotus engine !

By: LangkawiCar

LangkawiCar — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:12:49 +0000

Observing from all the blog all this while, I can conclude that Malaysian would tend to have a negative perception to all Proton cars even before it is launched. For example, ever since the first spy picture of Savvy, ppl started bashing the model. But after it was launched, the bashing turned into bickering and later turn to silence.
If you guys got a baby, would you have negative thought of who he might be when he/she grow up and scold the mother for that? You will teach him/her to be a better person right?!
What I see happen here, the bashing ppl r saying they kutuk to make Proton better. They actually bulls**ting themselves.
Think possitive la guys. Look at a glass as half full rather then half empty.
If you dont have anything good to say then dont say anything la… If u nak kutuk get your facts right and give productive recommendation on how it should be. … not kutuk.

For me is simple – “DON’T LAUGH AT IDEAS, LAUGH WITH IDEAS”

By: Amin

Amin — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:43:03 +0000

Spyder…

I do understand that some drivers/buyers place an emphasis on items such as airbags and reverse sensors etc. But fundamentally with or without these ammenities in doesn’t make a good car any better or a bad car any good. Having said that…it does feel good to have all the bells and whistles in one’s (p)ride and joy.

PROTON is trying its best to incorporate all the latest features into its cars, the Waja for example before release had automatic rain sensors and turn indicators build into the wing mirrors along with ABS, EBD, TC, SRS…but to include all this items would be too much for the end user to bare.

The reality is…as much as we would like all these added extras, not many is willing to pay the extra cost.

eRis-Aeir4s…
Assuming PROTON is to blame for the pricing of other comparatively priced cars in our market today…wouldn’t PERODUA be as guilty as PROTON? What about Naza and INOKOM? Aren’t these manufacturers as much as protected as PROTON thus are equally to blame for the high prices of automobiles in Malaysia.

What about the AP issue that has been implemented way before PROTON was even conceived? Doesn’t that have a more influential control over the prices of cars in Malaysia more so than the national car manufacturers?

Speaking of truths…I think you should know that importers enjoy a healthy profit margin from selling cars thus driving the prices to an exuberant amount hiding behind the veil of AP, Import Taxes and PROTON.

What about the lack of transperency in Malaysia…how acurate would you think the assumption that PROTON is the driving force behind high prices in Malaysia when facts are obscure at best?

By: stewpid

stewpid — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:03:04 +0000

har har… i think boths side are right…
i think there’s no di ‘anak tirikan’ this time.. if p1 dare to launch the new SRM outside, and well accepted, just go on, why not? (but make sure they provided the powerful engine, not just Satria 1.3 here, heard a lot of complain from aussie there about satrias and they decided to plug in 4g93T in theirs). If there’s no bashing,and the aussie like it soo much… proton will win this time.
then p1 should sell to bolehland the same specs (mana boleh kereta kosong aje…) with reasonable price. hope not see more craps…
the booker’s not really the proton die-hards, they just the malaysian that wanna car with competative price, easy maintenance (but usually ‘tak apa’ with safety features??.. )… Both proton and import cars have taxes you know, but the taxez for imported cars usually more to protect p1 & p2. Yeah you’re right [HatukNgkau], buying local made products also have to get taxed. We dah lotsa time discuss about taxes applied to cars in this forum, but we absolutely can do nothing about it. its the G desicion meh… that why aa u see the p1 models sold outside somehow is cheaper from inside and some imported models is cheaper outside than our domestic market. p1 must go global. they must realize that they cannot rely more on domestic market… if they do they will close shop…. In the news today, p1 conformed have lost (before tax) RM163.1mil. this mainly due to liabiliy on MV Agusta and disposal of 3000 old Renault engine parts. haiya… manyak lugi ooo….

By: biggie

biggie — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:25:18 +0000

i believe likeSavvy will be like Gen2 where its highline (with ABS and Airbags) will also be available for M’sian.

By: burn

burn — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:03:20 +0000

i think proton supporters consists of non-proton owners.

