This is a weird way to prove the strength of the Proton Savvy chassis. I don’t know whether to call it an honour or an insult. Quite amusing :P Don’t take it too seriously, it’s just a joke.
MONSTER TRUCK RACING ASSOCIATION USA PURCHASES PROTON SAVVY
Friday, June 10th 2005
In what seemed as automative ground breaking news, the USHRA Monster Trucks annouced today that it will purchase the latest Proton automobile launched just 2 days ago. In an interview, the spokesman for the USHRA Monster Trucks , Frederick Walker confirmed that the association has ordered 50 units of the newly launched Proton Savvy today.
He personally delivered the order to Chief Executive Officer of Proton, Tengku Mahaleel Ariff later this evening at Proton Headquarters, Tanjung Malim. The cars will replace existing scraped cars in all of the associations arenas and race events.
“We are very excited about this new car. The price is right, and the reusability of the car is high. The soft surface of the Savvy will ensure our Monster Trucks ™ will not suffer heavy tyre damage or unwanted punctures during racing. It’s body is the toughest of its class. It will be reused many times in races and I’m sure Malaysians will be proud to have American made Monster Trucks stomping all over it on prime TV.” Mr Frederick Walker when asked to comment about the purchase.
Malaysians can expect the Proton Savvy to debut in Monster Truck races very soon and they can catch them live on “Pall Mall Action Gear : Monster Trucks” aired over TV2 every Thursday 8.00 PM.
I did not write this so don’t have to give me credit :)
MCH!!!! ini dah naik kepala nih !!! so despo for sales meh ???!!!
I’m a new reader of your blog. U did a great job there n 2 thumbs up for the creative effort. Keep blogging…
PUeHY ! i thought what so great….
Stupid Mahaleel , ppl are insulting Malaysia with u car! shame on u Proton !
come on, this is just a joke…nobody in their right mind would want to take all the trouble to import new cars just to crush them…like paul said, just have a good laugh! if we can't laugh at ourselves, then we m'sians are a sorry lot indeed! hahahaha..!!!
Proton gonna kemek…
Yea…I'll be proud of Savvy being crushed by American trucks……HAHAHA…..Patriotism!
This American found it funny :)
What time is the show? I want to watch lor…
it may be for laugh…. but just face it… that car can ONLY be use there…. I will not buy that car… Proton showroom across my office is NOW EMPTY…. probably they should empty the Advisor chair…!!
Read the Business Time yesterday .
MyVi booking already surpass 33,000 units. Already 33,000 people are sure that MyVi is better then Savvy.
Proton…. start thinking.
Ha ha ha ha!!! This one's real good! Considering the state of Proton cars and their stuck windows, stuck doors, etc., I think it's an honor that someone's willing to turn them into scrap metal in a glamorous way.
I think the current CEO of proton should quit.
Proton,shame on u!
hehehe… Paul, you did it again!!! nice joke, but it would be much happier for all M'sian if this was a real headline so we the ardent patriotic M'sian will have a very good primetime watching tely with all our family n friend all together!!! hehehe what do you all think guys? let's give our Poul "Young Gun" Tan an ovation! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!!!
lol… maybe they watch the current savvy ad on TV… which also about monster too…
MyVi booking already surpass 33,000 units. Already 33,000 people are sure that MyVi is better then Savvy.
Proton…. start thinking
aparaaaahhh….million of people already drive proton……..
ye lah million… but more than half of it has already sell it to seek more good quality car, and the one who buy it just to use it as "kain basahan" jer!!! or should we say it "kain buruk" peeerah!!!
the correct word will be "million of REGRETFUL people already drive proton"
how many ex-proton owner will buy another proton ?
