Back in November last year, it was reported that national carmaker Proton was set to make an official return into the Chilean market with three models, the Preve, Exora and Saga, all in left-hand drive configuration.
Malaysian ambassador to Chile, Datuk Dr Mohammad Rameez Yahaya, had revealed the developments on his Facebook page. The first cars were set to arrive in December as test cars, with the cars being launched by April, with distributor Andes Motor representing the brand in the country.
Now, the first cars have arrived in Santiago, according to the ambassador, who posted photos of the Proton Preve and Exora being handed over to Andes Motor at its facility, located at Americo Vespucio Quilicura, on his Facebook page. The handing-over ceremony last week was attended by Dr Rameez as well as Andes Motor’s business development manager Maximiliano Sfeir and general manager, Jorge Greene.
Andes Motor is set to import a minimum of 500 Proton cars annually over the next five years, and according to the ambassador, the deal will increase trade between both countries by up to USD$6 million (RM26.2 million) a year.
Proton’s venture into the South American country dates back to the 1990s. The national carmaker previously sold the Wira and the Satria there. Back in 2013, reports had indicated that there was a strong possibility of a Proton re-entry into Chile following the announcement of the Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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Next market maybe USA? Best of luck jaguh global.
EMEA better. USA is a $90 billion risk.
Not easy to find a sozai country willing to import junk. Else we don’t have to go Chile. Cambodia and Philippines are the nearest left hand drive country to Malaysia. Where is Proton?
in a million years Proton CAN NOT enter USA market… they will fail immediately nothing complies to FMVSS rules by proton.
USA?! U think this car can survive on 25% Small Overlap Crash Test?
500 units…
how much they selling btw? $1 per unit?
https://www.facebook.com/AndesMotorChile
Foton! probably a rebrand game soon..
Where P1 basher
No, this I like. Good move proton!
Don’t forget to facelift your preve soon. Its entering its 4th year now
Tahun ke 4 ehhh? Tak ada facelift? Kesian kat proton… Bila le proton nak berubah?… Exora pun tak keluar model baru… kesian. Berniaga org tolong, mcm ni le jadinya. Nasib baik ada proton fanboys, ada juga pelanggan tetap.
So when do Avanza and Innova will replace the old underpowered engines?
Erm, both now run on newer generation engines…
so when your Campro wanna change? every model use same engine? kesian betul.
Haha.. Nasib baik x angkat suprima/preve last yr ms survey kete sb realised proton got no future.. Bisnes dh nk me lingkup sikit hari lg.. Tu la kot sb nya xde face-lift utk suprima/facelift
I am sure these are on consignment and will never be paid for as they will not pass their safety rules.
maybe they will be given to Malaysian embassy to use…
Haha..very funny!!ask umw motor and perodua the moving coffin in msia..preve has 6airbag esc tcs.in ausie they score 4 star safety rate..so how u said they will not pass safety rule?
so many negative points. how many proton cyber people in COE working on this link to make it positive???how much drb pays you guys??
on the flip side bro, how much were you paid to incite hate?
that is a very serious accusation! are you sure?
poor Chilean.. they probably not know proton bad reputation..
The Chileans will buy Proton cars with the Halal Chilean Wines.
Yaa…bcos Malaysian dunno produce a Car.
The money made won’t enough to cover the entourage expenses going there. But they are not likely to break the tradition of making losses exporting.
More ppl going to die or become disable aft this ….. Kesian chille ppl
No lah, as usual the yearly sales figure will at most 500 units, just like all other countries that Proton exported to. So not many Chleans will die due to malfunction or crashes of Proton cars
Chile knew Perodua kill ppl that’s y they dun want Perodua enter their market. Only Malaysia G dun sayang rakyat, they use Perodua project sending ppl to coffin.
All the best Proton!You just deserve my moral support :)
you must be one of proton employees who drive foren car right.. go buit a better quality car la.. jgn mkn gaji buta, Gov save you as* so many times using people money
Good luck proton.improve your service center to survive. I am not sure if proton bankrupt car price will be cheaper. Just pity proton staff vendor etc. But Drb has no brain to improve Proton.bring back Syed Zainal
Good for Proton. But why Saga??? Cant Proton wait for the newer generation or trade Saga with Iriz? Best of luck to them.
It can be one of the strategies. U see, if proton sell current saga now and before long the new model arrives in Chile it will create a positive impact against the market there. Similar to what VW had when they launched mkVI golf in Malaysia causing Malaysians to aahh and ohh.. They do not know VW golf has been evolved over so many models
Proton pls sell harder! Make it 5k-10k and keep going and build your global competency and declare your independent from Malaysian. Tell the gov to free the excite duty in Malaysia!
put that flag away , we know where it comes from !
I tink Prodon spend more time making announcements or entering new unknown market than actually selling real cars
oh no..exora look too old.
I don’t think telling the whole country you will sell up to 500 units is good for marketing. The Chilean will think “will there be spare parts for us 500 customers?”
Export dead donkeys in exchange for lamas
proton never care about Malaysian .. they can ship car to uk and sell it with much cheaper price, and then sell car rm- 3000 more at sabah Sarawak compare to semenanjung. they f us evey single possible way. as a company who already get so much help and donation from gov(duit rakyat) better go die la
Wow they gonna sell the 7 yo junk and the global car junk to Chilli country. It’s ok they shud sell more to other countries cos Pontong can close shop faster. The shipment cost, the cost of the offices there, the sales staff and ZERO sales can make Ah Pek M Pontong close shop faster. Ah Pek shud send more Pontong cars overseas and return back as scrap metals to be sold to Nestlé to make tin for milk powder.
hahahaha, I bet the protons are gathering dust at the showrooms………..At end of the year, the cars will be sold at super duper low price, with free LCD TV, free petrol vouchers, and free holiday vouchers, etc.
what happen to the exora wiper? memang terangkat macam tu ke?
Words of advice, Chile ain’t some nobody. They’re gonna kick PROTON out they soonest they figured out PROTON is a junk.