No, it’s not something we conjured up – what you see in the headline is actually the tagline for the Proton Savvy Merdeka Celebration. I think I’d have worded it a bit differently than “Bring your Proton Savvy back to life,” but hey, nothing beats getting straight to the point, I guess.
The campaign to resurrect your Savvy, assuming that it needs to be brought back to life in the first place, began at the start of the month and runs until Dec 31, and is being held to encourage Savvy owners to come to Proton centres to service their car.
Discounts on selected Savvy parts are to be had, from 10% up to 84% – the most expensive item on the list is the AMT JH1 gearbox, which is priced at RM9,215 after a 27% discount off the retail price, while the item that gets the biggest lop off is the connecting rod kit, at RM523 after a 84% discount.
The promotion is running nationwide at all Proton service centres, and this includes branches and dealers, so you know where you can go to get the revival act done on your car. Frankly, “Revitalise your trusted Proton Savvy” or even “Fix an old friend up today” would have sounded a tad better, but hey, I’m no marketer.
Same Price . No different.
My 5yo Savvy still alive.
Better pray your gearbox don’t koyak!
Free also dun want!
Why bring back to life? The gearbox is even more expensive than VW’s DSG. Mine bring to recycle for making Milo tins liao.
You think you so smart? If you are smart you would not have bought this crap in the first place.
So you admit proton car is a junk? At least i’m smart to get rid of it.
Yes. Proton is junk. Smart people don’t buy Proton at all.
Ahhh, I thought Proton had forgetted Savvy and erase them from history.
Why don’t just throw 1.3 Campro engine to it and facelift same as Saga?
I think the problem is that should have happened long time ago, now the new one is coming soon…
Forget about sawi, proton should just close shop.
close shop and gone forever!
Let Proton be ‘Sombong Lembu’ for the next 5 to 10 years, their future really lies in re-badging foreign cars in the future and not manufacture, just like what Naza did.
Same goes to Perodua model. All rebadge…
Tats wut u call saga blm doink! Facelifted and stretched sumore..
Savvy aircon compressor original price is at RM3360.50, this is the price of luxury car aircon compressor at unauthorised dealer workshop, no?
At unauthorised workshop, you probably can get the aircon compressor, brand-new unit, at around 40% of the official price. What is happening?
To cheat people who have the “oooo got discount, fast fast grab it!” mentality… maybe..
chris, u r wrong. it’s definitely, not maybe.
Power window leh ??
the man who is in charge in this savvy car project in the first place already got fired. now he wants to flush out all his ‘fingerprints’ and ‘dna’ from the crime scenes. i wonder how much all the remaining stock of savvy parts cost. rm500mil to 1 bilion?
That is the way to fool the Savy owners, Proton should have checked up the price the un-authorized offered 1st. But proton might say “Oh, those un-authorize dealers ‘Lari Cukai’, heh, heh…
Bring back to Plotong SC? I take to Renautech USJ1 WAY better. 40% off these “discounted price” and still have nice AC + Unifi while waiting car service.
Proton should take the innitiative to convert the bloody AMT to conventional gear tranny. Like what Sawi Sudah Balik suggest, the saga 1.3 campro anto is the best solution….come on Proton, wake up….
Expect a lot… lots of bashing now onwards..
It’s a very sad fact,
Now a used Savvy could go as cheap as RM6,000 while used Myvi valued at RM17,000.
6k sounds very low. Usually 8-12k from what I see on Mudah. The car itself is good, just the mechanics have no clue about it…
Ya ya.. the car is good. Only the public is idiot for not buying it and workshop are clueless. Its all other peoples fault except proton.
The car is good, provided it is well maintained but if you need to spend more money to maintain it than other makes, what is the point? My friend got a Waja and it is in tip top condition, but he did tell me the number of times he needs to change the broken door handles and power windows etc..
the savvy is actually a very technical car and car lovers will understand it. possibly the car is a little too advance for ordinary layman to appreciate it especially how the AMT mechanism works.
car itself and engine very good…performance and fuel consumption….compare with other mini size vehicles…just that the AMT gear spoil the whole car.
That RM6000 used Savvy would normally be the AMT version, very ultra-low resale value.
Meanwhile, manual transmission version is quite pricier than that AMT, in the second-hand market.
Hm. So so. I have mostly only looked at MT ones, but AMT seems to be around that too.
Also, it seems like many AMT issues can be fixed by the owner himself (if he knows how to DIY…), or can be fixed at a low price by a mechanic familiar with the car. There are guides in the Savvy owners club…
It’s a shame they used that gearbox, and never considered switching to the CVT of the Saga. The 1.2 liter Renault engine has a good reputation, frugal and long lasting. It is used in a ton of Renaults, until today.
a person need to understand this savvy before he loves it.
yeah.. so true.. second hand dealer car brave to offer 3-4k for amt. 6k is the highest one!at mudah yeah its kinda expensive, but then its on ur responsibilities if the car had problem
Sam Loo trade in my 2007 AMT savvy how much?
