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More details on the new Proton Sedan

July 24, 2007 at 9:48 am By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona

Proton New Sedan

Proton has posted more information on it’s teaser page‘s FAQ section. They’ve revealed the exterior dimensions of the new sedan. Let’s compare it to the GEN2 and the Waja.

  New Sedan GEN2 Waja
Overall Length 4477mm 4310mm 4465mm
Overall Width 1725mm 1725mm 1740mm
Overall Height 1438mm 1435mm 1420mm
Fuel Capacity 50 L 50 L 60 L
Luggage Volume 430 L 415 L 415 L
Weight 1180 – 1210kg 1175 – 1195kg 1175 – 1205kg*

*Not sure about the Waja’s weight range

The teaser page also reveals the base-line model will have 15 inch steel wheels and wheel covers with 195/60/R15 tyres, central locking, 4 power windows, alarm with immobilizer, front disc and rear drum brakes, reverse sensors, fixed rear seats, and a normal CD player with 2 speakers.

Proton New Sedan 1.6 Base-line (M) AT – RM 48,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 Base-line (M) MT – RM 45,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 Base-line (S) AT – RM 48,350.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 Base-line (S) MT – RM 45,350.00

The medium-line model is further enhanced with alloy sports rims and 195/60/R15 tyres, a driver seat airbag, a foldable split rear seat bench, steering wheel audio controls, an MP3-capable CD player with 4 speakers, electrically controlled door mirrors, and foglamps.

Proton New Sedan 1.6 Medium-line (M) AT – RM 52,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 Medium-line (M) MT – RM 49,800.00

The top of the range high-line model gains additional features over the medium-line model – antilock brakes and electronic brakeforce distribution, disc brakes on all four wheels, both driver and passenger airbags, and remote trunk opening.

Proton New Sedan 1.6 High-line (M) AT – RM 55,800.00

This would be the first Proton sedan with a standard driver airbag on all models except for the baseline model for budget-conscious buyers!

In related news, Proton has reported 200 bookings for the Proton New Sedan in the first two days of the pre-launch booking period.

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Proton New Sedan Teaser Video

July 21, 2007 at 3:48 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona, Videos

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Proton has put up a teaser video of the Proton New Sedan up on it’s website. It shows the new front grille of the sedan clearly, and from what I can tell so far it looks exactly like the one we saw previously on a set of 3D renderings!

Have a look at the video after the jump.
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Proton puts up new sedan teaser

July 20, 2007 at 4:40 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona, Spyshots

Proton New Sedan

Proton has started putting up a teaser promotion for it’s new sedan on it’s website. We call it the GEN2 Sedan, however it looks like the new Proton sedan might most likely be called something else altogether.

Click here to check out the teaser. There’s not much information there really, other than a shadowy outline of the car which we’ve seen already in all the spyshots so far. However, if you click on the booking link, you’ll be able to see a list of colours available for the new car – Blueberry Tea, Iridescent White, Light Gold, Metal Grey, Solid Red, Solid White and Tranquility Black. You can book the car for a RM500 booking fee.

Prices:

Proton New Sedan 1.6 HL (M) AT – RM 55,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 ML (M) AT – RM 52,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 ML (M) MT – RM 49,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 BL (M) AT – RM 48,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 BL (M) MT – RM 45,800.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 BL (S) AT – RM 48,350.00
Proton New Sedan 1.6 BL (S) MT – RM 45,350.00

(M) – Metallic Paint, (S) – Solid Paint

Model range:

BL – 4 power windows, CD player and basic features.
ML – all BL features with additional alloy rims, foldable rear seats, MP3 player and electric door mirror.
HL – all ML features with additional dual airbags, ABS, EBD and standard Captor alarm.

All variants of the car will include an extended warranty package which provides warranty support and coverage for up to five years. The financing package for this car carries an interest rate of 4.1%. Delivery time from booking is approximately 4 to 6 weeks, and status of delivery lead-time will be communicated regularly.

The teaser page now has a preview of each model’s specifications and a simple FAQ. The FAQ states that the booking fee is transferable to another Proton car if the car has not been delivered yet. It also pegs the official launch date at 15th August 2007, so we’ll just have to wonder what the name of this new car will be until then. But everything seems to indicate it will not be called a GEN2 Sedan.

All of the information on this page are collected from Proton Edar’s teaser page and booking page for the new Proton Sedan.

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New Proton GEN2 Sedan spotted in white

June 21, 2007 at 2:00 am By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona, Spyshots

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It seems like today is spyshot day. Spyshots of three new Proton models all at once? We saw what could be the new Saga replacement model or Proton BLM earlier, and the GEN2 Hatchback with CPS too. The next model that we’re anticipating Proton to launch is the new C-Segment sedan that we’ve all been referring to as the Proton GEN2 Sedan, though the lack of badging on the rear does not confirm this until the car is launched.

This white sedan was spotted near the HICOM Proton traffic light by a reader’s friend, who was kind of enough to send it in to me. It’s a pretty high res photo, so you can see some portions that I’ve enlarged after the jump. Do let me know if you want any other section of the photo enlarged, I’ll add it to this post.

One thing that we can observe from the many spyshots that are being captured is all these Proton cars are hitting the road for test drives more and more frequently than before, which means the cars are nearing production… I’m excited. Are you?
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New Proton GEN2 Sedan Spotted!

April 19, 2007 at 7:32 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona, Spyshots

Proton GEN2 Sedan

Reader acbc wrote in with these photos of the upcoming Proton GEN2 Sedan on road tests! It doesn’t look very much different other than the fact that it’s a GEN2 with a proper sedan boot tacked on to it, but of course this is not the final production model so we might see some changes here and there as a mid-life facelift. It looks very similiar to the 3D renderings posted in March. If you look closely at the front grille – is that a copy of Honda’s new floating grille design I see?

Photos also do not tell us what’s under the hood, so we might see the introduction of a Campro engine with the recently announced Variable Intake Geometry system developed by Bosch for Campro. These photos also do not tell us of the interior, which might have been improved, like how the Proton Savvy Facelift has improved on the interior with a more suitable color scheme. Or a glovebox might have been added.

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Proton GEN2 Sedan Computer Graphics

March 5, 2007 at 6:35 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Proton, Proton Persona, Rumours

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Reader Khairil sent in these photos of what appears to be computer-rendered images of a possible Proton GEN2 Sedan. Styling of the GEN2 Sedan is pretty much similiar to the GEN2 5-door hatch in our market right now, with a different rear end. A similiar arrangement to the Proton Wira Sedan and Proton Wira Aeroback.

I am glad there are no strange bling bling turbine wheels on the sedan, instead there are some nice traditional 5 thick spoke wheels. I am not sure about the triple-surface design of the bootlid though, but then again these might not even be official shots of the GEN2 Sedan, but serves well to spur our imagination on how it would look like.

The Proton GEN2 Sedan will most likely be cheaper than the Proton GEN2 5-Door Hatch on our market, following the trend set by the Wira Sedan and Aeroback where the Aeroback was more expensive than the Sedan.

Remember Theophilus Chin’s Proton Satria Neo Sedan photoshop?

More photos after the jump.
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