By: [Half-Half PBâ„¢] HatukNgkau

[Half-Half PBâ„¢] HatukNgkau — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:31:12 +0000

well… just wait and see lah…. we wait… till the day it’s officially launched then only we see again lah… we kira how much the day of launch until the very first complaint is publicly lodged…

previously they say Proton improved and the proof is Savvy. now we have a savvy owner writing complaints to CBT of NST… how many days since launch?

die-hard supporters… u never see the true picture… ppl don just bash without even the least evident fact… it is very obvious, Proton is anak-tirikan us malaysians…

cars sold to foreign market, packed with full features and being sold at cheaper price (plus shipping fee some more!!!) than empty cars offered to us malaysians… that is HARD-FACTS (go check for Proton car prices in Qatar and UK then convert back to RM) and how do you justify that?

well if u think that it’s ok with u being exploited paying more for craps so that Proton can use that money to subsidize foreign exports, that’s ur problem, majority of buyers ARE NOT OK with that, clear? so dont stop ppl from voicing their opinions, we live in a “democratic” nation!

and lastly talking about tax, for ppl who say proton’s price in Malaysia is higher bcoz of tax structure, i say to H3ll with him… buying local made products also have to get taxed??? so what’s the point in the “Kempen Belilah Barangan Buatan Malaysia”??? since i’m gonna get taxed might as well i pay abit more and get a better (better means definitely not a Proton) car?

By: Initial D

Initial D — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:11:00 +0000

if the car is launched here and it is affordable, in just a few moments, there will be many variants of SRM…….just like the ‘famous’ wira. hope they made it affordable, so tat many ppl can buy and wa……….many srm variants in malaysia…er…..not by proton but by malaysian. hehehehe….so many variants just like malaysia, multiracial la, multicultural la and multi in almost everything!!!
Wow!!!!now that’s nice. just need to watch out for the build quality though.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:58:13 +0000

Why we dun kutuk China cars? cos the pride it carries, or the insult it brings; doesnt concern us. Proton do. I do think most people here can remember the days when our country launched our first car, Proton Saga, everyone went to Dataran Merdeka to see it, everyone was so happy, joy, proudness and the joy being a Malaysian was so overwhelming. Now? what’s up? YAO MOU GAO CHOR !?! like wat SEE FU said.

Anyway, i do hope Proton can really get mature abit with their interior ergonomics design, study more on the use of materials for interior trimmings and stuffs. The interior starting from GEN2 dissapoints till “Le New Saga” and Savvy. Where is the guy who did Waja? Thats at least better. And from the pics i saw from internet, the interior trimmings of SRM better not be handled by the same team who did Savvy.

Just my 2 cents

By: kanasai

kanasai — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:35:06 +0000

SRM booker

U GUYS LISTEN: -> Booker Listen!!

If u hate Proton so much, dont buy it. -> we just want quality product, that’s y nobody buy junkky product.. got it?

Nobody force u to buy Proton. -> my fren, pls read more books and news paper

Proton gonna bankrupt? Not ur problem anyway. -> we are Malaysian… sure is our problem!! that’s y we want Proton to improve

Jeremy Clarkson also hate Proton? Just leave him bluffing alone like peniaga ubat at tepi jalan kaki lima. -> y u care about this guy anyway?

If u dat smart n rich, buy Merc/ BMWs every new model release 2 feed ur talk cocks. -> you r not smart either to talk even a cock about ‘nobody forcing u buying proton’

Cannot afford it? Dont worry, buy China cars, its cheap n some looks like BMW/ Mercs also what, nobody knows. -> my advise, pls read more news paper.. u might think that China produce low quality product like proton all the while, well..think again as they have send their men to space my fren… in future, china will play a big role in Car Manufacturing Industries

so who is talking cock,SRMother booker?

By: infinity

infinity — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:27:52 +0000

aussies dun kutuk proton as much as malaysians..so, better launch there 1st..then the aussies praise the car..then malaysian will think “wah,mat salleh also say good,sure good la”..then only can sell ma…this is call strategy…this is my point of view la…

By: eRis-Aeir4s

eRis-Aeir4s — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:56:11 +0000

Aiyoyo, people talking about facts why you wanna shut him up coz he’s repeating?

Nothing wrong about saying that the protection given to Proton is the reason why the Jazz, Swift etc is highly taxed. It’s the truth anyway.

I think mitsu and SRM Booker are really Proton Diehards. Good luck guys. You make me sick, bashing people for saying the truth? Pfft..

By: Heelll oooo

Heelll oooo — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:38:41 +0000

Other shit , i agree wit Spyder .

By: burn72

burn72 — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:27:19 +0000

i think Paul knows that if you want a responsive blog, post anything about proton….hehehehe..i’m not complaining though paul.

By: Prometheus

Prometheus — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:59:00 +0000

as long as they don’t have a putra replacement model, my car 2nd hand value will be good..

By: Chapree Da Grande

Chapree Da Grande — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:40:18 +0000

Well, is there any indication that they want to launch the car in Australia FIRST? From the media release, I think they are talking about Savvy launch in Jan/Feb. No mention about SRM exact launch.

Chill la…lepak lu, minum teh tarik. =P