We already know a fair bit of the soon to be launched Proton P3-21A – we have spyshots, videos of it in action, a leaked spec sheet and the estimated price. All we need now, short of Proton’s “world car” being officially launched, is a name to replace the robot sounding codename P3-21A. Well, we have one now!
This image has been circulating online, and it shows the C-segment sedan in a brochure like pose with the name “Proton Prevé” emblazoned above. So P3-21A, is your real name Proton Prevé?
We’ll need an official explanation to confirm, but “preve” means “to prove” or “proof”, which dovetails nicely with the car’s “Drive it to believe it” tagline. There’s only so much we can say, so you’ll need to “drive it to believe it”. Here’s the “proof” that we can come up with a credible world car, I can hear Proton say. In Spanish, prevé or prever means foresee or predict.
We figure that it’s not a name that will roll off Malaysian tongues easily, and there’s bound to be many different “versions” of it, but I’m sure Proton has its rationale. See you soon, Prevé!
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Sounds a little “Pervy” don’t you think? I betcha many Msians will pronounce it as such lol…
Sounds like Pergi Beli also.. hahahah
PREVE R Turbo
It’s a Waja Replacement Model. Call it Waja. I like Proton Waja’s name and I still remember replacing the power window several times before buying a Neo. Booked 1 P3-21A during Power of 1 for my dad. It’s OK to fail as long as u learn from your failures.Part of learning process. Too many Proton haters and anti brand Malaysia. I will continue to support Proton. I bet 20 years from now, Proton will be a global player. Honda & Japanese carmakers made shitty cars during their 1st 20 years of existence.
Dude I agree with this… too many people say proton sucks just out of prejudice to the brand.
I just wish it wasn’t called Prevé though…
a very encourging spirit, and i commend u for that
up until the very last line, which is uncalled for that bashing for jap makes
i have to toally disagree with you that japanese carmakers made shitty cars in their first 20 years of existence. the japs actually made damn good cars since they first started and they represented very reliable alternatives to their more expensive american, italian, british competitors at those times. add to that, their cars were also actually quite good to drive and some had more power than their competitors which had unnecessarily big engines, high consumption and low power output. by what you are saying, the toyota 2000gt, toyota stout, toyota bj, subaru 360, the prince nissan’s, honda s500, s600, s700, the various mazda’s just to name a few of the older jap cars which i think are rather charming if not exactly connoisseur collectors items. i can agree in the past 5 years japanese cars seem to have become boring but then again…most of the japanese branded cars these days aren’t even made in japan. they often compare korean and the chinese to the japanese. the koreans actually got a slow start cause initially they were making rebadged crap jap cars but lately they have been gaining leaps and bounds, kudos to them for that. for the chinese, i just don’t see them becoming a major player, unless they (somehow sadly eventually will if the economy keeps on going like that ) buy over most of the companies in the world. proton, it’d be a long time. the brand has been around for 27 years already and the progress isn’t what it could have been. 20 years and 20 years and 20 years, there isn’t time for such slow progress these days. and get your facts right sir, after all, proton was and still are rebadging japanese cars, don’t stick a knife into your own chest.
I agree with you sir. The Japanese cars somehow are more reliable from the beginning. In fact, we cannot deny the truth that Toyota or Honda cars are one of the best selling cars over the globe.
Although I have to be honest that Proton is improving nowadays, still, the major problem with proton is their poor quality control. And, most importantly their marketing strategies that selling cheaper proton car with good specs in foreign markets but selling overprice low quality car in local market! As what we call the “Pride of Nation”, the Proton isn’t making their promise to Malaysians – produce cheep but quality cars. I guess that why many Malaysians are not supporting Proton products.
you offended ka?
Don’t worship jap cars so much. Most of their cars on the roads are just econo box on 4 wheels, typical, bland and boring..
wow…writing essay?? xD
U guys should have ur own forum la. Sebok betul. Tak suka sudah la. Pakai la volvo ngko tu smpi Mati. Banyak sgt ke sumbangan korang pada negara dan rakyat malaysia ni@ bijak sgt ke korang ni dan mampu jadikan malaysia lebih baik? Any of you guys haters, a succesfull person who really well known for ur idea amongs friends even foe. Or just a shitty makan gaji person like me? Tak bersyukur better dok tempat/negara lain la.
Dude/Sista,
Im using Volvo S40 at the moment. It’s definitely better than Proton. But shit happens. My ‘auto light’ is permanently on. I think the light sensor is dead. But I don’t care. Got my increment looking at A4 S line at the moment. Sexy shit. Blue or white.
Jap cars started before WW2 bro. They made lousy cars. Honda made its 1st car actually pick up in the 60s. Jap cars were jokebutts in US & Europe. But they learn to make better cars.
Korean Gov ban all imported cars right before liberalising the sector sometime before the turn of new century.
Give Proton a break. Its our money in there. If they go belly up shit we have to bailout again. ha2.
I did read an article about japanese automotive industry years ago. They said japanese car was crap car because they took parts from american machine and built a car. the quality was bad and it is a joke for the american. but the japs were improving until what they have today. Conclusion: early years of a car company will be very hard and they have just to keep improving and be innovative.
hopefully they will be one of the global player BUT with no disturbance by ‘political people’
HEY RR ….
Let me remind you that these buggers already had 30 years of existence…
30 years of PROTECTIONISM
30 years of FAILURES AND HUGE LOSSES
30 years of BURDEN TO THE INDUSTRY AND THE PEOPLE
30 years of MISMANAGEMENT
and yet you have the patience to give them another 20 years ???
I m truly amazed there are so many people like u ….
Ape bodoh kau merepek ni?
I’m glad Proton exists. People can get cheaper cars.
Don’t get started on the tax nonsense. It’s a good thing the government taxes imported cars. They get a steady “income” that way. I hope they increase the tax further and get money out of people who buy imports.
I, one of “THE PEOPLE” has never been burdened by Proton. Been using Proton for 20 years.
