Following an earlier announcement that the Proton Perdana Executive and Proton Inspira in the federal government’s official vehicle fleet were to be replaced by the Honda Accord, Malaysiakini now reports that the government has opted instead for the Proton Perdana Replacement Model (speculative rendering by Theophilus Chin shown), which will be based on the Honda Accord (likely the eighth-gen car).
UPDATE: The Honda Accord-based Proton Perdana Replacement Model (PRM) has been spotted on the road, see all the spyshots here.
The KiniTV clip below shows MITI deputy minister and Ledang MP Datuk Hamim Samuri revealing in Parliament that Proton has developed a replacement for its aging Perdana through its technical collaboration with Honda, and that the government would use the vehicle as its official car.
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Kut mana pun….. DRB gak yang dapat….
dapat apa?
That’s y tiger head always looks stupid!
I hear something….it’s butthurt sound!! LOL
Good
This is not going to reflect the actual potential of the Proton. Technical collaboration may be short term plan but in long run its just not making any sense. Poor decision.
Why don’ t just use it as Honda? Lol? Does rebadge it as proton will let them look proud? Malaysia always do this kind of candy thing…
Got good reason why; because Proton can learn how to make their own in-house designed D-segment sedan in the near future. Proton started out this way with the Saga. They took 15 years to learn the ropes and make the (flawed) Waja. Then another 3 for the Gen-2 with CamPro.
Today, Proton can only make B and C segment homegrown (not rebadged) cars, plus a small MPV. They still don’t know how to make a D-segment (Camry/Accord size) car, the Perdana is a Mitsubishi Eterna under the hood.
I just wish the gov would leave Proton alone. This is bad news for Proton because 1] they will waste unnecessary resources catering to a tiny market segment when they should be focusing on their Saga and Prevé models and 2] continue that ugly image of Proton being a political tool.
Very disheartening. Oh well…. 4 more years. Then it will all change.
At least reskinning the exterior. Maybe can resend it again to be tested and get 5 star ancap rating. That’sbetter than current new accord
ya, proton will eventually built something i’d buy when others are developing flying car~ hurayyy
Correction. They know how to made the D-segment cars, still the economic of scale cannot justify the R&D cost. I’m sure it will break even for at least 20 years. It’s not viable. That’s why DSZ previously just use Lancer for D-segment cars.
But Lancer is a C-segment car like Civic and Altis.
Are you losing hope on Proton now? HA HA HA
Finally you wake up how crappy Proton really is? KAH KAH KAH
Stop fooling yourself OK HO HO HO
Waja was not an in-house design. it uses the same mitsubishi platform as the first volvo S40
cmon proton can do better than rebadging jap cars,look at suprima and preve not bad.Proton already hired some professional for the design.STOP BEING LAZY PROTON
why dont rebadge scirocco?
better dun rebadge the ‘roc. cos vw got DSG issue.
pls rebadge scirocco! i want to see the fall of Proton!
you say it like proton has no problem at all, perfect !
Can they make up their minds? Sekejap buat kereta sendiri, sekejap Infiniti, sekejap 9G Accord (buy direct from HM), sekejap copy 8G Accord. This story has more twists than the Nurburgring. It should be the thriller of the year.
Lekat kulit muka orang atas muka sendiri lagi…..
“She said that Australia and Singapore charge A$40 (RM120) and S$40 (RM100) per hour, respectively, while in the USA, cities such as Boston and New York also charge US$40 (RM130) per hour. High parking charges would also help lower carbon emissions and create a safer environment, she added.”
Why not use public transport, ‘help lower carbon emissions and create a safer environment’?
How can an animal understand human language?
The better re-badge companies would be:-
i. NAZA – KIA
ii. INOKOM – HYUNDAI
Proton always uglify things; just look at wira & inspira…….(english not rite oso tak apalah!!)
Naza and inokom are much more assemblers rather than rebadgers thus no changes or very little changes on the exterior.
