Proton has reportedly signed an agreement to assemble its cars in Bangladesh, according to reports by Bangladeshi media. Local conglomerate PHP Group aims to build 1,200 sedans a year initially when production kicks off on December 16, and plans to also produce parts and components in the future.
The joint venture will be assembling the Proton Preve, which will be badged in Bangladesh as the Proton PHP. It will be available with the 1.6 litre Campro Turbo engine and in manual and automatic variants.
PHP Group’s vice chairman Mohammed Mohsin Chowdhury pegs the pricing to be similar to reconditioned Japanese vehicles – which are very popular in Bangladesh – in order to entice the nation’s burgeoning middle class. He adds that the company would bear all repair expenses if technical issues are encountered within the first 25,000 km.
The plant is currently being built on 30 acres of land in Anwara Upazila, Chittagong at a cost of Tk 400 crore (RM190 million), and is expected to employ upwards of 200 people, including 50 automotive engineers.
“More employment will be created when we begin making parts and components such as tyres, wheels, dashboards, air conditioners, radiators and more,” Chowdhury said.
The joint venture was signed at Proton’s Centre Of Excellence (COE) last week by CEO Datuk Abdul Harith Abdullah and PHP director Mohammed Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury, while Proton chairman Tun Mahathir Mohammed and PHP family chairman Sufi Mohammed Mizanur Rahman were also present.
Proton will be the second company to assemble their cars locally in Bangladesh – Mitsubishi has also been building the Pajero Sport there since 2011, but it is said to be priced beyond the reach of the middle class.
wow.. new investment :)
Preve owners must be feeling so malu now. Aduhai, pakai kereta bangla fully imported.
mesti u sudah butthurted…company yg u n co paling benci sudah pegi obersea..furthermore expand their business..so pls think another option to bring them down
Sam can buy another proton saga for his second son when he reach 25 yrs old at better pricing.
its jz started and far far away fr being successful ha ha
Banglas are offered with both manual tranny and CVT,while we Malaysian are only offered with the lousy Punch-made CVT.
Well,at least better than the troublesome VW’s DSG.
Proton CFE engine with manual transmission have been rumored since introduction Suprima S into Australian market, that about year ago :(
I personally hope manual version come soon on Malaysia first.
dont say troublesome la….
at least VW is improving since the DSG issue is now solved
Solved? hahahahahahahahahaa
what are you doing in a motoring forum Roti boy
?
Proton truly Malaysia, soon Proton truly Bangladesh…
Malaysians would be very proud indeed of owning fully imported Proton cars from Bangladesh if Proton close shop in Malaysia and move all lock stock and barrel to Bangla.
Cakap bodoh karang marah…. tapi tak reti nak baca…. kutuk je tau…
Where the hell in the article stating the car assemble in bangladesh to be imported back to Malaysia? they going to assemble it there for the bangladesh market…
bodoh tak boleh ajar….
Would you buy Bangla-made CBU fully imported Proton? (Hehehe)
Looking at the rate things are moving in Malaysia, I believe 10 years from now, even Banglas dun want to buy Proton.
Make no mistake, they may not receive the same education level as most Malaysians do here, but they work hard and are very strong willed. At least they don’t live on handouts.
dear paul chea
u dnt have to wait 10yrs from nw.even NOW nobody will buy shitty proton in bangladesh as 96% cars in bangladesh are of japanese brands with now emerging european cars.
and the middle class they r talking about would go for japanese car definitely.and at the same time mitsubishi is planning to assemble PAJEROs in Chittagong.so proton will b at the end of the tier as well.lets see how.
Read it carefully la brader.. it not for msian.. its for middle class in bangladesh.. sigh.. bash blindly.. no brain!
H N T made in Japan, Japanese clever.
Proton made in Malaysia, Malaysian idiot
I honestly think this could go very, very well for Proton, they’re the first foreign mass-market car company to build a CKD factory there and the Bangladeshi government also use Protons today. It could be the next great thing for them… only time will tell. Fun fact ; Historically, Proton used to have CKD factories in Vietnam, Philippines, Iran, Indonesia and China.
I remember in 2013, I made several comments here in paultan.org advising Proton to invest more in developing countries which ‘look up’ to Malaysia; South Asia was one of the regions. The Middle East and Africa were the other two. There’s also South America and Eastern Europe which generally ‘have no opinion’ on Malaysia; what I like to call ‘blank page’ markets.