Patience is a virtue my fren =)
dear policeman – What The Fukhurmajalmahamadandleeya, cars are cheap by itself. the government screwed the prices up. steady “income”. who does the “income” benefit? it’s because of idiots like you who willingly drive proton’s certain quarters practically rob us and have expensive cars in their garages. patriotic politicians my ass. i hope they ban you from ever driving.
and also 30 YEARS YOU ARE STILL BARKING LIKE A DOG…ha ha ha
and 30 YEARS stll BARKING LIKE A DOG…while in front of your house still have poton saga park there…
Policeman – Thailand GDP 4.2%
Malaysia GDP 5%
Thailand can make toyota camry for RM60,000
Apasal Malaysia tak boleh?
Proton itu suap Mahathir saja.
If proton can make cars Japanese spec quality, and price it without AP system i say go ahead.
Malaysia boleh kan?
Habis apasal masih tak jadi?
Randy,
Kereta di Thailang memang murah, tapi u tau atau tidak premium insurans and road tax disana berapa? Double dari Malaysia
Banyakkan membaca bro.. Pergi pindah Thailand la kalau mau murah, bvari satu hari duduk sudah ada bom meletop..
“I still remember replacing the power window several times before buying a
Neo”
That’s a pure stupid. I can’t believe someone kena kencing over and over again and enjoying it actually.
No wonder this time Proton named their latest car Proton Pee to commemorate their 25 years anniversary in kencingnin you.
My soon to be let go Neo got problem oso.
When it rains water come in 1.
Proton Sg Besi reckon the front window was not properly fitted.
Habis basah driver floor mat.
My dad put a towel underneath it to help absorb all the mess.
LOL.
Drive Proton car can get durian cheaper.
That is a fact !
Try stopping with an Audi at the stall.
Uncle Durian will chop your head & refuse to lower price.
That is blatant act of ‘discrimination’.ha2.
RR dumb moron – Is it one of the bedtime stories your mother told you when you’re still sucking her nipples that Honda and Japanese car makers made a shitty car for the 1st 20 yrs in business. Go back to your mothers nipples and come back to this forum when you are a bit older and matured.
Can’t for the limited R3 version. PREVE-RThree… PERVE-RThere
PRROOTOON ….. PERVERT !!!
AWESOME!!
WHY CANT THOSE SMART ASSES IN PRO-TOON JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE ??
GUNA BAHASA LAIN BUAT APA – ENGLISH TAK CUKUP KE ??
TRYING WAY TOOO HARD TO BE COOL & STYLO…
U SEE NOW PEOPLE ARE ALREADY POKING FUN WITH UR NAME ….
SO WHAT CAR U DRIVE AGAIN?
” OH , I DRIVE A PRO-TOON PERVERT”
u are not smart, bro. preve is spanish word “to prove”.
oh now that u dont have anything else to bash, bash the name???
hahahahahahha
i thought “pervert”…
no pervert is you dad, thats why you’re here..=D..PREEVE,,PRoton Evolution Exprience..
you give yourself away as a proton staff there joepng….
BTW what if you want real PRoton EVolution Experience?
Take a drive in a Proton Wira fully converted into EVO3 – the classic Wiralution! Highly recommended for any true petrolhead…
Let’s hope they won’t launch a special edition model called Proton Preve RT Sport in the near future hahaha…..
I see what you did there
although I somewhat don’t like the idea of making fun of the car’s name, the way you did it is very clever and I am laughing at it. :D
I think Proton should already have a permanent line of name for their models. And Proton should produce one model for a few segment Proton tend to play in, as in B-segment 1 model, C-segment 1 model, and D-segment 1 model. No more 2 models in one segment of car.
Sound better than the ‘ Tuah ‘ lolx
Sound to me more like “Pergi Lar”
LAIN KALI, PAKAI BAHASA BAKU LAA
Ini Preve maksud ape ni ??
hang bodoh! oi cari kat “google”!
Aiyah, Bahasa Inggeris sudah tak nak belajar kat sekolah ….
Buat pe pakai bahasa Sepanyol lagi la ??
Buat Pandai ….
i can see some catalan supporter inside proton….
mcm mana mahu pronouncee nyer…
sebut aje gaya bahasa baku. takpun, sebut proton pitrituwentiwan
hahaha…dia minat Pep Guardiola kot?
1st .. hehehe
sorry guys…another bum untangled himself loose! :)
not may malaysians can pronounce “peugeot” and “hyundai” correctly either..
Macam ni sebutnya:
Peugeot = pujho
Hyundai = yan day
syabas bro..
Your pujho is wrong….is per-zio….
cant help but smile when many ppl says pijot and claimed they know so many things since they are working with the distributor
once again gentlemen…. P.I.J.O.T!!
owh my…
see what i mean? ha ha.. right after stating this came a guy who still wants to pronounce T in peugoet.
are u enjoys?!! ;)
Aparah…. lu sulah salah oi! Itu Peugeot ah, panggit Pew-Jot la bro… Aduhai!
ada nak kena henjot ni..lol…
hian-they
It’s actually Hee-Yon-Day… Not Hian-They. You pronounce it with a D, not TH.
Please don’t end up like the guy who said “Save up to one litre with every full THANK now…” on national radio for the Shell ad lol…
rite..!
but in korea, they pronounce it
“hiyun-dai”..
are you sure? i lived in korea for three year. never heard koreans pronounced it that way.
renault too, suppose to be “runo
Hyundai suppose to be “hun day””
Peugeot as “peau jaw”
Am I right? Feel correct me if I am wrong.
My dad who is from the older/ very chinese generation prononounce peugeot as piew jort. , renault, as lea not hyundai as hoon die…
Ford rnager as ford lan jer..
I LOLED
Ranger, sorry typo…
its jeremy.. im captain slow… kahkahkah.. how r u.. kahkahkah..
hmm… for peugeot, its sounds better if u pronouce it as = Pur jaw
ferrari + porsche = ferro roche hahhahaha
Renault= Reh No….. not runo la bro
yes bro
Sorry J Clarkson, you are wrong, wrong and wrong…
Runo? Hun Day? Peau Jaw? And you dare make fun of your dad? Adui….