I like inspira front. Not too ah beng like lancer.
the ultimate failure of “Copy & Rebadge” is the Proton Juara.
Proton is using not using the platform only, it’s actually the total car itself. The only difference will be at compenant level of its productions parts, it will localised to Proton own selected vendors in stages. (Similar to Inspira from Mitsubishi base)
The govt knew that previous decision to use Honda Accord as official cars was not well received by the people.
Now they ask Proton to rebadge the Honda Accord. Clever govt. But never mind, hardcore Proton fans still think the company did the right thing. Still rebadging cars after nearly 30 years of existence.
So what? Other companies also do rebadging and they are much much older and established than proton. It’s business.
See, i just love to watch those people defend their beloved brand.
I think they forgoted how they said Perodua only know to rebadged Daihatsu car.
Yet history repeated to Proton, well done!
LULZ
because you just want everyone to bash the car company like you, didnt u? too bad, not everyone have the same bashing-minded like you.
Haha, kids please be open minded.
Don’t be so angry I just say the fact.
Accept please
LUL
where is the fact on your selfclaim fact
At least Proton do have their own design car.
Perodua???? habuk pun tadak! Keep on re badging Daihatsu…..sampai kiamat.
So what? Even cheapsake chinacar can design their own car.
Own design? Isn’t LG that design Saga BLM? And yes I only spot 50% of similarity between Passo and Myvi while 90% between Lancer and Inspira.
Spend hundred million to develop a car but only manage to sell a small number. Economical wise huh?
^^^^^ Kalah Tetap Lawan ^^^^^
proton hired LG as consultant in which local people design, decide, develop its own part with LG’s advice. above all, proton solely can decide what specs can be included in the vehicle based on market feedback and trend. not like perodua. daihatsu is the one who decides what features to put into the vehicle regardless of malaysian needs.
proton did mention they rebadged inspira from lancer (90% similarity). how about myvi? have perodua mentioned in public they rebadge it? (50% similarity? nahhh, more than that).
Why so much fuss about similarities between rebadged cars? Proton already made some cars from scratch like preve, exora, neo etc. And more to come soon.
Peugeot is more than 100 years old already. but they still re-use Mitsu ASX to make their own SUV. Citreon too!
Yeah other manufacture did rebadged so did Proton must follow this trend to catch up become global manufacture!
I understand!
Nothing new found here. Waiting for more meat in future stories on this. Otherwise become another Suprima, always playback stories.
We all known proton will rebadge & rebadge & rebadge, they will tell us this rebadge version better than original version even people from japan give thump up for it. At the end sell in own kampung only..
Nearly 30 years and still doing re-badge. Nothing to be proud of.
Yeah, other auto makers was estableshed looooong ago and still did the same thing. Nothing to be proud of too, lol.
Aren’t people supposed to be a little weary considering how fast it took P1 to develop the perdana replacement (okay its just a rebadge) but still it was in a matter few months…
so P1 did a rush job to market a perdana replacement just to secure the gov contract???
How is P1 going to be a better company if it’s so short sighted aiming only at quick fixes????
that’s the advantage of rebadging. to develop a new car from scratch would take years plus higher development cost. so, many manufacturers rebadge or did minor re-engineering for a small-volume cars. they will save alot of time and money by doing so.
Sorry, u may be wrong.
Original is cheaper than rebadging.
The price for ori Lancer vs Inspira in Langkawi speaks by itself.
LOL ! ga nyambung lo. Hahahak
wtf!!!??? why can the government buy directly from honda instead of going through proton!!?? someone is going to make tons of money at our expense! malaysia boleh!
