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Tiara Replacement Model on the road

Rumours say that Proton is set to launch it’s Tiara Replacement Model soon. It’s been seriously delayed for so many times already. Supposed to be launched end of last year if I recall it.

For a recap, the Tiara Replacement Model will be something in the K-car class and it’s rumoured to be based on a Renault Clio. It’s even using a 1.2 liter Renault powerplant. No idea why they are not using a Campro for this model. It’s not like they don’t have a 1.3 Campro engine available. They’re already using that in the export model GEN2 though it’s not available locally yet. Maybe they don’t want to compete with the Wira 1.3.

The car looks good. Seriously all the K-cars look darn good to me. The Myvi, and now this TRM. If only I wasn’t so big sized, heh.

36 Comments »

  1. Paul Tan - paultan.org » New Tiara Replacement Model Spyshots said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 11:08 am

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    May 9, 2005 @ 11:10 am

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  3. auyongtc said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 1:33 pm

    About time for a serious diet change regime! :p

  4. Ivan said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 4:53 pm

    Eh.. how much is this car?

  5. Paul said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 6:20 pm

    ivan: Not sure man.
    auyongtc: bleh!

  6. CHiQ said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 6:43 pm

    ohh so cute…. serious lar, cantik beb…

  7. Mellissa said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 7:57 pm

    oh man, it’s cute .. but i don’t know why but i seem to think the myvi seems more *me* than this one. hmm.

  8. michellelee said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 9:57 pm

    the car looks good.. but… i’m slightly sceptical on whether it’s really good or not.

    old 2nd hand tiaras’ now cost bout 3-4K?
    me wonders how much the replacement model will cost..

    ps: dun mind me but i dunno much about cars.. but what’s with the campro engines? i thought that people are complaining that their gen2s engines have some serious problem or somethign..

  9. Paul said,

    May 9, 2005 @ 10:20 pm

    i dont know. i think if i had the cash i would avoid this. it’s based on an european platform. contis dont really do well here.

    look at the waja 1.8 (renault laguna engine), and the tiara (citroen ax copy)

    but damn it DOES look good lar.

  10. Nicolas said,

    May 10, 2005 @ 10:44 pm

    Do you guys think about TRM’s future value? if it like the current model, i think its too damn!

  11. MR2 said,

    May 12, 2005 @ 11:17 am

    The Tiara sure looks good but a lot of people is loosing faith in Proton base on the 1 genaration Tiara & second genaration proton “Gen2″. I heard there are a lot of problems with the engine.

    Now proton only start to make some improvement on their QC & promote everyday on star paper. Now only they realize that Malaysian are not stupid & we prefer to pay more for a better quality vehicles.

    FYI, I heard the launch of new Tiara is on the 20th May 05 & Produa MYVI in on the 25th May 05.
    My advise is to place your deposit after 2 of the above vehicle is launch.

    Compare Quality, specs, designs, price & after sale service.

  12. Raveen said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 4:55 pm

    from what i know, this car is totally diff from Tiara. It does not have any link whatsoever. Bout the quality, it is monitored by TUV (Germany). Thus I expect good quality from Proton this time around. It sure looks good.

  13. emre said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 9:21 pm

    i think this car looks good! it departs from any other japanese design! but i dont think many malaysians are ready to “change” their perception. anyway, isnt that what the designers at proton are trying to achieve…regardless of evertyhing, i believe the days for P2 are up..! game on!

  14. Richard Foo said,

    May 20, 2005 @ 10:56 am

    By the time you place booking after car is launched, the waiting period with be more than 3 months to 6 months. Look at the Avanza, it even outsell the Waja with waiting list stretching tll 9 months. I already place a deposit for a MYVI 1.3A. Based on track record, the Perodua will be a safer bet. They waited for a year after the Daihatsu/Toyota version of the MYVI was launched in Japan. By August or September hopefully I can get the JJJ plate.

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    May 24, 2005 @ 12:54 pm

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  19. CS said,

    May 24, 2005 @ 5:56 pm

    I think perodua will be better, atleast they had invested millions RM to upgrade facilities to cope for toyota standard. Proton… sad story, my new wira aeroback SE out Dec03, outlook ok, quality……(1st month already had sound from front side) now i still can hear weird sound from front & back if i’m not on the sound system to cover it. even went to repair they just simply repaired, problems come back in short while. If go for proton then must upgrade sound system to cover sound…haha… i’m not simply made the comment & this is not the 1st proton i had.

  20. rakyat said,

    May 25, 2005 @ 6:19 pm

    Proton Sassy ??! The guys at Perodua must be laughing real hard. First of all, the name is already a failure. Whould any guys wanna buy a Sassy ? It sounds like sissy or sexy. And to call it a Tiara replacement model is actually reminding us of the horrible looking car again and again. Would you wanna buy a Juara replacement model ?? I feel sorry for Tengku Mahaleel.

  21. Freddie said,

    May 26, 2005 @ 9:20 pm

    juat booked a TRM. one of 5 who booked at Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah in Penang.

  22. Freddie said,

    May 26, 2005 @ 9:21 pm

    Am i stupid to book online or perhaps just desperate to be one of first few to be seen with new car?

  23. awee said,

    May 31, 2005 @ 3:21 pm

    sorry lah…”sassy” sounds like sissy. No way..I don’t trust the quality control of proton. They will never improve. GO FOR MYVI!

  24. Accord Kia said,

    May 31, 2005 @ 5:33 pm

    eh…proton…the car looks so sporty and stylish but the name is too lousy la….

    if your ppl dont know how to name it….pls advertise on newpaper to ask us give your a hand to name it.

    ’sassy’ is the second worst name than ‘juara’

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    June 1, 2005 @ 3:06 am

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  28. nini said,

    June 3, 2005 @ 9:55 pm

    Too nice and Cute as well~ i will definately buy this cute Savvy! CooL~

  29. TAN SRI JAMES said,

    June 5, 2005 @ 9:26 am

    HMMMMMM……. ITS LIKE A BATTLE BETWEEN “MYVI”..THUMPS UP FR ME FOR THIS CUTIE…….AND WHT ITS NAME SISSY…… WHT U SAY IF WE R 2 NAME IT …. LET ME THINK … EURICA…… I GOT IT PAKAILAH NAMA NI….. “” PROTON SEXY”" WHT U THINK……….HAHAHA………

  30. berk said,

    June 7, 2005 @ 12:05 pm

    to brother2 kat atas sane:
    sendiri makan pengat,
    sendiri mau ingat..tok sah
    gado2..dua2 malaysia gak!!
    yang gado2 org malaysia gak..ishish
    malu sihh..peace malaysia!!!
    yiipiiee..andreandre..ariaba..yariaba
    *aku gak yang best naik bas je..haha*

  31. Jordan said,

    June 8, 2005 @ 1:36 pm

    Congratulation to those who has already invest on this new TRM(unrelated to Tiara actually)..U all can see the car at 5pm in Penang Sales Branch(Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah) today.It will be a grand launching..Hi Mr. Frederick.

  32. Jordan said,

    June 8, 2005 @ 1:41 pm

    Its a great car i can assure u.No jokes.I’ve test drive this car last Friday..The ride and handling is superb..top speed 170 above..good looks also..Btw,i have the authorise to test drive this car because i’m a sales rep in pg branch..Come at 5pm today to have a look at this new great car at our showroom.

  33. river said,

    June 8, 2005 @ 2:40 pm

    Well, they realized their mistake and switched the name to Savvy, does it sound better? hmmm… I think at least better than always call it `Tiara Replacement Model’ which had scared half of the people away… what a pity…

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