Funniest thread I read today. Thanks for making my day!
BTW Anyone remeber the legendary Citroen DS?? (Not the current DS3 OR DS5 though)
That is pronounce as Desee and not the regular DEE AS..
Hope proton name it as Preve,cause i already register preve club,but listen to somebody said maybe preve not the final name yet.. :)
Why use a Spanish name that not everyone can pronounce for a “world car” ?? It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it ?
PROTON PERVERT… i sound it rite ker??? hihihi…
Haha.. wats the weird name. C’mon, where is 1Malaysia slogan.. at the end it is shame if we did not use Bahasa Malaysia to name so called P1 global car. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!!!
Grow up man
Shame of not using bahasa? But u r typing in english. Y not in bahasa..tolol!
coz all people here use it and the article itself in english. Just to make sure everybdy can understand it. You r the one tolol. i knw smbdy wil condem about what language i use, now i knew it was the people who without doubt used a “respect” word as tolol. I though u r man with a big bird, but then u acted like little small kid. haha..
i disagree with daamz.
lame man….even jap that very patriotik oso not use their language for most their car name…city la camry la galant la triton la…
Well I guess most Japanese cars don’t remember who they are.
PROTON PERVERT the car for patriots! If too hard to pronounce, you can call it Proton Pariah (french pronunciation for preve). Hidup Mahathir!
all i hear is pervert… Proton pervert…
why not name it as Proton DtB???????? Drive it to Believe it. Later when do the sports spec then call it as Proton DtB GTi :)
C’mon DtB plzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
proton pervert?
will you peeved by the preve? let’s see how this turns out…
PROTON PERVERT! did i sound it rite??? hehehe…
Japs and Koreak car owners are perverts…
ford focus owners are kiasu
doesn’t sound good for a car name…
OMG….Proton Preve…sound not bad…bcos of “Global car” that why the name also sound special compared to previous model name.
Boss. Exora sound special to you? Apa macam sudah jadi?
Exora sounds like eczema! Kudis!
there’s a word “ixora”..a flower..but yet since you’re a blind basher, you choose the word ecxema..i mean..how stupid can you be?
esok la
Proton probably hired some lame ass Marketing guy, who read up some where that Malaysians who buys Proton are uneducated. Hence wants new stuff with new names. Plus putting the same name on different looking cars will confuse uneducated folks.
Therefore sticking to something like Waja (internal model P3-21A) will not help build the brand or push cars.
Seriously, stick to the SAME name already will ya! Every successful car manufacturer is doing that except for Proton.
i think you should pick a better name before you critisize other names, Dr Kervokian.
so you are basically saying proton is a “successful car manufacturer”. I always thought proton is lacking behind other major manufacturers in every aspect.
Mcm ok tp mahal sgt
Kalau sudah ada Turbo dan saiz civic agak RM75,000 boleh lah.
The SE version won’t sell, it will become PERVE r SE…
Spain is the current world and Euro football reigning champions. Fits well with a Spanish name. Car for champions!
this proton pervert is so much better than ford focus
Then you go live in Spain lor. Become their running dog.
Ok, I go live in Spain be their running dog and you go on a f_king spree f_king your dog. Deal?
See. This is your mentality really. Oh so you drive the car coz it sounds like Spanish and they’re the football champion. That makes you a champion huh?
Then how about Kia sponsoring FIFA and Euro? They’re the real boss here, so you drive Kia you’re the boss la? Doesn’t work this way la bro.
how to pronounce it ?
make it simpler name
very ambitious name. we’ll wait and see.
are you serious going with this name
privy (noun) \?pri-v?\
Definition of PRIVY
1
a : a small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate
taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privy
Bukan privy lah, it’s preve – muka mangkuk Jamban. The privy name suit’s your shitty Jamban name instead, if you look at the definition you have posted. LOL!!
prevé
Definition.
v. i. & i. 1. To prove.
n. 1. Proof.
Check your facts, don’t just bash.
Its pronounced as PRE- EVE
pra-hawa
eh, macam Previa name aje… copy Toyota ke? hiak hiak….. xD
dafuq??? =.=”””””
are you f*cking kidding me? Y U NAME SO WEIRD??? =________=””””
How old are you? You sound like someone haven’t reached puberty with all the meme.
u mad? u jelly bro? do i care with all the meme? do i concern you dont like the meme? go play elsewhere larrr! stupid dumb.. i dont even disturb yr comments, so go to other palce.. sh*t..
even name is not good, how to sell well this car??
how about proton Free!
an honest effort by proton but unfortunately a lot more is expected.
for example, from the same brochure circulation the price stated for the turbo model is 75K in peninsular, and 71K in langkawi. that means… after deducting sales tax the actual car is costing like 60-62K.
that is truly amazing since a VW golf GTI landed price in malaysia is only 49K (turbocharged 2.0 with DSG, CBU, all the gadgets – incl launch control and pure exhilarating power)
common proton, cannot expect add push start button and to add 15K to the price tag!! cost of R&D and production for platform and engine is already reduced by sharing with exora
Proton pon bayar tax dekat gomen lah…..
VW has economy of scale..
How come after 27 years Proton is still unable to achieve the Economies Of Scale needed to take on the world? Too long a ‘jaguh kampung’ perhaps?
Show us the prove that VW GTI original price in M’sia is RM49k without tax and excise duty, can you?
Yeah..was about to say the same thing? Rm49k? seriously bro?
he he go check with JPJ or VW salesman. i was with a VW dealer 2 years back.
that figure is stated in the Customs form, you know.. the yellow colour document. that is required upon registration or a new car (but nowadays its E-daftar)
the Golf 1.4TSI landed price is 47K.. is VGM taking all of us for a ride..?. ha ha. it is yes and no. 1st – non-asean CBU cars are heavily penalised by import tax. this is one reason theres no point for VW to sell the standard 1.6 Golf but rather go for the top end spec.
and i was with Toyota as well… guess what? the ACV40 camry 2.4 that retails for 174K in malaysia only cost 89K without the taxes.
but will the G allows Toyota to sell Camry 2.4 at 100K.
