Proton Suprima S hatchback launched: RM77k-RM80k

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Greetings from the Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, where we’re reporting live from the launch of the Proton Suprima S, the national car maker’s latest model. By now, you’d undoubtedly have watched the unveiling ceremony for the car via our dedicated live video stream – now, it’s time for the launch report.

The Proton Suprima S – the name of which is derived from the English root word ‘supreme’ – arrives on the scene 16 months after the Preve sedan premiered, and the five-door C-segment hatchback makes its debut in only a single engine guise (in two variant forms, the Executive and Premium) at point of launch, this being the familiar CamPro 1.6 turbo.

UPDATE: We’ve driven the car – read our full review of the Proton Suprima S here.

The same mill equips the Premium version of the Preve, and makes it way on here without any revisions – the low-pressure turbocharged unit delivers identical 138 hp at 5,000 rpm and 205 Nm between 2,000 and 4,000 rpm output numbers.

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No sign of the normally-aspirated IAFM+ engine for the hatch – by the looks of it, Proton is targeting the Suprima S as a sportier offering, in keeping with the nature of the bodystyle. To cement that point, the ‘S’ suffix stands for Sport.

It’s therefore surprising to find that there’s no sign of the Getrag five-speed manual transmission on the car at this juncture, the CamPro unit being paired to the same seven-speed Punch VT3 CVT gearbox as fitted on the turbocharged Preve.

In terms of performance figures, the Suprima S has a 190 km/h top speed and a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 9.9 seconds, while fuel consumption is rated at 9.1 litres per 100 km. In comparison, the equivalent turbocharged Preve has a quoted 200 km/h top speed and 0-100 km/h time of 9.6 seconds, as well as a 8.2 litres per 100 km combined cycle fuel consumption.

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Much of this can be explained by the kerb weight of the Suprima S, which is 1,375 kg for the Executive and 1,395 kg for the Premium. Essentially, the hatch is slightly heavier than the 1.6 Premium CFE Preve, which tips the scales at 1,340 kg.

Other numbers for the hatch are overall dimensions that measure in at 4,436 mm long, 1,786 mm wide and 1,524 mm tall, with a 2,650 mm long wheelbase (front overhang 918 mm, rear 868 mm) and a ground clearance of 155 mm. Both the front and rear track are the same at 1,542 mm each.

Aside from the length, these figures for the Suprima S are exactly identical to that of the Preve sedan. The Preve is longer by 107 mm, measuring in at 4,543 mm, the lack of a tail in the Suprima S obviously trimming the length.

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Design-wise, the Suprima S has a visually tauter front end compared to its Preve sibling, the Proton Wings-inspired face displaying a new black honeycomb grille and new inserts for the bumper; the fog lamp surround on the left continues to be an intake point, feeding air to the intercooler.

Both variants have projector headlamps, the Executive’s coming with a LED position lamp (similar to the Preve) while the Premium’s shod with brighter DRLs. Other elements include an angular design rear lamp cluster with a LED light guide strip and a roof spoiler that both extends the roofline and improves airflow and aerodynamics.

Elsewhere, a Turbo badge finds its way on to the left section of the rear bootlid, as does a ‘Handling by Lotus’ badge, first seen on the Satria GTI more than a decade ago.

Speaking of the boot, usable luggage space is 309 litres by ISO, or VDA measurement volume, and 427 litres in total, loaded to the rear parcel shelf. Conversely, the Preve has a 506 litre boot.

New wheels complete the look, with the Premium featuring 17-inch units (with 215/45 profile tyres) and the Executive, 16-inch ones wrapped with 205/55 rubbers. The design is the same for both – seven double-spoke alloys in a titanium finish on the inside and a brilliant diamond cut on the wheel face. At launch time, the tyres that were installed from the car were sourced from Achilles.

As for the interior, things don’t veer far from that as seen in the Preve – the familiar fascia layout has been retained, though trim material choices are different. New elements include cubic-print dashboard/door highlights in a shade called Tempest Grey (on the Preve, dark brown for the Turbo, and silver on the IAFM+) and high-gloss piano accents for the steering wheel and gear knob.

In terms of equipment, common items to both variants include an Android-based Proton Infotainment System consisting of a seven-inch LCD screen DVD player with GPS navigation and Bluetooth/USB/iPod connectivity, paired to four speakers in the Executive and six speakers in the Premium (two are A-pillar mounted tweeters).

The system offers Wi-Fi connectivity off a mobile phone or portable hotspot, allowing Internet on the go, though for safety reasons the DVD player and Wi-Fi-based browsing can only be accessed when the handbrake is engaged. The GPS software installed in the unit is sourced from TM’s Lokatoo, with the unit getting GPS reception from the bee sting antenna on the roof of the car.

We were told the player runs on a pre-ICS version of Android, which could either mean Honeycomb if the OS is a tablet version, or Gingerbread if it’s the phone version. The system is a modified ‘locked down’ version with no ability to add your own apps, though we expect geeks will possibly figure out how to root the device.

Also standard fit are driver’s seat manual height adjustment, remote tailgate release, steering wheel audio controls, front fog lamps, tinted windows and rear parking sensors. The Suprima S features a rear fog lamp centrally located on the diffuser, bringing the car up to ECE Regulation 48 compliance.

The Premium variant adds on front sensors as well as Anthracite-shade leather for the seats (fabric on the Executive), door trim and steering wheel. It also comes equipped with paddle shifters, auto AC, cruise control, auto headlamp and wiper activation, a reverse camera and push-start ignition. Elsewhere, the side mirrors are electronically foldable units.

We’re yet to experience the car’s ride and handling, which we will get to do so at an upcoming drive soon, but the advent of the Suprima S also marks a return to a ‘Handling by Lotus’ catchword. The Preve – and Inspira – had earlier seen a departure from that with a move towards a ‘Proton Ride & Handling’ approach, so it’d really be interesting to see what this suggests beyond the tagline revision.

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Otherwise, the suspension consists of front MacPherson struts and a rear multilink with stabiliser bar. The power steering continues to be a hydraulic type.

Safety kit for the five-star ANCAP-rated Suprima S consists of ABS with EBD, brake assist, electronic stability control (ESC), traction control and two rear Isofix mounts. Both Suprima S variants are equipped with six airbags (front, side, curtain) – it’s the first Proton to be sold here to have such a number. The Premium model adds hill-hold assist and electronic gear shift lock to the list.

Five colours are available for the Proton Suprima S, these being Atlantic Blue, Fire Red, Genetic Silver, Tranquility Black and Solid White. Like the Preve, the Suprima S is due to make its way to export markets – the word on the grapevine is the hatch will debut in Thailand and Indonesia before the year is out.

Pricing-wise, the on-the-road selling price for the Proton Suprima S – which comes with a five-year warranty and five-year free road assist programme – is as follows:

  • Proton Suprima S 1.6 Executive (metallic) RM76,688
  • Proton Suprima S 1.6 Executive (solid) RM76,338
  • Proton Suprima S 1.6 Premium (metallic) RM79,988
  • Proton Suprima S 1.6 Premium (solid) RM79,638

We’ve driven the car – read our full review of the Proton Suprima S here.


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Comments

  • Wow. So fast update. Good job Paultan..

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    • alamak on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:47 pm

      Yuckssssss

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      • Maserati(Official) on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:31 pm

        Nobody will buy Proton if Government does not protect Proton. Even other car companies cannot drop their prices because MITI controls it. Honda even wants to sell their City for RM60 plus but not allowed too. Once MITI stops all this nonsense of price control, Proton is sure to go bust. 20 Years of help also cannot stand on its own feet. Every other year Government gives few hundred million grant to Proton. You know where that money comes? It comes from LHDN. Our income tax money. Our money is being used to sustain a company that should have gone bankrupt years ago.

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        • konrad on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:08 pm

          If city is 60k, saga 33k is much cheaper. Ford also got fund from govnmnt

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          • Colour Unmatched on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm

            Anyone else notice the rear bumper and fuel lid has a different colour compared to the body? If launch unit is that bad, don’t you think the production units will be worse?

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          • I think this maybe similar hurdle that hyundai-kia have to face before went out to become big player globally…”the korean people”…
            Proton have to face “the boleh people”..

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          • bunga on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:03 pm

            konrad , ford Malaysia is by sime darby. sime darby is one of big company in Malaysia, and have a lot of own money, does not need money from gov.

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          • konrad on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:03 pm

            ford of USA by USA gomen, not Sime

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          • Everyone, please google picture of “subprima”. Funnily, u will find it actually well known adult diapers brand. Subprima S may mean the size of that diapers is S. Hehe..

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          • @Khus
            old story + not funny
            pls move on

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          • Konrod, please think straight. Even if Ford USA is funded by US government, Ford in USA competes on LEVEL PLAYING FIELD with other makers like bmw, mercedes, Toyota etc, without US govt giving Ford any drastically unfair taxation advantage to keep their head above the water. If you really think Proton is going to survive in Malaysia in the same environment as Ford in the US, i suggest you go and get your head checked immediately.

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          • Inefficient on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:45 am

            Let’s compare this car against a similar car which is Ford Focus Sport.

            1.6L Turbo vs 2.0L NA
            138hp vs 170hp
            9.1L/100km vs 6.6L/100km

            What say you?

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          • konrad on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:01 am

            If you want same level playing why it gets such fund despite it’s way older than proton?

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          • busydriver on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:03 am

            @Inefficient
            9.1l is combined cycle (urban + extra urban)

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          • Inefficient on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:17 am

            @Busydriver, Focus 6.6L/100km is also combined cycle. Urban is 9.4L/100KM, Extra Urban is just 5.1L/100km. You can check the figures at Ford Malaysia website.

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          • @Inefficient
            6.6l/100km is probably referred to US ground coz got tested there. Malaysia is way bad traffic jams. And it’s GDI not multi-port injection engine.

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          • Inefficient on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:10 pm

            @LFA, combined cycle is normally referring to New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). Please google on this for more info. It has nothing to do with Malaysia has more traffic jam than USA.

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          • scorr on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:45 pm

            @Inefficient
            It’s GDI, nothing to shout about. Same with morons who compares petrol with diesel engines. Or BMW 520d with SS/Preve

            Who cares. The price is the limitation here. Can you get the focus for 80k?

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          • Inefficient on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:52 pm

            @scorr, CFE is Charged Fuel Efficient and it is touted to be as powerful as a 2.0L while having a “good” fuel consumption as well. Why can’t it be compared with the GDI engine in the Focus since it has the advantage of lower displacement and turbo charger?

            Yes Focus is more expensive but for the extra RM, you will get a proper keyless entry and push start button, automatic braking and parking system, voice command as well as HID lighting.

            Is it OK to have a lot worse fuel consumption just because it is cheaper?

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          • Proton Worst Resale Value on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:22 pm

            One must be stupid to buy Proton. Resale value drops like a rock. Buy any Proton for RM80k and within a 2 years, you sell it, to get RM30,000 also you are luck. Buy Toyota or Honda for RM80k, 3 years later, you still can sell for RM65,000. I learnt my lesson with my first Proton, a Waja, Buy RM60,000, 2 years later I sold it for RM29,000

            People who are fast to buy this car, please think carefully. When you sell this car, you might have to jual bontot to pay the balance of your loan. I am sure than in 2 years time, for you to get even RM30,000 for this car also, will be an uphill task.

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          • Honda Malaysia Staff on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:51 pm

            I work for Honda Malaysia. When we launched the new 2012 Civic, we proposed a price of RM$90k to Malaysian government. Government wrote back and said, minimum is Rm$115k.

            So what to do? Car company want to help rakyat but own government don’t want to help rakyat

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          • scorr on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm

            @Inefficient
            kid, when you are unjust to compare GDI engine with non-GDI.
            lot fuel? if like that better you compare EV / hybrid / turbo GDI with petrol GDI. then you will see GDI burn lot of fuel too

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          • scorr on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm

            @Inefficient
            the features you mention are mostly available in SS. so the additional price is not worth

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          • @Inefficient
            Why you ask to compare? Are you F salesman? Provide discount like what Honda did, then at least your beloved Focus comes back again in my list. We compare with price and pay with money, not WORDS. Understand?

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          • not salesman on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:40 pm

            @Proton Worst Resale Value
            are you sam loo dupe? stop your bullshitting. not enough to BS on korean car RV and proton. Sigh.

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          • Inefficient on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:01 pm

            @scorr, since you are unhappy with me comparing the Suprima S with Ford Focus, let’s compare it against Cerato then. No GDI, just MPI.

            Suprima S vs Cerato 1.6 & 2.0
            1.6 Turbo vs 1.6 NA vs 2.0 NA
            140ps vs 130ps vs 161ps
            9.1 vs 6.8 vs 7.0 l/100km

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          • scorr on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:21 am

            @Inefficient
            Still, the number cannot justify the price. Cerato 2.0 is near 118k. Nearly 40k can be used for fuel for how many years?

            You make the comparison as if you can get the car cheap. It makes your comment cheap. If you think that buying expensive fuel saving car save fuel then go ahead no one stops you.

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          • Arab Proton Half Price on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:24 am

            I will never buy Proton because Proton cars are sold for half price in Saudi and Arab countries. Exactly half price. Yes, people may argue that tax is cheaper there but Proton was conceived to give cheaper cars to the rakyat of Malaysia. If they cannot do this, in the first place, Proton should not be born. The Malaysian government should practice – charity begins at home. Give your rakyat first, then give the world second. In this case, Proton should be given special privileges of tax so that, we also can sell Proton to Malaysians at the price what the Arabs pay. It is unfair when Arabs pay half the price of all the Proton cars and we, our own Malaysian, pay double the price for a car that is originally Made in Malaysia. Otherwise, why even create Proton in 1985? It can be seen that, without protectionism to Proton ie MITI controlling price of Japanese brands, even Honda, Toyota and Nissan can sell their cars for RM50,000. So, why create Proton in the first place when you cannot give the rakyat of Malaysia cars costing less than RM50,000, which the Japanese can give?

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          • Wisdom on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:18 am

            Not bad…

            Im getting this toy. For sure it handles better than any japan or korean car within 100k price bracket.

            What? RV? Only poor people mumbles about RV…

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          • Proton Murders on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:38 pm

            I won’t get this car based on principles. Proton started offering safety features like ABS, Airbags only recently. Long before they did this, Japanese cars and German cars were giving us airbags for our safety. Germans were giving us airbags early 90s.

            Proton was so stubborn, despite hundreds of thousands of deaths, refused to give us airbags. Just to save cost and make more profit for Khazanah. People begged for it but Proton did not bother.

            After hundreds of thousands of road deaths later, and about 15 years after Japanese brands gave us airbags, then only Proton decided to give us airbags due to pressure ie Proton sales were so bad.

            So, I refuse to buy from a company that contributed to so many road deaths just to make more profit and untung lebih. Even now, Proton safety features are one of the worst. No VSC/VSA for example.

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        • BMW King on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:30 pm

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          • Well said bro…

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          • Anti CO2 on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:59 pm

            I think you completely miss the point. Not all people are rich – yes. If not because of PROTON, makcik and pakcik from kampung should have been driving cars with higher quality at RM50K+. Got it!

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          • skyjuice on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:43 pm

            lol, talking like a rich people, ask everyone to buy what you want them to buy..
            come on, we’re not a communist country, rite?
            If proton car is sold cheaper at the first place, trust me, everyone will rush to buy it. and turnover for each proton car will be shorter. Just top so called executive people like you dont have ball to do it, scare to loss the margin of profit? oh well, we’re just a peasant, we work for the master, so they can drive a Porsche..

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          • greet on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:57 pm

            @skyjuice
            then as gomen to reduce excise duty

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          • Veder on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:14 pm

            First, the Reader Anti CO2 had point out your wrong mind set.
            Second, Malaysian did support potong until they having the market share ~ 80% in the pass, then what the Malaysian get? Poor service and poor quality! So don’t blame Malaysian not support them, without our support, they gulung tikar long time ago!

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          • ContiCarOwner on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:08 pm

            lol, sounds like he thinks he is rich by paying 50-60k tax a year, come on, a lot of people are paying more than you too, stop being arrogant okay.

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          • BMWSuck on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:01 pm

            what is your tas of 50k or 60k got to do with comment on the car. You think u have high income ? Small boy, there are more people who are richer than u. Dont be so lan si.

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          • imran on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:07 pm

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          • Hey, Koreans car like Hyundai and Kia sell at almost same price as import… Not the same situation here…

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          • @Veder
            I see countless of old saga still running everyday. Give stats you refer of the poor quality? Give the source please.

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          • @Anti CO2
            explain quality please. dun tell me tin milo as it got 5 stars ncap. saga sv already got 3 stars and sure will get higher in near future

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          • Well said man. I salute you.

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          • Sadman on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:06 am

            I had a 1 year old Proton Preve, this morning the gear box just KONG while I drove at speed 80km/h in LDP. Realy regreted to support cap POTONG…

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          • Truth Hurts on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:52 pm

            Imran is probably a crony supplier of Proton parts who is hurting with the truth.

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          • You’re the one who bullshitting now noob.

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          • ntah pa2 on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:43 am

            kalau proton lebih murah some makcik pakcik in kampung lebih gembira..now makcik pakcik in kampung just bought used proton car..

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          • CUKUP DAH on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:02 pm

            Enough is enough.
            Too much time have been given.
            Too many casualties on the road thanks to proton.

            If want to prove itself, compete fairly.

            All customers have precious life either poor or rich. Please let them have what the pay for.Not overprice and underspec car thanks to PROTON!

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          • in china, kimchi, sushi also got such protection. why so much fuss?

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          • jackclicker on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:56 pm

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          • bleasph on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:37 pm

            tin cola can get 5 star ancap safety rating? are you nut?

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          • david on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm

            so, after 25 years you expecting us to keep accepting the failure of proton? and waste our stupid tax money on a failure company? this is what u think? no wonder Malaysia have lost our rank to our rival competitor like singapore, taiwan and korea. because the mind of people like you

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          • imran on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:12 pm

            If u angry about high & unfair car price in malaysia, the one you should get angry to is @ the G. not proton…

            please watch here and u can see which is tin milo, proton or toyota?

            http://preoduavivabaru.blogspot.com/2010/12/durability-of-exora.html

            stupid..

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          • Lemonguy on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:14 pm

            I own a persona and to be frank, so far no problem eventhough the car near to 5 yrs. until i driven my wife toyota car then only i realise that toyota car handling, absorber really very different and comfortable.
            I believe that ppl buy for toyota is because of their realibility and for long term drive since the loan usually 7 to 9 yrs.
            For suprima, I got no comment but i believe definitely better than my persona haha.
            As a normal citizen like us, of course we wish to own a affortable national car, rm80k is not a small amount, ya im not rich.

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          • jenga on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:26 pm

            @david
            proton is improving, why you say its a failure? because you cannot afford one?

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          • Poyoh betul on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:51 am

            What?? wait 30 to 50 years more..we already in this industry for the past 25 years and you ask Malaysian to wait another half century…you will be using tongkat ali at that time. If I were you better think if the same amount can buy a Honda City.. I dare you

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          • honda city dun hv 6 airbags, it has only 2 lol

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          • azermalak on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:39 am

            You are right bro about Australia. Right now Kevin Rudd is campaigning to provide hundred millions of AUD to subsidised and helped Holden if he is re-elected! Hundreds of Millions AUD! The Oz people doesnt seem to protest coz it their only car brand!

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          • krng, why compare with China? Why not compare with US, Australia, Dubai? To strive as a nation and to better the life of Malaysians, we must selectively learn the good things from other countries, and not selectively use bad examples of other countries as justification/excuse to continue our practice. Get it?

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          • @CAR
            Australia government also give 500mil fund. UAE is too rich thus proton is cheaper without/very small tax. China started auto industry long before proton but still have sort of protection.

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          • Truth Hurts on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:56 pm

            Imran, which part of Proton do you supply Proton? Is it the car mats? You buy RM5 each from Brothers but sell to Proton for RM100 per mat.

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          • True Malaysian on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:39 pm

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          • It’s you that hopeless still fooled by Proton.

            Stop defending thrash nuisance to rakyat life lah

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          • ntah pa2 on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:46 am

            mahal nak mampos said makcik pakcik in kampung..

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          • OMG…the rear not nice, the price also not nice, Preve still better lah…

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          • scree on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:21 pm

            buy cheaper car. many are available. why bother if it’s not affordable?

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          • PakDin on Aug 26, 2013 at 7:12 pm

            How much did Proton pay you to write this piece of crud? LoL.

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        • Vios the lowest spec in thai cost bout rm58k(2 airbag if not mistaken)…the most spec cost bout rm72k(2 airbag of coz)..thai preve the cheapest bout rm65k( 2 airbag).,.the highest rm79k(6 airbag)..which 1 is overprice vs spec?

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          • City the lowest spec in thai cost oso bout rm58k(2 airbag abs with ebd)…the most spec cost bout rm75k(2 airbag of coz + abs with ebd+ vsa)..thai preve the cheapest bout rm65k( 2 airbag similar spec to vios/city. Abs with ebd).,.the highest rm79k(6 airbag+abs with ebd+tc+esp)..which 1 is overprice vs spec?

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          • Mind ur that both vios/city is 100% built in thai..preve/ss 100%(most of it..I think) made in boleh…those thai made is close to rm60k for base model…not rm30k or even rm40k

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          • If to include thai almera..the cheapest is bout rm45k(1 airbag, no abs+ebd, no power window, no speaker, no radio!!)..the highest spec bout rm62k(2 airbag have those I mention earlier)..

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          • Want to include thai almera?

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          • I am not into proton but the whole car price issue cant be solved overnight no matter who got to rule.it takes time.of course thai has cheaper car but would u mind paying 4.50 for ron 95?.went to thailand i appreciate the fuel price here.i would rather have slightly expensive car than expensive fuel.becoz u use fuel regularly unless you go hybrid.u buy car once but you fuel your car more.dont get me wrong.this in my honest opinion.plez dont politiciz it.if car price is lowered i believe fuel wont enjoy subsidy.thats how things work.if u want cheap car cheap fuel then might have to live in saudi arabia or any rich arab country.there they can satisfy your needs.by the way this suprima is cute .may consider it for my second wife hehe.

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          • imran on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:47 pm

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          • I don know y u guy like to bash the name..

            It not just underwear brand but oso
            – a boiler name
            – a pizza restaurant name
            – a musician name
            – music multi network audio codec
            – a girl name
            – a company producing baby product

            And u all got just underwear? U guy need to upgrade info searching skill

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          • asalkan malaysia aman on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:57 pm

            why u compare 40k almera car with this shit suprimau 75k car…

            70k++ car di comparekan dgn 40k++ car

            no otak ka?
            mesti la totally win for 70k++ car…

            but sadly … proton suprimau not totally win even against 40k car

            hahaha

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        • jemi perkasa on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:47 pm

          maserati.. better u use tata nano form ur father country

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        • Gomen should buy more protons, not sell their inspiras, I look like a fool saying inspiras are good

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          • slarf on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:06 am

            proton is doing business and rebadging (inspira) is business too. inspira gets benefit from proton RNH

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        • Proton Better Close down. on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:38 pm

          This car is a disgrace. For RM80k, its way too much. Proton was built or born to give Malaysians cheaper cars.

          Its 28 years of pampering. Just for 10 thousand workers of Proton and its suppliers, 30 million people have to suffer. And we all know, every single supplier of Proton is a crony or a relative of a Cabinet member. No such thing as tenders.

          The whole Proton and ALL its suppliers are nothing but lazy cronies getting a free ride from 30 million Malaysians. Tak ada malu ke? 28 Years and still getting government help and protection.

          Every car brand in Malaysia are forced to sell RM20k to RM30k more than any Proton model. Remember in the 80s to 90s, you can get a brand new Nissan Sunny 130Y for RM20,000 before they started protecting Proton.

          Global inflation has not gone up that much that cars are sold in Malaysia four fold. Infact, car prices have dropped globally the past 28 years due to competition and mass production and economies of scale. So, even with inflation taken in, your Nissan Sunny will be no more than RM40,000 in today’s world.

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          • chris on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:48 pm

            we have give enuf time for pampering proton.. and they still cant competitive in the market.. y we still nid waste time and national resources on it? tis is not consider patriot, tis is call stupid.. plz dun compare proton with kia and hyundai.. they are support by govt also but there are producing value and competitive product to the market while proton is not.. keep support proton at the end hurt customers the most.. and we ald give 25 years for them. however, the most successful product from proton is saga and wira..

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          • youbodok on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:37 pm

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          • MintBerryCrunch on Jan 04, 2014 at 12:00 pm

            At current rates of inflation, prices double every 12-13 years. So $20000 in 1980 becomes $40000 in 1993… and $80000 in 2008.

            Inflation is EXPONENTIAL in nature. Never forget that.

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        • Lee Moo Eez on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm

          I saw this identical comment somewhere~(more than 1)
          Wow~u all sync very well to type a very similar comment~or..just copy paste?upzzss!
          #my bad~hoho

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        • True Malaysian on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:18 pm

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          • True Rakyat on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:29 am

            Proton is No.1 Bully only know how to squeeze own rakyat but afraid of open competition.

            Proton looks cheaper because other competitors forced to price higher by MITI. Only fools think Proton worth it while other cars made expensive!

            No wonder Proton global export only 20,000 units. Hated by own rakyat, even hated by whole world! HA HA HA

            RM80K? Bagus beli Toyota!

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          • dairy on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:24 pm

            Even Honda cannot beat proton price in Thai where tax is much cheaper lol. Why buy a Toyota when the company is too greedy to milk money from its kosong spec car?

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        • Unofficial on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:31 am

          Where did you get all these nonsense fairy tales ha? Picked from the sky? Please prove that Honda plans to sell City for RM60K and Proton received LHDN grant money. And others that never read will always agree. If Malaysian companies are so keen without government protection, then why did so many local organisations are afraid to kick-off TPP?

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        • If one not going to buy proton.

          So tell me, where the extra money u paid for foreign car goes? Into ur pocket?

          Yup, proton maybe funded by LHDN, but buying cars like civic mentioned propose at 90k u r paying extra 25k, where this 25k goes? Not into my or urs pocket but directly into them as well.

          So we dont buy proton because we dont like they waste our money, but we like to buy foreign car because we like to pay extra for their pocket?

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        • Mamat Pantai on Aug 21, 2013 at 11:04 am

          I think Proton knows that it has to buck up, I just hope that they can do it in time before the Government really stops caring… even right now the Government don’t really support Proton… the Hodna Accord for Gomen car is an example….

          At the end of the day, I would liek to see a truly global Malaysian brand in the auto industry… if got two even better

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      • Seriously, when I go saw the actual Suprima, it did look nice and not milo tin, interior is good compare to photo taken, seeing is beliving

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      • Suprema Shitty S on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:44 am

        Sorry la don’t mean to bash:
        Firstly… Take so bloody long to launch a hatchback version of an existing car (and like making it such a big deal)

        2ndly, this car is almost pointless whereby apart from the Hatchback difference, performance and economy figures are no greater than existing Preve:
        “the Suprima S has a 190 km/h top speed and a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 9.9 seconds, while fuel consumption is rated at 9.1 litres per 100 km. In comparison, the equivalent turbocharged Preve has a quoted 200 km/h top speed and 0-100 km/h time of 9.6 seconds, as well as a 8.2 litres per 100 km combined cycle fuel consumption”

        I can therefore still conclude that Proton is moving forward, BUT at a very slow pace. Summore that Dr M is still in control of ALMOST EVERY F%&@#G THING in this company (and country) we really need to break away from this bloody Stigma in order to PROGRESS FURTHER.

        My 2 cents … just expressing my concerns :)

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      • azermalak on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:52 am

        If the price is right they can make it in Oz. They love hatchback for city car esp the female Oz. If the price is right!

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      • yuckssssss??? the looks are not exactly good, but have you looked at the features it offers?? name me one car that has all the equipment that the suprima has and is below 80k. what else do you want proton to do?? you are just too shallow to accept that proton made a really good value for money car. although i would have loved to see a good exhaust at the back.

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        • Krasher on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm

          If there’s no excise duty, you’ll have a lot of choices for under 80k and well equipped

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          • sbmnb on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:43 pm

            lol proton also can be cheaper, under 50k.

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      • CKD Master on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08 am

        Proton Sup…test nice in the beginning and once finish finally yuckss…

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        • masterhotak on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:28 pm

          Toyota vios…you drive it in the beginning and once gets fast it FLIES…ouch!

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      • kucing on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:58 pm

        ko kenape, paer masalah , ko cube reka sendiri aku nak tengok!!!!