Proton mau clear their junk parts. They carry too many stock. Must clear before every one dump their sawi.
Gearbox at Rm9215.00? Might as well throw away the bloody car!
Total Cost = RM31,117..
Kalau I Revive the whole car with all these Discounted Original Parts.
But….it’s hands built like what other premium car shouting about. 31K isn’t bad for a hand built car.
Total cost is 31177; but the car was sold at some 45k? So as usual Malaysian goods always sold at some exhorbitant price by our great mamak kutty’s Proton! Malaysia boleh… janji dicapati!
Sorry to say only dump ppl will buy this so call new car. what is the point protong doing this? clean their junk?
dear ae101,
we are carrying out this promotion not to clean our junk. We are doing so to help ourself to get rid of slow… no, should b not moving stock.
protong malaysia
You can almost buy a car with the total price from this.
yeah true…. saga sv maybe after xxx discounts… lols
rubbish car… ask tun m, with mahalil (former proton CEO) drive this car laaa… still want makan owner… jual besi buruk masih ada 1000.00 ++
beli gear box 9k++
Where got rubbish? Owners seem rather happy, though everyone says don’t buy the AT.
layman will not understand this car. only real car lovers with technical knowledge will understand and loves it. The AMT gear is real fun to play with. Unfortunately this car was launch wrongly.
Bro..i own a savvy manual since day 1, now almost 8years living happy with it..it’s a fuel saver for sure!! No major problems except the aircond compressor got kaput last year and the crank sensor need always to be clean…and not to forget…mine is manual..not amt..
Ayo..yo..the parts cost more than the used car itself!!! …and mostly cost more than 3 stars parts. There’s something wrong with proton without neutron and electron.
I think for any car if you buy spare parts to assemble it you’ll spend more than if you buy the car in one piece, NEW.
And yes, many spare parts together will usually cost more than a second hand car.
My 6 year old Savvy AMT is still OK. But looking at the prices have given me a heartache ! At 9215 can buy 2 secondhand Savvy ! But the more important question is are the Proton SC people competent ? Renautech in USJ1 gave really good price. Is the place still open ? 6 months ago, no one answered phone call.
went there in July 2013… masih bukak
Yep still open :D I just collected my Savvy from superb service yesterday. Running like a charm like always.
Price of AMT gearbox is more than what the car is worth. RIP Savvy…
AMT is not just an ordinary gearbox. Today many expensive sports car are using this technology. its just unfortunate many people don’t understand about cars.
I would prefer and would really appreciate if Proton can give a trade-in value of RM15k for a 5 year old Proton Savvy. Proton ada berani ka ?
i rather drive/push my Sawi down Pantai Lido for landfill than to spend RM9k to change gear box. At least I can see the water bubbling
Sell besi buruk more worth while. Who knows can get RM9K…
I just traded in my 2007 savvy AMT to Sam Loo for 15k. Managed to get a 2009 vios for 20k from him.
They just published another reason why we seldom see savvy on the road now, it’s bloody expensive to maintain, lol.
Damn…I need to pull my sawi from puchong river to give it a new life !!!!
Waw very cheap ..now my broken sawi valued at 6k then i change gear box 9k aircond 1k enginen parts 3k after spending 14k in repair …your car valued improve tu 8k…brilliant potong..
I hear they still got thousand engine n gearbox stock piled at tangjung malim from previous order.. So maybe one of their so smart engineeer@scammer come up with nice idea to breakdown this to smaller parts n sold as small part with so called discount price.. Boom!! it look like proton really concern about the owner but clearly they just concern about their pocket.. Shame on you
Spark plugh RM20?? Dafuq, I got those special spark plugs (Iridium, or something like that) for RM15…
Theres a left-to-rot savvy AMT in my housing area left by the owner who moved to other place.Looks decent.Tyre puncture d.I hate to see it everyday cos its taking the parking space.
Who wants it come to seksyen 3 bangi now! free spareparts!!
Savvy owners must be very regretted for not buying Myvi at that time…
Nope, a friend of mine drove a Myvi 1.3 and it’s horrible (even though it cheaper than Savvy)at that time Savvy is better, but with the current Myvi 1.5, Yes, I regretted not waiting for Myvi 1.5
I think better buy Motorbike rather than this car!
Is this suppose to be a joke? Wny make the cusomer try to remember a hated model with so many poblems, i saw few dumped at roadside as junk…Potong suppose to move forward, not backwards by trying to bring back memories of one of the worst Potong cars, and affect their image
Many problems? All I hear from owners is the AMT is problematic, the rest is rather reliable. If you drive a MT you’re safe, you’ll drive a nice handling car (unlike the Myvi) that is frugal. I’d rather drive a Savvy than a Myvi.