NOOOOOOOOOO
now, imagine what will be the cost of a Vios. he he.
Bro, first u said VW golf GTI RM49k, now golf 1.4TSI RM47k?
Check this out, Customs CBU Vehicle Gazetted Price List published in Paul’s blog some 6 years ago. Today’s car from the same model is priced higher than this.
http://paultan.org/2006/03/25/customs-cbu-vehicle-gazetted-price-list/
Jgn tipu la bro…
tak mau percaya tak apa. aku tak rugi apa2.. mesti terkejut ye tak beza golf 1.4 dgn 2.0 2 ribu ringgit saja.
like i said, that is landed price (iaitu harga jualan dari VAG ke VGM) belum masuk profit margin, duit dan cukai.
takde siapa paksa lu percaya bro… ha ha.. tapi dah tahu cerita sebenar.. he he.. jgn malu sendiri ye.
fyi, proton cars also have to pay 75% excise duty + 10% sales tax. harga waja RM63k tapi kalau takde tax, waja hanya RM39k. tak percaya? cari MM2H car price, dalam list tu ada Proton Waja dengan harga tanpa tax RM38,934.50! harga Preve high spec kalau takde tax mungkin hanya sekitar RM45k.
harga di langkawi memang takde tax. tapi ia bukanlah harga sebenar. harga di langkawi adalah tinggi sebab showroom & car dealers ambil untung lebih tinggi untuk cover cost sewa, bil letrik, gaji dan sebagainya. kalau tak percaya, cuba la ronda keliling langkawi tu cari sampai dapat kereta Golf Gti harga RM49k… sedangkan inspira & lancer pun lebih RM70k, jangan mimpi la nak dapat Golf bawah RM50k!
jualan kereta di langkawi terlalu sedikit sebab rakyat tak ramai… walaupun harga kereta murah di langkawi, tak ramai yang mampu nak beli kereta kat sana.
harga prius kat US dalam RM70k sahaja. import dan eksais utk hybrid = 0% di Malaysia, so macam mana 10% sales tax menyebabkan harga prius melonjak jadi RM130k? cuba ko explain kan… bleh?
oh, sebabnya mudah saja bro. ko nak prius 80K ke?
sbb kerajaan tak mahu toyota prius harga 80K. tu aje..
kalau prius 80K – toyota vios akan mati, banyak model lain akan melingkup (latio, cruze, forte, mazda 3, mazda 2, inspira).
this is a logic so without common-sense, org tak akan faham. kalau prius 80K, vios nak jual baper? 60K? habis waja/gen2/persona nak pegi mana? 50K?? setakat beza 10K bungkus la proton… myvi… dah tak boleh turun dahh… its too low already.
owh by the way, landed price means car price sold by the manufacturer.. without adding the distributor’s profit margin too.
anyway, i like to disclose where i work so some of you may have added confidence but i rather not since i believe i may expose myself to the big bosses reading.
perhaps we can TT one day. search for alldisc and you can find me at many automotive forums.
another thins – kia spectra landed price was less than 15K in 2002. naza were FORCED to sell at 80K+ to prevent from hurting P1/P2 and the reason the late Tan Sri became super rich.
kalau nak tipu pun jangan la terlalu jauh menyimpang. ko pikir logik dulu sebelum terlalu mudah percaya cakap org. mintak bukti kalau perlu. open market value (OMV) utk Kia Spectra 2004 = +/- RM25k kalau ikut kastam singapore.
apsal plak Prius tak boleh letak harga RM80k? Honda bleh plak letak harga Insight dalam RM100k, kalau Prius pun dalam range 100k, takde lah jauh sgt beza dengan harga di US. so, macam mana kerajaan benarkan honda letak harga 100k tapi toyota tak boleh?? kalau vios lingkup sekalipun, kerajaan peduli apa…?
beza 10k bukan sikit, banyak tu. sekarang ni Persona H-Line yang full spec pun dah dekat sama dengan Vios yang lowest spec. beza lebih skit dari 10k. kalau syarat loan diperketatkan, memang akan ramai la yang pilih Persona.
terpulang pada kau nak percaya atau tidak.
it does not make much sense, right? but the reality fact is – it is true.
cuma kau saja belum lihat lagi.
Kia boleh jual keta begitu murah sbbnya ialah they have the economy of scale. tak perlu market luar negara pun South Korea has a population of close to 70 million ppl. and cuba tengok material kualiti kereta Kia and Hyundai, check how thick is their wire harness… and then you will realise why they can be so cheap.
if cant understand that, i cant help much my friend. ko tanak percaya pun takpe. no one is forcing you to.
talking about 75% excise duty tu citer skrg, what about back then… 8 years back? 15 years back. if you dont know about this, then i’m afraid you dont really know the government of malaysia and its policies. and theres not much left i can do but refrain.
uff… kalau pricing antara insight dgn prius tak boleh bezakan.. ini situasi yg agak serius. so now i know u better. hehe
1. prius is full hybrid – means it has a second power source other than engine and it also can generate energy that recharges back the battery. Insight and Civic Hybrid is only’mild’ hybrid. engine is on almost all time and assisted by an intergrated motor.
2. prius is bigger than insight
3. prius has more powerful power output but has lower FC than insight
4. prius has 7 airbags, versus insight 2 airbag.
5. prius has VSC (or as honda calls it VSA). previous insight dont have. facelift model i think has
6. prius has some high tech gadget including attractive LCD display, touch tracer function on steering wheel and HUD.
aku tak cakap pasal spec. aku cakap pasal pricing!