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      • Johnny on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:16 pm

        I’ve never seen so many likes for a post on Paultan before.

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        • they just found out how to do auto like their rubbish comments, muahahahaha

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    • driver on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:11 pm

      Well done Paultan.org! Thanks for the live coverage.

      Anyway, that was a bad presentation by Proton, really really bad!

      The khamil guy did no more than reading scripts – I felt no passion on the product, no honesty in appreciating his employees. Even mahathir’s speech was more convincing (still shacky nonetheless).

      The explaning guy (even forgot his name, but a son of Othman) wasn’t better at all. Why don’t you use Bahasa Melayu if your English was not fluent? No connection felt with potential buyers, more like “syiok sendiri” kinda presentation. He may know his stuff, but the method to convey the message was damn bad! His words sound like looking down to people, as opposed to guiding them in understanding the product.

      I miss DSZ presentation for Preve, really. He brought people to his side, by acknowledging proton’s nightmare of power windows, and then state measure to counter that. That’s the way to do it. I could see passion, honesty, humbleness from his presentation, and that what brings people closer. He involved leaders from each department during the presentation. And then he finished his presentation by further engaging potential buyers with local dialect – if I wasn’t mistaken he used dialect from Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Northern region.

      To Proton: good luck with this product.
      To DSZ: it was indeed a loss to Proton that you left, thank you.

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      • There’s a major power struggle within Proton rite now after a fallout between your khamil guy & lukman. That’s why your khamil guy is sulking badly, even at d launch.

        He thot he has eliminated lukman 4 good b4 raya, only 4 lukman 2 return just after raya & in time 4 d launch! A clear display of power of d one & only pair of hidden hands of malaya, who intervened at d death!

        That son of othman (aka hisham) is a lackey of khamil. Former lackey to halim saad at renong/uem and even followed him to seloga b4 another fallout.

        None of them are interested in making cars. They are only interested in looking after themselves. Do NOT be fooled by their empty promises like a turnaround plan by Mar 2013. Its already Aug 2013 now!!!

        It’s just another corporate malaya soap opera taking place at d expense of consumers, tax payers & rakyat. Divide & rule… it works.

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        • driver on Aug 20, 2013 at 8:29 pm

          Interesting. Mind sharing more about this power struggle? When you mention “None of them…” (para 4), is Lukman inclusive?

          With this kind of political intervening, no wonder Proton is far from excellence. Sigh!

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    • carguy2000 on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:12 pm

      please hire some very very good designer please like European guy in KIA or SEAT in Spain, decades of business and fully funded by government but never been a market leader, hated by their own peoples, something is wrong here

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      • bongok on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:05 pm

        fully funded by govn? are you high>?

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      • not a car designer on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm

        It’s just the top management who have the final say of the car design. I’m sure you’ll quite surprise when you see the designer’s design concept.

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      • Ni mesti tak belajar Sejarah Tingkatan 5 ni. Pernah dengar Dasar Penswastaan?

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      • Anonymous Coward on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:03 pm

        But Preve was designed by Italdesign, which is European. This same design firm did fantastic work on Ferrari and other makes.

        Yet, all we hear are complains that these cars don’t look “good” enough.

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        • azermalak on Aug 20, 2013 at 12:35 pm

          Everyone knows its from Italdesign but still the look is outdated! Awe impression of the car externally and internally is important to “Average” buyer, rather than what’s the spec! Proton haven’t got it there yet. In fact its design philosophies yet to be known.

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          • deficy on Aug 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm

            i love suprima R concept by theo, it makes SS more beautiful

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          • richpapa on Aug 20, 2013 at 2:55 pm

            Nope, it looks fresh to me. timeless design is the philosophy. please read / hear // see before bashing blindly.

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    • a little bit dissapointed there is no manual transmission.. but still excited to read the review of the test drive

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      • driver on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:26 pm

        Luqman (COO) said that there’s possibility for manual tranny.

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      • zicronz on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:23 am

        i think got MT… but might be on tuning stage…

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      • Roy Mustang on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:27 am

        There’s 6MT. Believe me. But not for our current domestic market. Demand/request for 6MT and maybe Proton’s management will decide to sell it for Malaysian’s market too.

        As for “If there’s already 6MT, why not just put it as 1 of the variants??”

        I dont know. Proton’s Management is kinda weird. lulz

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    • HAMEED KOYAKUTTY on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:55 pm

      4 idiots from an idiotic company launching 1 idiotic product:

      1- Preve is know for its failure. How can a bunch of idiots chopped the tail, present it to a bunch of idiots sitting on the top management and got them to approve, and launch it to mass Malaysian market hoping that it will turn from failure to success??? What a bunch of supply chain of idiots !!!

      2- The guy 2nd from left supposed to resigned from the company with last position as DCEO, just to come back to P1 and also be present at the product launching?? Is this is joke by idiots or what???
      WHY NO COVER FROM PAUL TAN ABOUT THIS COMEBACK IDIOT???

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      • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:15 pm

        Kalau lambang kepala rimau tu tukar dengan lambang pegeout or audi mesti orang stop kutuk kan..haha…thanks for the kutuk..we will improve our quality and technology..thanks Malaysian..

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      • blker on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:41 pm

        bmw also got chopped tail what. same front in 1-100 series, rear only different

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      • driver on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:27 pm

        preve is a failure? LOL. how?

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      • Roy Mustang on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:31 am

        Maybe you’re the failure here..

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    • Trust me, i saw the actual car on the showroom just now, really not so bad as people bash…dashboard look good compare you look in photo…leather seat is also solid. The body doesn’t look milo tin at all.

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    • Put the tiny turbo and add few airbags, and then start at 77k-89k… Vios is overpriced just bcoz of the tax but this? Jazz CKD and Vios r better coz they r Toyota and Honda! Anyway this car is fugly especially that ugly butt!

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      • even proton is high taxed. if ford can sell cheaper why not toyota? please compare the specs, jazz doesn’t have 6 airbags, turbo engine etc. do you think those things are free? and the price is 79k not 89k. you cheated people. lame.

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        • Don’t siao lah ‘ Proton is high taxed ‘ higher than other import car? what about the Inspira and lancer price in Langkawi yea? Jazz does not hav 6 airbags just bcoz Jazz without tax is cheaper than this ugly junk ok?

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          • If “junk” is without tax, it’s might still cheaper than jazz. Can you read the posts above about preve and city?

            lancer got exemption from excise duty and import duty, not inspira. thus it’s more expensive.

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    • this is suprima s, does this mean later there will be acheaper suprima with iafm campro…?

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    • drrif on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:34 am

      Actually not bad, rear and interior looks OK. Price too high though – should be 65k

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    • azermalak on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:47 am

      Agreed! But its about time CEO to unveil their cars not politician or in this manner ex politician! Not to disrespect but let focus on our younger entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, academician, economists, etc the limelight and role model!

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      • Welcome 2 corporate malaya! While I would agree with you under normal circumstances, proton is & will always be an exception 2 d rule 4 far too many people have vested interests in it.

        Unfortunately, d ex politician is one that’s holding proton together. If it is left 2 d current so-called “professional management”, it may be a crime scene by now – a Rumble in d Bronx. You may need 2 persuade Dr Gil Grissom out of retirement 2 sort d mess out then.

        In d meantime, let us all sit back & watch as d saga continues.

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    • Proton 10000 lazyworkers on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:31 pm

      Correction. Not 20 years. From 1985. So its 28 years of papering. Just for 10 thousand workers of Proton and its suppliers, 30 million people have to suffer. And we all know, every single supplier of Proton is a crony or a relative to a Cabinet member. The whole Proton and ALL its suppliers are nothing but lazy cronies getting a free ride from 30 million Malaysians. Tak ada malu ke? 28 Years and still getting government help and protection. Every car brand in Malaysia are forced to sell RM20k to RM30k more than any Proton model. Remember in the 80s to 90s, you can get a brand new Nissan Sunny 130Y for RM20,000 before they started protecting Proton. Global inflation has not gone up that much that cars are sold in Malaysia four fold. Infact, car prices have dropped globally the past 28 years due to competition and mass production and economies of scale. So, even with inflation taken in, your Nissan Sunny will be no more than RM40,000 in today’s world. But Selphy or Sentra is sold for over RM100,000

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      • Better ask gomen, not proton. I think someone already said above, other companies also get help from their government while their companis are established much earlier than proton.

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    • bagai on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:45 pm

      improve engine….lar. All model run this 1.6 power plant. Common PROTON, my heavy 1.8 Honda car with non CVT consume less petrol with same distance….Upgrade your engine…I sell my Gen 2 already…kuat minum.

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  • hmmmmm

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    • Jimmy on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:04 pm

      hmmmmm
      6 airbags
      good.
      And less likely to become ninja turtle during rainy days, comparatively.

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  • Jilbaber on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:22 am

    This is good. Spec is generous for below RM80k car..but a bit ugly looking though in term design especially interior

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    • Potong on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:02 pm

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      • Zender on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:44 pm

        bet you can’t even afford one and this is the only place u can brag abt it

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      • 1.90s on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:02 pm

        Golf GTI is useless junk. I’m waiting for GT-R Black Edition, smokes those GTI badges.

        inb4 : veyron

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    • Aaron on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:27 pm

      9.1L/100KM fuel consumption for combined cycle, the fuel consumption is rather high for a turbocharged car in my opinion. Proton should be more competitive! They should know fuel consumption is something very realistic and important in the Malaysian market. Many other car makers is able to give much lower fuel consumption regardless a bigger, more rigid and more comfortable vehicle.

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      • 00@glasgow on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:38 pm

        agree with you. was quite surprised when reading about the fuel consumption there

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      • Starwrs on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:52 pm

        For turbo charge car it is about normal, for example, Fuel consumption test for Mitsubishi LANCER EVOLUTION

        This car was tested both in a city and on a highway.
        Fuel consumption in L / 100km

        City: 12.7 liters per 100 km
        Highway: 9.0 liters per 100 km

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        • trpstr on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:37 pm

          and the combined cycle (urban + extra urban) consumption? ……

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  • lemonguy on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Congratulatuons to proton.. but the pricing is a bit pricy…almost similar to honda city and the price expensive than honda jazz.
    Just my personal opinion

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      • Lemonguy on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:40 pm

        Common bro…pls accept the reality, I know you are die hard fans of proton but pls dont cheat yourself. Pls compare the interior with any other cars, if you still say that suprima interior is attractive then i got nothing to say. An organisation only can improve if listening to ppl comments but not denying.

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        • greet on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:01 pm

          you compare with what? rolls royce ghost? dun tell me you compare it with ironman chest theme dashboard in almera, LOL

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        • driver on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:33 pm

          interior is one of it, but what about other features:
          6 airbags? reverse camera? traction control? handling is worse!

          besides interior, the other big difference is: history & logo perception. please accept the reality.

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  • OMG…The rear is damn ugly. Preve Sedan look nicer. Price increased with additional safety features…normal lah…Overall, Expansive and yet ugly. Preve Sedan better.

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    • orang asing on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:56 pm

      when look at the M in first image ,make me turn away, when look at the price make me speechless, when look at the car name : X.X

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      • when look at your comment makes me click on dislike button :X

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      • engner on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:10 pm

        Yes better go for badges, even the safety features are sucky big time. Those safety features are not important because money is much much more important than soul. Trust me.

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        • moneych on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:05 pm

          I agree because when you die, you can pay money to get live again

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          • I don’t want to die just because it is lack of airbags

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    • paparazi on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:04 pm

      this sedan or hatchback also LPPL!

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  • No Manual transmission and nothing special for this car, look at the dashboard, just look like more suitable for iswara model, front design, worst, sorry for all proton fans, no big deal for proton, but disappointed.

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    • tell that to BMW, similar design

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      • robot boy on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:11 pm

        BMW? BMW uses top quality Bushes Aluminium for sports model, Carbon black for M models and two types of pure wood for their luxury and executive models. this dash is just painted the facia is a cheap sticker maybe supplied by brothers!!! pls think before you think Bro. Proton interior design is way good for early 90s not now…. also why they still use the Indon made tyres??? why no TPMS?

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  • Wahhh….bontot belakang cun ape, not bad. Looks better than the new Vios. Spec wise (engine) similar to Preve, except FC could be better.

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  • malaysian on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:28 am

    congrat proton ! 6 airbag & 5 star ANCAP are good bet .. kudos

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  • looks very cheap, just look at the start/stop button

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    • Doesntmatterwhatmynameis on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      cheap?? have you seen the equipment list. its a huge leap for proton to make something that is this good. i’m not so sure about the pricing on this car but by the looks and the equipment, i’d give it a thumbs up.

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    • ic..what about vios?..higher quality?

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      • punky on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm

        yes its start/stop button cannot break, even if you smash it with hammer

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        • Wow the push start/stop button for vios must be made of very thick steel LOL

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      • Petrolhead on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:26 pm

        If Proton is continuing in what they have been doing for their future cars then they are going into the right path. This really sets a new benchmark for future Proton cars, did i just read 6 airbags?!?!

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    • and FUGLY, stupid name too, who ever buy this is brainless, at this price rather buy d new vios with eyes shut

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      • vivian on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:20 pm

        vios got VSA?

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        • Malik on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:36 am

          it doesnt matter vios has VSA or not, its engine reliable, low full consumption,better built quality, has good after sales & service. Did Proton has any of this ???

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          • vivian on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:57 am

            Proton got safety that can save lives. Which is more important?

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          • Peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:39 pm

            Nowadays.. Safety features is most important.. If u wanna buy gor ur wife.. Life is everything.. Dont let ur belove die in tin milo vios n no safety features

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      • ah beng on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:38 pm

        Is the Dugong have 6 airbags and safety features?

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        • Jimmy Dean on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm

          Vios got 100 ‘invisible’ airbags plus extra two whenever you pick up girls with the Toyota badged car. Suprima only 6 airbags and no chance to get 2 more since no self-respecting, pretty girl wanna been seen dead in tin-milo Suprima.

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          • muahaha on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:37 pm

            I can’t stop laughing reading your comment. LOL

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      • weight on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:44 pm

        Yes it’s fugly. Catfish vios is 100x better, almost looks like a lambo

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      • Realist on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:52 pm

        it will be nice if got Chinese name on it right?

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        • seat-belt on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:55 pm

          wut? putting chinese name will only make it similar to cheapo china car.

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      • Potong on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:07 pm

        Only brainless ppl use 80k to buy this useless junk.I am driving Jetta and with this price I rather buy Almera or upcoming Vios.

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        • derail on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm

          Good decision. You can add the VSC and more airbags later. Just go to Ah Beng shop, it’s veli veli cheap.

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        • jlo kang on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm

          almera…are u kidding….the space almost same with proton saga…engine 1.5,interior,better preve n suprima…safety,i think u know with one better..

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        • haidar on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:00 pm

          Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.

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        • Carfags on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:03 am

          I’m driving Audi S6 and I would like to buy this car with this price for my daily car.

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          • youmustbeveryhonest on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:06 pm

            Come on…driving an S6 and still looking at a proton for a daily car??

            your wife would probably said “abg tak malu kt jiran kita ke?”

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        • I am driving BMW X6 and will buy this as my 3rd car..

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        • I’m driving a Veyron and will buy this as my maid’s car.

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      • Hairi on Aug 21, 2013 at 10:17 pm

        If u and others so in love with veos Dugong just go and buy it straightaway. Komen2 macam haram. Cakap saja pandai padahal test drive belum lagi.

        And some even relates this to politics-way off topics. Just talking crap will take u no where lah bro. Kalau serious, make urself popular, be active in politics, be a calon in next PRU and say if u win, please help the rakyat by introducing cars that will satisfy everyone. Its much better rather than complain non stop.

        But normal lah malaysian. Complain like hell, but in the end nothing happen. Cakap saja pandai. In the end all u can afford is dugong jugak kan

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    • And no manual transmission offered? Perhaps for European market maybe?
      BTW I think Proton is doing just fine, it doesn’t need to be looks too premium for its class segment.
      It’s just the turbo badge that’s kind of too big, come on, lots of other hatchback cars have soft-turbo / low-pressure turbo as well.
      Let’s just hope that Proton have improved their quality and reliability aspects.

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      • ghosy on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:58 pm

        please list it down (in Malaysia). you cannot even get it more than 30 (coz you say lots)

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        • In this context, what I mean is most of hatchback cars have low-pressure Turbos. If out of 10 hatchbacks, more than 5 of them have Turbo, shouldn’t it be a lot enough?

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          • serenity on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:46 pm

            most Jap hatches dun have soft turbo here. conti less than 5.

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    • Yes the button is oddly shaped like a star, not round. When you push it, nothing happens, it’s not working. It says “Pull” instead of “Push” LOL.

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  • Maserati(Official) on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Sorry, but this is a piece of junk. Dated interior + proton branding is already a failure.

    Cant understand who would pay 80k for a piece of junk.
    Plslah proton, just close shop pls!

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    • Potong on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:04 pm

      Yes!!

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    • Nice Guy on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:41 pm

      All you do is complained about malaysia car being very bad, we are all malaysian. It would be such a great support if you guys do the same thing too rather than critise it and even ask them to close shop. Idiot

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      • Smart Lady on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:24 pm

        I agree with you Nice Guy, everyone here is complaining, complaining and complaining. Why not all of you write a proposal paper on what you want to Proton? ;)

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    • Maserati(Official)

      Agree!

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  • how to become competitive??? pricey

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    • then which car is cheap in malaysia?

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      • look at fuel compsumption….zzz 9.1/liter damn high, higher than BMW 520d…

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        • kentan on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:46 pm

          prolly the city FC

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        • impise on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:03 pm

          you can that beemer with 80k?

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        • chs880221 on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:05 pm

          9.1 for 100 km….is dam terrible….maybe actual consumption is even higher

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        • JeremyNg on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

          520D ?! U compare this with Diesel ?! LOL

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        • proudly msian,nt proud?move out plz on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:21 pm

          Y compared dis 80k proton with bmw 520d? In term of fuel inficiency?r u dumb,numb,or kinda bitch? Come on u silly, . If u got money,go buy ur bmw lah weyh. .dis is 4 who can afford a car dat below 80k. .u want vios?take it junker. . As long as u got money. .dun condem our ntional car. .nt proud?nt supportive?then. . Dun b a malaysian lah. .uncivilized. . U guys should c how korean being patrioticsm with their local brand. .my god. .u guys sucks. . Vw gti?u go buy lah 250k. . .dun talk like empty can here man. .big in size,empty inside. .feeling sad wit narrow minded msian. . Never gets satisfy. .

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          • yahooo on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:43 pm

            Been a decade b4 this full of sense comment posted,for u, i click like button hohohohoho

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          • pro malaysian on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:48 pm

            Korean support KIA or Hyyundai, Ssangyong because they are patriotism, then u should go parliament and ask those ministers or VVIP get out of Malaysia, LOL.

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          • Eh u stupid fellow…bmw520d is heavier n more powerful car, suprima is lighter so SHOULD more fuel efficient, understd? …and y we shud proud wif proton since it is nt doing well? …Korean support hyundai kia, but pls see hw hyundai kia doing compare to potong…what wrong thn we critic,thn only gt improvement n not support blindly like u dis idiot…n pls la msia nt ur bapak punya who the hell r u to ask ppl move out?

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          • stren on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:03 pm

            @abu
            pls compare apple to apple. please go back to school ya.

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          • Gov also don’t support you, they change to Accord liao.

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          • @BN
            proton doesn’t have D segment car for now, perdana aside it’s too old

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        • kelvin on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:40 pm

          My 08 altis 1.8 averaged 7.9l/100km

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      • 9.1 liter per 100 km is combine….preve sedan have 6.6 liter per 100 km if is extra urban driving….but if is urban drving,even myvi 1.3 cost at least 10 liter per 100km..

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      • superma on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:11 pm

        Are you saying the pricier BMW should consume more fuel than proton??

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    • Mozilla Chrome on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      and no manual option..shame..

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  • M.Hilmi on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:34 am

    Nice!!!

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  • MAHAL LAAAA T_T

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  • Msian on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Interesting.

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    • Doesntmatterwhatmynameis on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm

      i would have loved it if the installed good exhausts that can be seen. maybe one in each side like the old satria GTI

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  • Hafiz on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Semuanya bagus tapi HARGA yg agak tinggi dan mengecewakan!!

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    • not a car designer on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm

      You get what you pay for…

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    • Jilbaber on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      what you getting is what you got to pay…nothing is free you subsidies-brat

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:19 am

      You don’t get what you pay for in Bolehland

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      • ahbengok on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:41 pm

        then find your beloved country and get out from here, malaysia doesn’t need you

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        • kadajawi on Aug 20, 2013 at 12:21 am

          This country is your bapa punya meh? Ask people to leave, you go first lah, bodoh proton supporter.

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          • ahbengok on Aug 20, 2013 at 11:04 am

            you can always find other country if you don’t like bolehland, feel free to go, noone stops you

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  • odd job worker on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:36 am

    the dashboard, omg, so retro feeling, like something out from 1970’s era

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    • IKR, it doesn’t live to my (our) expectation. Kind of not much different from previously launched Satria Neo. 7 inch infotainment with Android is unique though .

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    • seancorr on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm

      Agreed on the dashboard….damn ugly.

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      • gazillion on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:26 pm

        you felt it with hands there?

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      • youly on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:51 pm

        They should put bentley dashboard design instead. Baru cantiq.

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        • brass on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:41 pm

          everything should come with price. for me the dashboard is ok, not too funky like koreans or too traditionalist like jap. it look more to conti

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    • lemonguy on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:25 pm

      Ya…expensive than honda jazz but interior so outdated

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    • 00@glasgow on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm

      retro is the new look man. can’t you see the trend?

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      • skunk on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:52 pm

        new toyota corolla / altis has waaayyyy retro dashboard than conti design dashboard preve/suprima

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      • gtunbg on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:29 pm

        search for all-new altis dashboard, it looks more retro than this

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  • NeoLover on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:39 am

    Congratulations…not the most eye catching car. But it sure has a lot of features. I hope the quality also improves tho…

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  • Mozilla Chrome on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:41 am

    The back is still kinda ugly..why in the spyshots they look better?

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  • FlamingFox on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:43 am

    I don’t get it, why is it more expensive when it’s performance is worse and boot space is smaller than Preve? Just for looks?

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    • dont be an idiot, even polo hatchback much more expensive than the sedan.

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      • polo hb is 1.2 turbo with 7speed dsg gearbox while polo sedan is using dated 1.6NA engine paired with normal 6speed gearbox. meanwhile the engine and gearbox configuration is the same for preve and suprima.
        pls get your fact clear before scolding people!

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        • brainer on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:31 pm

          suprima have leather seat, 6 airbags, larger sportrim,hill assist system. dont tell people idiot when u are brainless. pls read the article before bashing blindly.

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        • haidar on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:15 pm

          preve use CFE turbo..suprima use CamPro Turbo..get your fact first..

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          • 4G63T DSM on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:30 am

            LOL. CFE Turbo and CamPro Turbo??

            and the difference is what? Care to share? Or is it just the name?

            BTW, there is no CFE Turbo. Its just CFE.

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    • More safety equipment, larger wheels

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    • bcoz its HATCHBACK

      Comprare jazz and city.
      polo sedan and polo hatchback
      mazda 2 sedan and hatchback
      and so on…

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  • what a price.. so CHEAP!

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  • wow, so fast paultan

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  • wakaka on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:44 am

    Finally an option with leather seats and 6 airbags, having mixed feelings regarding the price.

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    • heel-and-toe on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:11 pm

      I like it been said as “the first Malaysian cars IN MALAYSIA to have six airbags”. If you know what I mean.
      Regardless, despite of the lame naming and too-big Turbo badge, I think Proton is doing good with this.

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    • speedymax on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:53 pm

      Everybody here talks about 6 airbags. Hmm wonder if it works.

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  • nubis chibis on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:45 am

    1st.. Nice to.. But the price walauwe.. Btter go to inspira?

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    • langsewah on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:45 am

      rasa berbaloi beli..kalau tak banyak model lain or jenama lain asalkan bukan ALMERA,nak muntah tgk ALMERA…WEKKKKKKKKKKK….

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  • It actually looks pretty good, mild design overall.
    Interior wise, no comment on it, but the central dash looks empty to me.

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    • lalor on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:17 pm

      If too many buttons to see and choose, you will get distracted when driving. It’s been simplified while maintaining the functions so the access to it is faster and easier.

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  • Biscuit on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:45 am

    Emmmm….the price seem to be on the high side for a local made. Should be below 70k or equivalent to Preve. Where’s the e*ection promise?

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    • odd job worker on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:52 am

      election promise is for BEFORE election. AFTER election its different story.
      47% voted for current G, so suck it up people and enjoy buying overpriced under-spec piece of crab

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  • 9.1L per km? Wow thats high even i know its turbocharged.

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    • is combine driving bro…normaly u see other car rate at 6 liter per 100km, 7 liter per 100km…all is extra urban drving,even preve did 6.6 liter per 100km if extra urban drving..

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  • Heskey on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:46 am

    First!!!

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  • Firdaus on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:47 am

    I see another failure for Proton….

    Why?The price as expected is higher than the sedan as with all proton cars.The hatchback’s are always costlier than the sedan’s.
    And is the Preve’s sales anything to shout about?

    Proton’s new models recipe for success should be as below :
    1.Looks – need improvement but we can live with it
    2.Good handling – no complaints here
    3.Doors that close with Japaneese thud and not European clank – improvement seen on Preve and Exora
    4.Normally aspirated Japaneese type quiet engine with valve/cam profiling – the Campro’s are too noisy and sound European
    5.Radiator fans that do not wake up the neighborhood like how a Japanese models do – current Proton models sound like a Merc or Volks
    6.Price – max at RM 62k
    7.And that stupid engine braking technology – its annoying

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    • combos on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

      Jap cars no turbo, no power, LOL

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    • Drifter on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:31 pm

      the price is reasonable. I don’t think we can any car that features 5 star safety equipment, 1.6l turbo engine within that price range in Malaysia. Look wise, it’s subjective.

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  • Pororo on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:47 am

    Tsk2… Pricey lah Proton… I thought the price either below or same range with Preve.. But, more expensive than Preve Premium…

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  • You can dislike my comment but this is what I am going to say….
    After years of ‘manufacturing’ car, this is the best they can come out? What’s all the hype on this piece of junk? Those Korean bashers should really appreciate how far have Koreans progress compare to our jaguh! And no need any words of encouragement here turning a blind eye saying how good Proton effort is. Is part of my tax money that sustains this junk company and after years of failure, any logic businessman will wind this up to stop bleeding profit.
    So this piece of junk certainly doesn’t impress me or get my piece of respect!

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    • proton is under DRB now, btw you pay rm2k tax ah?

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    • but…Proton is the only ASEAN car maker to pass Australian ANCAP with full 5-star rating…

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  • Oh and the exterior design is beautiful though :-)

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  • delio on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Should I go for this or wait for new vios?

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  • Wow…. the rear view actually looks good. .. but from side view the rear looks weird. … the dashboard not a plain silver… looks nice though. …

    Price reduce a bit can sell like hot cake haha
    Btw… already got ppl got his car sent for washing in pj….

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  • Takuya on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:51 am

    Good try.. technology wise is improving. But design wise especially for the interior and dashboard is very lame..curved dashboard and boxy radio plus buttons really doesn’t match..bright dashboard too with black buttons looks awkward…next time please make it look luxury..looking luxury doesn’t means pricing up.. its just the design and color..conclusion.. seriously i cant believe such dashboard still exist nowadays..

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    • jeemyv on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:18 pm

      Looks sportier to me, some carbon pattern finishing and black piano colour. It’s the gray-scale tone concept. If want luxury better with darker colour dash. Boxy radio is normal, where do you get triangle one?

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  • idris on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:52 am

    Wow.. Menarik,need to view in real.. Imagine with r3 bodykit..pearghh should be mantop,waiting waiting waiting

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  • steamafication on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:52 am

    No manual???
    Alaaa….

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  • komansepana on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Rear doesn’t look good, messy & not solid. Pricey weh!!!

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    • Only Ferrari Italia looks good, clean and solid

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      • fantastik on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:23 am

        I don’t have WOW! impressive on a first look..UGLY..UGLY..UGLY..stupid proton designer..waste my time look at it.

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        • If you say it’s ugly then I say new vios and almera are much much uglier.

          inb4: ugliest

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  • prince on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:54 am

    In terms of power, with ‘turbo’ badge:

    Pug prince 1.6 thp : 163bhp 240Nm
    Proton campro 1.6 turbo : 138bhp 205 Nm

    U loose proton, its a long way to go…!