Rebadge is good… instead start from zero , thus cost high…. car sell much expensive… remember suprima c segments car already cost 80k… ppl complaint so expensive.. so if proton were to make its own d segment car from scratch. .. see how much the car will price? Will u buy?
dont worry they are all going down hill only those “smart guy” get it
Someone gain $$ from this deal, please think about it 1 proton accord sold to gov with RM150k, let say 1 year gov need to purchase 10000 cars for gov officials to use total cost RM1.5B but don worry rakyat pay for it
whoah.. do we have 10,000 ministers, deputy ministers and other top ranking officials?… i never know we have so many. and RM150k?… gov don’t have to tax the cars which they’re going to use for themselves la. without tax, the car is only RM65-100k for highest spec.
10000 gov official refer to hakim, universities chancellor, top polisman (who might list his pistol Salam laut) state gov offiicer, kaki tangan majlis……please don be naïf if proton selling RM100 wall clock the will not charge gov RM50
The problem with Proton they got no confidence in building cars above 1600cc cause few factors
1:Cost of R&D and its return of investment for C/D segment
2:Rakyat stereotyping,Nitpicking and sceptical towards National car products
3:Pricing wise sensitive issue,Again in dilema
yeah, knowing that there will be no return for the investment since the volume is too small, Proton do not dare to invest….its all about the money, nothing personal
If proton so good it already sell car internationally. Proton now has become ‘ old man ‘ private part. Making $ masuk own pocket, lose $ , taxpayer bayar. Oldman boleh!
Preve in aussieland only aus $ 14.5k Why msia so fking expensive ?
read how malaysia automotive tax structure first
Give government officers bicyle since they wasted millions of ringgit as reported by the Auditor General
Membangunkan apa..badge?
Imagine how much money used in this so called platform sharing when all cost is summed up including design royalti? But in the reality it nothing more than a rebadge program. Bravo proton…
knpe ganti proton inspira ? nampak proton inspira bagus lagi dari perdana…sbb inpsira punya enjin dia ialah MIVEC 2.0 bagus n CVT 6 speed itu okay….tak guna kerajaan…honda itu bukan nasional…proton inspira buat kereta nasional untuk contoh kereta rasmi malaysia…
Proton Inspira, Proton ‘Accord’ semua sama je. Enjin Jepun.
First of all. Malaysia automotive is king of rebadging. Look at P1 n P2. Even P1 did put some effort to build its own car but never impressed rakyat especially quality. Doesn’t P1 feel shame, but not! They feel proud! Even Exora, Saga, Preve, Neo, Suprima is local production capability without copy cat, quality wise is still doubt. Not for those who lucky to own zero defect but for those who own it with defect issue. Some more, our tax is being fund into G n they use it for P1? Im not sure my statement is true but P1 own by very famous founder of high tax car, Dr.M. If P1 never being set up, but its too late to say something anymore. P1 is still taking care by G, Dr.M support its own boleh land car owning each of them n park at his own unknown property. Did he ever drive it? Mayb just a glance will consider driven.
I feel sorry for those who have bought 8th generation accord.. Just as those who bought Current Mitsubishi Lancer which Inspira copied!! Sigh… Enough with rebadging
Ha Ha Ha look who is crazy rebadging now?
Proton fan bois bashing Perodua copy old daihatsu?
Kah Kah Kah Teko bilang kuali hitam lah! HA HA HA!
Only for limited number is still crazy? I believe you are the one, LOL
8th?.. i heard Proton use the latest gen as a base. prototype is ready, but donno how much they mod it.
for gov. use only!!!
hahahhaa…. nice!..
one can now own an accord at a cheaper price…
kedai abang should stock up Accord conversion kit soon…wooohooo
They should also stock up Honda Accord badge for those Proton owners to ‘re-re-badge’ to Honda again.
seriously.
The only reason ppl ever buy a Proton in M’sia is not because of it being desirable or reliable.
It’s because there is no other cheaper choice
PROTON SHOULD JUST CLOSE DOWN.
the only reason for all da shit dat is happening to malaysia is because the ministers elected are stupid and incapable human beings..
I guess you had been barking this for more than 25 years. I think you will keep on barking. The government will not kill their GOLDEN GOOSE. He he.