Honda Insight kat US = RM55-70K, kat sini RM100k
apsal Prius US = RM70k tapi kat sini RM130k?????
ko tengok la spec baru ko sedar apa asas pada perbezaan harga jualan tu.
dan skrg, prius C yg sama saiz dgn insight dan more or less same power, but more features tapi sama harga.. apa ko nak citer?
ko ni mesti dgn honda dealer mofaz tu kan… tu yg tak puas hati ni. 2010 aku kat VW sebelah tu aje…
haha :) after reading you guys comments, it made me think of old times, when i was young, ah pak would laugh at the car name nissan “bluebird” all the time. Then I didn’t know. But in the end that car still got a very good will to its name. People till now still says it was a good car. So, maybe with this cars twisted funny name, proton may finally redeem itself. (Bar anymore “unseen” problems and good performance. No need best, just good avg daily performance will do.)
They should have stick to the name Persona.. honestly, ‘Persona’ doesn’t sound too bad at all..
cannot coz preve is in different segment/class than persona
it’s not persona/waja replacement, it’s in between of those two
That’s the problem with proton. Except for the Satria and Saga, every new model they will market it ‘in-between’. The dimension grows and it is bigger than Persona of course, but look at other manufacturers.. the FN civic is bigger than the ES, but honda still calls it Civic.
I know this car is for global market, but then again ‘Persona’ was the name for Wira in the export market. Are they trying to get rid of the bad image on previous models? ‘Preve’ sounds more glamorous? What if the Preve is a flop? later give a new name for the Preve replacement?
how does it pronouns?? prif?? or ??
probably better then your spelling
before launch that car, please fix that goddamn rear light design >:O
Hehe, only sakai who don’t know languages will firstly think of Pervert related word.
No offense, typical Malaysians.
Now, some of the comments are so unfair! As if names adopted by Japanese and Korean carmakers are all in their national language. They adopted Spanish and English too. Some have no meaning at all in any language.
Forte, Avante, Sonata,Elantra, Tucson, etc. Which are these Korean?
Corona,Corolla, Vios, Camry, Lancer, Swift, Galant etc. Which are these are Japanese?
Passat, Jetta sounds cool only because they’re VW.
It is too obvious when cynics rant and rant..
Camry derived from Japanese word Kan muri, meaning crown. So do corona, corolla etc they are all from Japanese words
preve derive from word buktikan..
Thanks for the info :) Corona is also Crown in Spanish
1st rule of naming, avoid similarity with bad word. E.g. Fcuk.
preve is definitely going to be pronounced by a lot of people as privy as it rhymes with another popular malaysian car, which is the Myvi….
Time will tell if the naming will backfire on proton (surely we will hear Mr Jeremy Clarkson pronounce the car as the privy, and make a huge joke out of it…)
dulu masa aku blaja tadika,,,cikgu ku d ckp pasal marketing strategy….dah target pun global…
apsal x gune jerk name PROTON PERSONA R..mcm best jerk bunyi tuh….
i personallay dont quite like the New Car Model Name though….. Preve …..
I think the Previous Car Model Name like ” Persona ” or ” Inspira ” sounds so much better & easier to pronounce the the Name ” Preve “…….
Hope the Car Model name is Not final ……
1.Car name sucks
2.Company itself sucks
Conclusion:Let it die
It won’t die. Gov won’t let it die.
Congrats. proton will make a new car specially for you. They call it Proton Zombie
Proton no longer a GLC
I think they should dedicate the Proton Zombie to the cronies.cuz they wud be zombie after the cuming GE,when we rakyat throw em out
this car is going to be another big joke at top gear..
please give us the prove bro…..i want to see it…
Because it is a proton! That is more than enough proof!
No because it’s Malaysian made. Whatever Malaysian made products will be crap. Anything that comes out from you will be crap and your future generation too. So be a smartass and buy Japanese because you know you’re crap :)
Not all Proton are going to be jokes in TG. Just look at how Satria Neo S2000 slightly changed the guys in TG’s impression.
yeah… whatever Malaysian’s car there in UK, they will bashed it. But when it comes to British car, they will talk high about it in a very passionate way. If you watch carefully, TG well loved the high end cars. cheap cars will be smashed and smashed again.
Ngko mmg pki Honda NSX ke? Are u buying it with ur own effort/ money@ ur father bought it for u. Kalo ko mmg kaya pon, tak yah la nk menunjuk kt sini. Sini forum untuk org miskin nk pakai kereta tempatan je la. Pegi dah!
rilek ler.. toyota estima pun nama lebih kurang mcm proton preve.. Toyota Previa.
I don’t understand the people behind proton. Why don’t they stick with 1 name. Like BMW, Honda, Mercedez etc. Just keep it simple. I think the 4 categories should be:
Proton Tiger (Young and successful)
Proton Cougar (Family car)
Proton Lion (Perdana replacement)
Proton Leopard (Sports car, maybe rebadge from lotus)
You got a point there :D
kiki u r just using the apple OS names
be a little bit original will u
I know Apple OS uses feline names. That doesn’t mean they own or invent these english words. I did left out Jaguar.
Okay, I’ll be a little bit Original. How about:
Proton Dino
Proton Jurassic
Proton T-Rex
Proton Lizard
Proton T-Rex sounds good….seriously…….
why must it be an animal name?
Proton Buffalo (for MPVs)?
buffalo dah jadi nama harddisk laa… guna malay word: Proton Sapi. haha
“Why don’t they stick with 1 name. Like BMW, Honda, Mercedez etc.”
Seriously. . . .What do you mean by stick with one name??
for all along for 25 years Proton still the same Proton name. . .i know wat u means..it’s not name….it’s Model . . . Variant…aiyooo…
You’re seriously suggesting that they name a car Proton Cougar, and let the world know about it? Are you kidding, or do you really not know the colloquial meaning behind the term ‘cougar’ ?
You know why? Because they don,t want to carry the bad reputation of the first model. For example, they just stick to juara for new mpv. But then they go for exora..so for them what is past is past.. The answer came out from their 20 years senior manager in product planning department. When i ask exactly question like you.
betul!
what if proton keep the name as Waja, when people really get interested with this car and they google for ‘proton waja’.. all those stories from decade ago will jeopardize the sales of P3-21A. better give it a new name as it’s not in the same segment too.
hyundai kept the name sonata.we all know how sonatas were in the past.did it affect current sales?go figure
Apple user? :)
Why do they come up with such a controversial name? They should have just come up with something simple and meaningful,…….. symbolysing what proton means to the malaysian people……something like “Proton Pundek”, or maybe “Proton Sial”
Sounds more like PERVERT!!