I’m glad Proton actually made this move. If this works out, Proton can then export their Bangladesh-assembled Protons to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma and maybe even India at cheaper prices; just like how Toyota Thailand exports their cars to all ASEAN countries. But we’ll see, for now, all I can say is that sales of new Protons in Bangladesh are not particularly great due to expensive pricing, but the Saga FLX is a popular choice. You can see Protons in Bangladesh on Google Street View.
As always, good luck to Proton and PHP !
Good luck selling in India. Especially an unheard of brand.
Expensive pricing? That’s why smart Banglas rather buy recond 2nd hand imported Toyota instead of Proton.
Cannot fight used Toyota car, what’s next for Proton? Half price big discounts rebates? Bangla smart oredi.
Yes Banglas are very smart, they rather buy recond 2nd hand Toyota from Japan than buy Proton.
If Proton cannot even compete against used cars, what hope to fight brand new Toyota?
Smart Bangla always buy Toyota lah (just like here and everyone else around the world).
So Proton bangga la?
Mesti lah. Now macai can show off Preve as ‘Fully Imported CBU’ car.
proton bangla branch of coz larr bangga.. but our local proton employees may not be so bangga punya.. can start counting days of their employment.. if they haven’t started it already..
That’s my joke, sir. How original.
HAHAHAHAHA…!!!
Yaa…we are stupid. U win
Buy Bangla-made Suprima, better give free one packet Milo.
Hopefully Bangladesh can help proton survival for international market.
Ya ya ada butul juga. Hopefully can sell 40k units there.
No matter how hard we have tried to be closed to the high standard countries like the US, China, EU and East Asian countries, we have to accept the fact that we are closer to Bangladesh, Zimbabwe & Nigeria.
VW assembles some vehicles in India and Mexico. So, VW is a crap company too?
actually…vw cars are quite crap
Crappy…to be exact.
Dei Vellu, if VW cars so crap, why are they the fastest growing car company in the world? Why are they going to overtake Toyota? Use the road tar that you call a brain more effeciently la!
Please don’t think massive overseas plant production is a prestige name.
Yes, They VW is a crap company also in US…
you can do some research online.
Even Japanese can beat them easily on US, haven’t mentioned local brand like Ford & Chevy
Vw built plant at other countries to fill up the demand of their cars.
Proton built plant overseas just trying to stay relevant, trying to look busy when they are not.
Yaa…Malaysian are same standard with Bangladesh
+Papua New Guinea
Best of luck Proton!
Wait, a 25k km warranty only?
And PHP, is that the model or the manufacturer…
Adoilaaa, you want proon to give 150000km warranty.. Nnt bising pulak sbb bagi lebih kat bangla… Bagi kurang pon bunyi… Choiii… Think positive.. Go proton!!!
Banglas are help building our homes and condos…and now they are building cars , thumb up!! hehe, net decade they will be assembling iphone 10
Go go Proton!!
Can impose import 100% tax on Preve already!
Better sell it in Bangladesh only & close M’sia market.
Since this kind of news attarct a lot of people, i just want to know Perodua Myvi us DVVT engine right? What does D stand for? Plz be serious and no trolling plz.
DVVT = Dynamic Variable Valve Timing
than why we need proton as a national car in the first place ? and why force other Brand to CKD in malaysia ?
since proton will create More employment in Bangladesh!!!
becoz bangla also get bolehland ic as well.. so it will still count as a national car.. as they will be assembled by our very own bolehland banglas..
RM190mil investment and 200 workers just to make 1200 cars a year or 100 cars a month?
Hahaha, satu banglasia.
Yaa…we are stupid. Bangla win
And we are far more idiot then think… u win.
I wonder how much will it be priced? Definitely cheaper than what it is priced in Malaysia. Seems like Bangla boys are going to benefit with this deal.
Is this a way for the government to show gratitude to the Bangla boys for all their years of labour in our country building the MRT tracks? Perhaps.
Or
Is this one of the benefits given to the Bangla boys since all of them some how were given IC and voted for BN during the last election? Perhaps.
Malaysia Boleh, oops.. Banglasia Boleh!
Then again, perhaps Proton should move completely/sold to Bangladesh and we can have closure to this government protected company. Then we can all purchase cars without the 300% tax.
Close down local industries and import goods without tax or with low tax.. typical ideas from morons who don’t know how the economy works.