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    • jking on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:20 pm

      It’s not engine, it’s the CVT gear which cannot stand more than 210nm. Much better if there is manual drive-train.

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      • Not really. A4 1.8 runs on cvt and tq is more than that, what about 2013 subaru forester with cvt8, its 2.0lit boxer engine produces almost double than that in suprima s

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      • zicronz on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:09 am

        yup… they using punch power train system and max can up 220Nm on torque(limit)…

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    • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:12 pm

      the biggest difference between those two:

      prince use direct injection
      proton use multi-port injection

      learn how DI operates. you will know why DI delivers more torque and good FC.

      eh direct injection tu apa? sorry. i’m newbie. pegi mampus kalu tak reti paham pasal kereta. ok?

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    • squall_shinoda on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:50 pm

      There are differences between Proton’s CFE and Peugeot’s Prince engines. Proton’s CFE is an engine with typical multi-point fuel injection fitted with a light-pressure turbo. On the other hand, Peugeot’s Prince engine uses gasoline direct injection with higher-pressure turbo. Because Prince engine uses direct injection, it can withstand higher compression ratio and higher boost in standard operating condition, whereas Proton has to make the stroke a bit shorter to produce lower compression ratio and use lighter boost pressure, if not then the engine will barai more easily.

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  • DugPro on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:56 am

    Got turbo but still want to hide the pipe tail

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  • rosdi on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:57 am

    WHY it is heavier than Preve? It is slower than Preve so what does the ‘S’ is for? SLOW?

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  • Price still a bit steep. Should be a bit lower.

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  • tiadaid on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:58 am

    Finally, a Proton which treats Malaysians better in terms of safety.

    For a C-segment car I don’t think the car’s price can go any lower, considering the features. Alas – moronic Malaysians will still forgo this for the B-segment, less specced & less safe Toyota Vios, all in the name of “resale value”

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  • Can’t see any additional features that caused the increase of price compare to prevé.
    Looks like this suprima s is still equip with the cacat push start instead of smart entry.

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    • read more pls

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    • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:04 pm

      4 airbags -> 6 airbags
      non-HHA -> HHA
      16″ rims -> 17″ rims
      no reverse camera, FR sensor -> yes reverse camera, FR sensor
      no leather seat -> yes leather seat
      no android os -> yes android os
      no DRL -> yes DRL
      no RR fog light -> yes RR fog light
      504l boot space -> 427l boot space

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  • Firdaus on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    Proton recode for failure…

    European engine growl
    Radiator fan that wakes up the neighbourhood
    Stupid engine braking technology
    Price more expensive than Vios J

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  • banglasia on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    good luck to Proton, with such high prices

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  • myoswee on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    I rather buy Vios J Spec tin kosong than driving this car.

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  • jahns on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    this car look so unporpotioned it should be launched 5 years ago how to be global proton?

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    • fronsce on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:31 pm

      Are you blind? Wait till you see feista sedan, mazda2 sedan and such, it’s the real unproportionate cars

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  • apityan on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    fc 9.1 huh? baik drive jaguar..habis duit isi minyak je laaa

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    • beefy on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:47 pm

      tu la baik beli bmw, murah giler 250k jer. spare part pun murah, 10-30k jer.

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  • niceone on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    different category aside, can anyone tell me why should I get this car instead of lower price options of Inspira, CKD Jazz, or even its brother, the Preve sedan?

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    • Will you get 6 airbags in those cars?

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    • Best safety at it’s price range. Inspira is lacking in safety department, as well as Jazz.

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    • Anonymous Coward on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:24 pm

      Has 6 airbags and ESC. Inspira has 2 airbags, no ESC. CKD Jazz has two airbags, not sure about ESC. Preve Sedan only has four airbags, but has ESC. Value-wise, Preve Sedan is better.

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    • walaweh on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:48 pm

      high maintenance, expensive spare parts.

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  • Launching at High Selling Price is probably in preparation for the impending 2014 Budget announcement for car price reduction?
    I cannot but feel that this is the case as most new car launch is rather high (apart from Honda’s stock clearance campaign)…what say you?

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  • Tumbi on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    Interier so plastic some more so pricey… Definitely go for Japanese car btw good luck for the buyer of this car

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    • Ninja Siam on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:21 pm

      i also want to buy a Japanese plastic..where can i get that?

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    • Go find car with besi interior or tanah liat interior. All cars come with plastic. Go and sit inside suprima first before past any judgement on the materials.

      Furthermore, are we more concern on plastic interior rather than how safe the car is? This is now the safest car under 80k in malaysia.

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    • pkgni on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:36 pm

      Yes better get the so-called faux stitched dashboard, it is already mimicking luxury cars while the engine only dinosaur aged 1.5l. Lame.

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  • Kuinosan on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    This is a joke right? How can they charge close to RM80k for this car? With the already outdated design and cheapo interior materials used, it should be priced in the region of RM60k to be competitive as with the current prices, consumers have other better choices to go for. Moreover, isn’t this a car for the Rakyat? I personally think that Proton have played their cards wrongly and will suffer bad sales in the process. To be bold, who in their right mind would spend such money on this car? Proton should start making wiser decisions when coming out with their product range and most importantly, be extremely careful with their pricing for the local market. Cheers!

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    • tiadaid on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      Without tax, a B-segment Vios/City still costs RM 50K. You seriously can’t be suggesting that a C-segment Proton (which BTW is also taxed) should be sold for RM 60K. It’s simply ludicrous!

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      • oomph on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:53 pm

        no, it’s not.proton should be cheaper.

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        • why cheaper? metal is taken from milo tin?

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        • It will never sell cheap because it is enjoying top sales in Malaysia, because it will never bankrupt, just laughing at the rakyat for divided and angry debates to support it but with a heavy heart. Market manipulation, sentiment manipulation, a soulless purchase, no pride. Flood the gomen purchases with Proton, not sell the Inspira for Honda and leave the lousy brand to the laymen. zero love by gomen lah.

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          • goose on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:58 am

            Saga SV is much cheaper despite high excise duty paid by proton.

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    • 80k for cars that have features on 120k cars. If you find this expensive, buy saga SV. That’s a cheap Proton.

      If you can find similar C hatch with this features at 80k, by all means BUY that freaking car.

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      • COO,

        Pity us in dis land coz those who pays suprima should be getting cars priced at 120K. Why drive Suprima where you could be driving a Jetta or others?

        Now when P1 wanna put 6 airbags to Exora? Exora deserves more than Suprima rright?

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    • sir, can you do me a favor pls..can you explain which direction is a design to be called outdated and which design is the future? you seems like a great promising designer to me..

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      • He doesnt need to be a designer to be a critic..easiest way to test which design is outdated, proton just need to exhibit this model in the european or japanese market….maybe all of us ady have the answer?? if someone thinks this model can compete in the international market, since Malaysians want quality products which are internationally recognized, it will be great…

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    • danne on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      6 airbags, android HU, front sensor, reverse cam, 17″ rims, etc…

      The design is ok for me. Much better than ah beng alike design vios.

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  • danedz on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    still pricey…expecting RM65k ….mmmmmm….

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  • cursefinger on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    I don’t think so with that price we can see a lot of people will drive this car on the road.

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  • is it that bad or good? on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    what the hell ! combined cycle of 9.1 l/100km of 9.1 is just horse shit bad, at 9.1 l/km that is mercedes v6 engine categorie!

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    • bro…mercedes v6 dont do this fuel comsumption..maybe if extra urban driving…if urban driving,even myvi 1.3 use more then 10 liter/100km…

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  • BE END on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    Proton Suprima is motherfucking OVERPRICE and it’s fucking UGLY!

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  • Anybody here know what’s the difference between “LED position lights” and brighter “Daytime-Running-Light”?
    Why not just use a standardized DRL spec for both Executive and Premium variants?

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  • htricoleo on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    hoping 1.6 turbo manual R3

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  • Sam Loo on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Honestly speaking, with such GOOD specs and features, the price is considered acceptable already. But then, we might be thinking whether the quality, reliability, after sales service is worth the money that this car claimed. Otherwise, frankly speaking, a GOOD deal

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  • apekgoh on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    they shud hav use satria gti as benchmark…on paper doesnt look attractive at all….

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  • Really? on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    I’m not a proton basher, but can someone explain a hatchback that is slower and heavier than the sedan yet it cost more money?

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    • learn to read can you…

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      • Really really? on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:22 pm

        You mean the two more airbags add 50 kg?

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        • BaruBelajar89 on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm

          Why it is more expensive than the sedan brother, Preve? Based on what I know, I’ll share this: When a car structure is shortened than a sedan, the rear hatch/bonnet needs to be stronger in order to cater to the torsion force distribution in the car. It relates to the balancing of moments in the structure itself, to ensure equilibrium of forces in the car structure in overall. (That is theory speaking). In layman’s terms, it’s basically making the car stable after losing it’s helpful tail that holds the suspension and luggage loads (which was present in a sedan, but not in a hatchback). That is basic of what I shall share, hope it answers the question of why hatchbacks are heavier/need more material/a bit expensive.

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  • Nice coverage/ livestream…congrats PT n hope many more to come…why always save front n back for future facelift?…hehe if u don’t like this car then don’t buy others competitorcars in same segment LOL… & lastly hope don’t become like BMW, full of electronics n gadget leads to many2 problems/ faulty…

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  • Darrell Wedding on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    I think you are all being unfairly negative about this car. I’m from Australia and was directly involved in the design of the Rear Lamps with Hella Australia. At Hella we are all impressed by the styling and think the car will be well accepted. Proton put a lot of effort into this model

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  • maxor on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    i’m waiting for my exora bold.. would love to get that amount of safety features for my kids and family like isofix, 6 airbags, etc.. Proton really can provide these, so a bit dissapointed.. but no choice..

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    • kanchung on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:05 pm

      maybe the 3rd row seat in exora and those extra things in Suprima cost the same.. huhuhu..
      Exora owners are family-typed drivers, they will drive more carefully with the safety of the kids in their mind, so 2 airbags is enough laa.. unlike Suprima, they don’t care if there are kids at the back, they will drive like it’s an Impreza..

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  • 80k have a lot of choices. Rather get the new Vios.

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    • cequrek on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:32 pm

      Yes agree, I love the badge, not the safety features

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      • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:38 pm

        yup. die in a japanese car.

        sounds awesome!

        people will remember you for what you drove.

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  • alahai on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    waaa..so cheap..should sell same with ferrari price lah next..should be rm900k-1M price tag

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  • i think Proton has changed.You people should stop saying Proton uses cheap quality and stuff.Some comments saying they rather get Vios than this car.If you think it is wise,than go for Vios,you dont have to criticize this new model.We should also understand that Japanese cars started long time before Proton.That explains why Proton is ‘left over’,but somehow if you see from the very first car Proton produced,look what they achieved now.Proton may be not the Best car maker compared to others,but what you can see,proton is IMPROVING compared to last time.Being a manufacturer and a normal citizen is really different.

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  • Tad expensive at 80k for premium, people will still buying either city or vios just add another 5k to it, irregardless both cars are B segment.jazz even lower than this and how about that laku like goreng pisang panas ugly ALMERA…..DRB just want to kill PROTON eventually.

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  • Kuinosan on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    Proton must admit and come to terms that they are still lagging far behind in their efforts to battle the competition. So the idiot proof solution would be to come out with cars which are updated and but simple. They should start looking at the affordable market segment instead of doing battle with the establishments from Korea and Japan.
    They should focus on models which is both practical and affordable with the likes of the Daihatsu models and Smart car concepts. Mass markets tend to look for cars with the above mentioned offerings. Make cars which are desirable, don’t make cars just for the sake of making cars. What Proton desperately needs is the PASSION to make cars with heart and soul!

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  • i think the looks so identical to Preve la. they should change the front bumper design instead so looks abit different. But anyway the price is a bit expensive la… the looks is ermm ok ok je la

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  • persona on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    Either my comment will be absolutely dumb or logical. With the Persona phased out already. Shouldn’t the Preve and Suprima be about the 60-70 range? Now there’s a huge gap price between the Saga and Preve/Suprima.

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    • Smokey on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      Yup.. No other models in between…price 2x saga…max I can accept is 70k

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    • persona2 on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:01 am

      Bro, do make comparison of SAGA spec / Preve la….

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  • ElliotTHEmanEatingToy on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    This is why i’m jealous of Bruneians in Miri, they drive such fancy cars with prices cheap, cheaper and cheapest than us.. In Miri if i add another 3k i can go for a Ford Fiesta at 83k walaowei ahahahaha.. Well 1 thing though, you are going in the right direction Proton.. Congrats.. Got quite excited when the datuk say there might be a R3 in the future.. Hopefully it won’t take another 20 years lol..well if so than i might ‘cucok’ my sons or daughters to buy a Proton then ahahahahahaha… Need to work harder for my dream car then.. Good job guys at Paultan.. tabik sama lu brothers…

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  • nicholastan on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    It’s remind me of the KIA spectra5.

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  • labkamarul on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    much much better than Vios G spec. Vios G spec nothing inside but already bought by wife.

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    • raj riz on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:49 am

      Hi felow malaysian. Its seems that everybody here is know an auto industry expert. To put things into perspective and to clarify a few matters.

      1. Yes, dato syed zainal when he speaks, everyone is awe striken or teruja, but not many know that during his management, he is the one who actually screwed up Proton. He came from Perodua and hence he bought histeam with him. Perodua is what was Proton 25 years ago, re badge manufacturers. Proton in the other hand has become a full fledge manufacturer with top notch RND facility. Having said that, when this jokers from Perodua came in, including syed zainal, they just could not get control of the product quality, management to name a few. They were just no control over vendors, procument and even research to why a part fails in the first place. They never rectified the root coz of the problem. During the helm of syed zainal, proton was still facing many product issues that and his people failed to attend. The problem lies within the whole value chain, right from the dealers, manufacturing plant, vendors, engineers, and to the extend even incompetent people that have been put in Proton during syed zainal helm. The power window is just a small problem. Its whole eco system and value chain is the matter at hand whereby syed zainal failed miserably. The preve is actually his biggest failure. A fantastic car but was never develop properly.

      Now, DRB in the other hand, is not a party to be blamed. They eventually inherited a cancerous company with many ailing problems coz by previous failed management that DRB itself had a tough time rectifying and doing endless damage control. To the extend that the 3 guys who lauched the Suprima (as someone here posted as reffering them as the 3 guys) openly appologised after t to everyone including dealers for what injustice that Proton had done to its cunsumer. To apologise for something that u inherit from the old management mistakes is a courageous deed to do. DRB, I a short span of time has manage and succeeded to rectify tall the ailing problems with proton value chain and also managed to improve the quality of all Proton cars including the Preve. All this were done in just 6 months, where tengku mahalel and syed zainal sat in proton for years and even failed at this. Drb has gone back to basics and improving where it matters most, all the fundamentals. 2 years is a standard time in any automotive turnaround time and to make the company profitable. But from what drb inherited, it , ight take them 3 years. But from the current progress drb has got the right recipe and fundamentals that in another year we could see a whole new Proton all together. And remember drb is a corporate group that has many other makes with them that they can excess at any time. DRB is the best thing that has ever happened to Proton. They really mean business.

      Now, someone posted here above the guys with a back name of othman giving a syiok sendiri product presentation. Now that is what you do when u are confident and proud of your own product. This is what steve jobs has been doing at Apple, he will tell the market and consumer on why u need this need this product and he does this very arrogantly. This is the power of convincing when u have a good product whereby u are so damn proud and confident of. And he has nailed it very brilliantly. He has no need to do the syed zainal thing and converse in other malaysian dialects to get peoples confident in a product or to win their heart. A good quality product and value for money is what we need. But since someone here brought this up on these posting, no I know why during syed zainal time he failed in the export market. I think its because he cant converse in other foreign language.

      No doubt about that. Remember Proton is at their turn around process and Proton has delivered what the consumer has been waiting for. Its just our mindsets here and unjust blatantly posting without even seeing or test driving the car. What tin milo are guys keep talking about here? Still living in the 80s??

      as for the new vios, I think that toyota now is being too complesent that they have repeat and brand loyalty customers that they decided to offer crap to its customer. Gone are that days of 4speed gearbox and such. But its the choice of individuals. So let them make their choice and be happy with it.

      I think there is a lot of proton suprima test drive units for all u bashers to test drive. Please regardless of what u feel for proton, please test drive and have a feel of the car.

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      • Die Maker on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:00 pm

        Bro kerje bidang automotif ke??..pjg sgt bhasa inggeris..sy x faham..hehe

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      • Hmmm… your comments sounded very much like a statement from director of procurement at proton, having worked at 2 vendor companies b4 joining proton under new drb-hicom team & didn’t like dsz 4 obvious reasons. I am just guessing here. Anyway, let’s move on 2 clarify a few points of interest 2 me, at least.

        raj riz, I think you either have selective memory or you simply do not wish 2 share d truth abt dsz including him being a former drb-hicom staff (1995-99) b4 joining pero2.

        While at pero2, he was then headhunted by new drb-hicom mgmt in 2006 but chose 2 join proton instead. That’s when bad blood between dsz & drb-hicom started 2 brew, and worsened in 2009 when proton edar decided 2 take-over all eon dealers.

        So, I think it’s high time 2 stop bashing d previous management & glorifying drb-hicom that has yet 2 show real capabilities other than capitalizing on dsz work (eg. saga exora & preve).

        Yes, I would agree that Preve could have been a fantastic car but not fully developed when launched, only 3 years from development to launch. It’s quite obvious that it was a rushed project 4 dsz wants 2 launch it b4 leaving. Why should he let drb-hicom takes credit 4 his hard work?

        Yes, proton has accumulated many fantastic R&D equipment, dating way back from their 1st collaboration with MMC, but badly under utilized. That is a fact but it is not fair 2 lay d blame solely on dsz. What about his predecessors – japanese md, dato nadzmi & tg mahaleel?

        Yes, d power window was just a small problem but why none of d previous ceos/mds took action 2 rectify? It may be small but it almost killed d brand. It takes real action 2 rectify mistakes, not merely lip service as given by trio you so glorify.

        I like it very much when you mentioned that drb-hicom has many other makes that they can access. So, what are you really trying 2 say here after bashing pero2 as a re-badge manufacturer? Proton ekod or maybe life? Proton alto or maybe swift? Pot calling kettle black, aren’t you??

        Yes, drb-hicom has equity interests in local JVs w other auto makers but d reality is drb-hicom has NO control over Honda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki or Isuzu operations in Msia. They each have Japanese MDs/CEOs and drb-hicom, as minority partner, have a rep as COO with NO real power or control. Japs MDs make decisions in consultation with their Asean HQ in Thailand & main HQ in Japan. Plus, drb-hicom has a tendency 2 seconds those unwanted at their glenmarie hq 2 these JVs. What’s so great about that then???

        What technology of its own has drb-hicom got? After years of JV with so many partners, it is a real shame 2 d nation that it has failed 2 develop even a single cylinder engine 4 Modenas, let alone 4 cylinders engine for proton. Yet they have been assembling motorcycle engines 4 Honda, Yamaha & Suzuki 4 donkey years (since 1980s).

        They are truly stuck in d re-badging era with no substantive technology but has NO shame 2 blast pero2 at every opportunity. I am no fan of pero2 but I am sick of d hypocrisy about re-badging purely 4 tax & duties purposes.
        Don’t throw stones when you live in a glass house!

        Why don’t drb-hicom concentrate & work on d future of proton and STOP blaming others 4 its own short-comings. More importantly is 2 announce its much awaited & long-overdue turnaround plan 4 proton, that is if it really has one!

        riz raj, there’s really no need 4 you 2 be an apple polisher 4 d bald patch will always shine nonetheless, if you know what I mean.

        Food 4 thought – you cannot change d past but you can shape d future. Just do it…

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      • Tears on Aug 21, 2013 at 4:26 pm

        I believe what are you saying about DSZ is not true. A lot of my friend in proton HQ actually happy during DSZ tenure. Now they feel unhappy and try to find new job because a lot of cronies from DRB bring into Proton and nothing good happen.

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  • Littlefire on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    After so many ppl complain about the safety spec given to local.. At last proton came out this… But how about others? Preve sedan, inspira, Persona & Saga owners also need to be safe right?

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  • UGLY!

    That is my first impression about Suprima S.

    The only look nice is the orange colour. Kind a suit with the car

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  • Wan Luqman on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Back from viewing this car at Bangi proton dealrship. As the majority of Malaysians, I was skeptical especially with the huge asking price. However, after viewing the car in flesh, I dare say the interior quality and fit and finish has improved leap and bounds. Almost the same level of quality as the Koreans. but still, for me it is still quite a bit expensive for a Proton and the designs are, eventhough designated as a new model is basically a Preve without a boot.

    This car is important if Proton want to change the public perception that their cars are crappy.

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  • Matrxe on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Those clowns giving thumbs up should drive and ferry their families this this proton. Then they might realize how slow proton moving forward by presenting this 10 yrs old design into the market. Pls hire new design head and spend money where it really matters. Let azlano lead their logistic team or whatever because clearly this car is not up to global standard design wise. What a let down. Major dissapointment. Yes im bashing proton. Im patriotic that way.

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    • Which design is better? Don’t tell me catfish vios or almari almera.

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  • good move for proton to offer 6 airbags in car…but i think proton should introduce affordable variant & manual option for the affordable variant, instead only use CVT…make the affordable variant use only 4 airbags, steel alloys, black door handles, no foglamp & without wi-fi and dvd…sure sales can increase

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  • I still want to name it Preve Hatch/Aero…

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  • Top Gear on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Interior – Boring
    Exterior – Very Boring
    Luggage Space – Super Boring
    Accessories – Super Duper Boring
    PRICE – F*ck*ng BORING

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    • You need a psychiatrist to check your brain lol

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    • persona2 on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:06 am

      are u really Top Gear guy or just pathetic looser who always full of negativity

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  • The first PT comment I ever posted was concerning how proton failed to keep up with the Koreans even thou they started started out the same time and were at the same position 10 years ago in the status hierarchy. This obviously comes at a surprise, it will take a lot if me to say its as good looking as the K-cars but its not bad, the brighter DRL is a nice touch. The safety spec is undeniebly Korean/Conti standards, the navi screen, which was amongst the disappointment in the Preve sedan, has now been enlarged, a nice welcome. All in all, it really put some Molten magma in the new Vios while managing to put a lot more heat on the jazz, Rio and even the Fiesta (due to the size).
    I am not at all surprise at the price, it’s a better specced Preve and to differentiate the two it receive a reasonable price hike. The only thing that I do not like us something rather personal , the CVT( I do not at all like CVT), And Like the H.city and Jazz , the engine really does deserve a manual version. I’am not really digging it, but it does represent a step-up from Proton, well done.

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    • frenzyaustin on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:05 pm

      Don’t forget built quality. One didn’t owned a Proton will never understand the built quality of theirs.

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      • On the countrary we have owned 2 Protons before upgrading into something more Japanese.The Saga which is still with us is rather well built, the road noise entering the cabin is, and I’am not making this up, lower than the City, certainly better than the Alza. Soft plastic all round and beside being cursed with the Proton’s ever-failing window, nothing much seems to fall apart and all the interior plastic still are where they belong. The Wira came, and quality did drop, noisy, lerthargic and the plastic just corrodes. I’ve set in my friends Preve albeit a short time and while the NVH seem pretty good, the plastic seems to be rather tecky, espacially that dash surround. I don’t want to say anything about the Suprima because people did say it is better, but I havn’t sat on one yet to really prove one yet, could’t find a single show unit in Penang here.

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        • definitely an obvious improvement over preve. have sat into the car yesterday and was very impressed by the overall quality of the cabin. the most “letting down” part of the car i have to say is the butt, and the handle of the tailgate or the rear door (whichever you want to call it). it has “slipped” slightly downward after few hours of usage (i went in the afternoon), and i had to push it back to its original position.

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        • and the blue colour just striking, especially under the hot sun. it really grabbed my attention when i saw the test drive unit. couldn’t take my eyes off it.

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          • Actually my attention was caught by the red car as personally the blue seemed ‘meh’ as far as the picture is showing. Overall, the design itself dosen’t really catch my attention as much as a Rio, Fiesta or even a Honda City(and to a very little extend, and dare I say it, the new Vios). But any car can catch ones attention with a slightly better paint job, a purple Saga will certainly turned heads, and around where I’am living, there is a bright pink Toyota Camry XV40. Yes its hideous and downright weird, but it does definitely grab ones attention.

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    • I’m not sure why some people keep saying Proton and Kia/Hyundai started out at the same time. They’re not. Kia first manufactured cars in 1973 while Proton in 1985.That’s 12 years of difference!

      Although I do agree with your comment about both manufacturers position 10 years ago and the Suprima much improved specs/features than Preve.

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      • and kia/hyudai got much bigger capital than proton. learn economies of scale.

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  • sfaizal7 on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    Ugly & Expensive…..Proton is killing themselves…what d heck is proton thinking!!!

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    • Better go for Civic and altis. It’s much more beautiful and much cheaper!!!

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  • montana on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    why a “DECADE ek9” still look 200 times better than this car???please FIRED ur designer PROTONNNNN

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  • AaRON on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    9.1L/100KM fuel consumption for combined cycle, the fuel consumption is rather high for a turbocharged car in my opinion. Proton should be more competitive! They should know fuel consumption is something very realistic and important in the Malaysian market. Many other car makers is able to give much lower fuel consumption regardless a bigger, more rigid and more comfortable vehicle.

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  • so call national car but sell high price.C segment-should sell below 60k,70++-80k,overprice, how malaysian going to support national car??

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  • this car suck…..outdated car,booo!!!

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  • Farhat on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    The front i can accept, just like the Preve. But the rear is what seems complicated to make right for proton.. The suprima looks like there are different designers for each end of the car, one seems to be more current-trend oriented where as one is designed based on a 90s car.

    The rear looks old fashioned, seriously.

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    • ferry on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      looks like suzuki crossover to me, if that what you call old fashioned

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  • I dont fancy proton usually, but this hatchback damn… pretty.

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  • amshah on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    not bad…but the dashboard design looks bad for me though..

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  • Although it’s proton, but look on the safety feature, accessory, esc & etc. It’s way much better than t@yota v1os, value for money. but the fact, it’s a proton.

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  • Jayden on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    well specification compare with others car price range in between RM70k-RM90k but the design for exterior and the dashboard are not impressive.

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    • Please say Vios catfish and City exterior designs are much much much better

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  • yanes on Aug 17, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    I am spoiled haha!

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  • Decend price for the spec it give wait for some crash test in near future

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  • Wan Luqman on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    for those looking to buy a new car, better wait for the new vios. do a side by side comparison.

    the new vios interior and exterior designs is much better than Suprima, albeit the cheapest version will lack the equipment offer in Suprima.

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  • id rather buy a vios J instead.

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    • fengs on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:41 pm

      Yes it has very powerful 1.5l engine. Can smoke suprima turbo lor, heard that it even can fly.

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      • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:16 pm

        haahkn..igt vios terbang tu hari..smpai melekat kt bukit pon ada..haha

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        • yonah on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:47 pm

          shut up!!
          vios is much luxurious than suprema, on par with beemer and merc!!

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        • Farghmee on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:37 am

          Itu kt nitar mersing.
          Lupakan je la bawa vios lelaju kt situ.

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      • exGen2owner on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:07 am

        ptuuihh… vios laju taik kucing… dengan gen2 aku pun cicir lapan tiang…berangan jelah nak laju…

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    • stupid on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:52 pm

      I rather buy a viva instead of dugong.

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  • Hyundaister on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    In all fairness, the dash is acceptable including the plastics, simple and easy controls is better than an overly complicated look, it would have been so easy just to make it all black, it would look better. The ANCAP 5-star rating is the chief reason to give this car a chance and its still a C-segment. Still room for improvement but a much better job from Proton so far.

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  • MaiMiTang on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    Orang2 dok komen ni pkai kereta apa ya..
    Komen hebat sangat..
    Semua depa btul, depa la hebat, depa la perfect.
    Tah habuk pun tarak. Bawak keta pun takut2.

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  • Prevert on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    Sorry la, Preve is still ugly no matter hatch or sedan. The design have no innovative at all, dash board looks so dull. Shudden be launching at all and shud have stop producing any car anymore. Pls stop producing shitty cars like this.

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    • umbr-ella on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:44 pm

      But..but…but Vios design and dashboard are more dull to me.

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    • brainer on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:46 pm

      u should look at almera’s design first.