Maybe the name is for overseas use only, and local will have different name. Just like Kia Forte here local and Kia Cerato in Singapore is same car. Honda Fit / Jazz is same case.
Cepatlah Beli……best tau. Kalau tak suka , tahun depan aku beli dari kau….35 ribu, ok?
so is carry-four, CarFool, CarFour, CareFour – Carrefour?
Prevé? sorry i din study that shit. I don’t even know how to pronounce that. WTF is wrong with the marketing guy?
To all Proton basher – how about if your dads name is Preve, will you like it or condem balantly? Nama kereta belum confirm lagi, janganlah busuk mulut cakap bukan-bukan. Orang-orang Malaysia mudah lupa asal usul. Yang pandai-pandai condem kat sini semua tak mampu beli kereta. Hanya mampu rempit dengan moto kapchai buruk. Berlagak konon. Podah lah!!!!
aku ni penyokong proton tapi aku pun tak berapa suka dengan nama ni. nama persona gak best.
Next year special edition model: Proton Preve RT Sport :P
The name could be for overseas use only, and locally the name is different. Like Kia Forte / Cerato and Honda Fit / Jazz.
Just my 2 cents worth…
Like Proton Waja/Impian? At least in that case both names are great.
Nah they laughed at impian too I remember. Imp means Toyol in English.
Maybe the name is for overseas use only, and for locally they have a different name. Just like Kia Cerato / Forte and Honda Fit / Jazz….
* Ford Ranger…. Typo.
Prevé?
No wonder the preview is sooooooooooooooooooooooo long…
Fire the person who named this car, Such a good looking car with such a terrible name.Dose’t fit with the look………
Its almost like someone with the face of Tom Cruise and the body of Mr Universe but with the name like…………. Apple(sorry Steve)
Proton Preve or Pee at Proton?
Nama kereta nasional, tapi nama bahasa penjajah.
“Perodua Viva, Perodua Nautika, Perodua Alza”?.. Kereta nasional konon tapi guna nama penjajah… What say you?
Macam tu jgn bace blog yang berbahasa Inggeris. Nak buat cmne itu bahase diorg..yang kebetulan dulu penjajah. Tu da jadi sejarah. Mmng ssh la nk maju kalo ade org yg brfikiran sempit cmni. Patriotik tak brtempat. Jepun pon penjajah. Pegi la sound kete diorg gak. Belanda pon penjajah. Portugis pon penjajah. Senaraikn semua yang prnh jajah negara ni..yang ade kaitan dgn penjajah..pastu boikot la. Selesai.
They should have called it Proton Kencing since this is what they are doing now.
Drive it to PREVElieve it.. Aduhai >,<
Also, the Proton Persona. it means person in spanish odd name for a car unless its got a reason why
soruce: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=72234
Its a play on the Malay word pesona which means to enchant
Everybody’s just going to keep bashing every single thing Proton does :) I don’t think this will help Proton get any better.
They should Proton Alesi..sebab Jean Alesi drive test it!
Actually Prevé (preh-vee) is Spanish for “anticipated”.
In Malaysia though, people are just going to say pervert.
Suzuki come up with ‘Kizashi’ which I think not bad at all. So proton should have malaysian name I think. And VW Tiguan, what is that for a car?
I’m sorry but i have to say that people who lives in malaysia & can only afford to buy proton are easily impressed by little, tiny, improvement by proton, this is because for the past 27 years they were forced to buy only proton car by our government.. i bet if the government lower the tax, these proton fan boys will never lay their hands on proton ever again..
always blame the government when u cant afford a more expensive car eh? how come my friends who are driving continental cars dont complain so much bout the tax….hmmmm
i’m curious how Proton will position this new car. Dimension wise, its identical to Inspira. Its bigger den Persona.
This new one probably will cannibalise Insprisa sales.
“This new one probably will cannibalise Insprisa sales.”…..then you can buy Mitsu ‘celup’ with huge discount and use balance money to convert ur Mitsu ‘celup’ to ‘ori’ Mitsu kit.
Stop criticizing la you guys… aiyo…
PREVE sounds OK mah….
You wanna say something, give constructive criticism la…. but don’t suggest nonsensical names like PERVERT, that doesn’t help improve anything.
The VW Golf is called VW Rabbit in US…. sounds funny but OK what…
Sigh… damn tulan
typical Msian way of thinking…..
what else can we do…?
juz let them la…:)
US got VW Rabbit ma.. Then Malaysia got Proton Rats or Proton Mouse la. Deal?
one of earliest Korean small cars were called Hyundai Pony.
we have Kancil.
Imagine saying ” Use original preve parts” …
prebet? prebet sapu LOL
Just made my booking this afternoon Premium CVT Variant, Hope this would be the point where Proton start to gain back people’s confidence! It’s my very 1st Proton.
Nama persona tu ke kampungan sikit kan proton P3-21A ni nak masuk pasaran global so nama kena a moden sikit. PREVE mean to prove it…so sesuai la buktikan proton dipasaran global
persona nama kampung?
I like it! For once Proton is not naming another model ending with A like SagA, IswarA, JuarA, TiarA, PerdanA, SatriA, WirA, PersonA, WajA, ExorA, IspirA. Pre’ve pronouce Pray-vey sounded elegance. This car will sell in Europe…..at least for the name!
You forget another one, SAVVY!!! There is no A in SAVVY!!
Open ur eyes bigger…
See the “A” in ur sAvvy now…
Sepatutnya Proton Siva :D
Another one is Gen-2, not ending with A. By the way, if you watch Top Gear Series 8 episode 3, talk about cool wall, Proton Savvy is deemed to be “Uncool” due to its name.
Gen- 2? Gen- DuA also end with A!