I for sure will not.
korang ni memang tak baca surat khabar la…
lebih 16 ribu unit proton di jual setiap bulan….
kalau tak percaya semak kat JPJ.
orang macam korang ni sikit aja…..tak beli pun tak apa…
For our fren who always read newspaper. u know why so many people buy proton? because they dun have other choices. even perodua car have similar range of price. but if someone need a biger car for family use, they must choose proton. not because proton quality, is because with 40k-50k plus in malaysia, we can only buy a proton car. we dun have other option because of the protection give to proton. so, most of the person who bought proton was 'terpaksa' u know? one waja cost around 60k, but with tis price if in other contry, we can buy a nissan sentral oledy. tell us honestly, if both car selling price is 60k, will you choose waja? no person believe u will do so. u are so clear with the figure in jpj, do u know tat proton car's selling oledy drop compare with few years ago (i read in the newspaper oso :)). if u think im wrong, proof it that proton selling keep increasing every year.
hopeless.
if proton where so successful, it nneednt probly even resort to such desperate sales.
but it cld be a turn around event. who knows, the american are impressed by the toughness of savvy following a high sales record. but wht toughness to prove when all ur car is squashed under the almight monster truck. savvy wont stand a chance. msians national carmaker n its rakyat will surely be laughed at.
silly. pitiful
Mr RPH tak boleh samakan malaysia dengan negara lain…. kat malaysia pembeli sedikit (rakyat tak ramai) kalau jual murah sangat…bila nak dapat untung…..negara lain boleh la….satu model boleh jual lebih satu juta…..malaysia baru satu tahun 445,560 pembeli….
proton pun nak untung ma…
Jualan Proton Setiap bulan:
March 04 – 13497
April 04 – 13130
May 04 – 13988
June 04 – 15789
July 04 – 17120
Aug 04 – 13920
Sept 04 – 15679
Oct 04 – 15822
Nov 04 – 12209
Dec 04 – 14193
Jan 05 – 12273
Feb 05 – 10751
March 05 – 16217
2003 – 163,759
2004 – 157,247
ya, i agree our country cant compare with others. coz we need to pay a tax nearly 100% for the import car. so that all the user actually was forced to buy proton. one thing u need to know. car sell cheaper in other country is because no need to pay a high tax to protect certain brand of car. no because of the selling is good ok. dun tell me a model of car can easily sell one million units in singapure, brunei or hongkong. exp: getz 1.6 only cost around HK100k (rm50k) in hongkong, far more cheaper than in m'sia rite? i dun think it can sell 1 million units per year, why still so cheap? i did not say tat proton car's price too high, is reasonable. just wana to correct ur view, it get so many buyers not becoz it is a very good car(still have many car better than it), is becoz we dun have other choices any more with limited money. so 'terpaksa' need to buy proton.
U kata U ada baca newspaper……singapure, brunei & hongkong mana ada buat kereta sendiri….
sebab tu la dia boleh letak murah sikit…..tapi rumah & barang lain mahal tau……kalau tak percaya tunggu di sempadan….beduyun masuk malaysia nak…….sendiri mau ingat laaaa…
Hanya 11 negara di dunia ni yg buat kereta sendiri..
U tak bangga ke….
saya tak kerja di proton & perodua pun tumpang bangga tau..hee
Apa masalah awak dengan kereta nasional kita ni…
asik TERPAKSA je…
adalah tidak adil tinggikan tax disebabkan kita tak mampu bersaing dgn org lain. sebagai rakyat tidakkah anda rasa kesian pd diri anda dgn gaji yg tak sebrp tu…..???
mana pegi tax yg dikutip tu…..
apakah demokrasi sedangkan kita tiada pilihan…..
No, wait…hang on. Monster trucks are wider than the length of a Savvy…right??? So I guessed the Savvy won't be crushed…just passed over becuase it's just tooo tiny. :)
Hmmmm….Proton did one stupid thing, which is to launched their SAvvy right after the MyVi, and we have poor Malaysians clamouring after the bigger MyVi.
Friends, use your brains. the Myvi is Jazz, Swift, Getz and Aveo size.
The Savvy is Kelisa, Picanto, Panda size.