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    • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:15 pm

      ugly or not..it is subjective..ade juga org tgk honda civic buruk walaupun org kata cantik..mne de design yg boleh puaskn semua hati org

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  • jolly_idiot on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    I thought BN should offer car cheaper? This suprima s is even increase in price.

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    • labkamarul on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:46 pm

      I believe DAP will go even higher price… want to know why?? Because does not know to count correctly. In CEC could not even count ballot-paper correctly hahahaaa. What a shame !! Previously cost for tunnel 2 different numbers, written down in website and during presentation.

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  • otakudang on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    I don’t care much on appearance as practicallity is quite good..but the pricing is a bit brave for local car..the fuel rating at 9.1l/100km, as most of players in the industry moving towards fuel saving effort, proton may need to step up to cope up in this field..

    Thumbs up to proton for 6 airbags as standard

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    • brainer on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:48 pm

      that figure is for combine cycle. read the article first. the fuel consumption should be less than 7L/100km (90-100 km/h) in highway.

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      • otakudang on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:35 pm

        Yeah..combined cycle..that’s what most people would do..in fact, i won’t even look at highway rating as i only hit the highway once or twice for balik kampung.. city driving is what make most people suffer as we burned more fuel for less distance traveled.

        Travel kat highway at 90km/h bawak kete turbo, lori kat blakang pon kasi highbeam..

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        • wheeler on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:24 pm

          This is not city car, why bother with its FC?

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        • madey kutty on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:10 pm

          if u want city car, go get a viva or smaller car. 90km/h just an example, u can go more than that lah. use ur brain,not ur keyboard.

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    • 9.1 combine driving fuel consumption is not bad for a 1.6 turbo ady..dont confuse with urban driving,extra urban driving and combine driving fuel consumption..preve did 6.6 liter per 100 km if driving at open road..

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  • driver on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    according to proton, this is not a hatchback version of preve, but a new hatchback in hatchback segment.

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  • One does not simply buy car in malaysia unless paul tan test drive and review it

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  • tanpa nama on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    Tahniah!!!~ Proton memang terbaik

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  • who wanna know the original item which has the name ‘suprima’? kindly search ‘suprima’ (not proton suprima) in google image. literally LMAO. hahaha

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  • JeremyNg on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    They using the same engine & CVT as Preve which is good but not brilliant ! CFE engine is not refine enough and the CVT is not responsive enough (especially traffic light acceleration) , these are the things they should improve when bring in Suprima S. I wonder what their R&D doing for the past 18months, go for Teh Tarik section at the mamak opposite their factory ?!

    But this is Proton so the driving feeling & feedback will be there ! All the new Proton give you the confident feel when u drive it around bends and corners.

    Now Proton charged us more for more safety and other features but many people complaint expensive. Conclusion is they want every high tech features fit inside a car but cost RM50k which we know is almost impossible ! It’s nt the way thing run around Malaysia LOL

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  • ahmadjohnson on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Expensive than Preve but with lower in performance and higher fuel consumption and also no manual transmission, I’ll skip this one for now

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  • inderaloka on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    Buat kereta panjang, potong jadi pendek. Buat kereta pendek, sambung jadi panjang.

    Wira potong jadi Satria
    Gen.2 sambung jadi Persona
    Preve potong jadi Suprima

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  • Still waiting for Proton to offer good front seats. Just compare the seats for Lancer GT and Inspira, which are basically the same cars, they are miles apart in term of comfort and supports. Has it got to do with Proton commitment to their greedy and incompetent seats vendors?

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  • Aihh the car looks okay.but no manual? :(

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  • inderaloka on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Buat kereta panjang, potong jadi pendek. Buat kereta pendek, sambung jadi panjang.

    Wira potong jadi Satria
    Gen.2 sambung jadi Persona
    Preve potong jadi Suprima

    Save cost :-)

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  • better buy honda city,got discount, cheaper than dis~

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    • umbro on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:56 pm

      Don’t forget to add 3 or more airbags later in kedai abang. Gud luck.

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      • tyson on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:52 pm

        ok, sarcasm issit?
        where got airbags in kedai abang, muahahaha

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  • Waja club on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    Dashboard x berubah2 dr zaman Gen2.designer xde idea ke nk design cun sket.

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  • mahal la..baik amabik inspira..skrng ade diskaun 5k..inspira boleh convert jadi lancer @ evo..enjin dah tentu dari mitsubishi..

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    • ambil lancer terus,
      buat apa convert convert?
      inspira tetap inspira no matter how you convert.
      lancer and inspira are different car all together.
      for those who buy inspira and thought you are driving lancer, really pity on u.

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      • danne on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:54 pm

        Yes inspira is better with proton/lotus ride and handling. simply more superb than lancer

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  • Necromancer on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    Disappointing. Was hoping for much powerful engine or at least a Manual Transmission for this type of car.

    What’s the point of having the same engine performance with it’s Sedan brother but much more expensive. Those electronic & Safety goodies are also more or less the same with Preve.

    So sad coz this could be actually my next car. Have to wait for better handling car with MT that is below RM150k then.

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  • few facts:

    it is ugly at the back.
    Interior is terrible,suicidal if sit inside everyday(please see and compare the coming 308 interior).
    it is rather well equipped car at this price.
    it is low tech engine (add turbo to add power, but dont have corresponding technology to bring down the fuel consumpt,thats why 138hp and 205nm)
    it is for those want to own c segment car but cant afford other brand.
    it is definately much better that the VIOS for the money u pay.
    it is destiny to be a failure even at its launch, considering the strong competitor around,whether here or globally.
    if this is the best proton can offer,hopeless for its future,as the sale volume sure cant maintain its production quota.

    i wonder why proton dare to launch such car even with a lot shortcoming?(may be too desperate?)

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    • greay on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:53 pm

      308 if display panel is not working , you are die in hot weather.

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    • ah alock on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:57 pm

      vios? oh god! a car that is built in thailand, n b’cos of the brand, many people consider it as a good car than proton.. the fact is, the engine n the transmission is still the same old shit, just change the design here n there, n there u have it.. plus, it is quite expensive too..

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      • typo.
        suprima is much better than vios in term of specs for the money you pay.

        sad that vios sales will be much ahead suprima.
        it is because the brand image proton carry.

        in car industries, it is about volume.
        proton still will finished even if the whole malaysian buy proton.

        refresh the brand image.

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    • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:10 pm

      kenapa tak apply kerja kat R&D proton je bro..improve enjin campro tu..bro ni mesti power pasal engine kan..

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    • thanks for the facts. may i know which car company are u from? Toyota?

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  • Hukaka on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    the price tag should be more strategy,now the price sub 80K,later cannot selling well then give a special offer maybe another 10K.
    So it will under 70K,I think the price will be more comfortable slightly expensive then preve sedan.
    Maybe rm 72K.

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  • manic123 on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    My dugong vios J can “cucuk” la this car. I prefer dugong like car than this huge ugly tail car. Sorry Proton. Always dissapointing especially on the price and performance.

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    • stupid on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      even my proton saga can cucuk dugong.

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      • are u sure?

        even a 19 years old iswara has better acceleration than a 5 years saga

        campro sucks!

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    • hoscer on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      Yes and when felali or lambo coming you can just fly over the drain!!! lol

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    • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:07 pm

      Memang betul..dugong sendiri yang mengakuinya..tak caya..try tanya sendiri dgn dugong beliau

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  • nova_freak on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Spec wise is superb, with ESC + 6 airbags… But the price is damn bloody high…

    How come Jazz with import tax and excise duty can be cheaper than own local made car? Big step forward by Proton in spec, but price is really a letdown…

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  • Suddenly, Almera doesn’t seem so fugly anymore, price more tempting then this!

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    • tolov on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:47 pm

      Yes, Almera is much much more beautiful, in Almera you get 10 airbags, VSC, Android HU, front sensor, not to mention handling already like GT-R. wow wow wow

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  • oomph on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Turbo!

    Now that’s a very rare emblem nowadays to put on even a turbocharged car.

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  • This is one seriously fugly piece of shit. Well done potong. Only you can produce such ceap

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  • My honest thought;
    – The blue car’s bumper doesn’t even match with the body..Proton,please take note that.
    – Fuel consumption @ 9.1L/100KM, it’s worse for nowadays usage..

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  • joyaj on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    red bean army on duty

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  • penang playboy on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Wah, Nice. I am going to sell my Bimmer to get this baby. So nice…I am drooling right now. Such a sexy back design and hot looking interior. WOW, i got a hard on now

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  • mason on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    what happen?sedan preve rear design is bad…but this sup~rima rear design is terribly worst..
    may i know who is the designer for the proton project!!why copy and paste suzuki liana old model design!!
    dont misunderstand me as anti proton guy,i used to drive wira before,but now proton own design is very wrong.Proton above management,please look beyond the design from korea,japan if not from europe.really dissapointed.

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    • odd job worker on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:24 pm

      the back if fugly. especially the black color part that juts out from the bottom like upskirt, should make it same color as the body.

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  • jky13 on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    Good bye suprima with 77k… another failed production.Below 60k still reasonable…

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    • 4 airbags preve is 73k. 6 airbags + other features sure cost more.

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    • pirlo on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:49 am

      even myvi 1.5 N/A, torsion beam, rear brake drum and 4AT cost you almost 60k.

      oh, myvi 1.5 use EPS. that is a bonus.

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  • brainer on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    this car should be priced same with the preve cfe.better features than preve, kudos to proton’s engineer. hope to see R3 bodykit for this model after this.

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    • not a car designer on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:18 pm

      Preve has 4 airbags while Suprima has 6 airbags.

      Which should cost more?

      ..and this is just airbags, not talking about other features yet.

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  • hoohoo on Aug 17, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    not bad…u guys comment the negative things, as if u guys can build a better car than proton..u got money, buy urself european car lah..typical malaysians..
    lalalala~~

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  • chikaro on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    I think better proton put all the built in features in suprima super supreme nyum3 into the old satria neo..that’ll be awesome, seems like they juz use old model to create new model..neo design is still the best.

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  • Eddie on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    It’s not that but it’s a little bit too exp. I think Cars like this one should be around Rm60-70k.

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  • hypermount on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    As a hardcore fanboy proton lover who would kiss Proton’s arse, still I am mightily disappointed there’s not Manual transmission variant, what’s the point here? Better get the sedan with the huge boot.

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  • Peter bengkel kereta on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    I think for those who bashing this car without even look at their spec and see for their own eyes, know nothing about a car. Seriously!

    For ‘kaki kereta’ or people who have knowledge about car, this car spec easily sold over RM110K should it come from others brand. Their safety, handling and technology far superior and better than New Vios which sold RM10K higher than this. I like the 6 air bag and 5 star ANCAP with similar car don’t have in Malaysia including Honda & Toyota.

    This group of people are buying a car just for their looks only:) Sadly they trapped on marketing strategy by big player in this industries. They don’t even know what is segment car is. Should this car used the ‘HONDA’ or ‘TOYOTA’ brand with price RM110K i’m sure people will prise them with the move. It’s a mental block inside their head:)

    Some of them paid more (RM90K) for 10 year of technology with basic safety feature & poor handling. The manufacturer just polish the interior and exterior and wallaa it sold like crazy:) Yes. i mean new Vios for those don’t understand.

    Btw, it’s a good move by Proton. The price for this segment car is reasonable but it’s should be lower since it be made in local. The looks is really subjective and differ with personal preferences. Hopefully Proton will produce better dan cheaper car in future.

    Btw, i used Golf GTi now and wanna test drive this car soon. People don’t look stupid until we see them give opinion and open their mouth.

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    • CUKUP DAH on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:19 pm

      encik,

      kalau takde proton, isu ngan toyota dan honda sume tak akan wujud lar.

      Yg lain lain tu, paham tak? bawa gti tapi aduhai…sedih sedih…

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      • Peter bengkel kereta on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:52 pm

        And, you complaining & mumbling about things already exist:) Grow up mate. There’s things in life we can’t change and must live with it whether we accept it or not. It’s beyond our control. Just like our government:)

        Complaining just make you like grandpa and old people. There no such perfect environment in real world.

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        • penang playboy on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:30 pm

          yea yea..i agree..This car is superior and so leng chai. The spec is overwhelming, so overwhelming, I got a hard-on again. Btw, you are so smart to choose Golf Gti, the advertisement in radio always said that VW drivers are the smartest bunch of people. I have to agree to that when I see your comment..so smart..so smart

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  • KingJonard on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    This new Suprima look great, if equip with 1.8t~2.0t it will be more great. This is my dream SUV

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  • Lpost on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Just name this model preve S. that is just enough.

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  • abadi on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    most of supplier for toyota is supplier for proton..if u got more money by audi..but if your financial just alaa..ala..dont be so poyo..

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  • amy mat piah on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Like it or not, this is Malaysia.

    Some will say it is a nice new car but if it is ugly enough to your eyes, no one force you to buy it.

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  • stupid on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    stupid proton bashers from toyota fanboys. bash without using brains. when proton launch cheap car you said milo tin. when proton launch good car with good specs, good safety and in terms of overall, you said its overpriced car.
    I don’t see milo tin flying dugong gets any better than this. I rather to buy a viva than buying milo tin dugong.

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  • Coco June on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    Please Proton, get yourself a good designer. You copied from Mitsubishi as a start but doesn’t evolve much till now, the worse you have done – getting lancer and rebadged it as inspira using aged design after 20+ years. What you can offer is not meeting consumer requirement and still way behind in technology. Most of the malaysian “forced” to purchase proton because of the pricing not because we want proton. As a Malaysian, i would like to buy Proton and be proud but im not willing to pay “premium” to maintain your product. i don require a car doing 200Km/h or 0-100 in 7seconds or 9 second. Noise and vibration control, comfort, torque, reliability and fuel economy is what i expecting. as a local product, you really can offer that at RM 80.000.00!!! suprema S?? the dashboard it self looks way unbalanced and mutated. wondering whether the designing work is carried out by those uncle designer who works back in proton saga 1985 era.
    If you are not changing, one day Tata nano will be much2 better looking and better quality than proton.
    Frankly, on the other side, i am very reluctant to chat about automobile especially about proton with my korean counterpart..so “memalukan”.

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    • I see, you like ironman dashboard in almera don’t you? lol lol lol

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  • EnergyAnalyst on Aug 17, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    First there was pervert, then now we have subprime… Oh crisis!

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  • good spec.. but it will be better if proton can give attention to the dashboard. good look sells. think about international market. hyundai/ kia can do it in shorter time. why can’t proton.

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    • hyundai/kia was established looong before proton. pls read more.

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      • Kia established 1944 but seriously into car industry in 1986.. They improved a lot since Peter Schreyer join them few years back. There are something to learn for Proton but so far can’t see it.

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        • gojeng on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:34 am

          Proton is still improving, from rebadging just like Kia did to producing its own engine and hopefully drive-train.

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        • Alson P on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:56 am

          @ Bej
          Kia founded the company 1944…. first vehicle produced 1962 K-360 Truck…. First car produced 1974 Brisa 1.0
          http://www.nazakia.com.my/about-kia/history-of-kia/

          Hyundai Motor company founded 1967…. First vehicle produced 1968-Cortina…. First car produced 1976-pony….
          http://worldwide.hyundai.com/WW/Corporate/CorporateInformation/History/index.html#slide_content05

          So Hyundai/Kia was established long before Proton

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        • Bej, I really like your comment. Just thinking out loud some of d possible reasons why drb-hicom cannot attract d likes of Peter Schreyer as chief designer to proton.

          1. These talented professionals do not come cheap while drb-hicom is cheapskate & do not believe in paying for talent. That’s why they have a lawyer and a cost accountant running proton! Now, lawyer & accountant at war, so even more headache there.

          2. Patience is required to enable these maestros to churn out new designs, models & platforms which can take years, while drb-hicom seriously lacks patience & short-sighted in wanting immediate results, hence re-badging of Honda Accord in the pipeline.

          3. R&D investments required are huge in order to produce the results now seen at Kia, while drb-hicom may not be willing to spend big on capex after spending huge amounts on privatization of proton.

          4. Independence – PS was given plenty of room to form & recruit his own team and even granted his wish to be based in Germany and not Korea. No way that would work at drb-hicom and proton for they would want R&D center in Msia.

          5. Interference – Kia sets out the parameters & control mechanism and left PS to run R&D center, while drb-hicom bosses have the attitude that they know-it-all. Imagine if guys like PS have to follow the lawyer’s and accountant’s ideas about designs. Disaster!

          As a country, we are seriously short of talented “hands-on” engineers. We have many engineers that wear a suit & tie at work with pens & keyboards instead of overalls and gloves with real tools.

          Just my 2 cents worth of observations.

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  • Furqan on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    IMHO, if I’m in the market for a hatchback, I’d spend a bit more money and get a Ford Focus or even a Peugeot 308

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    • pgbds on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:39 pm

      add another 30k is quite pricy, don’t you think?

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    • while IMHO, i will save that extra money and buy this proton which is of similar (even some better as claimed by Proton COO in his opening presentation)spec… That extra money you mention is of rm40k++ which is enough to invest in better assets.. If just MIDDLE INCOME Malaysians know the priority and not of brand-oriented…

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  • Think twice before make a purchase on PROTON car. You can predict how many hours would be wasted to go to repair the cars. If you own PROTON car for 9 years, please predict how many FREE TIME were robbed by un-responsible car manufacturer.

    If you use the FREE TIME to rest, work or do some reading. It help you in life. Spend the free time with family.

    Think twice before buying PROTON.

    That is a reason why people are willing to pay a premium for TOYOTA car.

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    • dairy on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:42 pm

      hi T salesman, proton has much imporoved now, unlike toyota which sells car with old engine and gearbox, only skin is different.

      me no P salesman

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      • do you own a proton?

        if yes, you are probably one of those few lucky ones to get a problem-free car

        but there are still many who got lemon unit

        think twice before buying proton

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        • xcvbt on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:10 pm

          many? i see many protons are moving on road. you heard many problems from same person, lol

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  • Kenneth T. on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    Sports model with no manual transmission…what on earth are they thinking? Albeit the market for manual trans is small, there’s clearly a gaping hole in that price range. For a 70k+ manual, a 1.6 CFE would out-spec all of it’s rival. I’m losing confidence in DRB-Hicom’s way of handling Proton, they better bring back Datuk Syed Zainal soon.

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  • CUKUP DAH on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    PLEASE LAR TUTUP LA PROTON.
    TUTUP TUTUP LA PLEASE.
    BERAPA BANYAK DOSA KO NAK TIMBUNKAN?
    BECAUSE OF YOU, ALL THE CARS ARE OVERPRICED.
    MELAYU MACAM AKU LAR YG SENGSARA.
    MAMAKTHIR BILA LA KO NAK MAMPUS? MENYAMPAH JER TGK KO.

    GUYS SILA TENGOK PEUGEOT 308 2014 NGAN DIA PUNYA INTERIOR DAN FALSAFAHNYA…KENAPE PROTON TAK MACAM TU?

    ADUHAI DAH BANYAK CHANCE KASI LA WEI…TUTUP JER LA…BIAR RAKYAT HIDUP SENANG SIKIT BOLEH TAK.

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    • edissy on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:46 pm

      even proton get high taxed. pug 308 is conti car. you will curse it when you can’t modify the car as easy as proton’s lol

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    • melayu_mesti_ISLAM on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:52 pm

      Nasib baik lu melayu……kalu u lahir lain bangsa lain konpom u ni kategori kafir…

      tp tengok ayat lu konpom u nak jadi kafir..
      Aku ada proton pun hidup senang…
      Aku percaya kat Allah lu mesti tak percayakan …nak harap bantuan dr government ke….
      KAT sini aku nak ingat ko….mintak pada ALLAH bukan pada PR atau BN hahaha

      Sekian takzirah bakal Ustaz…hahah….
      INGAT BRO KO DOA SILAP2 terbalik kat koooo…
      MESTI SUBJEK AGAMA dan amalkan KO GAGALKAN….heheh

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    • kongoo on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:53 pm

      naik kapchai je la bang. kalau gaji 900 takkan nak pakai merc kot heheh

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    • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      ni pe merapik la ko ni CUKUP DAH..habis lau proton tutup..melayu macam aku ni mcm ne plak..mana aku nk keje..bper banyak vendor proton bumiputra yang lingkup lau proton tutup..selama ni pon proton x penah kacau hidup ko..bukan ada undang2 malaysia yang paksa ko beli proton..ko kena sedar sikit..disebabkan proton..bnyak specialist melayu bumiputra yang lahir especially dalm bidang pembuatan automotif..smpai dapt offer dr VW dan mercedec..bnyak sebenarnya jasa proton untuk malaysia terutama golongan bumiputra..org mcm ko je yang patut mampus sebab negatif x sudah dan bfikiran dlm kotak..kesian tgk ko sebab x tbuka lagi minda dgn dunia sbenar..xpela..mungkin ko x fhm sebab x tlibat dlm industri automotif..tp ko kena igt..setiap apa yang proton keluarkan..semuanya dr hasil titik peluh anak Malaysia sendiri..

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      • CUKUP DAH on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm

        korang ni…fitnah melebih lebih…

        blog ko baca apahal…bukan kafir punya ke blog ni? cetek betul la pemikiran.

        satu lagi memang la byk bumiputra specialist tapi tak akan lah pasal seratus orang nak hidup mati berpuluh puluh ribu macam tu?

        Dan kalau specialist konon bumiputra hebat hebat apsal tak tolong proton, apsal gi kat merc and vw…kan khianat gitu?

        aduhai memang aku nak mengadu…suprima satu lagi kegagalan..tak akan ke mana dah proton ni..sekurang kurangnya bertanding la sama rata..ni masih nak disusukan aduhai..hebat tak sampai mana mana…jaguh kampung ada lah..

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        • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:07 pm

          ko igt nuat keter untuk production ni pakai seratus org je..bepuluh ribu org buat keter la mat..kalau melayan ko sampai bila pon tak habis..mohon ko jangan pikir negatif sgt..kesian tgk bangsa sendiri mcm ni..untuk specialist tu..aku nk cter yang disebabkan pendedahan teknologi pembuatan kereta oleh proton..bnyak lahirnya specialist yang rata2nya dr golongan bumiputra…kalau diharap kilang kereta lain..design dan drawing semua dh siap..org kita tggal pasang je…sebab tu smpai sekarang kenapa thailand tak de design center walaupun dia kuasa besar automotif kat asia tenggara..sebab ada proton bnyak teknologi yg dibawa..contohnya HPF (Hot press forming)..kat asia..malaysia dan japan je ade plant HPF..teknologi HPF pon under R&D sekarang untuk jadikan improve lg oleh UMP and SIRIM. Jadi kalau ko tak suka jangan menghina..buat komen yang membina..ramai je yang komen psal proton tapi semua bagi bukti dan bagi cadangan untuk memperbaiki..kesian tgk ko..buka minda tu..dpn ko sekarang dah ade internet..gunakan..cari maklumat..study dan buat analisis..kalau betul suprima ni gagal..buktikan secara ilmiah..bukan main hentam keromo je..last sekali..buka minda kau tu..tolong jgn jd bangsa melayu yang memalukan bangsa sendiri ='(

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          • KroniSpotted on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:14 am

            haha…die maker budak kroni ni…

            ko tau hisap darah rakyat ada lah.

            tak guna punya proton.

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        • apa yg mamat ni meraban ni. kejap specialist, kejap kegagalan, kejap hidup mati. ko ni jiwa sihat ke sakit? kekekeke

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        • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:29 am

          What wrong with CUKUP DAH….?? If he loved PEUGEOT 308 just buy it…. If he hate proton just don’t buy them….. Is wrong to force the company not yours to
          close up….

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    • labkamarul on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:49 pm

      Hoi Melayu pandai komplen je kamu ni… Nik Aziz bila nak meninggal??

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    • madey kutty on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm

      its not proton’s fault for the expensive prices of imported cars. that is because of the gov is taking advantage of the situiation. they put high taxes on imported cars with and use proton as an excuse of that. gov just want to make money.they dint care what care u r buying.

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  • infinity on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    overall, i would say that it is a good package, albeit a bit pricey. I hope Proton will incorporate all the improvements it has done on this Suprima into the Preve FL. Planning to get a new car in a year or two. I would prefer a proper sedan over a hatch. Thus, Preve FL is in my list!

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  • CUKUP DAH on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    guys, BUKA MATA KORANG TU SIKIT!

    ia bukan salah Toyota,Nissan atau Honda.

    Jika salahkan mereka maksudnya kita redha dengan ketidakadilan dari Proton, kita benarkan kewujudan proton.

    fokus dan boikot proton, merekalah umbi akar segala isu kereta di malaysia. aduhai tutup la tolong. hampa betul la dengan suprima. mahal giler.

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    • thrft on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:48 pm

      spend wisely. ukur baju di badan sendiri.

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    • kewkew on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:57 pm

      Hang kalau nak meroyan macam ilang laki, sila bukak blog sendiri, jangan merabai cam kera kat sini

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    • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:35 pm

      kesian tgk ko..org mcm ko ni ptut idup kat kutub utara duduk sensorg..jenis otak jumud..tak tbuka minda..memanjang negatif je..ko suruh org bukak mata..ni aku nk suruh ko bukak minda ko tu..jgn duduk bwah tempurung je…sian tgk ko

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    • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm

      perodua salesman (though car segment is different)? toyota salesman? honda salesman? or nissan salesman?

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    • labkamarul on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:57 pm

      Hoi Melayu..bodoh le kamu ni. Toyota, Nissan, Honda, market depa besar. Harga boleh kasi turun. Proton limit dia punya pasaran. Proton ada 15 000 pekerja. Nak tutup Proton, habis le pekerja2 Islam ni….. Apa salah mereka??
      Kalau nak tutup, tutup saja kilang Carlsberg kat Selangor. PAS dulu kata nak tutup kalau memerintah. Tak buat pung! Exco2 PAS dalam Selangor diam je…

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      • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:00 pm

        the closure of carlsberg in selangor is under federal government approval. not state govt.
        don’t get me wrong. i’m among the voters of 51% PR popular vote. even rafizi and nurul izzah said, they won’t close proton if they won the GE13. i like the statement that proton is the only car manufacturer from muslim country.

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    • SukeProton on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:28 am

      Syukur ada proton, Dapat lahirkan pekerja2 yg tau buat kereta n tahu teknologi kereta. Tengok Jiran sebelah kita Indo n Thai, apa yg depa tau?? pasang kereta orang lain jer depa tahu, nak buat kereta sendiri tak tau n takut. Orang Islam pun ramai keja kat Proton. Orang PR pun lagi ramai kat Proton

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  • wow RM70k++ hatchback.
    that is expensive for local car.

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    • mayte on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:51 pm

      perdana was about 90k last time. that was about more than decades price. don’t you think the price is justified?

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      • robot boy on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:01 pm

        Perdana was considered a premium model and that is why the price was over 100K and ppl stil buy it. also bcz it was a V6.

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        • kewkew on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:09 pm

          Do you think it is named SUPRIMA only for fun??

          Pffttt… in the end, that V6 engine is the trouble most of the owners have

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        • kemper on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:19 pm

          this got turbo, equivalent to 2.0l engine. perdana is in D segment summore while superma is in C

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  • haters keep hating….
    BTW nice car…

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  • squall_shinoda on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    I went to Proton Edar Taman Samudera Batu Caves this morning to have a closer look of the car. From my observation:-

    1.) The easiest way to differentiate Suprima and Preve is the grille – though looks similar, Suprima uses honeycomb-style grille (just like Gen-2) with the silver Proton Wings.
    2.) The info button is finally
    labelled properly!
    3.) The boot opener is now positioned at the driver’s door pocket, which may confuse new users. The opener looks like a power window switch, as it opens electrically.
    4.) Suprima is also the first Proton to have front parking sensors.
    5.) While the rear lights of Preve is very fugly, I love Suprima’s rear lights.
    6.) I’ve also read Suprima’s user’s manual. Some pics of the user’s manual show a 6-speed manual shift knob, hinting a manual 6-speeder in the future.
    7.) 6 airbags at last..! After I voiced out my disappointment in Proton’s FB page about Malaysian Preve that is sold with less airbags than export model, Proton has responded and done a good job adding 2 more airbags before the Aussies, the Brits and Siamese get them 1st.

    Final verdict: Proton should add all the niceties from Suprima to Preve

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    • pirlo on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:42 pm

      thanks for your feedback. this is what we should be hearing. not a statement like, ‘i read from this forum, said blabla. my friend said, this car blabla’.

      see for yourself. have a test drive first, then criticize. give constructive thoughts based on your knowledge, not from your emotional.

      show how malaysian mentality are to outsiders. foreigner are also visiting this website. don’t show how stupid we are.

