These drawings of what’s supposed to be a range of Volkswagen concept cars by (now Volkswagen-owned) Italdesign Giugiaro have surfaced on the internet. They look like a C-segment and a B-segment hatchback, and the styling is curiously similar to the Proton EMAS and Lotus City Car concepts, also styled by Italdesign Giugiaro. It so happens the Proton and Lotus concepts were unveiled almost exactly a year ago at last year’s Geneva show, and now it’s time for this year’s Geneva show to roll around.
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VW own Emas.
cannot say that, coz we pay them.so it suppose belongs to proton/lotus. ni plagiat namanya..too obvious although diarang modified.
have u seen the contract? Nope, I believe VW won’t make this move unless they know they have the rights to the design.
ceh, what kind of question is that..hv u seen it?
No I haven’t, have you? Because U jumped to conclusion that ‘Proton/Lotus’ owns the design.
i’m one of the team member who revise the contract..and i was there when they put an ink on the agreement paper. so?
later proton will start singing bangau oh bangau song…
What I really mean is, this concept is VW own version of EMAS, Nissan March category car or should i say the A-class car?
oh shooot….looks like emas
Yes Paul..the design almost similar to the Proton EMAS concept and Lotus City Car concept that you mentioned…so P1..any respond…
Salam…
ha ha ha!!! habis la proton…
out of the topic, paul, did u heard any news when PEMANDU will be having the petrol price increase meeting as the world oil price have crossover the US$100 mark?
dude,
The hike not set by PEMANDU, but the petrol dealers for RON97.
EMAS!!
and now, people will say EMAS is based on this VW model.. people will bash proton again.. hmm…
italdesign is own by VW now, so no wonder they take a little bit of Emas design. don forget, VW is angry with Proton because the share matter a time ago..
You think it’s like a human being getting even because he’s mad? This is business and there are laws to adhere to. Proton paid Italdesign for the design and the rights rightfully belongs to the company. If VW introduced this they should sue VW for everything they got!
My God!!
What is this? Giugiaro is designing the same car for all automakers?
I seriously hope that the EMAS plan is not off now: since Giugiaro has been acquired by the VW Group, is there a chance that they might of scrapped works with Proton and revoked any licensing and/or copyrights to their design?
Is this a possibility Paul or is EMAS already at final planning stages?
This looks very scary because VW can very easily (a snap of fingers and woooosh!) take the star from PROTON.
Hmmmmmm….
there you go, people tiru Proton already haha
lol yeah!
its a volkswagen summore haha -.-“
Italdesign Giugiaro is boring. no fresh idea anymore.
VW owns Italdesign Giugiaro now, basically they have the right to their design, since they are concept design for proton and lotus for now, not sure if they(proton & lotus) actually bought the design. Or this car will be sharing among vw, proton, & lotus?
Unless it was authorized by proton VW can’t simply take their design and use it as their own. Usually research, concept, design etc is owned by the client, in this case is Proton regardless of the status of the project. VW is really digging their grave if they use EMAS design. Lawsuit isn’t pretty.
that after EMAS came out not before
it’s uglier version of emas
yurck!
shame on you vw
waa…now ppl can say vw tiru proton lol :P
maybe vw want to give a lesson to proton due to proton decision not to create strategic alliances with them..balas dendam
haha giugiaro already ran out of idea then the client was rushing.. he was like “aiyah hantam saja la.. it’s all about batches”. So here is it: the VW Cemas.
even civic ferio is better than this sheep…
wah..VW tiru Proton…but Proton bashers will adamant Proton copycate VW despite Emas concept came out much earlier than this leak VW.
hahahahaha I tot the day VW copy proton will be another 50 years but its HAPPENING like….right now!!!
okla JK….cous we dunno what is the actual agreement/arrangement VW has with Italdesign Giugiaro though we do know that VW kinda own the latter.
and a car will always look like a car
come on proton, produce your emas ASAP! so bashers dont have the right to say Proton copy VW.. :D but seriously, proton need to step up its’ pace now.
lol.. if proton still lambat lambat launch this car to the market… then VW will take the chance leh…. then ppl will say Proton copies VW… aiyo….
Proton plz launch this car asap… so VW wont have the chance… make ppl think VW is the one copy proton hahahha
the problem is… that Italdesign Giugiaro is owned by Volkswagen…. lol now proton basher will say that emas copycat VW… hahaha
is there by any chance the ‘3rd partner’ sharing the Proton Emas platform is VW?
i was just about to say this. haha
i was understood before that the new Nissan march platform will be the used for emas.
I am angry with VW.
leaked pix of unknown age. are we even sure these designs are owned by proton? anyways, concept has not been made into solid form as proton is still looking for technology to be put into their guigaro design. so, whoever gets it to market first, wins i say.
this is unethical..especially in engineering!
don’t they read the NSPE code ASME code or other engineering ethic code???
EMAS will be launch before VW for sure. it already in production test.. that what i believe..
P1 will be stronger..
http://funtastickodesign.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/panas-spyshots-persona-r-emas-di-test-track-proton-oleh-bro-chor/
perkara pelik sedunia.VW tiru proton??opsss opsss tekan like kalau ya dan please jangan gelakkan VW sebab meraka sangat Cemas bila tengok proton akan dapat Emas.
Obviously VW want Proton… They see what proton can do in the future… just we can’t admit that proton can expend in the future…
expend? what are you talking about? proton can do what? gearbox tak da, engine diesel tak da. apa da? sarung kain NAP to jaga malu.
What’s with this obsession with gearboxes? Even VW’s much vaunted DSG gearbox is designed by BorgWarner, who is NOT owned or affiliated with VW.
Wanna talk about NAP protection, go take a look at the beloved P2. No own design, no nothing!
Giugaro also idea blank also ka… lol.. no wonder car nowdays are boring
Oh, ye tak ye juga ye. Enjin diesel pun Proton tak ada lagi. Aaaa… mana dapat info konsep EMAS ni pakai enjin diesel? Ada insider ke sana?
1st time see paultan’s post about proton, the comments wont even reach 50 in 1 day, guess those bashers dun know what else to say bout proton hahaha
Hanya nak bertanya untuk kepastian. Proton konsep EMAS tu nanti pakai enjin diesel ke?
ko ni apa la.. ketinggalan betul.. haihhh…
haha! EMAS..
What?VW steal the PROTON EMAS design?but i think Lotus and Proton steal the VW design even thought this concept looks like EMAS!VW and Audi rule and Proton and Lotus is erm…?crab?
proton = ketam? apakejadahnya…hehehe
have some respect for Proton and Lotus…