The ‘My Proton Makeover’ contest, which Proton announced as part of its 1Perayaan Proton programme, has kicked off, and first up to bat in the project will be a 1992 Saga owned by Fadly Hisham Roplay, whose car is slated to be completely reworked by Proton Motorsports’ R3 unit.
The programme, targeted at rewarding Proton car owners who have loyally supported the brand over the years, will see five other selected Proton car owners with the most interesting story winning a makeover or renewal of their Proton. The contest – which runs until December 28 – requires entrants to submit their story involving themselves and their Proton, and the company will then identify the best stories or most heart-warming and reward these five owners with a complete car makeover.
Choosing Fadly to be the first recipient of the programme was a pretty clear-cut affair. “When we kicked off this initiative, Fadly’s name came up as a model example. The story of him and his Proton Saga was lighthearted and entertaining. But more importantly, it was really heart-warming to hear about much he loves his car and the memories that his family and him share with it. For this, we truly felt that he and his car deserved a big ‘Thank You’ and reward,” Proton MD Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin said.
Purchasing his Proton Saga in 1999 from its original owner in Kuala Lumpur, Fadly, a technician with an international electronics manufacturer, drove it back immediately to his home town, where upon arriving at the Sultan Azlan Syah bridge in Perak, shouted out “Welcome to Kuala Kangsar!” to the car, as described by his mother who was travelling with him.
“He has such an attachment to the car that only he can describe best,” said his mother, Hamiah Abdullah. “He once brought us down to shop in KL, and had his car towed by the traffic police as it was parked illegally. After frantically rushing to the impound and paying the fine, he ran over and hugged the car! We couldn’t help but watch and laugh,” she added.
Fadly expressed his great sentiments of the car. “One of my most memorable moments, or rather nightmare, involving the car was when I drove my mother over to my girlfriend’s house for her to convey the proposal of marriage to my girlfriend’s parents. I was sitting in this car, outside the house, trembling!” he recalled. His Saga has certainly travelled with him through the years, being the vehicle used on his first date with his then girlfriend, who has since become his wife and mother to his two children.
“This car and I have shared many stories together. We have been the brunt of jokes by my family and friends. My father-in-law has even offered to pay the down payment for a new car, but I politely declined,” said Fadly. “It is a bit of a relationship, where my car keeps me going and I also keep her going,” he laughed, after revealing that thousands of Ringgit have been well spent over the years on regular service maintenance and to keep the car roadworthy.
Fadly’s 19 year-old Proton Saga will now be in the R3 workshop for four weeks, for a complete tip to toe rework, inside out. Proton Motorsports Division’s R3 unit is certainly excited about the project, according to its head of engineering, Tengku Djan Ley. “It’s not often that we are given free-rein to do up a car like this. Considering the background of the situation, we’re really looking forward to giving the car an outstanding makeover as a gift for Fadly.” The fully reworked Proton Saga will be unveiled in September.
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The car is as old as me,and for a 19-years old car,i’d say it look rather mint.I wonder what R3 have in store for this car~
Aiya,R3 should rework this car 1 month earlier,so before Hari Raya can drive this car show off mah….So no car to use during Hari Raya….inconvenient…
Proton probably loan a car to him.. not really inconvenient but to bad he will not be able to show off his new re-worked car for hari raya tho.. huhuhu
This car looks like Lancer!copycat!
Proton is actually doing good.
But imagine if there’s no Proton and the car is actually an original Mitsubishi, and the makeover is for the original Mitsubishi, Fadly will be double happy as compare to today.
Such a heartwarming story..
Congrats to Fadly..
And kudos to Tengku Djan Ley’s R3 team and Proton..
Looking forward to see the other 4 stories..
Pimp my Proton!!!
hoh, a super limited edition proton saga by r3 is coming!
hoh, a super duper limited edition proton saga by r3 is coming, super rare!
Woahh.. pimp my ride R3 style~!
tak sabar nk tengok old saga r3…
congrats fadly, if you’re paultan follower :)
and can’t wait to see the first ever ‘pimp my ride’ from R3. 19 years old Saga, and he’s been driving it for 12 years. the car could have seiously high mileage wooo…. the old engine should be replaced though, put campro turbo like the one in Bangkok Motor Show :)
Good idea on the programme. Malaysia’s very own Overhaulin’. Love it!
pimp my saga?