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      • squall_shinoda on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:41 am

        Thanks for your response too. I’m looking forward for a real test drive next week because I have to wait for the showroom to register their test drive car to JPJ next Monday. I have test-driven the Preve last year so I’m looking forward to test the Suprima to feel if there’s any differences in terms of ride and handling (just like how the Persona is different than the Gen-2).

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    • powershot on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:50 am

      the 6 speed manual might not be for our shores. maybe it’s for the Brits

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      • squall_shinoda on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:46 am

        That’s right, the manual 6-speeder will definitely be targeted to the Brits. But who knows, maybe the manual transmission option will also be made available to us Malaysians later, so let’s all pray harder for that to happen. For now, only the CVT option is available due to our market trend that has witnessed the increased demand for AT / CVT / SMG and lesser demand for MT.

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      • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:38 am

        depends on how many percentage of request….

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  • The fc compare to golf 1.4tsi is damn worst….
    Prefer golf .

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  • why didn’t they just give the name preve hatchback? the front still similar to preve sedan is it?
    i wish the front exterior design and interior could be much better… interior a bit outdated, should learn from KIA. premium spec not bad.

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    • not a car designer on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:25 pm

      because DRB wants to revamp all Proton names from now on.

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  • IT expert on Aug 17, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    all other spects of the program one side, the Laser projection display was very impressive. cool job and well done on the show. I hope the car work well also.

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  • waited for it to launch b4 getting a 3rd car.
    car look okie. but price wise, very pricey.

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  • Beribu-ribu taniya Proton. :-)

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  • mystvearn on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    Can I ask Anthony, or whoever at paultan doing the test drive to check this Android HU. My questions are for the test drive:

    Can I install waze or any apps on it? Do you need a sim card? So you have Android HU, then you also get a yes 3G kit? Both connecting to the internet?

    Thanks

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  • ayamxxx on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Better im waiting another year. This car will suffer to sell because of the high price. Even preve cfe is priced at 67k after discount.

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  • Congratulations to Proton to come out with this model. Its an improvement and the company is going in the right direction.

    I just hope Proton can introduce more advance technology for their engine and gearbox. A twincharged/more efficient engine and dual clutch gearbox would be nice.

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  • Die Maker on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    wait for P230A GSC model next year

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  • sambalbabi on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    the spec of the car itself is great (for the price). but the looks of it is sooooo out of context. now….what about the built quality? haizzz proton….proton….come out with the manual tranny version and i’ll consider buying it, ok?

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  • milo888 on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Same old boring interior dashboard. Where is the improvement if you want penetrate international market. Habislah!!

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    • jiangL on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:22 pm

      even car with dashboard like ironman chest can sell well all over the world, why not this much better one?

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  • shawal on Aug 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    The reason behind d hefty weight n bulbous exterior is d usage of exoras platform , either way its safe , its a good start , really excited to see the upcoming perdana replacement (accord chassis) , designers can only do so much and it still depends on the suppliers , like all d segments now sans d passat hv a bespoke looking infotaiment system only time will tell if proton will go d same route , mazda 6 oso uses 2 din player oso… suprimas is better than mazda’s own ,n dt new infotaiment was a wise choice from proton ….wel got over d name eventually , for d time being id like to see them updating d preve, throw out the faux wood and go stick with gloss piano black trim

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  • thebugbud on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    I don’t know how’s the quality will fair but I’m certainly hope it’s improved for the better. My preve started rattling everywhere in less than 3 months, battery turn flat twice for no reason and in less than 1 year, the paint on the fuel cover is peeling off.

    To be fair, apart from all this small issues, the car is fairly good and the handling is just great.

    Going to COE again next month and hopefully, they fix some of those problems.

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  • Went to test drive this new blue suprima S.
    100% Better then my Vios. No jokes. Thumbs up PROTON !!!

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  • BMW Guy on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    I went to see the Preve after it launched. Intrigued coz many people say the interior sucked. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality after i actually touched the surfaces compared to some japanese or korean car in the same price range. BTW, i drive a 7 series BMW 2004 model, so i have a good benchmark of what’s a good interior (ok Audi guys, stop snickering :) ) .. I just can’t understand why so many people condemned the Preve interior. Did they actually tried it out ? I look forward to test drive the Suprima. As for the exterior , i think Proton is erring on the side of having a design that lasts loner but less flashy (think KIA’s conservative but modern versus Hyundai’s fashionable but the design ages faster).

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    • Old Koreans on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:56 am

      You should go and have a look at the new Cerato. The interior is now miles ahead of Japanese and local cars. It is a lot closer to the Germans now in term of quality and design.

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  • gOOsh on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    just visit edar showroom at putra heights & got opportunity to test drive…
    my comment :
    1) build in quality improved, but need further improvement; especially the ip.
    2) material used feels quite premium & nice to touch
    3) fit & fittings need to improve; mostly interior
    4) test drived the premium unit… good ride & handling. but engine sound quite loud in the cabin
    5) reverse camera works good
    6) the SA tech knowledge need enhancement

    my 2cent….

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  • orang miskin on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    Maaf. Saya orang miskin. Tak mampu beli.

    Ansuran sudah menjadi beban bagi saya.

    Saya tak mampu repair jikalau sesuatu rosak.

    Kini o kereta proton ni banyak benda. Saya lagi takut. Terlalu banyak gadget kena replace dan secara jujur saya tak larat nak bayar dah.

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    • kereta murah on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:22 pm

      beli la proton SV

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    • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:13 am

      Poor orang minskin….. if he still can’t afford saga SV, he can buy used car made from 80’s…. He can get it from RM1k+…. If he still cant afford it so better don’t buy a car for now….

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  • policeman on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    No way I’m buying a Proton that costs RM80K. Unless if it is a rebadged Japanese car.

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  • Rakyat on Aug 17, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    Poor proton, now have to resort to selling underwear.

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  • jimmy on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    this cars FC is bad. my 08 fd1 gives me 8.8L/100km with 80% highway (average 130-170kmph) n 20% urban (heavy traffic). really good for a 1.8 car FC

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  • koman on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    I want to feel proud, but I got nothing else if I am looking for an affordable family car. A national car should be affordable for the common people, but this is ridiculous. Where is the national interest?

    Proton should be pricing them around 50k, for good family sized car. With the current economic situation which will never be favorable, this is pricing everybody out.

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    • Alson P on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:15 am

      Proton already have cars price around 50k selling…. Such as Persona, Saga FLX SE(b-seg), and Preve exac(below 60k)…. But, will be great if they selling SS same as preve price….

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  • saw a white unit from the back on the way to showroom before the launch – it actually looks good. But price and fuel consumption are dissapointing

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    • lepry on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:49 pm

      price coz more gadgets
      fuel consumption coz combined cycle
      pls read previous posts

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  • Hi all.. 1stly.. Congratulation to proton for realising this suprima s. Specs wise .. It is the best proton ever manufactured.. 4.5 star from me. Design wise inside out .. Hmm it is way behind compared to its competitors .. Imho..Lack of unique personality and clear character.. The rear looks like in the era of chevy optra 5.. Brings it only with 2 star.. So overall.. 3 star.. Good effort from proton.. By the way .. stop bashing people..

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  • Andysons on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Very good safety features in Suprima S!
    But, to be more competitive in the market, Proton need to put more effort on design (Interior & Exterior).
    I strongly support PROTON for what they have done and for the upcoming models.
    Maybe there are reasons for the so-called “Pricey” Suprima S, but, PROTON should be more alert about the pricing issue.
    Anyway, congrats & good luck PROTON!
    Just hope for a better PROTON cars in the future!

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  • thebosssedangbercakap on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    WHAT IS THIS FOUL BEAST?

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  • Botolsusu on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    Suprima: sporty with built in slowness
    Preve: global with built in problems

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    • stupid on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:47 pm

      vios: dugong with built in milo tin
      camry: car over 150k without any VSC
      crap car.

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  • Dissapointed with the pricing and the fuel consumption.

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  • If they want to export the Suprima S to Europe, they should really consider a manual gearbox. And pls. don’t use a five-speed box, as six-speed manual gearboxes are already common there… ;)

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  • mister on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    79k? I think I will go for kia rio.. safety features about the same. same price. lower fc. smaller engine but im not a racer. better quality, handling & reliability. evenmore kia rio is top 4 best supermini cars in europe, uk & several other countries worldwide. I dont think can compare kia rio with sup.rimas (one of the best sellibg hatchback vs msia 1st hatchback that has 6airbags too). just my 2cents though..

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    • black on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      I’d rather go for full specced car like suprima

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    • Sam Loo on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:11 am

      I’ve sat on both Rio & Suprima (today’s evening). Feature wise, price wise, yes.. both should be more or less the same. But then, both are in a different segment. With that kind of price, you get a bigger car (Suprima, a C-segment hatch), more legroom and a bigger boot. Interior wise – dashboard ,I have to admit Rio’s better. It has fancy buttons all around also even on it’s steering. Ah yes, apart from those fancy gadgets, other fancy features Rio have in extra are sunroof, ventilated seats, bending light but bear in mind, it has no reverse camera. Suprima on the other hand, has reverse camera, better 2-din Android-powered head unit (Rio is 1-din). Built quality of the interior, I would say Rio nailed it. I played around on both cars’ buttons, how they feels like when they got clicked, the aircond vents feels really smooth to be moved around upside down or left right and if compared to Suprima, they are a bit stiff and the plastic is a bit too soft. Ride & handling, of course Suprima wins hands down. Same goes to pickup and power, well Suprima is powerful because of the 1.6L Turbo (Rio is 1.4). Once the gear got into S instead of D, Suprima really turns into a mean machine with massive torque. Seriously, if comparing which one is fun and confident to drive, I would say it’s Suprima. Try and drive it yourself, you will understand what I mean.

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      • pirlo on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:44 am

        err.. is this the real Sam Loo?

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        • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:58 am

          Go test drive and feel the different….

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          • kadajawi on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:51 am

            Golf GTi beats them both.

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          • Alson P on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:30 am

            The matter or power indeed Golf GTi beat them…. then compare others thing…. such ass comfort, gadget, safeness, space, engine? of course for someone concerned more about power, and many thing….. price is crucial for some people

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:19 am

      so?

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    • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:03 am

      Satria(1), tiara(2) and savvy(3) in Hatchback category too…. So clearly Suprima not the 1st hatchback….

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  • sepul on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    I hate the rear bumper design.

    Still, why the bashers bothered commenting here anyway?

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  • Adrenaline junkie on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:54 pm

    Go to singapore, see if u could be lan si or use public transport only. Lame!talk like u very-very rich people. And u are so rich and the only one who pay tax.

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  • superma on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Good effort by Proton `but I think they will still suffer. I think we all know the preve / suprima is not the car that will give back the proton domination like the old days. They need to focus more on family oriented car with value for money, good built quality, practical,luxury (feeling & branding), safe (ok they got this right) and reliable. They need new direction, start with reducing cost to promote and research on proton sportiness. Focus on collaboration work with Honda than Lotus. Stop listening to enthusiast because they are minority and cannot sell cars.

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    • kewkew on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:48 pm

      In my view, proton already has models for mass selling; saga and exora… And in future, the gsc car. The cars are having good reviews too in Malaysia and also rapidly improve with a lot of variants. Even persona is still on production.

      Thus, I don’t think Suprima and Preve need to be cheaper and sacrifices the features… Both cars are important for Proton’s future globally

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  • E01 Engine? on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    not Suprima S but Sup RimaU :-)

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  • Keselamatan diutamakan..dulu bila proton buat 2 airbags..ckp proton tak penting keslmatan..mahal xpe..nyawa diutamakan..skrg, bila buat 6 airbags..ckp proton jual mahal giler..beli ler keta dugong ah beng kalo tak suka..enjin yg sama utk berapa jenis model dah tue..

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  • Absolute Rider on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    Went there at 5pm, view the car and first impression was totally different from when I viewed the PREVE.

    This Suprima S really look “handsome” or “gorgeous”, which ever you say. It has much better built quality compared to Preve especially when Preve first launched. The welding point also good.

    I’m going to go to the showroom again tomorrow if got time and hopefully can make a test drive. More review then. Hahaha…..

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    • kucing on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:45 pm

      absolutely agree with you. i used to hate the car before i saw it in real. In reality it is very handsome & sporty car.

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  • new city owner on Aug 17, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    80k ok what but FC need to improved but for 1.6 segment a bit difficult to trim down the FC i guess,but the performance surely like the logo – ok im gonna letgo my waja cps 2009 auto full spec to get this one.

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  • Sathy on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    Proton Suprima the same old story with 80s interior, heavier with less top speed compared to Preve defeating the use of the word S = Sport! Sports versions should be integrated with higher specs not slower than the normal Preve! 9.9 secs to reach 100km/h compared to 9.6secs for Preve! Well done Suprima S! What the hell are Proton engineers thinking? Malaysians are stupid? Another flop from a flop car manufacturer!

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    • Low Leng Hua on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:10 am

      Yup, agree with you there. How can a “sport” version be slower than the normal Preve sedan in both the century sprint and also top speed?? Yes, the car is heavier, but the least you could do is to remap the ECU for higher output, or offer a stick shift version!
      “Sport” konon.. what a joke! Nampak saja laju.. Very disappointing..

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    • Alson P on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:47 am

      They thinking about safety & safety….

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  • Enthu on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    basically nothing was improved under the hood. All the hype is just a hype after all.

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    • armand on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:34 am

      much better the recycled Toyota engine for more than decade.

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  • zfitrey on Aug 17, 2013 at 8:56 pm

    Betul…preve adalah satu kegagalan dan masih belum dibaiki kelemahannya. Saya salah seorang pengguna Preve CFE yang kecewa dengan prestasinya.
    1. Enjin bising dan panas compared to other car.
    2. Dashboard/bonet/body bergetar apabila pedal minyak ditekan sedikit kuat.
    3. Brek berbunyi macam kereta buruk terutama waktu pagi.
    4. Headlamp sudah 3 kali rosak.
    5. Kualiti dan penampilan interior yang tidak menarik terutamanya plastic pada sisi pintu.
    6. Seat driver dan penumpang yang tidak selesa.
    7. Pusat servis yang tidak mesra pengguna dan Servis Advisor yang mahir dan kurang knowledge untuk kereta Preve.
    8. Radio dan GPS yang sgt tidak menarik.
    9. Not fuel saver kuat makan minyak.

    Pihak PROTON pls take note dan pastikan Proton ICare betul2 care…bukannya Proton Don’t Care.!!

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  • aliang on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    All the features are ok except for the fuel consumption which is really crazy..at 9.1litres /100km..wow!!that is bad.. Even mercedes 200E 1.8cc fuel consumption is only 6.1litres/100km.. You have to top up your fuel very often.

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    • query on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:01 pm

      prolly combined cycle, not avg 90km/h calculation

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:15 am

      yep..usually real world driving worst than manufacturers number. even 508 fc around 8L/100km.

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  • autodriver on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    I did test drove “Preve” when it newly launched. To be honest, if you press the pedal harder you can feel the power. But I don’t think Preve can done the 0-100km/h sprint at 9.6sec. And for Preve fuel consumption rated as 8.2 litres per 100 km combined cycle, in real world it is about 10-11 litres per 100km as told by Proton SA.

    This new Suprima S does not give me high impression due to its sibling Preve. But I will arrange test drive before judging the car performance. Price isn’t attractive and less improvement on the gadgets compare to Preve.

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    • Green on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:34 am

      Realworld.
      city driving: Preve CFE = 9km/L.

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    • Jimmy Dean on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:12 am

      Keyword: test drive. And it’s CVT with torque smooth delivery that you don’t notice how fast you already hit the century mark. Hard to get lower fuel consumption on Preve CFE due to car itself begging to be driven fast and hard.

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  • Sarip Dol on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    You guys want to know why most people hate Proton? It is because of the Protectionism policy to protect Proton for 28years. The government made the Rakyat pay a lot just to own a car when it has become a necessity due to poor public transport services. And this contribute to a higher cost of living. Most Malaysian spend almost 40% of their income just for transportation. Looks like the government are more concern about Proton well-being rather than the Rakyat. The Rakyat can work like a slave and to hell with them. But Proton, hey.. its our baby, pride and glory, its ego & patriotism, support them even at the expense of the Rakyat.
    If you have privatized Proton, let it stay private. Government please let them compete freely in the market. If Proton go bust and bankrupt, it shows that Proton is a poorly managed corporate. Let it closed down. We still have Perodua, Naza & Inokom if you want to protect your ego and brag that Malaysia can produce her own car.

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    • qusiao on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:05 pm

      Perodua, Naza & Inokom are rebadgers / assemblers. They don’t build cars from scratch.

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    • Sarip Dollah on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:07 pm

      You know what else government did for you? They subsidized fuel price. By all means, go and compare our fuel price with other countries.

      This is more fair to lower income individuals, expand our countries economy by lowering logistic cost, SME to flourish rather than to satisfy your greedy need for overpriced empty foreign cars.

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      • Jesse Labu on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:14 pm

        ni sorang lagi yang pandai tak boleh diikut, bodoh tak boleh diajar. subsidized fuel price konon. the petroleum belongs to the Rakyat la mangkok. Petronas is a company formed by the Government(meaning Rakyat) to deal with our petroleum resources to benefit the country(meaning Rakyat).
        fair to lower income rakyat? jangan nak kelentong la, 20tahun dulu boleh gelembong. ni zaman internet, rakyat tak duduk bawah tempurung lagi dah. tengok harga barangan keperluan dah boleh nilai.
        if you want to compare fuel prices, please compare it with a Net Exporter Oil Countries, because we ranked #21. do not simply compare it with Thailand or Singapore(but yet Singapore is very smart. 0 crude oil production but yet ranked #6 refined petroleum products exporter. they did that simply by trading. i wonder which country that is too stupid not to do that) who has little/non oil resources. or else we might as well compare it to Zimbabwe or Papua New Guinea.
        comparison should be made looking at a bigger picture of the socio-economic structure, not a small piece of jigsaw.

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        • medic on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:39 pm

          Agree,Msia is net exporter of quality oil.Every time world oil price goes up,we ‘untung’ lebih.Gomen konon subsidi lebih when price naik,but actually Gomen untung more.This is just politic game..this subsidi is just utk kaburi mata,konon nak ambil hati rakyat,tp peluang utk untung kroni saje.

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  • Pemandu Biasa on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Congrats Proton!

    I have been waiting such nice car from Proton and finally SUPRIMA S is out!

    Ptg tadi aku pergi showroom proton kat Krokop Miri, just to get to know what SUPRIMA S offers to users. Overall, I just like it to almost everything…

    Ok…aku dah kerja hampir 7 tahun, first car aku pakai was Lexus SUV (sebab tukar kerja, aku jadi tak mampu nak bayar bulan2 then aku jual). Aku beli Lexus tu pun second hand. Then aku pakai Gen2 yg last generation facelift tuh sampai skrg, dah nak masuk 4 tahun aku pakai…alhamdulillah, ok lagi lah kereta Gen2. Pernah bawak ke semenanjung jugak Gen2 tu ulang alik setip minggu (7 months) form Shah Alam – Kuantan. Selalu juga lah kena cucuk ngn Vios dan City tapi kesian sbb depa tak pernah menang….. (astaghfirullah ter’riak plak). Aku pakai Lexus setahun, pakai Gen2 dah hampir 4 tahun. Performance: Aku suka Gen2 (bias takkk?).

    Bila test drive Suprima S tadi, rasanak tukar Suprima S plak hujung tahun ni, tunggu review pengguna few months lah.

    OK, Proton tak pernah paksa kita beli kereta depa pun kan?. Kalau kita rasa pricey taksah lah beli, kalau kita byk duit pakai lah keta mahai terus….

    Apa2 komen negetive pasal Proton, kalau pihak proton ni sendiri buat tak tau, depa takde lah improve itu dan ini. Sekurang2nya depa buat dan kita je kena bersabar.

    Drpd kita tambahkan dosa dengan maki, caci, proton (tetiba aku prasan ada org suh Mahathir mampus – astaghfirullah), urusan hidup mati tuh urusan Allah, kalau hangpa boleh amik nyawa Tun M, hangpa pi je lah tembak dia (la ni zaman tembak menembak). Kang senang lagu tuh…..

    Komen negative tuh masih boleh di beri tapi still lah kena berhemah. Org beriman ni insyaAllah depa akan amik pusing semua comment….

    Ok lah….
    Aku pernah tak support keta Malaysia pasai failures tapi bila dah rajin membaca ni, sambung blajaq pasai agama, hidup kita ni tak lama pun, just sementara ja…benda2 baguih tuh kita support lah especially benda2 yg berkaitan ngn bangsa dan agama ni. Mailah kita hidup dlm aman dan damai…

    OK – Peace No War Peeps
    Pekerja Oil & Gas dr Semenanjung Yg Bermastautin di Miri (poyooooo)

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:14 am

      true. simple explanation. nobody force us to buy proton.

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      • Jesse Labu on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:59 am

        bodoh… sangat bodoh. of course nobody force the rakyat to buy Proton. that is not the issue… bodohhh. the main bone of contention is the Protectionism Policy that protects Proton at the expense of 29million rakyat Malaysia. we have to buy cars that is so bloody expensive no matter what brand it is, just to make Proton to stay in business. orang tua2 cakap… pandai tak boleh diikut, bodoh tak boleh di ajar. tu sebab rakyat malaysia ni kena tipu je memanjang. bangang.

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      • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:33 am

        But they force the price of other cars to be expensive!

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        • egnree on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:26 am

          not really as the difference of tax applied is not that far.

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          • Rakyat on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:35 pm

            Then why cars in Langkawi is so much cheaper?

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          • egnree on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:07 pm

            @Rakyat
            ask your parents. not proton.

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          • Rakyat on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:11 pm

            @engree
            So you cannot explain and ask me to ask your parents? What kind of logic is this?

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          • egnree on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:13 am

            @Rakyat
            spoonfed kid, please read a lot ok?

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        • its ur gov, not proton.

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    • Die Maker on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:13 pm

      CUKUP DAH..teladani brader ni bg komen..kan elok rupanya..hehe

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  • new city owner on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:36 pm

    BMW/Merc/Audi/VW(not sure about Peugot and the rest of conti cars)- when the service interval is due irregardless mileage is up or not you must it send to SC or your car will auto shutdown itself in the middle of nowhere and refuse to start (cant cheat liao)
    The same goes to the Estima/Vellfire etc owners – every service interval need to change every single oil and it will cost max RM5k for 10k km service!
    No lying liao – ask them!

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:12 am

      my whole life was a lie! LOL~

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    • powershot on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:42 am

      no la. for BMW, standard service interval is every 20k km.

      usually cost about rm600~700++ only for standard service. for major service of course will cost more

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    • ‘will auto shutdown itself in the middle of nowhere and refuse to start (cant cheat liao)’

      Who told you this nonsense? They won’t shutdown itself, even when you ignore the service warning for 100.000km…

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  • Botolsusu on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    More people comparing the useless “S” or sports designation for a car that is heavier, slower, consume more fuel and more expensive than the preve… Didnt anybody in proton notice this? Or is everybody so fed up of the preve that they become amnesia about their global car mess up.

    On the bright side , you get 4 more airbags, front parking sensors, leather interior and a bigger touch screen head unit that will be too difficult to operate when driving.

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    • naruto on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:19 pm

      Compare that TRD Sportivo that has lesser features and overpriced because of somebody’s profit margin, suprema s is waaayyyyyy better

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  • Go and have a test drive,
    seeing, feeling and driving are more believing than what you read and heard from the Internet and others that have not even driven one yet.

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  • RoKie on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:44 pm

    Congrats Proton for coming out with a under RM 80K car loaded with all the safety features of other advanced economic countries take for granted.

    Hopefully, this will pressure other car makers to increase their safety features in the class that Proton Subprima S competes in, without increasing the price.

    Well done Proton ! Well done !

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  • prince on Aug 17, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    This is not a truly turbo car. Proton used turbo badge just to gain selling volume. Gud marketing strategy

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    • inhitim on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:10 pm

      it’s enough to be a turbo car, not bolted-on one. the performance can be better if it pairs with better drive-train (gearbox) or manual one.

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    • Alson P on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:34 pm

      Turbo is turbo…. it only the matter of how big or small it is…. you can simply upgrade it to the next stage or what stage do you want…. just like that(not recommended)….

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:10 am

      define true turbo car pls. we’d like to know.

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    • Low Leng Hua on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:21 am

      Yes, I am beginning to have the same thoughts. You can check the current 1.6 turbo engines in the market, and you will not find one that produces a pathetic 205Nm and 138hp! Be it Peugeot, VW, or others..they generate at least 240-250Nm..I’m not asking for same output as the European engines, but 205Nm??? Not acceptable!

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      • lsfan on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:28 am

        It does the job, still equivalent to n/a 2.0l engine as advertised.

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        • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:30 pm

          Which na 2.0 engine produce 138hp?

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          • lsfan on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:09 pm

            google it you lazy beng

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          • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:33 pm

            Ok got it, a simple search will reveal that a 2003 Subaru Legacy 2.0 engine produces the same 138hp, but wait what year is it now? The correct statement should be still equivalent to 10 years old n/a 2.0l engine. Kamu semua telah ditipu oleh Proton unlike Toyota which is honest that they are using 10 years old engine. Muahaha…

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          • lsfan on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:09 am

            that’s not Euro 5 compliant engine. sigh.
            your fav engine still in euro II. the most prolly euro IV.

            CFE is Euro V compliant

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          • lsfan on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:11 am

            I said about Toyota since you brag about its “honesty”

            *puke*

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          • holitov on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:16 am

            “10 years old engine” is 1nz-fe right? It’ll be used in the coming New Vios in October and it’s Euro III compliant.

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  • Einstein on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    Yeah it’s that time again for Malaysian to support our national car sales at foreign market like Australia. Proton done it with Prevee and now it’s suprema S turn to penetrate this foreign market.

    BIG THANK YOU to those Suprema S buyers for their loyalty and support. we hope you have an “AMAZING” owner experience with Suprema S.

    Sekian

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  • Silver on Aug 17, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    they need a new interior designer…. its like cut and paste…. i am sure they are alot of talanted ppl in malaysia who could design a better looking interior

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  • Andak on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    Proton, berikan saya durability & reliability…
    Saya takut dgn uncertainity dr lambang ini..

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  • ahlei on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    for those need a new car with the limited budget i think this suprima is the best option in term of safety wise. Pls don’t talk about the garment tax for foreign cars or whatever….because we can change it at the moment. Go and test the car and also others cars within our budget and then only decided which cars to choose…..cheers

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  • Kamarulzaman on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    CIIIIAAAANNNNTEKKKKK!

    PTUIIIII

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  • saga+sportCFE on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    Woww .. 500 comments in 1 day only..semangat!

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm

      Semangat 1Malaysia bro. Let’s use this to boikot proton/crony and show them who’s the boss. If we don’t buy from them, proton will close shop and the nation shall be free. No more expensive cars, no rakyat suffering. Crony will go back kampung to tanam jagung.

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      • undone on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:11 pm

        give us free cars. your talk is very cheap.

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      • Die Maker on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:16 pm

        ni yg kje ni cmne..nk suruh blik kmpung jugk ke

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      • Alson P on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:58 am

        Nah.. Proton will not close up the Company… If company loss profit, they will sell it to other company… that how big business running…. The good thing ‘if’ the company take over is the Company already known great as automotive company industry…

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  • peyno on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:30 pm

    Vios, city, almera are not in suprima league… even DRB itself comparing with Ford fiesta, mazda 3 and peugeot 308T…. tak main la dgn keta jepun celup xde ESC tu..prrrtfhhhh

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    • Green on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:32 am

      Honda City,
      Honda Jazz.
      5 Star Crash Test, and VSC equipped.
      15km/L @ city.
      highway > 15km/L.

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    • prince on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:48 am

      Apa barang fiesta & mazda3.. they only na engine. Thats why proton dare to compared with these cars. Btw, 308T has more power than this suprima. Go head 2 head with fiesta st or vw 1.4 liter tsi lah.. ini baru completely pure turbo cars.

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      • inhitim on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:25 am

        Are you VW salesman? How many times to repeat same thing, lol

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      • Peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 am

        They are comparing spec n features .. How to compare 6 airbags wquipped car with 1 or 2 max airbags vios, city n almera???prffthhh

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    • Eichberg on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:09 am

      Ford Fiesta, Mazda 3 and Peugeot 308T are junks

      Either you blind or stupid. The real man car begins VW Polo, Golf GTI, Evo, Subaru BRZ, Swift Sport or Toyota GT86.