The tax difference between ‘imported’ and local cars are not that much lor.
inspira 85k and this new replacement min price will be 120k. Govern will spend extra rm35k per car + increase national debt
Ironic la,its stated the new perdana will be using only accord 8th gen chassis.Proton already bought all Petronas engine and they together with Lotus will upgrade and enhance so that the engine can meet the euro V emission.Whats wrong with you people actually?Sore eyes?Even PSA/Gema engine is co shared between manufacturers.Lancer and Inspira a bit different..Lancer follow factory spec while Inspira with Lotus and Proton touch up but still 50/50 share leh.Wait they built Campro 2.0/2.4 you’ll kaw kaw bash say engine no good,money goes to cronies etc.Its ok you dont have confidence but no reasons why you wanna criticise till politic issue all come out.Then like that why you spend money on some country that attacked and torture people during WWII?Respect people choice la
Who wanna respect 30-yr old dude still pakai pampers, hisap botol susu and suka buli orang kampung sendiri?
suka hati aku la….
Looks like Accord, sounds like Accord but it’s Proton.
Mana boleh? For a company with technology and resources rebadging?
Then tell that to others too, not only Proton
Proton will use the 9th generation chasis . watch out the latest confirmation 1 Abt 120++++ K for the 2.4 perdana for public in 1 year time . Everybody is happy to have proton accord . rebadge is good for those who cannot afford the ori but proton pun jadi la…. just buy the red color Honda and stick it yr grill and steering to impress your mother in law ! Cheers
Bikin malu saja. Bagus jual kilang kasi Honda saja. Tengok itu Perodua, cakap jujur itu daihatsu punya tapi bikin saja kereta jimat minyak tolong rakyat jimat duit. Proton boleh mimpi lah Wa ka ka ka.
perodua tolong rakyat jimat duit? dengan kereta kosong viva, myvi dan alza? dengan banyak part yang dah di cost down daripada model asal daihatsu? kemudian, jual pada rakyat dengan harga mahal? myvi rm50k? alza rm 60k+? barang yang di localize kan dipaksa local vendor untuk turun harga, tapi harga dijual pada customer maintain sama? jimat duit?
Mana tau the mother-in-law/aunty driving original New Honda Accord LOL
Typical mentality…. showing off only …. when tak boleh bayar bank tarik … to these people, tarik, tarik la … janji I pernah rasa.
ala baru nak pakai 3000 unit je.. assemby di alor gajah.. 3 bulan selesai semua unit.. apa yg bingit sangat tu..takan proton nak habis kan beratus juta untuk 3000 unit..
G only wan to buy 350. Rebadge good for proton kah? Got many ppl wan buy 120k proton?
Ini baru fasa pertama BRO. PRTON PERDANA REPLACEMENT ADA 3 FASA. Tunggu Fasa 3 mengikut PELAN 5 TAHUN SABAR.
The national debt is in crisis and changing government’s/minister’s car should not be on the agenda.
u know how much singapore debts? bankrapkah?
agreed. the changing of official government car should not be an agenda in the midst of country’s losses (debt half billion ringgit, which contributing to subsidy cut of petrol).
stick to inspira.
I don’t care, rebadge or whatever. I already know what is my next car. Cheap accord. Ha ha
lagi baik rebadge Galant 8G
those protom lover will keep using this same old excuses until 2050
why Malaysian have to hate what ever government try to do? can’t u give positive response and a comment that can help them to do better? if u does not like to live in Malaysia so you can be a citizen of others..
so u are one of the people who believe that those gun really fell into the sea?
Honda Malaysia just commited hara-kiri alienating so many loyal customers and making the brand cip, seems like no brand is safe from Potong’s rebadging, who’s next, Camry or even Jaquar Harimau??
Apa lagi Proton mahu?
Rebadging car is not new. Other car manufacturer do that. Perodua is the best example.
Bila model baru keluar, ramai kata klon honda, bagi saya tidak 100% klon, tapi bila ada JV antara proton dan honda, tempias design tu mesti ada.