No wonder low-pay Malaysians are always complaining about not being able to afford stuff and keep asking for lesser taxes, more imports and closing local industries. The high-pay ones know economic systems work and know how to secure high-paying jobs.
Please stop thinking like an A$$!
Low pay M’sians only wanted Proton cronies to collapse.
And they just wanted cronies stop sucking their hard earned money with some cheap product & lies!
Strategy is getting worse…
Dr.M haven’t u heard the Rakyat voice???!!
“PLEASE CLOSE DOWN”..
if proton close down… then what? all car price suddenly go down without tax?
Proton basher in 3…..2…..1….GRAB A POPCORN!!
Beware!! Banglas will soon suffer the same fate as us poor soul..
CBU Toyota from Japan, everyone complain on the price.
Cheap CBU Preve from Bangladesh, everyone would be happy?
You get what you pay for.
for humanity’s sake , lets just consider this as news and not a way for u guys to bangla this and bangla that , we are in no way better than them or vice versa…have some respect rather than finding an avenue to get all racist on them…
A lot of rasict comments.
After all these decades, proton is going to compete with reconditioned toyotas.
Dr M and all Malaysians must be very proud.
We complaint G n Toyota greedy
Next model~ Proton Banglareve!
So u banggala.
Hope I can buy a car
Wonder if this Bangladesh assembled Preve will be higher in quality if compared to Malaysian made….
I wish Preve Malaysia will be proven to be of higher quality and QC than then Bangla one. Otherwise, Proton really have to do some internal auditing.
Probably buy in Bangla will be cheaper as well.
Not cheap cheap who will buy??
Even in Langkawi, smart buggers buy foreign.
Preve is quite a good car, but i think it need to have a facelift on interior and exterior..and please solve the cvt problem.
this is nothing to be proud of, Bangladesh as a market for Preve which is a continental styled car!!!. compare Proton preve with Iran khodro samand in Iran. they are supposed to be lower than proton preve in tech but they are far more successful. just see where they assemble their Samand Car in numbers more than all proton production in a year..
Dakar, Senegal (SenIran Auto)
Damascus, Syria (Siamco)
Obchuk, Belarus (Unison)
Tehran, Iran
Tai’an, China (Youngman)
Maracay, Venezuela (Venirauto)
Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKCO_Samand
where is Bangladesh??? they don’t even consider Bangladesh a market. Proton even lower than Iran khodro which is under international sanctions also and still manage to thrive and be successful.
Bradder Azmi,well done,in terms of your car research.
My friend,working at Shah Alam protong,said conditions there deteriorating by the day.
They just dont know how to increase sales.Iriz…what a shambolic launch! I have a Malay cop friend,whose 5 children all bought Alzas and myvis.No more Protons for him,he said.
Once financial results out by middle April,Proton as expected would have lost close to Rm half Billion,would execute Plan B ,which is to RETRENCH close to a third of its staff,like MAS.
Just watch out,the bleeding uncontrolled, with stepchild lotus tagging along…is unacceptable to DRB.The Arab is losing patience.Plan B is the answer.
So it’s a proton… Who cares?
They can assembled in Mamak’s toilet if they like, I won’t give a sh*t.
if you wont give a shit.. why you even bother to read and comment??
they will employ that Leepu to chop shop the preve and make it look more bangla style. hahaha
assembled in bangladesh, exported to malaysia with high price + import duty + excise duty + GST
GUYS please read carefully –> The joint venture will be assembling the Proton Preve, which will be badged in Bangladesh as the Proton PHP.
Bad news for guys that planning to get married. Surely lots of girl and future mother in law will demand you buy Vios or City. If you drive Bangla-made cars, sorry lah tak boleh kahwin kena reject.
Wait da minute…
Available in 1.6 Campro Turbo MANUAL?????..!!
Good step forward. Best of luck Proton!
after almost 30 years they set up plant in a poor country with the worst record of worker treatment and one of the lowest economies in Asia?? Proton should have been able to open assembly plants in Thailand, Indonesia, UK and Middle East fully functional by now. what is the lick here man???
Some ppl here really needs to go to reading class… The article said Preve to be assembled in Bangladesh for Bangladesh market…. nuthing was said about it’s gonna be imported back to Malaysia…. why would PROTON do that? It’s only gonna increase costs… lol…
Seriously people…. READ!! And stop being DUMB!!
Would you buy Bangla-made fully imported Proton? (Hahaha)
Smart Buyer = DUMB….