Oh yes I forgot to mention Proton another model name ending with A – PutrA. Perodua has KembarA, RusA, VivA, AlzA, NauticA
They should call the coming model steam. Wat they are doin now really “potong steam”.
Nama ntah hape-hape…
Lebih kurang tak strategik macam T. Bius, Viol, Biol… H. Siti gak yang macam nama Melayu, haha….
in a glance i tot its PERVERT!!!! haiyaaaa!!!!
Not a good sounding name this Preve. Not sure how to pronounce it either. But thankfully it doesn’t end with 1Malaysia
should be Proton Prebet…sounds great! Ai Ai Sir!!! Then Proton Kapitan..
Prebet..like! Senang sebut,..LOL
Did anyone noticed that Proton Preve pic in the article, the front design almost similar with New Honda Civic 2012?
Proton Pervert R3…….for the perverted in you…….
yes we are all just waiting to drive it to know why the Euros are waaaaaaaayyyyyy ahead……..
It is about time…China is pushing their vehicles at maximum speed but they lack style and Quality.Proton has it.Push it then.fast!
JPJ got that letter ka ‘é’ in their system??? their officer know or not how to click that ‘é’.. if not in our geran confirm proton preve
Apanama tu Preve??
Pervert i know la.
better be Proton UNGGUL
Lame…
this is how u pronounce it..
http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q=Prev%C3%A9&tl=es&total=1&idx=0&textlen=5&prev=input
its pronounced as ‘pray-vay’
imagine Jeremy Clakson saying it…
“pray-viy’?…
doesnt that sounds close to “my-vi” which is quite unfortunate.
Proton likes to use name end with “A”
SagA, WirA, TiarA, PerdanaA, PersonA, ExorA, SatriA, JuarA, IswarA, InspirA
Non “A”
Gen2, Savvy
Sounds like Protong Pervert
this has got to be a joke! 99% of malaysians won’t be able to even pronounce the name!
some one may walk into the showroom and say.. ‘saya nak beli kereta hapakebenda namanya tu…? malu pulak nak sebut’
Isn’t it supposed to be Proton Tuah ? Why the sudden change?
Preve sounds more international perhaps, but i prefer the car to be name Tuah though
Apa jadi dengan tradisi Proton beri nama kereta-keretanya dalam Bahasa Melayu? Sekurang-kurangnya perkataan Neo masih ade dalam kamus Bahasa Melayu (dari zaman Neolitikm, kalau tak ingat, buka semula buku sejarah tingkatan 4, hehe).
(English time) Its like when Perodua decided to name their car MyVi. Come on Proton, how can you say you’re the national car maker when you don’t even use the national language?
nowadays nobody uses bahasa melayu anymore, it only existed in classical literature. nowadays everyone uses bahasa malaysia or bahasa indonesia, modern & trendy.
honda city rebadge?
Owhh..come on..be grown up man…
Its not a H.City rebadging…
everytime proton come out with new model,there will be a new name….if proton have 100 models,so they have 100 names…what a stupid laa…why dont they use same name but only use specific code name like other brands???
dont worry, they will stop at 23. run out of names already. ha ha haaa.. maybe use numbers.
The marketing guy got stoned and decide too pen the dictionary randomly and suddenly found preve and then he was thinking yeah nice proton sure accept anything that sounds glamarous although 80% of staffs dont even care about proton cause they only want their paycheck inspira and exora and neo all does not make sense
aiyooo…we are malaysian la…not spanish…show malaysian identity la…huh
the ugliest name title still goes to porsche machan! lol
i beg to differ. the worse one i think is Maserati Kubang
It is pronounced as ‘Pray-Vey’ . If you don’t know how to pronounce it, don’t simply bash, spam and hate, ask how it is pronounced lah. Nobody can stop you from being a Proton hater, but please bear in mind that a car name does not necessarily reflect how shitty a car performs. Sometimes shitty cars have cool names and vice versa.
How many people in Malaysia are going to pronounce it ‘Pray-Vey’? Take the ‘Myvi’ for instance. Myvi is pronounced ‘My-V’ but it can also be pronounced ‘Me-V’ as in the words ‘mystery” The ‘Prevé’ do not have a hope in hell of being correctly pronounced by Malaysians at large. Proton which claims to be a Malaysian effort should use Malay to name the car. I hope that Proton naming the car Prevé is just a rumour.
Why proton always liked that, screwed up 1 model name they will come up with another new name, seems liked only saga and satria are surviving, company shared same mentality liked the government
Prevé, I like this name :)
Proton news never fail attracted 100+ comments full with arguments..
Actually i kinda like the name Preve though… Sounds very premium…
Nama pun nak jadi bahan. Mendelah korang ni. Mcm tgh tengok budak tadika bertengkar.
As long namanya bukan Aids, Sifilis, Longkang, Taik, ikan sardin, i am ok. Btw, this car truly for offensive driver. Klu bwk cermat seperti bwk mercedes, buang duit jelah beli keta nih. Beli dugong mcm aku lagi best. Minyak jimat, trade in paling bangsat pun above 38k
Drive it to believe it? So amaturish English slogan…it looks like the Mitsubisi Lancer especially the back, i think may be copied from Lancer platform, just as Waja from old Mitsu and volvo S40 platform…dont believe what Potong claim, that they develop 100% themselves
This must be named by peYno and jenny ping!
Since they are strong supporters of proton and always end their comments with prfft…this fits the bill!
Proton Preve? Proton Prfft!
preve=to prove? yeah… hopefully not to prove power window always kong, dashboard rattle, etc …
Nissan slvphy also hard to pronounce I don even know how to spell
sorry to said.At one look the design look similiar to honda city.copy cat design?? :-)
which is why you should not take just one look before you make decisions
Tak payah la nak preve preve sangattt.. simple2 sudah dah la.. ntahmendamendantah
proton should use a BM name …cos its a malaysian car … if let say one day the car get very good review then ppl ask why put spanish name and not own bahasa then how to answer? we should be proud of our own national language mah….its our identity
Oh..how ironic..
