Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
The Mazda Premacy receives a small update in the Japanese market. What you get are new 17 inch dark grey alloy wheels, seat and door trim for the 20Z model. The 20CS model gets a new fuel economy gauge and a refreshed center panel. It’s a really small update really, but as the Premacy (known as the Mazda 5 in our market) was just facelifted in 2007 after its 2004 introduction any other exterior changes are not to be expected until a full model change arrives perhaps next year.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Kinda feels like exora on the front
1st
Zoom Zoooommm Ala Kazoooommmm
1st…!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good job by mazda
wonder gettin' more attractive front and rear end…….
Christopher Tan said,
July 3, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
Kinda feels like exora on the front
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eh,,mana boleh!!!! proton yg copy…..
tak kira jugak,,proton yg copy….
Yup my 1st impression on the pix was Exora….
Those who claimed they are the 1st to post comment…I wonder what is your motive to put that although you guys are not the 1st to do the posting….malu laa sikit..
Exora standart is way to far compare to this… Stop comparing it with Exora, you make Mazda felt cheap in another way…
ezora la..
uWang what do you meant by ezora? Exora is correct laaa
ya lorr..
the shape was very similiar.
Yalor,the front looks so EXORA…
Chris tan, you should say Exora macam Mazda 5. They came out with the headlights first. Duh!
Ini Ploton main ciplak. Anyway, Mazda >150K stupid Exora ???
Boleh beli 3 bijik la.
Malulah, compare with Proton.
enough of EXora here and there. Compare Exora with Perodua's upcoming MPV la… same price bracket, same barangan buatan tempatan.
Anyway, saya bawak kancil pasal takde duit. Cheers.
Mazda Exorarara indeep.
laa bro.. don't have 2 emosi like that. no need to act like a kids. they just want to compare with exora. about shape ,face and lamp. biasa la tu..compare rupa, bukan prestasi.
btw good job mazda. and now exora become nice too. heh
boooringgg….not radical at all
Hello, Mazda 5 launched in 2004 and it has never changed its looks. The Proton MPV just recently came out….so, sapa tiru sapa ni??? Proton takde idea ke???
yelah if proton put exora > rm150k price tag it will get 10 airbags, and lot more cool stuff inside…
cheers…
Wahhh …sudah mau model change ka tahun depan ..nasib baib duit aku tak cukup lagi nak beli tahun nie kakakah
Y u guys always look down to P1 & P2??
come on, be mature lar, always comparing our car with the import 1, dun u all feel shame? live in Malaysia BUT nw supporting malaysia product AT ALL, everytime we try to improve, u all just say thr are this and tat, all the bad thgs only, if u thk tis kind of thgs is easy, go apply job @ P1 or P2, show thm yur CREATIVITY, dun jz knw critic here.
And remember 1 truth, Japanese car maker also do copying when they @ early stage.
Is people like you always ciplak, lancer this and that. Proton is proton, eventhough you can fit lancer fenders and hood it is still a proton. Lekat Lancer pula. We want to support Malaysian made products. Who haven't driven or owned a Proton before. But the quality sucks. The resale value sucks. The design sucks. For 60-70K i would rather get a used vehicle. Apply creativity konon, u budak ke orang tua? Try applying for P1, see if your dream can materialize.So many designs to choose from and you get this lousy 70s centre console. Japanese can copy, but they surely did hell of a good job. Even the Koreans are improving. Look at Kia and Hyundai. Although still "tin-can feel" in some if their models, it is still good enough.Comapre their previous models and now. P1's design and stuffs, very very back dated.
Can you imafige living in a pencil case?
I pun pro barangan tempatan, tapi P1, apa nak pro sangat?
haiz
Dear Paul,
Mazda Premacy was released in Japan market back in February 2005, and launched in April 2006 for Malaysia market. Most probably the third generation might be out by year 2011, longer product lifecycle for mini MPV.
Zoom Zoom…
whatever, whatever, whatever….and mitsu is going to rebadge proton's model. How bout that sucka? blind basher…. And this premacy …omfg booringg
Im not blindly support malaysian product either….but as for now, I'm happy to consider another proton (exora) in my garage rather than livina, ugly avanza, ugly innova, chery eastar (ugly name & headlight) and this booring premacy (I just like the rims, tats all)
kepalahotakexora said,
Is people like you always ciplak, lancer this and that. Proton is proton, eventhough you can fit lancer fenders and hood it is still a proton. Lekat Lancer pula. We want to support Malaysian made products. Who haven’t driven or owned a Proton before. But the quality sucks. The resale value sucks. The design sucks. For 60-70K i would rather get a used vehicle. Apply creativity konon, u budak ke orang tua? Try applying for P1, see if your dream can materialize.So many designs to choose from and you get this lousy 70s centre console. Japanese can copy, but they surely did hell of a good job. Even the Koreans are improving. Look at Kia and Hyundai. Although still “tin-can feel” in some if their models, it is still good enough.Comapre their previous models and now. P1’s design and stuffs, very very back dated.