Beautiful. I’m so touched by this story. I’ve been bonding with my dad’s cars since i was basically a baby and are on of those people that believe cars are more than just horsepower, value and badge. I’m very happy that proton is doing this. I’m going to get my license soon and then its time to get my own ‘friend’ to bond with.
Now this is exciting!
Sob, sob, sob, …………..
My Proton Iswara purchased in 1997 have to open door pay toll.
When weather very hot, the aircond not cool enough, when night raining, the aircond is too cold.
Furthermore, I have to press against the window to push it closed if I ever open the window.
Sob, sob, sob, …………..
My Proton Waja purchased in 2003 have the door handle breakdown, and power window failed within 3 month.
This shitty car forever etch in my mind as being claimed by Tengku Mahaleel “BMW of Asia” that give me never ending nitty-gritty problems.
Aha, see whether I can attract attention from Tengku Djan, 3R centre – Roadworthy-less, Repair and Restless (i.e. nightmare!).
Period! …………………….
you said you paid 5 figures income tax.. you should be able to afford the real BMW instead of “BMW of Asia”.
for someone who earn 5-6 figures, i wonder why you said Honda Accord is your dream car while you can actually buy it without even dreaming about it. go buy Accord, sleep inside it and have a ‘powerful’ dream… Honda; The Power of Dream.
Dude, oh ya korek, korek, korek, ………….
At that time still cannot afford real BMW with meagre income, but not now.
yes, power of dream or whatever, any brand can except P1.
As usual you are balls-carrier for P1, but I am looking forward for torch-bearer of the brand from world class car player.
but i still don’t get it… why a malaysian working in malaysia call himself an expatriate???
Delusional disorder dude..kesian kan?
leave him alone , shouting n barking alone, p1 is doing better n better to the majority of malaysian ,enuf said!. go p1 pimp people rides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mofaz… that fella is a very ill minded prick la.. just let be… dunno from which planet he come from…
yeah man. last time he fuxk all the ‘poor ppl’ for commenting on a camry post. then he himself comment on Ferrari post…. guess he must own a few then eh?
never seen anyone with so many thumbs down and hidden comment ‘due to low rating’!
nice one.
i still dont get why are you still hate proton.. as i said before, me also drove a BMW, but still i’m willing to drive Proton.. no problem at all.. even my friend drove his father Waja without any problem until now.. how did u drive the car? wonder that u just hit whatever bump and holes.. i give challege to you, you drive your BMW the same way you drive proton.. no car cant stand the people attitude when drive.. honestly said, last time i get my uncle saga, i drove like racers.. hit all bumps.. but now, i really take care while driving.. honestly, when drive BMW, i take care, drive carefully..
u might be right.. but i do not like u MofaZ
thank you for being honest :) have a nice day / night!
just keep whining…stucked in the 90s. kesian…
LUCCCCKKKKKYYYYY!!!!!
my dad used to own proton saga megavalve hehe.. we went travel around malaysia with dat car without broke down even once.. we had nice memory with dat car..
Err. Proton management: did you notice his saga does not even have the PROTON logo
Are you so sure he’s actually proud of it
its because the badge broke la….
If u look carefully, if not mistaken the grill is from Lancer Fiore… Just google the pictures n u will c a lot of it…
maybe previous owner replaced it?
last month i assist a friend of my rebuilding a similar model as this for his dad.. honestly.. it still in a good shape regardless being used in ‘tanah merah’ area.. (felda).. All we done is just change all the old tech being used to the latest one.. Overhaulin just for the sake of making sure it’d be fine.
To me.. its more like an old instead of useless/problematic.. What i really like is the bumper that being used.. surely not plastic..
And the logo issue that being discussed here.. i know a lot of friend doing the same thing.. Coz in chop shop and ‘bawah pokok workshop” work.. it is easier to find mitsu grill instead of proton saga grill..
He didn’t say he’s proud of Proton, he said he just love the car. Different scenario there bro.
pimp my ride – proton style!
actually this car is very good. proton can be proud of this car. (:
wow.. This is interesting.. I wonder whats the outcome will be.. Body? Engine?
Malaysia version of OVERHAULIN? WOW!
Hey Proton, can you just fix my power window ??