Of course being Malaysian, bigger is better but the MyVi has only 1.3 cc engine inside. Nice city car but no power la.
I have both cars and i can safely say both of them have their own plusses and minuses.
seem like someone agree with wat is happening in our country. ask evryone to pay a high tax if they wana buy a car other than proton. tis is so call force to buy oledy lah my fren. i didnt mention bout other country can build their own car ok. my message is "our national car still can sell a lot because it fight in a market that was not fair to the user and other company."
Errr….The Americans protect their Boeing, and the Europeans are sooo protective of their Airbus. The Japanese protect their rice industry while the French will not allow foreign wine to enter their market easily.
So everybody protects their national interest. So apa yang korang bising sangat? You think CHINA does not protect their copycat towkeys ke?
Podaaah chit. Lu orang ckp tak guna otak la.
Bangkaaai!
The west protect their agriculture (crops and animals) by giving subsidies. That is why African countries find it hard to sell to the west….
tax kena tinggi ler sbb kerajaan mana banyak duit, semua nak murah, free, subsidi… kebajikan rakyat nak kena jaga tapi duit nak cekau mana.. setuju tax kereta mewah tinggi supaya pengguna kereta mewah yakni yg kaya2 bleh bagi income kat kerajaan… banyk pakai bayak bayar…
nak jana ekonomi bukan senang, sekarang nih semua mampu beli kereta. oklah ekonomi bagus tu pon atas dasar yg ok selama ini, rasa sendiri la kalu ekonomi merudum tahun 1998.. keta kena tarik penuh kat padang.. masa tu kancil 3biji 10k pon tak laku..
ha ha ha padan muka proton dan PADAN MUKA ORANG YANG BAGI IDEA INI.
tak logik langsung… kene ngan monter truck tak rosak? iklan tv pun kelakar saya rasa oreng yg buat ni tak tengok cerite power range atau otroman…
macan iklan X-pac adakah bagi 10 sebab kenapa nak beli audio cd terbaru di pasaran…. sapa boleh bagi taip sekarang….
Dan abe batman… memang-lah 11 negara aje buat kerata tapi…berape yg terkenal di seluruh dunia ni…..
i already booked savvy… aiyaaa… nak tukar myvi tak bleh… hanguslah duit booking RM 500 masa booking savvy… camner aaa…
well done at least Perodua done good job lately …. consistent , good quality, good price … keep it up…
MYvi is goood
but for Proton i forced to buy one….
of course my next car definitely wont be proton, i will go for foreign car or Perodua…
try do something lah Proton……u r cheating rakyat….
Hahaha! That's a good one! :D
sally : are u lab one's….soorry to know..hehe..
omigod..of all degrading things to be done to a m'sian car…i'm speechless
it first advertisement on tv was a disaster,imagine,driving a savvy blindfold,knock this knockthat,just to prove thats savvy built tough,implication were silly,you mean all those people buying savvy are blind,and the car are not safe,runs around like being possessed, make one feel that if you by savvy,you must be blindfold by them into believing that you are making the right choice,or you are simply being charm by their spell into making crazy decision.thats the true and actual meaning of thats tv commercial of savvy 1st air to whole nation,if not true then why they quickly removed it when people start to awaken by self realization and not fool by them.
dont buy proton then buy perodua a? perodua is stupid ppl buy 1..
that day my friend go service his kenari, manatao the noob perodua ppl make his door hit wall.. wtf.. so noob lo perodua somemore name so sux.. per o dua? mean wat? tak boleh menang pertama jadi angkat nombor dua? u orang beli perodua memang anak pooki… memang bodoh.. viva this worth than milo tin also can sell more than30k ? recondition stell only! wtf.. once accident sure kaki patah atau kepala pecah.. use 30k to 50k to buy viva or myvi? same like bought hell car.. kereta buruk.. memang bodoh
Savvy oh savvy why so many problem….bearing & coil ….ah yo….yo…