Talk about being proud & identity..
Just keep talking bro..keep talking..
Kita semua dah kene tipu> dulu ckp model ni akan ganti wira/persona. Tp birita baru kata bukan nak ganti persona
Nak tau pasai apa? kalau stop production gen2/persona, nanti depa x dpt market share utk kerete harga lingkungan rm50k.. sbb Preve ni dah lagi mahal drp Persona yg sepatutnya depa replace..
No la.. Renault.. u don’t pronounce the R… you have to say like ‘H’enault…. say the H with some phlegm.
Honda City
april fool comes early
It could b a good car from proton,surely they would have covered their bases this time around..but the name is a bad choice..juz call it waja..
just pronounce it as peghe vei…just so you know
I will call it PROTON PERVERT… haha
Many readers actually love Proton. We want Proton produce the best car for each csegments. That’s why so many comments here :-).
We sayang and expecting good product from you, Proton. THis really a last chance to prove Proton Preve deserved our support or discontinued our faith for once and for all.
Yup.. after all the sayang.. but they cannot deliver, kasi hantam lah. haha. All the bashing should make them stronger.
Preve…Pervez Musharraf???
Drive It Like A Pervert? LOL!
Drive it to believe it?
No thanks lah…Ada duit better save it!
Perodua salesman??
Prrffthhhhh
funny seeing all these ip addresses.. no wonder lots of hate haha
Proton Prius
“preve” means “to prove” or “proof” …
Why dont call it ~ Proton Boleh ?
Sorry as l’m going to say foul words for some idiot. FYI idiots, post 1997s RM conversion no longer like it was used to be. The CHEAPEST VW Golf (not ours 1.4TSI) currently offered in Germany now (UK even dearer) is 16975.0 Euro = 69376.7255724 Malaysian Ringgit. If this idiot live in 1990s he may get Golf less than RM50,000.
Even at pre-1997s exchange rate, cheapest Golf still over RM41,000 (assume Euro1=RM2.4).
Kudos to Malaysians, you hate Proton but you can accept lawya Cherry from China. Proton definitely not a top brand, but hardly encounter stall Protons. I saw many brand new BMWs towed (without accident) at NPE, a spanking new 7er.
I never had a Proton.
it better than vw kubang
sori maserati kubang
..or Porsche Macan
aku ingat proton cari nama lain laaaaaa cintakan bahasa dan negara…… buat aper nak letak nama pelik2 letak la nama mengkuang ker mengkarung ker bewok ker,,, lelabi ker nak pakai nama luar tu buat haper…..pm sue jerrr orang proton hahahah
cerita nama punya pasal…. sapa ahli jawatan kuasa yg bagi nama kat keta ni? …dah tentu diorg lagi byk experience dari kita kot? kita ni layak komen kat sini jekkk…
Hahaa long live proton
Preve?
sounds like a MyVi
LOL
Can wait for it official launching. What ever shitty things people@haters said about Proton, one things is clear enough, they still want to catch the latest update.Hahahaha…
So call, DHF Volvo,Japs high performance,europe perfect handling and design etc2… Why are u guys here? I’m not sying that proton is already good enough and the price and spec is value for money, but give them a chance to improve. At least when I’m abroad, I still proud to see one or two proton roaming the street among other car produced by well established car makers.
I own my Neo in 2006. JJW xxxx. It has been 6 years now with 196,753 km milage clocked( running outside just to checked actual). Only encounter charging alternator, A/C condensor leak O-ring, and ECU reprogram problem others than normal wear and tear after 5 years. Wow! I might be one of the luckiest person who’s to own a proton car.
my family had used@own proton since saga,iswara,wira,satria,waja,neo and latest Inspira.most are still owned and few sold already and japs car also.no complain,Unless for service center issue la. Hahaha… Whatever it is, I still proud of proton. Go proton s2000 for the upcoming APRC. wuhoooo…..
What a hopeless Malaysian, the name is just find…it just your lack of vocabulary of words other than English making you looks stupid. So until now you just know pervert only ka in your lifetime? Learn to accept new word and quit debating on petty issue that made you looks stupid
r u enjoys?!!
PT,
Giving all the rubbish people thrown at this site, especially when come to Proton’s car, I salute your professionalism.
You still have the courage to maintain this well loved site. Congratulation.
I love Proton. Even right now,i thought if i’ve so much money or become a rich man one day,i’ll buy BM or Merc,but i still love proton. Just the matter of price that should reduce same like Japs car..that the only problem i saw. But to ignore the improvement of proton today..i’ll not.
The Reason is simple- No matter how bad it is,how cheap its dashbord was,how weird its name, IT’S STILL PROTON,IT’S US.
All you hater’s and Supporter’s…you all lighten up my days with your supporting and bashing comment…..keep it up…. :)
Proten Prerve di Australia bg menggantikan proton persona disana, so di malaysia preve akan dipanggil persona juga lah rasanya.
IKOT AKU SEBUT HA….PLODON PRIFFFFFF………..
Preve = to prove that Proton should die, and the AP system be abolished.
y do u hate proton??
proton shouldnt die, but AP should be revamped..
BTW, I prefer the name WAJA…legacy man!
coming up with new name when the model line is still young..
its like forgetting your root, whre u cme from..
ungrateful..
People who criticize Proton for the sake of downing and feeling good should packed up and migrate. See if those Europeans or Japanese people really want you over there for good!
When it comes to performance, people compare Preve to Elantra 1.8, Altis, Civic, Fiesta, Cruze, Forte 1.8 etc
When it comes to price, people compare Preve to Almera, Vios, City etc
anyway what worries me, DS Syed Zainal has left Proton and so are important and brilliant engineers (anak tempatan, working against the caci maki, bashing sana sini in the name of passion and determination).
Its not them (the staff) tainted Proton name, its the politician. go figure adik ipar siapa yg supply power window proton yg famous sangat tu.
once again the politician has put their hands into Proton (sold to DRB Hicom)
Proton Preve will be the only proof that Proton had achieved its greatest level and peak.