      I own a Golf GTI can smoke days and nights those car that you mention

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:39 am

      Dare to fight with golf or not?

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  • kucing on Aug 17, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    I used to hate the car before seeing it in real. In reality the back look gorgeous. The built quality & material looks decent. Looks sporty indeed. Suprima S really catch my eyes.

    Please go to showroom first before making any assumptions

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    • Just passes by the showroom and its empty. No one interested in the launch.
      suggestion to proton: get bus load of bangla to walk around the showroom.

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  • Param on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:10 am

    A “Malaysian” made vehicle sold in Malaysia and very overpriced !!!

    Same “Malaysian” if sold in the UK will be CHEAPER right.

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  • Seriously on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:11 am

    Smaller, heavier and slower than the Preve and you call it Sports? Seriously Proton, stop wasting your resources in thinking of cool new names for your half-ass car and actually start making proper cars! People are not as blind anymore.

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    • publi on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:20 am

      heavier and slower because more gadgets thrown in. the price is justifiable.

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  • Nissan on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:12 am

    looking at the FC, i would say “bye bye” SuprimaS.

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    • kimpsan on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:15 am

      hehe you compare it to what car? vios? oh please don’t tell me you don’t know it’s in different league and didn’t read posts above.

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    • swell on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:22 am

      I don’t get shocked because the output is similar to 2000cc engine.

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      • Ford Focus on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:51 am

        Which 2.0L engine you are referring too? Ford Focus Sport: 2.0L NA, 170hp, 6.6L/100km combined cycle fuel consumption.

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        • swell on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:15 am

          No wonder too as focus sport has GDI engine. If CFE is a turbo GDI engine, sure it can kick those Ford out. lol

          Oh and why you want to compare with it, different engine, much different price. Focus sport 128k on road while SS only 79k. For 40k I can use it for fueling for at least 13 years!!

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  • My rear preve look better hehe, fuhhh!!, proton said preve cfe can get 8. Something/ 100km for fuel consumption?, bluffing!!, standard oem 16″ rim can get only 10.2, changing to 17″ lightweight, can get 9.6, maybe they mention that while driving 40km/h, nowday driving on d highway with 80-90km/h pun dah kena maki, kalau nak menipu pun agak2 laa

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    • that’s number is for combined cycle, not usual highway driving at 90km/h

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  • Bangsar South on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:43 am

    Peyno, apa kata lu booking sebiji dulu setakat menyalak Proton hebat kat sini tak payah lah, baik lu nyalak kat forum cari lagi bagus.

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    • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:08 pm

      caprut kemaruk keta jepun ori tapi haya mampu pakai perodua n jepun celup below 100K detected

      prrrtfhhh

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  • Local car on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:59 am

    Just my 0.2cents here. I might be wrong but from what I know is the main purpose of national car is giving the opportunity to all rakyat Msia to have a good ride at lower price. It is not giving proton to earn the rakyat Msia money. So is the price reasonable u judge urself. I truly love our bolehland deep inside my heart n I wish tat Proton is here to cherish us v something affordable n good.

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    • rekso on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:11 am

      Saga SV is much cheaper, the similar class cannot beat the price even without the excise duty. Take the City (B segement)and compare it with preve (C segment) price in Thai. Similar specs but the segment between 2 is different already. In Malaysia the different is greater.

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    • line3 on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:18 am

      Son’t you think Saga SV is cheap?

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  • si cantik wangi on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:26 am

    I have Proton saga 1.5 (2004)…and alhamdulillah until today, my family and I do not face any problems with this proton saga…Actually, it depends on how people use their car….If you buy any cars yang jenama bagus2…kalau pakai macam cilaka…cilaka la juga kereta tu jadinya hahahahaha

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  • calcutta on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:45 am

    when others are developing better engine and drive train,proton can only do different shape

    can’t even offer a manual gearbox(because its not available on their recycle bin)

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    • CFE is still new while Toyota has been recycling their engines and gears for more than decades. Pity for their buyers. They get fooled.

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    • Outpput wise CFE is better than old campro, it’s a product of proton.

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  • S.Roma on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:00 am

    Downgrade product with higher price, stupid !

    FC is higher than preve
    Boot is smaller than preve
    Acceleration is slower than preve

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    • queen on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:03 am

      how about other gadgets, if you sum it all, it is worth the price unlike vios which is overrated and overpriced, ewwwww.

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  • yyyuuppp…. it may have better specs then its competitors but, the engine… the block is still basic campro…. well.. cfe is strenghtened to match the turbo and the boost…..
    otherwise same ol campro block…

    sniff, i cracked my block….

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    • meanwhile on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:59 am

      that’s the least heard, the famous problems also already solved, it’s old story already.

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  • paradop on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:27 am

    typical malaysian. bashing their own brand, but in the end…they prefer to waste money on dugong tin milo cars, paying high for badges. i’ve been driving honda, chevrolet, perodua, proton, mercedes c class. again, it depends on individual preferences, and the badges not always represent comfort. as a consumer, dont’ buy something because of the brand, go for QUALITY. only then, you will be fully satisfied.

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    • calcutta on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:35 am

      while not everyone here own a foreign car,95% here had proton ownership experience before

      if a proton owner say its junk,its junks

      they offer junk for Malaysian while offer more safety equipment for foreign market,they deserve no respect.

      you like the junk you buy it yourself,we vote with our money

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    • powershot on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:29 am

      totally agree with you, bro

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    • Vincent Ang on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      We are not bashing a MALAYSIAN brand. It is the Mamakthir brand that we do not want. 28 years of 99.99% ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ rubbish product is enough.

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      • ststcn on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:13 pm

        What rubbish? Give the stats and source please

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        • Vincent Ang on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:45 am

          28 years of bullshit and still not able to compete internationally and you want stats. OK let me give you one. In the 1990’s Proton held 80% of the sedan market today it holds only about 30%. Your Mamakthir Proton can’t even hold its ground against Perodua not to mention competing internationally. Want somemore stats. Tak malu punya ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ bodoh. Mati-mati tak mahu usaha hanya mahu tarik yang lebih pintar ke dalam longkang.

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          • Bnmess on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:59 pm

            kia / hyundai was established longer ago than proton, which is only about 28 years old. no wonder if it’s a competitive global player now.

            is perodua making a sedan?

            anyway raising up and falling down is usual thing in business, you don’t involve in business do you? only know to bash, not to build i guess lol

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  • ace ventura on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:47 am

    the exterior looks so dated. while the interior looks so compromised.

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  • rajriz on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:55 am

    i felow malaysian. Its seems that everybody here is know an auto industry expert. To put things into perspective and to clarify a few matters.

    1. Yes, dato syed zainal when he speaks, everyone is awe striken or teruja, but not many know that during his management, he is the one who actually screwed up Proton. He came from Perodua and hence he bought histeam with him. Perodua is what was Proton 25 years ago, re badge manufacturers. Proton in the other hand has become a full fledge manufacturer with top notch RND facility. Having said that, when this jokers from Perodua came in, including syed zainal, they just could not get control of the product quality, management to name a few. They were just no control over vendors, procument and even research to why a part fails in the first place. They never rectified the root coz of the problem. During the helm of syed zainal, proton was still facing many product issues that and his people failed to attend. The problem lies within the whole value chain, right from the dealers, manufacturing plant, vendors, engineers, and to the extend even incompetent people that have been put in Proton during syed zainal helm. The power window is just a small problem. Its whole eco system and value chain is the matter at hand whereby syed zainal failed miserably. The preve is actually his biggest failure. A fantastic car but was never develop properly.

    Now, DRB in the other hand, is not a party to be blamed. They eventually inherited a cancerous company with many ailing problems coz by previous failed management that DRB itself had a tough time rectifying and doing endless damage control. To the extend that the 3 guys who lauched the Suprima (as someone here posted as reffering them as the 3 guys) openly appologised after t to everyone including dealers for what injustice that Proton had done to its cunsumer. To apologise for something that u inherit from the old management mistakes is a courageous deed to do. DRB, I a short span of time has manage and succeeded to rectify tall the ailing problems with proton value chain and also managed to improve the quality of all Proton cars including the Preve. All this were done in just 6 months, where tengku mahalel and syed zainal sat in proton for years and even failed at this. Drb has gone back to basics and improving where it matters most, all the fundamentals. 2 years is a standard time in any automotive turnaround time and to make the company profitable. But from what drb inherited, it , ight take them 3 years. But from the current progress drb has got the right recipe and fundamentals that in another year we could see a whole new Proton all together. And remember drb is a corporate group that has many other makes with them that they can excess at any time. DRB is the best thing that has ever happened to Proton. They really mean business.

    Now, someone posted here above the guys with a back name of othman giving a syiok sendiri product presentation. Now that is what you do when u are confident and proud of your own product. This is what steve jobs has been doing at Apple, he will tell the market and consumer on why u need this need this product and he does this very arrogantly. This is the power of convincing when u have a good product whereby u are so damn proud and confident of. And he has nailed it very brilliantly. He has no need to do the syed zainal thing and converse in other malaysian dialects to get peoples confident in a product or to win their heart. A good quality product and value for money is what we need. But since someone here brought this up on these posting, no I know why during syed zainal time he failed in the export market. I think its because he cant converse in other foreign language.

    No doubt about that. Remember Proton is at their turn around process and Proton has delivered what the consumer has been waiting for. Its just our mindsets here and unjust blatantly posting without even seeing or test driving the car. What tin milo are guys keep talking about here? Still living in the 80s??

    as for the new vios, I think that toyota now is being too complesent that they have repeat and brand loyalty customers that they decided to offer crap to its customer. Gone are that days of 4speed gearbox and such. But its the choice of individuals. So let them make their choice and be happy with it.

    I think there is a lot of proton suprima test drive units for all u bashers to test drive. Please regardless of what u feel for proton, please test drive and have a feel of the car.

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    • Ya ya …test first … you Proton said the same thing when Preve launched. Some many test drive yet so little sold. 300 units a month? Toyota is selling more hilux that that.

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  • fazron80 on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:55 am

    Getrag five-speed manual. bring it. the generations that drives manual still buys cars. Dissapointed slighty with the back of suprima. Seems to be like the preve back that doesnt look like being well thought off design wise. Well maybe next car will be better designed. But i believe proton is improving. For me exora bold was spot on. It holds it own if put side by side with any other mpvs out there. Only the progress is slow. Perhaps next project proton can invite current proton users who support proton to be involved in the design instead of syok sendiri. But most japanese car design also guilty of syok sendiri. It seems korean cars that have more appealing design for the masses nowadays.

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  • Luqman_HKM on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:02 am

    No manual? CVT only? This is just pure madness… Paddle shifting a CVT will never be enough because it means that fuel economy will be erased, and it won’t go faster. Proton should get DCT since this car is going to be sporty. I don’t hate this car, but sorry Proton, it’s just too wrong.

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    • Peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:02 am

      As long proton doesnt equip with old tech 4AT, itbis good for us

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  • Nizam J on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:05 am

    Suprima S = S utk sport? phui!!
    apsal Preve lagi nampak sporty? ape jadah Proton weh ..kesilapan ni ..kesilapan .. dah la lagi mahal dari Preve, lagi berat, dan lagi slow? bonet lagi kecik .. yg lebih cuma safety and accessories jer ..haiya proton ..lu suda silap la ..haiyo ..

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    • kau tau kira tak?
      airbag je dah tambah 2, belum benda lain lagi. padan la lagi mahal dan berat. otak ada pakai tak?

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    • alldisc on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:13 pm

      bonet lagi kecik? ko ni tahu ke bonet mana satu sedara oii… bonet tu kalau lihat kamus bermaksud penutup ruang enjin.

      kalau tak pandai tu usahlah dipamerkan..

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  • Out of 28 millions Malaysians, only 20000 people looking at the streaming? ….

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  • manzo7 on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:24 am

    I’m glad Proton didn’t cut down on the safety features when it comes down to cutting cost(both the suprima models have 6 airbags regardless of the price difference).Try checking out cars like Swift and Almera the first thing to remove when cutting down cost is the safety features (only one airbag). With newer models like Saga SV and Suprima, it shows that proton is taking the initiative to put safety first rather than all this unnecessary gadgets, and with better warranty this is evidence that proton is changing for the better. I hope proton continues in providing more safer and reliable cars in the near future. MALAYSIA BOLEH!

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  • mKhai on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:25 am

    BRO IMRAN, PESAL AKU XBLEH REPLY KOMEN KO??
    TRTARIK DGN KOMEN KO, KALU KO ADA CABLE BSR D PROTON, ADVISE DIORG CALL BACK PRODUK YG DAH JUAL UNTUK RETUNED SEMULA (NI TANDA AFTER SALE SERVICE YG BAIK). JGN BATCH BARU JE, HATI2 BUYER LAMA KENA JAGA JUGA. EXORA BOLD TURBO AKU ADA SIMPTOM YG KO TULIS, TU YG AKU XPUAS HATI NI… HA3

    imran on Aug 17, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    “From what i see proton now is keen on consumer’s responses & try hard to improve. Quality & reliability should be improved too, people comment about cvt sound, later batch of preve is already retuned ECU & cvt to be quiet & more responsive. NVH also have been improved.”

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  • promyass on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:55 am

    stupid car like dis wanna cost 80k??? ford fiesta,kia forte,rio,honda jazz,city,so many better choice.Not because i hate u,but campro and cvt?look what fiesta got man…they even got way better Sony audio and driving experience,the only thing u win is useless daytime running led,cheap LCD,bigger room,and i haven’t start at the cs and build quality yet.Proton rush for bankrupt?

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    • wussy on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:37 am

      fiesta got turbo? hahahaha

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    • Jimmy Dean on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:19 am

      Why don’t you test drive and compare? All the cars you mentioned are not worthy to be compared to Suprima specs wise.

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  • MesheToujours on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:16 am

    Hurm…

    i just tested the Suprima S
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIWGm5ZMWbU

    dan i have some question to the all bashers in here says that the car price is ‘overpriced’?

    1. Please define ‘a cheap, affordable not overpriced’ car….

    2. If you want to compare the Car prices between nation, please.. im begging you please do also mention the difference of cost of living, pros and cons between those countries….

    All you guys know is to complaint2. compare 80k car to 100++ car (what a bullshit). Iflaa you guys full of hatred please…do aim that to perodua. Those guys more responsible creating really ridiculous expensive soda tin car. Even if you owned a conti car, deep down in your skin you’re just a pathetic malaysians that regardless hate anything that govt provides.

    My whole family owned a proton, even though we’re all businessman, grade a employees. not because we cant afford expensive car, but because of love to the countries.

    I test drive Suprima S just now. yes, a little bit disappointed about the performance compare to preve. but others than that. Proton did hell a good job. Syabas Proton.

    P/s: may it just my eyes.. but Suprima S i lots more stunning and beautiful in front of my eyes than seeing in the picture. Suprima S are not photogenic.

    Love and peace,
    MesheToujours

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  • proton playdumb again. just change cover and sell it back. to those who dont really familiar with cars, just want to let u know, i dunno wether got changes or not, but from what i understand from the brochure, suprima will still using the old engine as planted in pesona. u wont get latest technology. turbo?go to workshop and add la. no need study engineering or a manufacuring plant or a test cell to do it. send to workshop, tell them to add turbo for efficient or power or etc, and they will do it for u….come on la proton, feel shame plz with other manufacturers. u just change cover but inside old. even viva got vvt. wheres ur cps?kedekut aa want to make permanent?…..zzzz….really disappointed. thought new engine will be intro as well.. but then, old system, just new baju. any reason why i should i choose suprima 79k instead of inspira 78k with 1.8 mivec? the only reason i can think is

    1.just becoz quite nice lookng car (macam impreza ver10 pun ade.msti after this ramai convert imreza ver 10, macam BLM bleh jadi ver9.) and got many features which for me, not worth the price. better get cerato instead.many features too.just plus another 10k which is equivalent to app rm100 per month different for monthly payment

    2.know nothing where is the quality of a car. just buy car to use.

    3. so many money to waste.

    btw, it looks really nice. girl sure like. men who dont care much about perfomance sure like too.

    ps=claiming this is whole new class but not preve hatchback?then why same face?if new must be all new la….zzzzz….

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    • CFE got CVT, if you do bolt-on turbo outside, you don’t have warranty period same like factory fitted turbo
      Don’t compare with cerato that’s only 1.6. CFE already like 2.0l engine. Inspira has 6 airbags? Do you know how to count?

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      • i compare with inspira due to seventy thousand cars with 2 different engine technology.

        cerato,my opinion because i think its cooler to pay a bit extra for cerato rather than suprima. if suprima, rather go to preve. 10k diff with same tech, im thinking its fit the price. suprima not.

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    • pirlo on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:34 am

      suprima use same engine like persona? persona got turbo meh?
      aftermarket turbo? you mean, top up more rm7k for workshop turbo? not only the parts, ecu tuning also must be done which require additional money.
      viva got vvt? suprima also got vvt. you don’t know about car, do you? what is vvt? (it’s ok, go ahead, google first).
      why need cps? how cps works meh? comparing to vvt and cps, what’s the difference meh?

      sedih sebenarnya, aku tengok comment orang yang tak tahu pasal kereta ni. i can accept other people’s thoughts on styling/design because beauty is in the eye of beholder. but, when it comes to technical things like engine specs vvt, turbo, cps, it is already a fact that can’t be changed. like, n/a is better than turbo in term of performance with same displacement. or even worse, suprima use same engine like persona. itu statement bodoh.

      kau malaysian ke? kalau malaysian, tolong jangan tunjuk bodoh depan orang luar boleh tak? thank god paultan doesnt require us to login facebook to give comments.

      i’m not a proton fan boy. period. if proton fails, it doesnt affect me at all and i don’t care. what irritates me, there is a person like you, in malaysia, who i believe maybe laa, quite modern because know about paul tan (not makcik pakcik from kampung), who is lazy to give an effort to get basic information, pretend know everything and asking spoon feed from the others. dah la tak tahu, tapi buat-buat pandai.

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      • i think its better for to google rather than me. campro camshaft can varies the lift? then why they invent cps? cps is the valve timing system. like vvt in viva. campro engine does have DOHC that were fix. the lift wont change. valve lifting system is one that lead to fuel consumption. theoretically, engine with timing system can lead to less fuel consumption. thats why campro engine fuel consumption is bad compare to other cars like almeira vios etc cars in same class. if u think campro engine does have camshaft that works like viva vvt system then u r wrong. u were lied. thats y i said, they just salin baju. technology lama.

        if u say im stupid to say it use same engine as pesona. go to proton n tell them that. they will stupid u back. because it is the same engine. accept added turbo in it. engine and accessories is two diff thing. adding a turbo wont change the engine. just change the performance.engine is engine. y cannot change?u never see ppl mod car engine ka?

        (btw, in addition, they put turbo badge behind suprima. have u seen the suprima engine?they badge it CFE.y not turbo?y preve badge as CFE behind, but suprima badge TURBO behind but inside both badge as CFE?they just attracting customer by the word. not the actual changes.becoz theyrs no changes..y have to lie?just put CFE back there as it use the same CFE system like preve)

        if not satisfy n still thinking im worng. tell me how campro camshaft work, how campro cps works, n how vvt works. stop stupidding ppl.

        im not bashing proton. im just bashing the way they produce a car.dont get me wrong. i also driving a proton.

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        • CFE is derived from campro but most parts are new. look at the cc, it’s different. it’s not bolt-on turbo / after market turbo where you usually modify it outside.

          i don’t see there is much different if they use CFE or turbo. some cars use turbo badge at rear like 308T. some use engine name badge like TSI, TDCi or their tech logos like Hybrid. why so much fuss?

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        • Salop on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm

          Haiyo u are the one who misleading meh, cps engine does alter the vavle lift, cfe engine does alter the vavle timing, correct u said cfe engine the same engine campro but inside it’s all different, and lastly campro is just a name proton use to name it’s engine

          Ps: ppl who lack knowledge of mechanical things always act like they know it

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    • theanswer on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:46 am

      why should p1 feel ashamed of others when top global player use same 1.5 and 4 speeder gearbox for 3 generations. use old 2.0L and 4 speed for their sedan..where others already move to skyactive or modern gdi engine.
      for number 2 i agree..that’s why ppl rush to buy vios or ckd jazz..for honda after so many years..the only 10000km service interval is new civic. talking about modern tech eh?

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      • feel shame becoz still using old tech engine. just tukar sane sini than up price n claim it globally competent. my two cents only.

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        • the prices come from features not available in preve. it’s worth it.

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    • kenot on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:30 am

      wow..your comment like u come from the cave somewhere in malaysia. please dont show yourself look idiot here. get fact and figure accurately before write your view

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    • JeremyNg on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:38 pm

      First of all CFE and CamPro IAFM is totally 2 different engine ! CFE only used 30% of CamPro engine and 70% of it is 100% new and CFE come with VVT too. If you think that Turbo is a easy job by jz install it and it will work , den you’re wrong. if it really that simple why all those top manufacturers spent billions to research & develop a turbo ??!!

      Those under tree mechanic can install a turbo for u by much cheaper price but how reliable is it ? You wan a car that will work 100% all the time so you no need to worry about it break down when u outstation.

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  • next_gen_sawi on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:16 am

    please..order me pizza supreme S(super)..proooooton is sucks!!designer proton syok sendiri..baik pi belajar kat korea tengok design kia macam mana sekarang..cuba bukak mata jangan hanya dress mcm seorang designer..kesiannyer kat proton…

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  • Display & test drive model sure will look good… but most importantly is the unit that were pass down to the customer…. will it have the same build quality?

    Anyway, I think this is over price for the sake of having it as a hatchback….

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    • slock on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:27 am

      When preve launched display unit is prolly pre-prod car. No wonder it’s so so. Customer unit much better.

      Preve has 4 airbags, SS have 6 + other gadgets sure the price is different.

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      • Too bad, in my life I probably wanted to try other brand if I’m going to put in such money… after all it will be another 9 years before I change to another car…. better try something else first….. wait until Proton can successfully improve & give confidence to customer on their package & branding

        Pricing wise, I think it is still too much considering the tax advantage they have… although 6 airbag is really a point of consideration

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        • adizon on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:43 pm

          wake up bro.. loan will be till 7 years. heard will be implement next month with 3.75% interest.

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        • redflank on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:44 pm

          actually, if I am not mistaken, the tax structure for all new cars in malaysia is the same. regardless of whether it is proton or not.

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  • Congratulation Proton..Suprima Sport full specs is very compatible with it price. Good job….

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  • Just Me on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:12 am

    outside…soso, inside…please change your design team….compare proton and Hyundai….proton started longer than them but look at Hyundai…veloster…that is called Briliant and intelligent!! proton…your market maybe left in sahara….and got 4th world countries kah….that would be your only market…cannot compete with anyone in Malaysia…i think Tata even better than you! sorry guys…i like proton as everyone did but seriously…their design has not gone any better with a WOW factors…just a normal car…with a more than average price…Perodua is better than Proton…MSG to Proton…wake up and start thinking of the future going to be make something that will make your nation proud….such cars will not carry you far…no wonder Sime is looking for so many other brands because they knew Proton if only selling only Proton…one fine day will WIND UP…much faster than expected!!

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    • Yes, Hyundai started earlier but again both started with Mitsubishi power train…..I guess what our fren means why proton cannot make a car that can really give a “WOW” factor…see Hyundai…they can make nice car that really gives us a surprise….is just not an ordinary car with normal features….think of the future design….hire some brilliant designers & engineers…make something you can compete and not same “four wheelers” nothing to brag about…The launched of this model should start with a title “Proton again launched a normal car with standard basic features” For such a basic spec….it should be the same price go the Saga back in 1985 perhaps a couple hundreds more for paddle shifter, ABS, projected HL, DRL, power steering, slightly upgraded power window, new engine or maybe double the price still 70K+ I would go for new Vios….maybe even Cerato….lol! My first Wira Areoback….served me well but not because of Proton but mechanic from outside that helps me to maintain that car…not even 1 year on the road…back absorber problem…brought to Proton service centre…you know what I was told?? “boss model ini, warna in memang macam tu punya…tak Rosak…kami tak Akan tukar….ini adalah spec!”….from that moment this brand is no longer a trustable and reliable brand in my mind….straight away brought to outside mechanic even under warranty who cares….fixed and 10years….nice Mitsubishi engine….no problem at all…only thing is 3 gears only tranny….so proton Preve Suprima is how many gears? 6/7/8 or Cvvt/DSG……stop making standard cars for the sake of your country…..

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      • vios got turbo? oh ok it as long as it can fly, there is nothing as good

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    • Changan Lover on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:39 pm

      Retard comment…Hyundai Motor Co.. founded 1967..It’s longer than proton..la

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  • fbook on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Get your facts right. Hyundai was established wayyyy before proton. Why compare it with veloster? lol

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  • Mahal on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:32 am

    Dengan tarafnya sebagai kereta Nasional, harga +70k terlalu mahal dan tidak setimpal dengan kualiti kereta. Rakyat dibelenggu hutang, org2 besar proton goyang kaki sambil isap curut dalam kereta mewah.

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    • umbro on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:57 am

      Tak nak hutang jangan beli kereta, jangan beli rumah.

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    • Mahal_Subjektif on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:46 am

      Beli kereta ikut kemampuan kalu tak ada duit tu…jgn dok kecoh2…
      Pernah tegok orang jual rumah sebuah harga RM JUTA2….bukan setakat tauke rumah isap curut ganja heroin dan estacy pun diaorang belasah…
      Jadi..salahkan orang atas ketidakmampuan kita membeli sesuatu barang….RUMAH dibina di Malaysia status nasional sepenuhnya pun lagi mahal…RUMAH NASIONAL HARGA MAHAL NAK MAMPUS..kereta nasional lebih sikit bising nak mampus …bukan nya nak guna kereta berak dalam kereta tu….rumah je jd tempat nak berak hang nak tido tak nak bising ke….

      SO Proton nak kata mahal tu memang la mahal tp kalau ada duit baru beli tak ada duduk diam2….jgn dok menuduh org…

      HIDUP KENA BERMUHASABAH….SEBAB APA ORG KAYA AKU MISKIN….????

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    • adizon on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      nak tolong pun agak2 lah. kat australia preve jual offer RM47K. kat kita jual dekat RM60k

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    • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:03 pm

      tak setimpal dgn quality?? quality apa???
      tapi spec and features tu fakta dan setimpal dgn harga… tak main la 2 airbags

      prrrtfhhhh

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    • persona black.. on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:12 pm

      Tengok pada pendapatan dan kelayakan.. u rasa selayaknya harga berape untuk model ni ?.. ada banyak pilihan lagi yang harganya lebih murah, saga SV , Viva… (ke yang ni pun mahal gak)

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  • Steve R. on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:07 am

    The bottom rear bumper design is a disaster. It does not flow with the rest of the body design. The dash board and front grill design looks out dated. Similar feel with old saga and iswara. I give up and loss my confident with Proton after 3 generation of national service old saga, iswara and wira. 13 years ago I was a young chap just started working and I am now a young executive. So my budget can be bigger now. Sorry proton but I will make sure my future generation kids will not get a proton. I will buy any other car except proton.

    And btw the after sales and service in 222 is really a let down when I was driving a proton last time. Saw the place close down and reopen, good luck.

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    • gulator on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:10 pm

      I suggest you get the vios TRD. It really impressive outside because of Toyota badge and sporty (ah beng) bodykits. But inside, it’s actually overpriced and overrated. But hey, noone knows right? shhhhh lol

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  • Chee AL on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:10 am

    I think I am qualified to add my 2 cents on Proton.
    I have been supporting Proton since Saga 1.5i (I think this is an export model)& Iswara 1.5, through Aeroback 1.6XLi to Perdana V6 (so-called Enhanced Version).
    Every time when I changed to “another” Proton model, friends and relatives ( all races) advised me against buying a Proton or told me I bought a junk.
    Fortunately for me, all the Protons I used hardly ever give me problems. Even for the Perdana V6 (famous for transmission problems), I have used it from 2003 until January 2013 (WITHOUT A SINGLE COMPLAINT) when it developed the infamous gear box problem. That was after almost 10 years!
    To those who bashed Proton, I believe most of them must have had bad experiences with Proton.
    Are we to say no one has bad experiences with foreign cars? Even some Honda Accords have faulty auto transmissions.
    I am sure many of the Proton “bashers” have friends or relatives currently own a unit or two of Proton.
    From my point of view, the problem with Proton was with the Management. Their inaction or bad policies have allowed Proton to “acquire” the bad name and allowed it to spread.
    The difference between a Proton and a Japanese car, or even a Perodua for the matter, is the resale price.
    I sold all my Protons (except the early Sagas) at heavy losses ( My Perdana V6, which I bought for RM103k, was sold at RM18K!).
    I would like to suggest to Proton Management to develop a policy whereby they allow existing Proton owners to trade in their Protons at “good prices”. I think this system is practised by Nissan. They offer higher trade-in values for almost all cars when you buy a Nissan.
    By adopting this business model, I am sure Proton can maintain its customer base is a good way to appreciate your supporters.
    Just my 2 cents.