But most people rather drive a myvi than this junk.
ioma
Don’t be so happy, both r junk lah!
so? my father’s 1982 toyota still alive and smoke proton wira.. all the way to KK.. 1st proton is 1985, 1st perodua is 1994…
Dont be so proud about perodua..they rebadged all their models from daihatsu but anyone just dont see it.
Even Proton offer so much discount for Savvy parts, ppl will rather sell it off. Not worth it as RV is damned bad. Should offer FOC to regained customer royalty. Can my P.Wira 1994 rebirth Proton? I mean FOC? If u agreed all Malaysian will smile n sales boost up due to FOC parts plus Dr.M will be happy to see Malaysia products back to its era of Belilah Barangan Buatan Malaysia.
Just the same fate as the Tiara and not forgetting the Waja 1.8x on Renault engine. Great technology but zero reliability.
When will Proton ever learn?? What the conti treated as junk, Proton took it and sold it as if it was gold.
Obviously Proton is getting rid of the old spare parts rather than writing them off the book. Reduce losses in the expense of the Rakyat because of Proton incompetent and failure to admit mistake.
quite surprised with the AMT gearbox price. but if no problems do not repair lah…
the AMT gearbox is a time-bomb. Its only a question of time!
And those clowns at Proton service center don’t even know what ATF to use. That’s one reason why the gearboxes fail. They should be giving it out for free. At least Naza had the decency of selling complete Naza Ria engine for RM10k (2.5 V6 engine). But proton, still want to charge people RM9k for a car which is not even worth that much now. Fck you Proton!
I think the new DRB bosses were shocked to see stagnant mountains of stockpiles of Savvy spare parts hence came this new initiative!
Might as well give them away free, lol.
I cannot buy a new car bcoz loan still hv 15k, car dealer only want 6k for dis car.
I need to topup to bank around 9k.
with dat same amt, i need to pay 10percent d/p for a new car.
Cheated by govt,cheated by proton…
Dammit proton!!
Same story here. 16k loan. Dealer only wants 4.5k for my savvy :(
my savvy o6 april ,
manual transmission.
i only have headache about cleaning the tdc sensor ,
is not easy to clean. hard start
until i know how to clean myself.
is now good ,
i change speed sensor once , bearing once , plug cable 2 time , 3rd party plug rm200 last more years than original proton 1 .
lower arm one side and driveshalf service)open put back it ok)….
other all good.
less than half year change to r3 muffler ,
i change to center bullet with jasma s.steel straight flow on year 7 ,
still can vroom vroom , :D ,
i love my car ,
Savvy owners aint stupid,most of them go for Renault parts or convert to japanese engine by worst
Niama. Buy new car better.
the market value for 2006 savvy AMT only about 6k-7k provided no problem on gearbox..the gearbox itself are more expensive than the car and dunno how long can last, basically just forget about this junk .
To be frank Savvy is not junk just most mechanics arent trained and unfamiliar with continental engine chateristic..I know couple of guys still with their Savvy and Waja 1.8 still running strong.My friend’s Audi A5 suffered some techinical problems once he send his car for.service at an ordinary workshop
Next Generation for Tiara.
its weird… to buy those parts i rather just buy 1 more savvy and keep at home as spare
Owned one in 2006, AMT. Bye bye with her after 3 yrs. No more headache with its expensive & unreliable parts for this suppose to be cheap running car.
How about proton waja 1.8 which power by renault laguna 2 1.8 dohc. I am still using, very powerful car.
kindly pls share a bit “powerful” story of yur waja 1.8…
P1 is trying to get rid of old spare parts lah…
RM9K for a AMT gearbox? The Savvy is only worth 6K 2nd hand….
To all proton savy owner, Go to half-cut shop, with the price of the new gearbox, u can get a half cut engine with complete installation plus u can upgrade yr suspension set up
if proton can bring back savvy with cvt…
Hello… Lamest car ever.. WTH
WTF?? that price?? BMW or Merc price?? sampah punye kete pon spare part mahal.. entah apa2..
WTF! cheap Budget car with luxury spare part price.
Yes. support Proton.
Spare part mahal tak apa, belilah barang buatan Malaysia.
“Bring back to life”? Somethings are better left dead.
the pricings are a total rip-off. you would end up paying more repairing the car.
My sister has a 2007 savvy in the uk, 50,000miles/80,000km, not the slightest problem. My uncle has a so called ‘good quality German Audi’ – always in the garage.
Trust me this is nothing wait till they revive the coffin car if u guys still remember (JUARA).
wait till NAP enforce.Vehicle End of Life policy. haha just got ‘alive’ then got ‘killed’