Can you imafige living in a pencil case?
I pun pro barangan tempatan, tapi P1, apa nak pro sangat?
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Atleast thy got take the initiatif to improve themself, P1 thgs outdated??
u are the 1 who outdated i thk, P1 quality improve alot compare to last time, thy gt Lotus to tuned thier handling, and many of stuff are made in Malaysia.
as for the koreans car, i realy have nothing to say.
The wajalancer issue, u all are to sensitive i thk, jz 1 pic only u all can comeout with such many coment, who say malaysians nt creative??
For me, the main reason P1 stil stuck in tis kind of situation is the management problem, i not mean to be racsim, bt try u put a chi to manage, sure make thgs change alot. (and history also prove tis, Chinese always make profit more thn Malays)
You know what the main problem of Proton.. is not from Proton itself.. it came from Malaysian people that always comment the same thing.. Not quality there & that & what so ever.. even nowadays proton did a good job & quality (when Syed Zainal as CEO replace the "OLD" CEO Tengku Mahaleel Ariff) people still comment the same thing. But the weird is the comments came from the people who not try at least for 6 month. So MANA DORANG DAPAT PENILAIAN?? From RUMOUR LAH!!!… & DENGAR DENGAR CAKAP ORANG…
people bash proton when the design looks like other car but nobody say a thing about the new lancer when they look like alfa romeo.
Hahahaha, macam budak lawan. Trust me, when you see what is happening inside, you'll start to laugh. Just to give you an insight, the lotus tuned handling is all just a selling aid. "Lotus". It is just merely a stiffer bound and rebound setting that can be tolerated by the stiff chassis. P1 did got the know how from Lotus, the tuning done by P1 boys la. Wajalancer, siapo cakap pasal waja? Saya cakap pasal itu proton owners in general yang suka label label. P1 nak improve, boleh. Tunggu lah. 10 or 20 more years maybe. Just maybe.
To improve, you need to listen to comments, even though it is the same shit everytime. Tak payah borang penilaian. The CEO thing is not relevant. the old CEO lagi baik. It is how they manage the $$$. (eg. more inhouse, less outsourcing)
Biarlah, saya beli kereto terpakai saje.
As one of the Proton car owner, the only improvement they've made is the upgraded engine module IAFM-Campro and CPS-Vim-Campro. But quality wise, still no improvement; battery failure, rubber peeling off (door lining), knocking suspension, reverse sensor failure and power window failure and recently, weird noise coming from the engine. The car is just 5 months old!
For a normal Malaysian, with a low monthly income every penny is precious! People are frustrated because Proton could actually do more to fix these problems but they didn't. If Proton couldn't put much effort in improving itself, Proton will be cursed forever and ever. I say, cut-off your inefficient part vendors and be competitive or perish!
yes…the vendors and parts suppliers always failed in supplying quality parts for Proton…please, don't cheat the buyers…for proton's survival, get better suppliers with good standard…then, more people will go for proton and wont mind spending more money for quality and better products…
one of my fav small mpv n one of the best in its class…kudos to mazda…cant wait for the official launch n images
ahahaha…
no money….want 'good' car? buy used la…kahahah so pity….
bekas2 orang daaa….
Wooo hooo…
Now everybody can buy exora and stick mazda stickers on it and feell vrooom vroommm
what for?
i'll choose bigger proton badge rather than mazda or mitsu…etc..
just proud to tell people i drive proton…
as refer to christopher saying that the mazda 5 looks like exora. for god's sake, would a japanese copy a sub-par designed car? or would u ssay that exora copy wish for the front?
anyway everyone would copy the best not the worst.
Go see the wiki & comment
compare mazda premacy 1999 till 2005 & 2006 till 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Premacy
peace
wey ape korang merepek ni haaa? its not exora.. its exhausted lerr..
its a mazda mpv.why suddenly i see people gaduh about proton here?
now how? it has been 2 yrs already… the fact is: inspira design is 100% lancer.. and it is not cheap as well.. i am still using mazda5 yr 2008 and now mileage is around 50k… so wat car do u drive now?