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    • To be fair, the Perdana gearbox problem is not a Proton problem, but a Mitsubishi problem.
      All over the world, the 7th generation Mitsubishi Galant is known to have a problematic (auto) gearbox, just do a google search…

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      • Vincent Ang on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:57 am

        But your ‘Ketuanan’ heroes call the Perdana a MALAYSIAN car which should be supported by the government. Is the Preve and Suprima gearbox made by Proton. Can Proton actually produce a gearbox from scratch?

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        • freaker on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:53 pm

          Give them time. For engines they aleady have campro and CFE for now. NFE will come later.

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  • Oscar on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Korang nie….klu orang sendiri tak sokong bantu & majukan org sendiri, ko ngat org lain yg kat gurun sahara atau kat kutub utara tu nak tolong ka???…

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  • KroniSpotted on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:25 am

    Kepada semua kat sini;

    Kesimpulan komen komen yg memanjang kat sini;

    80% yg boikot proton. Sila tutup proton dengan segera walaupun kita ada pilihan untuk tidak beli proton tetapi kewujudannya memaksa harga kereta jenama melambung tinggi. Selagi proton wujud, selagi itu lah industri kereta malaysia lemah.

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  • Fikanin on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:33 am

    Design…no comment since almost similar to preve
    Interior…no comment as you know proton…
    Safety features…two thumbs up
    Fuel…i thought hachback should be more efficient
    Price…i bet in Aussie will be cheaper…maybe next raya can get free modenas
    Overall…lots of room for improvement which is pls come out with new models…
    Rumours said enc of year of early next year proton will come out with new model…anyone knows???

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  • KroniSpotted on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:34 am

    “Byk sgt bumiputra yg komen inginkan kewujudan proton di malaysia walhal byk nyawa yg melayang pasal proton secara langsung atau tidak dari segi harga kete proton dan harga kete jenama lain yg tinggi pasal proton!. Bila suruh tutup ataupun mansuhkan sistem cukai negara, byk bumiputra yg menentang.”

    Ini lah akibat apabila negara menyusukan budak budak proton. Belum bertanding dah ingat kalah. Ingat kepentingan diri shj manakala pengguna kereta terpaksa merisikokan nyawa. Hoi keparat proton, kalau ada telor biar jantan, mansuhkan sistem cukai kereta. Bertanding secara adil. Sampai masa kalau telur korang tak boleh tahan bisnes yg lemah, tutup jer lah.Sekurang2nya korang kroni diberikan satu lagi peluang, padahal kalau aku kasi saman korang dan bankrapkan korang jer sebab menyusahkan rakyat. Tamak haloba melebih2 tapi kerja macam tahi.

    Sudahlah dgn memihak kpd proton ngan membuta tuli…berani kalau mansuhkan sistem cukai kereta, usah gentar jika produk proton hebat.

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    • merisikokan nyawa? keke
      kenapa sampai macam tu sekali?

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    • what truth? on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:41 pm

      lagi satu bangang. kau ingat Proton dapat income guna tax extra tu ke? atau gomen yang dapat? Proton yang kenakan tax? Proton yang mintak rakyat bayar?

      bodoh bebal mak tak ajar. ni satu lagi produk sistem pendidikan kebangsaan.

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  • Tau ceti on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:43 am

    It is ugly. It is trying to copy Subaru version 10 profile. why fight in the crowded market? With this kind of look it would sell better if it were a wagon. there is not much good wagon available at this price range…

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  • skeptical on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:51 am

    who else going to support our local brands if it is not us?

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  • Yang ramai dok kutuk pasal harga suprima ni rasanya memang tak mampu nak beli pun. Rata rata yang kutuk ni pun nak beli saga SV pun belum tentu lepas loan.

    Dengan model ni, nampaknya proton target golongan muda, eksekutif yang bergaji 5k ke atas sekurang kurang nye atau yang berdouble income.. Di mana golongan inilah yang berpelajaran dan berlogik utk membuat pilihan berpengetahuan atau “informed choice” bila compare dgn kete lain yang sama value… So pada bashers.. Kalau memang tak mampu, silalah komen pasal kereta yang korang mampu beli… Pada proton, kena berhati hati sebab target client korang dah level lain.. Jgn buat kerja chinchai dan jagalaj customer dgn baik.. Kalau tak koyak budget warranty claim and court settlement nanti. Secara amnya, ini perkembangan baik utk industry otomotif negara.. Semua org kena mainkan peranan masing masing

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    • Gaji aku 6K la woi tapi aku nak kutuk proton dan suruh proton tutup kedai.
      Agak-agak logik tak ? MMg tak logik punnnnn

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    • Hakim on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm

      Dear Sir,

      It’s a proton not a Toyata or even Hyundai who has been doing rather well. I wouldn’t mind paying the price if the quality is as what they claimed to be. But I’ve had protons, even a black proton preve to date. Seems to be lacking to me.

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  • before election goverment said will cut down price, but now just add 1 or 2 features, the price much much more higher only at 1600cc car, dont you (MALAYSIAN) totally forger?

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    • 1 or 2? lol that’s very pathetic. why you no read above post? so lazy lah ini proton basher, no wonder they buy car with zero specs

      4 airbags -> 6 airbags
      non-HHA -> HHA
      16″ rims -> 17″ rims
      no reverse camera, FR sensor -> yes reverse camera, FR sensor
      no leather seat -> yes leather seat
      no android os -> yes android os
      no DRL -> yes DRL
      no RR fog light -> yes RR fog light

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    • danedz on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      where is najib during the launching?

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    • MesheToujours on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:29 am

      Hurmm… u say 1.6 proton is expensive? try google other car prices… 1.4 scirocco? 1.4 Rio? go ahead any google for other car please…

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  • adizon on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Great. Can sell cheap2 for oversea people and sell expensive to own people.

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  • Empire on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    C’mon Proton basher. We need more from u. U can do it better. 650++ comments is not enough. We can reach 1000+ comment by Monday.

    Ps. Dont forget to go to school ya. Midterm break is almost over.

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  • Ahlei on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Pls provide all those safety stuffs on exora bold. I need MPV….pls proton

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  • Nicholas on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    To everyone out there,

    The Suprima S is not that photogenic, they look better in real life same like Preve. However everyone has its different view on how the cars look. You like Apple I like Samsung etc….everyone has their reason.

    Every product in the world has problems and its not perfect. Just stop condemning about Proton Preve and Proton Suprima S, because I think Proton improve quite a lot. They need to improve more on their QC and After sales to be better.

    Design is really subjective, no matter how nice or beautiful the car, sure there is a certain people whom doesn’t like it. Everyone thinks differently.

    In Malaysia branding is very important for everyone. To some people, affordability is the concern. To some, brand is the concern. But no matter what there is pro and cons on each.

    I give a thumbs up to Proton Preve because their quality improved compared to Gen2 etc. I own Preve anyway, and I feel Preve has its pro and cons. It really depends on how people could accept the pro and cons. Anyway every car has problems when they first launch. Preve 1st batch has problems but I’m lucky because my car is already 55000+ km and I have no problems. I even install Racechip and the car performnace is excellent. The handling and feels like a BMW 320. I drive a BMW530 and BMW320 before so I know how the handling goes anyway.

    I can afford a RM150k car however, initially when I bought Preve, my list of top 3 cars is Elantra, Kia and Honda Civic. I don’t even considered Preve. But at last when I compared to all those, features and performance and handling. Preve is the best deal and really worth it. Test drive it before buy.

    It’s your life, your money and your choice. Choose whatever you want. If you don’t like Suprima or Preve weakness etc the taillight, or cvt and others, then choose other brand as long you like.

    I’m not saying I pro proton supporter. I’m a buyer or consumer which think which one is the best for me. So are you.

    My conclusion is Proton Suprima S is worth it to buy. Features, specification and handling is worth it’s value.

    P/S:
    – if you want branded can go for Honda or Toyota or Mazda
    – if you can pay more for branded expensive car then go for BMW, VW or Merc
    – if you want features, good handling and affordability, go for for Proton Preve or Suprima or Ford Focus
    – if u like racing and sports car go for R35, R8 or Ferrari

    IT’S ALL YOUR CHOICE…

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    • Truth Hurts on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      Its not our choice. Because Proton is making other car prices high. So, we are cornered and got no choice. Dont talk rubbish pls.

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      • Nicholas on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:14 pm

        What rubbish? If you can’t afford a car then take bus or train.

        If can afford expensive cars then buy it.

        Political point of view, there is nothing much we could do. Don’t politicize issues. If you think Malaysia car is so expensive, go other place and stay.

        For all industries and all the countries is the same as they will hope you support own country product. If you don’t like it buy other country stuff. People like you only talk shit and think you are so smart.

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      • proton can abolish excise duty? you gave rubbish comment here

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      • what truth? on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:37 pm

        so you think Proton makes other car prices high? And Proton’s income came from our tax ah? Who talk rubbish now?

        If you ppl don’t f–king like this f–ing car then wtf you doing here so concern ah? buy your goatdamn car and do whatever shyt you want, come here for bashing get what?

        Go complain to the g’ment lah regarding the taxes you have to pay to get your car, you think Proton don’t have tax meh? Your parents never tell you to read ah?

        –PROTON IS TAXED TOO.–

        f–ked up ppl. I hate g’ment just like you guys. but accusing people liddis is no different then the people you hate. stupid.

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        • Agree on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:36 am

          Agree. Give you cheaper Malaysian car, you basher will say no quality.

          Give you better quality but more expensive but blame the government and politcalize things.

          Give 6 airbags you will say useless.
          Give you turbo you will say not powerful as VW.
          Give you free cars, you also will say Malaysia too much corruption till give free cars. Right?

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          • moluska on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:26 pm

            Malaysian now know how to critic and complain everything but they are never ever try to come up with an idea. SS selling like RM21k will they shut their mouth off? basher will always barking

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:19 pm

      If you stay in Langkawi, will you still choose proton?

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      • defry on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:53 pm

        Why not? Have tried Jap cars before. It’s not that good, simply over-rated car with well-known badge. That’s all.

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        • lu bolo on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:32 pm

          ini bodoh punya olang!

          in langkawi
          – suprimau 75k
          – mitsubishi lancer 72k

          lagi mau angkat itu suprimau?

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          • defry on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:48 am

            Lu lagi bodoh pakai harga Langkawi lol.

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          • blotty on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:51 am

            -Inspira got Lotus RnH
            -Better air intake than Lancer for CVT

            conc : inspira better, worth additional 3k

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    • old dog on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:47 pm

      obviously most cronies can own a BMW + Protong…

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  • Kucing on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    proton. i believe

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  • I second your comments nicholas…
    tested the suprima just now, was impressed with the pickup and speed, proton improved a lot compared to preve before. Quality of the suprima oso quite good if you ask me,
    Again, its subjective to the person’s views on different needs as well.
    Its a good car, i would say i still prefer preve as it comes with a butt, but suprima is more sporty and the body hatchback, been awhile since we’ve seen hatchbacks from proton anyways.

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  • Primes on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    Give it to the top gear & they know how to comment…..

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    • syrup on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      Those are clowns who only know making jokes and give comments here and there. They know nothing about the car making process

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      • medic on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:12 pm

        They give the true direct critism…that’s why it’s popular car journalism channel.They don’t give a damn whou you are,unlike here in Msia,where you’re advised to give good comments from Mamathir &gang.

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        • syrup on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:07 pm

          Praising only some cars don’t make them respected or looked honest. There are still bias and boring unnecessary jokes.

          *yawn*
          *vomit*

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:37 pm

      Agree, the boys at Top Gear know more than you do.

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    • Joshua on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:15 pm

      Better give to Fifth Gear.

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  • euthanasia on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    after 30 years on life support, Potong should be let to die of natural cause.

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    • kromet on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      MMMMM What is Potong? I’m sure that is your second name. LOL

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  • i think the old volvo im driving now is a better car. In terms of fuel efficiency and performance, and also safety. the only point where i lose out is the looks, haha.

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    • repoire on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      Yes I want to claim my old ford is better car too. But when other pipul ask about safety rating, I can say 0 and no airbags. I dun know what is VSA, is it the one that the tow truck used to pull the car up? Anybody knows?

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  • Fairozee Hashim on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    Sekarang ni kalau ada berita pasal Proton, tak sanggup dah nak baca comments. Memalukan betul pemikiran rakyat Malaysia kat sini. Mentang2 lah komen depan komputer, berani habis kuar statement tak berifikir panjang. Betul2 mcm budak2 kecik tak dpt candy.

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  • walauweii .. so many “badges and brand” Kiasu comment here ..

    me myself i dont hesitate to buy one, but i’ll wait for a few month first to see the “real” review rather than self proclaimed car enthuist and those proton basher..

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  • should ask all government department change to this and not honda car as this should be a good example to ask malaysia people support made in malaysia

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  • went and test drove suprima today with an open mind, looks wise somehow looks better on pictures probably because the test car had all the ugly stickers on it. Campro cfe seems more refined and smoother with a nice power curve very early in rev range range and much less droning from prev campro models, brakes gives good confidence, transmission feels much better and less rubber band feel and finally its ride and handling is superb in my opinion. Bads would b interior plastics quality and choice of panel colors makes it look dull and the price, it should b 10k less. Looking at the preve cfe is giving out more than 5k discount likely suprima will follow suit.

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  • rajriz on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.

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    • True Rakyat on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:35 am

      The best test drive is Suprima export sales figures.

      Let’s wait and see how the world accept it.

      Kalau betul Jaguh Global, jangan takut lah he he he!

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  • when come to cars especially related to proton tehre area always endless arguements…price,govt policy,quality,2nd hand value,spec wise..yet we are force to swallow it..be grateful malaysian with our beloved govt..huhu

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  • Hakim on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    So, basically it’s smaller than preve and more expensive. right..

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  • Clarkson on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    Give it for me to review and i’ll give you a surprise, ok?

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  • this is only for proton fanboys..

    the rest with the right mind will still end up with vios, city, almera, fiesta, mazda2, rio..

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    • rdgear on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:11 pm

      Yeah they can find not 6 but 10 airbags in their cars. It is so invincible to crash. Nothing can hurt them. It also equipped with not VSC but Super VSC where the car can auto maneuver the car (KITT). So fantastic.

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  • seyed on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    i went today to proton show room ampang and saw it………design out side and spec.. acceptable ..but inside and dash material and design poor..poor really poor and overprice,,,my gen 2 cps 2008 high line much better. in my side view

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  • old dog on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Probably the G can feed back to us why Protong is selling cheaper in Australia then Malaysia?
    Ripped off own citizen is easier then compete in the world…that is the reality

    http://proton.com.au/special-offers/

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  • odd job worker on Aug 18, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    toyota vios with 10 years old engine and 4 gear is ANYTIME betterand superior than new Proton Suprima.
    I rest my case

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    • samalolo on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:05 pm

      yes because i heard that it can fly,
      i don’t believe it at first but when i saw the picture i believe it!!! lol

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    • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      old mind ppl.. nowaday ppl talk about SAFETY.. SAFETY first.. if u dont love ur belove.. go n die in milo tin vios

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  • i think majority here who bash proton actually genuinely want proton to produce world class product.

    coz we own proton before and now move on to car from other made.

    the difference of finishing and quality we can see.
    just wondering why proton cant come out something decent?

    even i rather spend 40 to 50k more to buy other made than this car, just this car is not good enough.
    you thought other people in other countries will buy your proton or not, while we rakyat cant accept ourself?

    yes,it is not a bad car, but far from competitive.
    you just cant come out with something half hearted, half finished, cin cai and wish others to buy it.

    you can see how many preve sold over sea to show how anemic this car when compete with other made.

    it is not as simple to put 10 air bags in, 22 inch rim, and the sales top.

    it is more than that.
    a good effort and intention but wasted.
    coz those afford majority wont buy this car, those praise this car majority cant afford.

    this is where proton fail.

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    • define finishing and quality or you bash blidly

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      • a good example of decent car that people (global) will consider to buy is the coming mazda 3.
        go google, see it and look back to this suprima s,pretty obvious?
        like our national football team lawan japan football team.kalah 2-0 consider menang.

        that is the kind of car that we wish proton to come out.

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    • a good example of car that people (global) will consider to buy is the coming mazda 3.
      go and google it online, see it, then look back at this suprima s, you know what i mean.
      pretty obvious.
      it is like malaysia football team lawan japan football team.

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      • lbeng on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:47 pm

        What google? YOU give the link. Somebody told here it is as good as beemer. Where can I read it or it’s just a stupid comment from proton basher.

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  • seekingonlytheytruth on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    after endless utterly stern bashing and complaints,, there you go.. almost a car from proton! Make it better or you wont get any praise, Proton.. And proton supporters, keep buying to fund them for further model enhancements and don’t forget to thank bashers for their hard work!

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  • Don’t you remember – every new model represents significant advancement for PROTON especially in quality, we are told by PROTON.

    Very surprise some Malaysians still love PROTON so much. Ask yourself these question?

    (1) Why the price of a PROTON car (with higher quality) in Australia is at least 20%-40% lower than those in Malaysia? Don’t forget Australian are richer than Malaysian, yet they pay lower price. Maybe opposite is true, Malaysian are richer???

    (2) Why it is so important to have own auto industry in Malaysia? Many countries do not have their own auto industries, yet they achieved greater technology success compared to Malaysia.

    (3) Who are making money when PROTON continue to operate? Suppliers, who are criticized with their poor quality products. And who else?

    I can’t imagine to take significant loan to buy a PROTON car, but end up with lot of problems.

    No one force you to buy proton car. But, the controlled-economic systems force you to buy it especially you are not rich.

    Compared to Proton, Perodua is a better choice since their quality is good. I don’t care Perodua is not doing R&D. But I care my life, I dont want my life being ruined by any poor quality products.

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    • P2 SA detected!!!!!

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    • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:53 pm

      u said.. life is important means safety features is important.. perodua has less safety features and tin milo body…
      r u perodua SA??
      prrrtfhhh

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  • bosan on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    apa la korg duk merepek ni??
    x abis2 nak compare dgn kereta import..
    for those who don’t like Malaysian cars, it’s your problem..you don’t have to condemn them..
    for those who support Malaysian cars, i think Suprima is a good improvement for Proton..
    If we look in a positive side,in this recent years, Proton has shown a lot of improvement in their design..its now up to the customers either to buy their products or not..

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    • We all human-being. We want fair treatment.

      I believe every Malaysian love Malaysia to have a company that we can proud of. Just like Korean and Japanese can proud of their car manufacturers.

      We just dislike certain companies become money making tools. We want right management, right suppliers and right employees who can work hard to improve the quality. We hope these happen in PROTON.

      But, many Malaysian view PROTON provide privilege to few number of individuals.

      At least, Perodua do a better job. Their suppliers can deliver better quality products. See the facts, not only blinded by our patriotism to country.

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      • Honda can gives discount, fiesta has 7 airbags under 81k. Why not others? Who is greedy?

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    • asalkan malaysia aman on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:47 pm

      kalau pengangkutan awam di malaysia bagus

      kerajaan nak kenakan tax kereta tinggi melangit pun tak apa,
      proton nak jual kereta harga mcm kereta ferari
      pun tak apa… aku tak kesah

      tapi malangnya pengangkutan awam di malaysia very2 amat bagus ^_^ semua tempat ada lrt

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  • riceman on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    No comment. Good or bad, same price range people got more options to choose. Very depends to personal criteria. People amaze for the specs offered more gadget and more intelligent if compare to same price range car.

    I choose for reliability and which manufacturer will be more responsibility to their customers. If defect found to their car models regardless warranty period within 10 years, they will rectify it with no further question.

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  • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    those UMW PNB Cronies Salesman. DRB Honda cronies and Tan Chong cronies salesman pls stop comparing ur car with super hi spec of Suprima… Suprima comparable to Mazda 3, peugeot 308T and fiesta Hatchback group…
    ur car almera, vios, city should be compared with Persona, saga since all if them only got 2 airbags max

    prrrtfhhhhh

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  • Najib Hamid on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    Proton is in the right path, taking big leap by producing this hatchbak. Just, fix on your customer service first. Please ? Sincerely by your customer.

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  • for you worthless trollers out there, here’s something to flame about.

    suprima s = supreme ma ass

    :))

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  • suprima S on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1174768_599558280095066_1877396877_n.jpg

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  • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    nexyt new vios launching will be a tough day for UMW PNB cronies salesman..ppl will ask how many airbags, safety features etc instead of old story reliable engine or 4AT.. ppl smart oredi.. SDafety is their priority

    and happy to see competition among UMW PNB vios dan Tanc chong Nissan ALmera jepun celup vs jepun celup

    prrrtfhhh

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    • 2million on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      -Ini toyota maaa, tak bole losak punyaaaaa
      -Kenapa mau airbag banyak-banyak? 2 cukup la, kalau banyak pun nanti lu mati lemas
      -VSC? VSC tu menatang apa?

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  • King Lee on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    That interior looks something that keep inviting me to puke on it….

    Anyway, not sure whether you guys know it or not but Proton do hired a PR team act as random dude to give positive feedback and snap on any online guy giving negative comments regarding the cars, by giving long explanation….lol

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  • loled on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    Quote of the day:

    “Vios got 100 ‘invisible’ airbags plus extra two whenever you pick up girls with the Toyota badged car. Suprima only 6 airbags and no chance to get 2 more since no self-respecting, pretty girl wanna been seen dead in tin-milo Suprima.”

    WIN

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  • I love nasi lemak. But, my budget is limited and wish to use the limited money to buy the best nasi lemak.

    But, ada gangster say certain nasi lemak must sell higher price, at least 30% higher. They protect stall that sell kurang senak.

    Then gangter told you must love them.

    —-> This a story told by my fren. I dislike they relate it to proton

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  • You guys are wrong. PROTON never recall PROTON cars. This means their PROTON never have problems.

    See, TOYOTA, HONDA and even PERODUA recall few times.

    So, this time. THe NEW PROTON must be great!!! Free from any problems. PLEASE BUY PROTON!

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    • peyno on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:54 pm

      proton never recall?? and u add on perodua together with honda n toyota recall???

      perodua SA detected

      prrrtfhhh

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    • asalkan malaysia aman on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:36 pm

      proton tak pernah recall MAKNANYA! proton NEVER have problem

      clap clap clap (tepuk tangan)
      HAHAHA very hebat punya pemikiran

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  • tebotudol on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    actually, all those negative comments on suprima/proton are not because of the engine, design, price, interior/exterior, resale value, model name…etc

    it’s all about the badge..PROTON. if other manufacturer come out with the same specs or even lower…it will be different story.

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:12 am

      No, it’s because the Gov force the price of other cars to be expensive just to protect Proton. We don’t like this Son(Proton) of a B***h(Gov).

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  • Drb scrapped 5 cars in lotus. This will be the car that should be scrapped. Any car proton produces will be able to sell because of the price advantage. However, when the prive crosses 80k, its a different story. What makes you think proton suddenly refuse to submit its sales report by model after the launch of preve last year. Knowing that they still release this car, i am suprised.

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  • armandd on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Test drive, then only you bash. Typical Malaysian mentality. Only knows to complain…

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    • arnandd on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:12 am

      We all know how rubbish proton it is, no need to test drive lah

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      • ajijit on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm

        no wonder flying car is popular. no need to test, after that flies into drain lol

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  • izhar on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    the only downside for proton is it resale value, ofte you need to topup if you want to change you car… hahaha

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  • Switching from bad to worst. No WORD can describe Proton now. It’s a waste to develop this model. Shame to Proton especially the whole new management team.

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  • Clarkson on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:57 pm

    Rubbish car

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    • sonof on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:24 am

      no, it’s YOU

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      • Clarkson on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:23 pm

        I’ve driven nearly every car on the planet, so shut up and listen to my review!

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        • sonof on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm

          you no designer, engineer or legendary car racer, only pathetic media producer who makes money by jokes

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        • tebotudol on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:34 pm

          driven nearly every single car on the planet doesn’t make u a good critic. go back to school and learn how to appreciate and celebrate different views!

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  • mayathegreat on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:15 am

    to hell to those who alway condemn proton. you all sembang saje. well done proton

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  • bootupjoe on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:29 am

    Name like “Supreme” sound like ordering a pizza at
    Pizza Hut….hungry. No “Omm” for this name for this car….think better one lah ….please

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  • Orang Islam mesti sokong Kereta dibuat oleh orang Islam. Mahal sikit tak apa la.

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    • I3674J on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:07 am

      Oops…a new topic to ‘discuss’?

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    • Jangan selalu menipu kualiti juga. Tuhan sentiasa nampak.

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    • Quality kurang sikit tak apa la. SUPPORT proton.

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    • Melayu mesti beli Proton, mesti patriotic. Proton con kita tak apa.

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    • Satu kerata hanya mahal lebih 30-40K saja. Pay la. Support PROTON.

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    • Support lah barang buatan Malaysia, rugi sikit tak apa. Asalkan bumiputera ada kerja di Proton, bayar duit sendiri untuk crony tak apa. Orang Australia tak beli tak apa, kita sendiri sokong pun boleh lah, ini Bolehland kan?

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    • kadajawi on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:19 pm

      Apa pun tak apa, now wonder rakyat diperbodohkan.

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  • kenny on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:11 am

    overall is ok but the fuel consumption is too high compare to other same class imported brands

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  • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:57 am

    Proton Sdn Bhd, best in Malaysia and some say Sg.

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  • Lotus dream is a dream indeed on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:51 am

    Gen2 hatchback was not selling well. Why chosen a hatchback again without changes in the platform? I mean it could be designed like Honda Jazz or Cross Polo or etc. Good Luck our beloved Proton.

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  • azrai on Aug 19, 2013 at 8:15 am

    The use of Turbo instead of CFE and Handling by Lotus rather than Proton R&H is just marketing gimmick since DRB-HICOM is a corporate entity and trying to squeeze its holdment of Lotus to the max to make more monetary profit.

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    • yinyang on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:30 am

      Nobody cares. That’s much better than only putting those ah beng bodykits without enough gadgets and power inside.

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  • Ar Kay on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:02 am

    No point arguing on quality unless there are commonly-acceptable definition of quality. Some like what they see and some like what the feel. And thus engineers always work to please the our eyes while at the same time trying hard to satisfy our feel. And there will definitely be a compromised, and the degree on which is to compromise is very subjective. Some car look nice but ride-and-handling is as worst as it gets, and vice-versa.

    So how are we going to compare two cars? On what attribute? To many ladies, they are easily impressed by the look, but to many gentlemen, a car ability to tackle hard corners without losing its rear end, a car ability to follow a driver’s inputs religiously-,quickly-and-accurately without undue hesitation, then driving dynamics is of utmost priority. These two broad categories of drivers define quality differently.

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  • HARGAMAHAL on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:21 am

    apasal harga mahal…nk suroh org support product tempatan tp nk makap macam nk cepat naik haji..adeii

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  • mr jem on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:29 am

    the fact that the vvip posed at the rear of the vehicle instead of the front part tells us all. hahaha…

    and why on earth u hav to provide 2 different variants with only RM 3k different in price.

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  • Superbikers on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:31 am

    Comment in here has no affect at all n people don’t care what you think n straight to showroom.
    Everyday you will see more n more proton on the road.

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  • Joe Radzif on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:36 am

    can we get 1000 comments by today…
    he he he

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    • essesse on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:31 am

      maybe not bcoz kids are back to school

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      • Joe Radzif on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:07 am

        it already 902 comments…
        need 98 only…
        hihihi

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        • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:11 pm

          Don’t forget proton employees, they are coming on full force! I wonder how much they earn per comment…

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          • Joe Radzif on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:38 pm

            But…
            it seem the anti-Proton get more green thumb…

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          • essesse on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:06 pm

            auto ones cannot be accepted, lol

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  • Leonardo on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:41 am

    Peeps – if you want cheap cars, there are many Chinese made cars sold in Malaysia. You can also choose to buy the Suzuki Alto for about rm40K. YOUR CHOICE!