Most Bangladesh people I met at my university are among the smartest in my class. In fact, the smartest students in my class are 3/4 foreigners. Malaysians are getting more and more stupid, lazy and complacent with each passing day; FACT.
Yes Banglas are very smart, very good in math and science that’s why local colleges here employ them as Math lecturers.
And smart people with logic will not buy Proton, smart Bangla rather buy recond used Toyota imported from Japan.
Wow! They get the CFE with the MT!
Where’s ours?
A good move made by Proton to invest in Bangladesh.
As Proton is one of the few pioneers in Bangladesh’s automotive industry, it is set to dominate Bangladesh market.
Every Bangladeshi would dream of owning a Proton.
Later Bangladesh will become Detroit of South Asia, exporting cars to India, Pakistan and beyond.
Oh,wait…..how successful is Proton’s previous joint venture in countries like Turkey, Iran, China, etc
When Proton open factory in Burundi or Zimbabwe? Big market there too.
My Bangladeshi friend in KL must be very delighted.He is a car workshop supervisor in KL for the last 15 years and plans to be back in his home country soon.
However,when I call him,he said he is going back to see his wife for 1 week only,and will be back here.He said,Proton is wasting time there.Other dominant players have been there for decades.
With its awesome build quality,Banglas will not accept Protons unless it is priced ridiculously cheap.
Hey,Banglas there are not stupid.Many are well educated.They are here cos of overcrowding population and jobs here.
I hope this is from their profits . not tax payers money .
good move for your to grow . but also please look into how you wanna improve your self in your own turf . service became extremely bad.
product quality – no need to talk lah .
P1 is desperate to expand it’s biz bcoz poor sale in Malaysia (bcoz of little bro P2). So i guess all i can say is ALL THE BEST PROTON!!!
looking forward to good step. Best of luck Proton!
bangla in malaysia got job opportunity.
bangla back in their home country also got job opportunity.
this is banglasia!
Japan got JDM
US got USDM
Now, Proton got BDM
Proton should just sack the whole
management team , starting from the top.
Tun included.
Just like what Khazanah did to MAS.
, DRB should go back to the drawing board and take drastic actions rather than to sit back and hope for a miracle to happen.
P1 has failed in Aus UK and India.
Now they they are throwing money setting up a factory in Dhaka?
And dont forget what is the per capita of Dhaka?
Why Preve and not the game changer Iriz?
En,Isyhak…..well said.
Why dont sell the damn car to Somalia?
In Mogadishu,rich pirates can buy Proton’s entire stock for them to carry on their “marketing” activities.
Pirates,after a heist consisting Millions of US Dollars,also need cars,alto they spent more time at sea hijacking ships.
Or sell Preve as police cars to Johanessburg Police Dept,with Chappie as drivers,to kill bandits,how about this?
Good ..proton will be well known in Bangladesh…imagine the bangla going hometown after working in Malaysia…and proudly say…neh,this is proton car from the country I work at…hope that proton will develop under Tun leadership…
Proton pits against recondition Japanese cars within same price bracket and set target 1,200/yr (10/mth) volume.
Proton Preve price tag for 1.6 turbo (RM 69,000(LGK)/USD 18,500) to convert Bangladesh (1,438,253 million). Our prime minister (RM22,000/mth/USD5900). So someone has to earn more then our PM salary status in Bangladesh can buy Proton Preve in cash. Or Proton Preve price ‘lelong’ (50% discount RM32,000 / US9,000) or more, maybe subsidy price for Bangladesh. Some journal investigation is needed to follow up.
And what the volume of passenger car sales for 2014? I hope it can help us to understand aim targets.
Kutuklah keteta sendiri…bagus. Teruskan..
Tak habis kutuk je, almost 3 years using this car,touch 228km/h (stock), got cut off from gear engage due to over trashing (good preserve mechanism),stable, best proton production…bottom line great acheivement PROTON..better then some korean cars gaya ada but lembik.. And no such thing as reconditioned cars..kereta import terpakai..ma
No matter where they produced the car or its component, Proton services center need to be better.
They have skill but poor attitude and weak parts and stock holdings capability. imho
Pueehhh pariah sport car!mau tiru&befriend wth lancer. Unfortunately u r not our mitsu’s family.get lost!!back off!!
V concept like vw jeta or polo golf gti.look old stylish design. congratulations plotong sotong