We’ve live at the official launch of the Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing at Pavilion today. The car has not been unveiled yet so details on that will come later in the afternoon. The car will be officially launched by our ex-PM Tun Dr. Mahathir.
But while walking around the exhibit we spotted something interesting – I’m assuming this is the front nose of the Lotus Racing F1 car but there’s a new logo there – none other than Maxis! Is Maxis the latest sponsor to come aboard Lotus Racing?
There’s also some merchandise booths here so if you’re interested you can come over to Pavilion to grab some fan merchandise. Look after the jump for more pix live from the event.
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I think the neo is just a 'tuned' up version… with some bodykit..
Unless its a TURBO version ??? :D
neo r3.. nice :)
maybe ananda krisnan want to support Tony Fernandes LOL…totally malaysian corporation f1 team LOL….
what is that logo on the connectors between the front nose and the front wing? looks like ministry of sound! hahahaha…
pray hard for TURBOZ
how many horses are up? 20hp?
Turbo?!
ooo sheyt! 145hp?!! what the torque figure??
rm 115K? wohhowwwww…
"Price tag is RM115,000." Fuyooooooh!
Rm115 000??? you get two satria neo cps with that.
but we still dont know what inside this neo.
from what i seen in other website, the colour scheme are green and yellow if im not mistaken.
this should be neo f1 not neo R3 version. hehe..
145hp… rm 115k.. crazy..
A british racing green satria neo? 145HP sounds just ok but for 115k it is cutthroat!!!!!
proton should ditch saga and focus on perdana (good car) and satria (good car). face-lifts and modifications are gimmicks. after all, Apple has taught us it takes only 1 product to change an entire industry (iphone) – quality, design and passion.
Ditch Saga? You nuts? That's Proton's best seller! And Perdana's old news. Satria will only attract boy racers and not the family man. If your suggestion was taken by the management, surely they'll have to close shop.
Or is that really the reason? Fat chance!
soo expensive for a national car!
RM115K? demmmm……
145 hp????
ok la…….
warm hatch category……
y not put supercharger…..????
can get to 180hp i saw on gen2…….
then well be talking hot hatch……
nice..gdluq proton..wait 4 d basher to mengamuk here…..hahaha
RIDICULOUSLY priced for a CRAP proton definitely……LMAO
Who are the idiot will buy a Neo rather than CIVIC ??????
For a 145 Horsepowered car cum local assemble to be priced at RM 115,000, might as well go and buy Honda Civic 1.8. Horsepower almost the same but is made in Japan.
our civic is not built in japan laa.. made in pagoh only..
Hahaha… he got ownd.
lol !! bashing idiot
ha..ha..ha..
Hoho… you are wrong, buddy… the civic is as u mentioned "Horsepowered car cum local assemble"
very unlikely neo r3 come with turbo… r3 generally cosmatic, plus some performance parts here and there…. BUT if it come with turbo… now that really something… GO GO PROTON !!!!
Sounds nice for a 145 hp hot hatch.. but the price tag… Haih..
145bhp? almost the same as 308turbo.. maybe this neo is turbo charge also?
Well R3's in the past have always been a disappointment, but this one is beyond fancy body kits, it has a tuned engine… but the price tag might as well go for Japanese Cars.
haiiyaa………..
limited only….rare collection item.
See, when proton make cheap car, say all the bullshit thinggy. Easy to broke down, power window rosak, no power, slow engine. Now, when proton develop a better car with higher price, wah everybody start shouting like monkey in zoo negara. Very expensive la, now want turbo la. Make ur own car la u Kancil 660ex driver.
I agree with u maddy…some of them just born to be idiot…given the chance, they wouldn't know shit on how to make a car…let the idiot fool themselves always…
kancil 660ex driver…. kahkahkah…
You have some point there… Branding! Reputation!
love this shit! awesome!
The original Satria GTi was expansive to begin with. But the R3 version suppose to be an even more expansive exercise right? Something like the R32 or R20 to VW Golf GTi.
No Satria Neo GTi?
I would consider it, if it had a fat turbo and some in car entertainmet………..DVD,GPS etc……….But Rm115 is way too much……….My Satria has all of that and at half the price……….
i think maxis's just for malaysian gp.. just like canon singapore did with brawn gp at singapore gp last season
Damn it. I am gonna sell all my Maxis shares by today. At least Etihad made their money by sponsoring Team Scuderia F1.
hmmm but pretty good when got orders for 11 unit.. amazing price coz satria gti lotus tuned just arount rm70-rm80k… hmmmm
i think the klone versionz of the bodykit r working now…..
maybe d neo is good 4 satria neo cup… no need modify, but stip the interior more to make it sub 1000kg in weight…….
sell to lotus enthuist in other parts of country… UK, AUS….
opsss… salah letak….. my bad……
Hey there's a LOTUS RACING energy drink!
Went there just now and the lad there just confirmed Maxis has signed as a sponsor for the Lotus F1 Team. Not sure if its a single race only or 1 year commitment. Anyway good to see that.
I'm wondering maxis going to charge us more and more while it is a most expensive among service providers
Maxis & CNN
Poor Maxis! :)
Isn't the title of this thread is about Maxis' sponsorship on Lotus Racing? Hahah… got diverted to the Neo pulak.