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  • The design looks 20 years old dated at least! It looks more like a boxy van .. Can Lim Kok Wing help them out or at least give some advice to them?? omg

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    • no2stupid on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:21 pm

      you are too late to say it as many praised theo for its good work! haha!

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  • junaidi on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:47 am

    So far so good looks wise. Its not great but its an improvement over the old Wajas. rear is ala Rio which isnt a bad thing. Interior needs much improvement as parts still look plasticky.
    Hopefully in the future they can offer a luxury option for better interior specs.

    Driving wise, shall wait and see.

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  • If proton were to sell cheaper like what most commentors here suggested, Malaysians would still buy cars way beyond their means since they are used to it. Rm 900 – 1000 per month? nothing bro…money is meant to be wasted. LOL

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  • Kristof verpoorten on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:15 am

    interesting discussion on price and quality earlier. As an insider (working with Proton headquarters and after sales and services daily) I can confirm that Proton is doing their utmost best to serve the malaysians well, offcoarse they are more limited than monster brands. I think malaysians can be proud having an own national brand. Proton came a far way, driving a preve or suprema compared to a Persona proves that. Even Top gear malaysia rated the Preve sedan higher than the new almera. No-one can deny that driveability and handling is very good, the gadgets you get, a long warranty, a cheaper price, … . I drive an exora Bold, and i am very happy with it, it has been reliable, powerfull, quiet, and cheap to run… what more do i want?

    Congrats Proton with the new car!

    Kristof Verpoorten

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    • you are from punch powertrain? welcome :)
      this car needs better gearbox, when will CVT can stand more than 215nm? cvt4 / 5 perhaps?

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  • roti Boy on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:18 am

    Well, Maybe Proton should create a new “Lexus” brand then people will start to accept it? I had numerous proton, and I will never accept Proton back regarding the sales talk. I don’t want to try also, 7 years loan isn’t easy for me to try and be patriotism or accept it back.

    Initially I am proud of Proton, but it keeps on ripping my wallet and free time to repair. Enough for now. Why should we suffer when we pay? We should enjoy. I like some of the slogan saying, ” You enjoy the drive, we do the maintenance”, we drivers shouldn’t worry and just enjoy. Now it is like we keep trying to repair ourselves due to poor quality and crap talk by the service center.

    I think it is not fair to compare product 7-8 years ago to today’s product, but I don’t want to give it a chance further. Maybe when my kids grow up and budget is really tight, then only will try again. Or I will try perodua.

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    • no to junk on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:53 am

      Yeah agree with the quality issues from 10-20 years ago. First major thing that busted on my wira after 2 years was the gear box. the back shades failed within 5 months (most probably due to not frequently using it hence couldn’t bother to have it repaired). Proton just need to clean up their supply chain “ali babas” to be able to deliver quality parts at lower cost.

      I doubt my next car will ever be a Proton after the hellish maintainance cost the wira put me through.

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  • novack on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:24 am

    looks tempting..have that focus feeling..the sedan preve suspension setup is way too soft..gotta try this..hope its handles well..yatta! ehhh..i mean boleh!! :-)

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  • Ikut kemampuan lah on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:32 am

    Psal proton hentam saja hahaha…bkn teruk sngt pn kereta proton ni…klau keta brand lain still pkai 4 gear still xkesah jnji brand kn..skurang2 proton dh byk perubahan brbanding dlu…semua org bising2 kan sini sbb kan harga je…ke harga bwah 50k…rse smu org kata ok je keta ni…..hahaha 2 pndgan aku lah..bknlah nk skong proton ke apa…skurang2 nye byk lah pilihan keta kat mlysia ni..asik2 tgk brand.2 je atas jln bosan jugk…so ikut kemampuan msing2…

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    • tanpa nama on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:06 pm

      ada duit beli.. tadak duik diam-diam tengOk sudah la.. apa bising2

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  • kimsen on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:37 am

    All the major car companies already use back ( old technology ) timing chain for their engines.Why? Reliable. All Proton cars except Inspira which is a rebadge model use the same Campro engine ( timing belt ). With so many engineers working in Proton and Lotus, they should be able to come out with a newer engine using timing chain and variable valve timing. Customers are fed up with the so called Campro. Outdated. By the way why is Suprima heavy in fuel comsumption (9.1/100 km.)

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  • ernie on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:52 am

    guys, when you go to the showroom, please open and close the glove compartments. do the same for the doors as well. no improvement from the previous cars sadly.

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    • errrwhat on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:41 am

      so funny la you..so you do the test on door & glove box before buy a car? at what age you are living right now?

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      • japto on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:04 pm

        they want thud sound when close door or lid, unlike beemer door clunks. nobody gives it a damn

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  • Sayni on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Suppose Proton need to review price since M’sian mostly unable to purchase car more than RM 50K. Mostly seen on road now are Viva, Myvi, Kancil… below 1000 cc will fully loaded passengers. Unless they want to reduce traffic jammed… or either just use public transport

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  • DKBOSS on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:08 am

    The car sucks big time, saw it and even test drove it, not worth the money even with all the safety features given. DRB might as well close proton and buy up MAS !!! At least with MAS they dont have to design new hatchback planes … :P

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  • Wisdom on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Malaysian became a bunch of aunties we it comes to car. Especially proton. Nothing is enuf.

    Let me suggest. U like u buy. u dont like u dont buy. Simple as that…

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  • nikmj on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:30 am

    I bought a proton exora cps full specs for rm76k. After a year with mileage less than 15K, a proton dealer offer me RM50k for trade in with Exora Bold.
    Never buy proton anymore

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  • Gua punya rasa on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:31 am

    gua sudah pegi test drive ini kereta.. interior quality i guess better than preve.. handling is really nice.. tapi gua rasa la, Malaysians prefer sedan like preve. if ada duit lebih, Malaysians maybe will go for japs.. like honda jazz at 75k.

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  • like a kia rio but uglier, imho.

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  • ppitcrew on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:57 am

    Nice Car but still mahal for me. It just a car , no need to be so emotional guys..for me cheaper is better..after 2-3 years kita tukar lain la.. Hidup!! Used Car..

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  • ABHAMID on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Saya suka,tetapi bhg hadapan kenapa sebijik Preve,kenapa tah dibuat sedikit pembaharuan agar ia kelihatan tidak menyerupai.

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  • Hidup BN, HIDUP PROTON! Harga mahal sikit tak apa la.

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  • rajaGlobal on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    bilo nok cocah 1000 komen!!

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  • lan1893 on Aug 19, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    Kereta ini mungkin dijual bawah RM50K di Australia. Sebab org Australia miskin, orang Malaysia kaya kaya. Fair la.

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    • cleaner on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:27 pm

      Sebab negara kaya la takde tax tinggi, barang pun murah. Sama cam UAE, kaya giler. USA pulak kuasa beli tinggi, memang patut la murah.

      Orang Malaysia kena kerja kuat nak jadi macam tu. Jadi cleaner pun kena cuci lantai biar sampai berkilat.

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  • Proton Suprima VS Ford Fista/Kia Rio…Seriously… which u prefer? Proton really Naif…should just put the price around 40-50k. take out all the ‘High End Thing’. Back to basic Like Perodua… Sure can sell. Wait and See then, another Savvy maybe….

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    • Alson P on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Suprima SV.?? without all gadget and accessories…? Maybe yes…. Maybe not….

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      • Yah I agree, proton should keep it simple without all those fancy gadget and make it pricey! Proton are meant for the nation, thats why its our national car.. it should be cheaper targeting low-mid range rakyat that cannot afford a Vios… but seems the price has gone up to the price of a Vios…

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  • Gua punya rasa on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Proton Exora Bold CFE adalah yg terbaik dari Proton :) ini gua sendiri punya rasa la..

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  • dewaSemut on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:22 pm

    Hope that whatever improvement they bring to Suprima S will spill over to Preve..

    except the “Turbo” badge.. sapa punye idea bodoh laa nie… Deputy CEO Proton said “to meet international standard/terms”.. damn! CFE exudes more sophistication laa like TSI in Volkswagen etc.. U think consumer are so dumb not to understand/ find out what CFE is??

    Can’t imagine if Volkswagen decides to change its TSI badge to “Turbo”… hehehe

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    • splee on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:41 pm

      ok for me, even it’s lower output, it’s still turbocharged engine. pug 308 has “turbo” sign at rear, why can’t SS?

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  • syahril on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    proton can sell buy 1 free 1 at saudi arabia. They should learn from the past like india produce car anyone can buy. i don’t understand why proton still repeat the same mistake. i believe if SS selling price below than 50k. I am preety sure people might have second thought to owned it

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  • titan on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    for me Proton good in handling and quality now,but still less the chrome part for exterior nor interior,i mean still looking cheap. If compare to Kia cerato we can see the door handle in and out, air-cond vent, switch controler…many part of chrome so look very exclusive. Pls Proton don’t make a cut budget car anymore!!! i believe Proton will raise 1 day!

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  • engdau on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Number of comments on Proton Suprima S is nearly touching 1,000. My goodness. I thought this car is either powerful or too reasonable price until people are so active to give comments. Why did many readers so concern for such car?

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    • medic on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm

      Many readers cos most are just venting their frustrations at the misery of owning a proton.Almost every household have own a proton in their life.But affordable car gives Msians so many headache till the proton name ‘busuk’.Most Msians are fed up having to bear with high car prices here &blame Gomen for extra taxes on non-national car to protect proton.

      To feed proton &their their supplier cronies,majority of passionate car loving Msian have to suffer to take a high car loan to drive their dream car or in this case,suffer to buy a car which don’t give them headaches.Thats why it is not about if you don’t like it,don’t buy it mentality.It goes deeper,affecting us psychologically &financially.If new Vios which is using same 1.5L,4 speed auto old tech is priced the same as Suprima,which will you choose?To be honest,ask yourself this question,which only goes out to current proton car users.

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      • wakaka on Aug 23, 2013 at 2:11 pm

        Some guys may actually say proton just for the sake of it, but we both know what we’d pick for peace of mind.

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  • Joe Radzif on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    Mahathir still the winner against Najib…
    teheheheee

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  • wow, Proton at 70k+ abit pricey for a Proton… will test drive it this weekend and see how it feels :)

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  • clement8115 on Aug 19, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Overall, the car seems to be not bad but just another left out is the dim light assist in the boot where it is lit up when the boot is being lifted up.

    Its too dark without light shall you park at the dar area.

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  • lauyiachia on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Exora – launched April 2009 (Prime now selling for RM84K highest range)
    Preve – launched April 2012 (using Exora platform prime now selling for RM64K)
    Suprima – launched August 2013 (it’s a Preve hatchback with frills and not technology upgrade for Prime selling for RM80K)
    Don’t think you need to spend RM24K for the frills and a hatchback.If you want bigger cabin, better go for Exora and load them with the frills from accessory outlets.

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  • Proton Owner on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Just my feedback on my current Proton.

    I used a proton gen2 HLine and this is what happened in the first year :
    1. Alarm kaput draining my battery
    2. Absorber mounting does not fit to the chasis. Proton could not solve it and extended my warranty to 5 years for me to tahan the bunyi after i send them a legal letter
    3. Squeaky sound here and there
    4. Close door with window down feels like the window will fall off. I tried this with toyota or japanese no nee to worry about closing doors with window down.
    5. Aircond switch faulty as my air cond switch off and on by itself
    6. Rear lamp masuk air because of stupid design that water flows through the part where you change the bulb!
    7. Exhaust rusty and patah!
    Year 2 – 3
    1. Front driver and passenger always wet when raining. Leaking somewhere.
    2. Aircond outlet broke and now can’t adjust air conrd direction. It was used carefully!
    3. Door handle patah when guest opening back door :)
    4. Central locking rosak
    5. Bumper beam which holds to the chasis cracked causing sound.
    6.

    Year 4-5
    1. Airbag control module and radio faulty
    2. Central locking rosak again

    After 5 years rosak is acceptable. But my constant time wasted with proton service centre and most of the time they failed to resolve major issues was really a turning point since it was the first 2 years.

    I have a vios for 8 years, i do not have any problems stated above other than minor wear and tear. Bought my proton at rm55k after 6 years is rm20k.

    It is a waste that the price is a problem because of parts price are higher than normal when supplied to them hence it is carried over to the consumers.

    On another note on car prices, I tested the mazda cx5 which was rm151k CBU imported. The sales girl told me once CKD the price will be cheaper by RM15k because assemble in malaysia. I waited and guess what, the price did drop by RM15k.

    But it wasn’t because the parts were cheaper it was because they removed all the features such as sun roof, harman and kaardon sound system, gps and other goodies. So how is it cheaper assembled in malaysia when you are removing features of the car but not the reduction of parts of the car. Shouldn’t the spec be the same but cheaper because it’s locally assembled?

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    • wakaka on Aug 23, 2013 at 2:15 pm

      Malaysia boleh, to maintain profits at an extremely healthy(fat) level they’ll cut anything they can. The end-user suffers in the end.

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  • carlover on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    Frankly,who care about launch of this proton supreme ?
    Use the supreme word the car really that supreme ?

    Please use better quality products to build the

    car….

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  • Gua punya rasa on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    what if Proton use Honda’s engine? exterior, interior all Proton design but engine use Honda’s.. coz people talk about cfe makan minyak byk.. maybe can sell more.. gua rasa la..

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    • tanpa nama on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:33 pm

      cekOdok pun makan minyak

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      • Gua Punya Rasa on Aug 20, 2013 at 2:43 pm

        it is true from my own experience, i owned a saga n a toyota.. mana satu makan more minyak? haiyaa..

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        • richpapa on Aug 20, 2013 at 2:58 pm

          vios is too light to makan minyak, old campro no VVT. CFE has VVT but it’s turbo sure FC more than 1.6 but still less than 2.0l

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  • Polo Saga on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    Yawn… Crappy car still….

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  • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    We have 960 comments, come on proton supporters, you can do better.

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  • Yusrie on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    way to expensive for rakyat by a national car maker.. by this price, i prefer to buy P2 Alza.. this car should bracket only around 45k to 50k.. Perodua will rules again and forever..

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  • Sathy on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    Proton Suprima the same old story with 80s interior, heavier with less top speed compared to Preve defeating the use of the word S = Sport! Sports versions should be integrated with higher specs not slower than the normal Preve! 9.9 secs to reach 100km/h compared to 9.6secs for Preve! Well done Suprima S! What the hell are Proton engineers thinking? Malaysians are stupid? Another flop from a flop car manufacturer! Seriously Proton engineers have to come up with new terms or new engines that can be called Turbo or even Sports Edition. Either one. The specs shows that this Suprima is slower than Preve which is a passenger car, hence just killing off the two terms used Turbo & S=Sport. We are not Proton bashers, but they really need to improve on the interior and engines to compete. The exterior design is acceptable compared to the current new lines of Honda which is getting bad. This car is indeed sporty but need to tune up! The interior and Engines seriously need to be considered, maybe hiring foreign designer like what KIA/HYUNDAI have done to their cars with Peter Schreyer! Think out of the box!

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  • ppitcrew on Aug 19, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    It just a car guys. Ada duit beli, tak duit tengok je. Kalau benci ke, suka ke tu masing2 punya hal. Proton ada potensi tetapi masih banyak ruang yg boleh diperbaiki..Biar apa org kata namun aku masih bangga ada Proton , sekurang2nya Proton tlh bagi makan pada beribu2 rakyat Malaysia sebagai pekerja Proton.

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  • kadajawi on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:25 pm

    You still you all look smart buying this, you are actually Supreme Bodoh.

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    • protonbasherstupid on Aug 20, 2013 at 10:54 am

      why bother, they buy this using their money, not yours

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  • CAMPRO VS CFE on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    guys,y not use CFE Turbo instead used CAMPRO turbo?
    Is it CFE sucks?

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    • thelonely on Aug 20, 2013 at 10:28 am

      it is CFE turbo. what are you talking about?
      they just rebadged CFE label to turbo, for marketing purpose.

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  • Puchong Cowboy on Aug 19, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    Hello Proton,

    Want to copy Ford Focus design, want to copy Ford Aurora Blue colour hah… Nobody dare to launch a car in blue except Ford Ranger T-6. BTW your blue is sucks…

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  • Majority on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    design wise can be considered nice. handling can be said very good. but rm79k is a little bit too much. proton is for the majority of rakyat who wants a good car with affordable price. we prefer proton over perodua. so pls proton, rm79k is too expensive.

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    • Fredo on Aug 21, 2013 at 2:51 pm

      Bro, this car is comparable to those priced 40~50K more..
      For a cheaper car, i believe they are working on something else that would be able to sell at 50K soon
      but developed to take on the sub 80K cars like the fiesta, swift and perhaps myvi too

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  • Supreme on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    As a responsible car manufacturer, PROTON should select the best suppliers with high quality parts and lower price. Don’t care whether suppliers are bumi- or non-bumi. Just care the quality. By doing this, I belive proton can beat Perodua easily.

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  • The Stig on Aug 19, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    Instead of arguing with each other here and there..why not in the future Proton hire Jeremy Clarkson,Richard Hammond and James May from Top Gear and the test drive should be conducted by me (The Stig). Jeremy with his POWER and hammer philosophy thus power sliding every corner of the track to improve the handling,Richard Hammond for his obsessive love for exotic and beautiful car design and James May for his never ending moaning about car practicality and passengers friendly vehicle..This is only me saying,what say you?

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  • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Finally 1000 comments!

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  • Bah, seriously, if proton create a basic car with PURE QUALITY, this will finally bring peace to this country…

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    • Ah Beng on Aug 19, 2013 at 11:19 pm

      If Proton close shop, this will bring peace to this land.

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      • NoAhBengPeaceLand on Aug 20, 2013 at 12:43 am

        A sentence for hatred busukhati guy.. shame on you lah.. Proton don’t make u harm.. but u urself make people harm. go to other country lah bro.. If this kind of people sack out from this land.. we will stay in peacefully of mind.

        Go Proton!

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        • kadajawi on Aug 20, 2013 at 2:00 am

          No, you(proton supporter) and your BN troopers should get out of Malaysia, no one voted for you except Bangla. Proton don’t make harm? Because of you and your troops, millions of Malaysia have to suffer using expensive cars, pay loan for don’t know how many years, just to keep you few bumiputera and crony staying at Proton. You guys think you have special rights is it? If your main crony factory(Proton) close shop, you crony will go back home also, so get out!

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          • thelonely on Aug 20, 2013 at 10:25 am

            that’s quite untrue. while 13 years ago your statement is true, PROTON nowadays is not backed by the government. for one thing, PROTON cars are subjected to excise tax as well. A PROTON PREVE costs just under RM40k. It’s because of tax that it became 70K. if government wanted to help proton, they will reduce that tax for proton only. Saga SV became cheap because of proton cost down activity, not because of government.

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          • driverz on Aug 20, 2013 at 11:12 am

            if korea and japan can be successful, why not malaysia?
            go proton!

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          • kadajawi on Aug 20, 2013 at 1:33 pm

            @thelonely
            Proton is the cause, what we get is the effect.

            @driverz
            Why not Malaysia? Because Malaysia only care about the few bumiputera and crony staying at Proton. Shame on all of you. If you want to parasite the country, move out and go find another one.

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          • driverz on Aug 20, 2013 at 3:02 pm

            other countries also have some sort of protections. if want to reduce tax, ask govn, not proton.

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        • medic on Aug 20, 2013 at 6:01 pm

          To feed selfish people like you &Cronies,we msians have to bear high car loans or get stuck with stupid sub quality cars like proton.Choose former,mati utk bayar bank,choose proton,mati katak kat jalanraya.Just close shop lar proton,no need national car utk konon bangga negara.

          Look at Thailand,boleh jadi Detroit in the East,walaupun takde national car.Proton ,you are the big parasite sucking all of our hard earn $.

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          • ricer on Aug 20, 2013 at 8:47 pm

            Mati katak? Oh ok, I understand preve/SS cannot defeat vios that have 100 airbags and ultra super duper twin VSC.

            Not to mention super hybrid nano quantum tech 100 advanced years from future time engine. Only 1.5l can produce 20000whp. And gear is super quintuplet clutch, comes from future.

            LOL

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          • Fredo on Aug 21, 2013 at 2:12 pm

            come on la u guys, u r not living in proton wira kinda era la…nobody force u to buy proton anymore…. go get a life an move on..by for the same price u can opt to buy toyota vios, suzuki swift, ford fiesta, Nissan Almera etc.
            who said u hv to buy Proton?
            wanna buy VW Golf? work harder la…
            no offense ya but its not others fault if u didnt finish ur study, hence didnt get a good job to bu VW Golf/ focus/etc.
            do u think those driving contis will be happy if their car priced same as Proton? hahahaha….i bet they dun…they earn that status la..

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  • Norman on Aug 20, 2013 at 9:21 am

    I’m quite disappointed with the same spec engine and the extra weight also.0-100kmh 9.9s for a turbocharged 1.6 hatch is unacceptable.I wonder if the extra horse/Torque is mainly to haul the sub 1.4 ton car?Proton still sleeping..For this car it need at least 145hp/225nm

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  • Filter Heart on Aug 20, 2013 at 9:49 am

    Think again buy Fiesta is worth every penny

    Why

    1)Proton low quality product
    2)Too many problems unsolved
    3)Fiesta Car of The Year 2010
    4)Proton Preve or Suprima S(Sounds stupid)
    5)7 airbags vs 6 cheap airbags
    6)Cheap material interior
    7)Fugly exterior design wise
    8)Price is too expensive
    9)Conti vs Asean which one you prefer
    10)Fiesta FC better than Preve
    11)Proton brand is for inferior people

    Truth Hurts!

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    • 4urblackheart on Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50 am

      easy as ABC:

      1)Old story sudah basi
      2)Many rectified, old story again
      3)now is 2013
      4)why bother
      5)no such things as cheap airbags
      6)already leather, fiesta is crampy
      7)fiesta is uglier, preve from italdesign\
      8)worth the saftety + features
      9)Ford SC suck, spare part expensive
      10)this is not city car, preve and SS have more comfortable ride
      11)even millionaire has proton

      it’s BS everytime, no wonder cannot sell, LOL

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  • Ironhide on Aug 20, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Unreasonable price. Blame the goverment for that. At least the steering is nice, solid. Thats all I think.

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  • bila agaknya proton nak keluarkan suprima Sv. kalau harga dapat turun rm40-50k ok jgak, just basic spec, 2 airbag, no drl, no reverse camera, mungkin boleh bersaing dgn myvi. suprima s space dah besar. aku suka tgk design cerato hatchback, kalau compare design 22 hatchback ni, mmg jauh tertinggal proton.

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    • cerato mmg cantik dlm gambar. tapi bila depan mata macam biasa je.

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    • Fredo on Aug 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm

      Bro, harga kos dia pun dah lebih dari tu camne nak jual harga tu?
      for 40~50K punya kereta kena tunggun keta B-segment la kot…haa…yg tu baru bole compare dgn myvi

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  • Samlok on Aug 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    I just don’t understand, after so many decade of making cars, why proton still can’t rectify their QC problems. Just look at those steering suture, i really don’t have any idea what type of material there are using! It is so rough and hard to touch! Soooooo disappointed!

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  • Sabarani on Aug 21, 2013 at 1:03 am

    A lot of comment about fuel consumption.
    Maybe my comparison is not so good and different sector.

    Proton Suprima S (Car), 1.6 TURBO (Year 2013), 1,395kg, 138hp, Fuel Consumption is 9.1 Liter / 100 KM.

    Volvo XC90 (SUV), 2.5 TURBO (Year 2005), 2,800kg, 210hp, Fuel Consumption is about 10.8 Liter / 100 KM.

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    • ferek on Aug 21, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      what fuel emission standard? if euro3, i am not surprised, CFE is already Euro 5 compliant engine.

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      • Sabarani on Aug 21, 2013 at 8:49 pm

        Open volvo malaysia website.
        http://www.volvocars.com/my/all-cars/volvo-xc90/details/pages/technical-spec.aspx
        This is 2013 volvo 2013.

        My 2005 Volvo XC90 have a difference spec. Talking about euro5…..malaysia still using euro3 standard and vehicle with Euro5 diesel engine still cannot survive at malaysia.

        Petrol station mana yang ada jual diesel euro5 dekat malaysia??

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        • ferek on Aug 24, 2013 at 8:17 pm

          ini bukan pasal stesyen petrol jual petrol apa, ni pasal standard emmission enjin tu. klu 10000hp pun standard masih euro3, tak bole jual kat europe la macam vios tu.

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  • Khairi on Aug 21, 2013 at 10:36 am

    No. if they can make a brand new rear, why don’t just tweak the front a lil bit. It is ugly!

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  • Proton Suprima S – RM76,338(23200USD)
    Toyota Camry – (22235USD)

    Banyak untung!!!

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    • wow you really smart to compare it with USA, kid!!

      *sarcasm*

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      • WhyNOT on Nov 08, 2013 at 10:28 am

        Why can’t we compare ? Plus the fact manufacturing cost for a LOCAL car should be lower.

        *no sarcasm* but wondering how stupidity seems to be some people’s best trait.

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  • noob_pinion on Aug 21, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    “though for safety reasons the DVD player and Wi-Fi-based browsing can only be accessed when the handbrake is engaged”
    I understand the safety consideration…but sitting in the car just to watch DVD and browse internet doesn’t sound very practical.

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    • I think what u meant was “why the DVD and internet be usable only when car is stationary?”

      I think what what the article meant was “you can only access the menu to turn on/off the DVD and Internet when the car is stationary”. once turned on, you can watch DVD and surf internet when car is moving.

      Dont you think so?

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  • so many stupid opinion, ideas, comparisons etc.. by so many malaysian “near the engine”.

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  • Fraz006 on Aug 23, 2013 at 1:43 am

    Org australia cakap macam depan nmpk cam racoon

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  • It’s look like Skoda Rapid hatchback! another mimicing..

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  • Woooo….1080 comments

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  • For me honest opinion is, just take a look at the spec its impressive..the design too, its not disappointing just add an extra bodykit n the car will look more garang than before..for 79 K yeah its worth it.

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  • Quan Giggs on Aug 26, 2013 at 9:51 am

    Suprima S vs Vios

    Proton Suprima S
    Campro 1.8 Turbo Engine
    Max Speed 190 km/h
    0-100km in 9.9s
    Auto Cruise
    Auto & manual transmission
    Reverse camera and front camera
    Safety features:
    5 star ANCAP safety rating, 6 airbags, abs, hill-hold assist, brake assist, traction control
    Infotainment:
    7” LCD screen with dvd/usb/ipod/Bluetooth/4g wifi, android system, built in gps navigation
    Price: RM 79,988 premium

    Toyota Vios 2013
    VVt-i 1.5L engine
    Max speed 170 km/h
    1-100 km/h in 12.0s
    No auto cruise
    Auto or manual transmission
    Reverse camera optional
    Safety features:
    2 airbags, abs, brake assist, reverse censors
    Infotainment:
    Touch screen & dvd/usb/ipod/Bluetooth
    No GPS
    Price: RM 93,200 premium

    so which one??

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  • Steve R on Aug 26, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    Visited giant kelana jaya proton show room on Sunday. There was 2 suprima cars there and guess what the boot was unable to open electronically because the battery was removed.

    For crying out loud, this is a hatchback compare to preve. People want to see the boot space. The sales team got to do better than this. How to promote a new car if you cannot open the boot and let customer see.

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  • choon doi zai on Aug 27, 2013 at 10:29 pm

    haha.. another depan sama, belakang tak sama model with different name so it is forcefully treated as “another” new model. Way to go Proton! You are definitely unique and different!

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  • lai teck on Aug 28, 2013 at 2:21 am

    tell the peaper buy Taiwan car more better..mou choice maa!

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  • lai teck on Aug 28, 2013 at 2:26 am

    tell the peaper buy Taiwan car more better..mou choice maa.

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  • wendy on Aug 28, 2013 at 11:41 am

    for me the most terrible thing about suprima is their marketing, i think proton have no money to spend for marketing after they invested all to r&d of suprima, just look at the advertisement, preve ad 10 times better, first time i watch it i though it was hari raya add from proton, their pamphlet also look very cheap, and stated there 9.1L/100km, really?

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  • aprilcoco on Aug 28, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    Emerging car makers need to make cars that are priced like the segment below, but feel like the segment above. From the pictures, it looks cheap, interior quality is poor. 5 star NCAP rating? So what? Now even Chinese made car can get good crash test rating.

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