This is getting old already.
adoi…basi2
dunno y ppl keep asking bout power window rosaK?deyy..my old srtia 1.6xli 97′ till no working on mint condition,no power window problem at all..guess u r too dumb to know dat sumtimes its now the power wndow broke,its the rubber..go buy urself some 10ringgit power window lubricant,named it getf1 brand..problem solved!
Kak Ros, pls send in your car. i will personally get it fix for you. While i’m at it, i’d replace all those jamban door handles too, just in case. And i will throw in a shiny r3 emblem just for you and Jibby.
This is a damn cool programme!!!
how to join? i want my grandma Saga also get reworked~! R3 tuned~! hopefully my grandma dont use it to drift.. :P
I like it!
i hope my old saga get to rework too…>.<
Why the people cherish when their consumer rights are taken away? driving 19years of the car, and can we calculate how much he has paid towards it?
until the people awake and realized the economy monopolization strategy that the big group owner gain their wealth by squeezing those hard earn money from many local public like Fadley here, our country will not be having a competitive (automotive) company in the world market. Period.
I pity him more than cherish for him. They are totally clueless that they are those who fed those cronies up there.
how hyundai-kia monopolize korean market… checked.
how toyota-honda monopolize japanese market… checked
how GM, Ford and Chrysler monopolize US market with more than 50% market share… also checked!
Your comment is very vague, bordering ramblings. Come again?
The car is 19 years old. He just owned it for 12 years. Fadley paid for a second hand car. Probably paid off his loan. I paid off my loan on my Waja. I want to put a sticker on it that says ‘Krete habih hutang’. Its a wonderful feeling to have a car that you can finally call your own (and not owned by creditors) without having to pay interest.
You see, your issue should be raised about 2nd hand values of cars. Which is fixed by the loan companies. The interest rates are higher on these cars to deter people from actually buying and also giving finance companies more profit. They always claim its because of higher risks. But its the low income people who buy used cars. They are the ones stuck with paying higher compound interest. So the banks and financial companies gain profit from the needy and those starting to live. It’s called price fixing. Look up on Capitalism, can you please. Then compare with Communism/Marxism.
Ya, 100% agreed, Protonomic is based on “kleptocracy fraud control” with national car status supporting 300++ shitty vendors, cronies, AP King, hidden behind NAP with tariff and non-tariff measures design to suck consumers until the last drop of blood. Only retard mind or those benefits from this scam is the diehard balls-carrier of P1.
American, Korea, Japan market is where the major local players give the best market price at best quality. Sonata can sell anywhere (i.e. free market) in the world starting USD 20K++. us, jp, kr are for all protected their consumers by never allowed practice of vendors cronies, AP King, etc to flourish in their car industry. They are the torch bearer in their respective countries in their own turf.
so… very big deal huh… .I.
but you didn’t disagree that they’re protected in their home ground, also receiving incentives from their government for various reasons, and most recently GM received billions of dollars just to save it from bankruptcy. check what kind of help hyudai received in Korea during economic downturn. check how Japan gov help honda, toyota & mitsu to sell their hybrid and electric cars… clearly your brain are nowhere in the level of 5 figures income earner.
There is a big differences between protect the home ground then rising the price of foreign import car.
Infact, Gov can give tax exemption for Proton for 30 years so they can no need pay tax for creating an industries and creating jobs.
Government can subsidize like what other country mentioned (they are doing it anyhow by R&D fund over years, but look at what crab has been come out? anyone? Savvy? u remember the $$ claimed to build the platform?).
but since the above cant really make money for those supplier, the consumer are suffered by those policies. Protong is MADE for the suppliers for Day1.
Looking at the car price in Korea/Japan/USA. They are relatively low as compare to house hold capital income. How many people in other country do a 5 years, 7 years, and even 9 years loan for a car!! That is ridiculous. I seen a 7years loan for Kancil, and I am shaking my head. How many Malaysian got bankrupt due to car loan?
Where is the public transport since ex-PM campaign time? Why? Since we are afraid the Protong sales will be cut down!
I am 100% support of made-in-malaysia but not at the expenses of torturing our own consumer rights.
this might cause a lot of thumb down..
House are pretty cheap than cars in Malaysia.. Yet, 1 house in Malaysia has a least 2 cars..
Price of cars is high yet rush hour are pretty bad here.. Some of us have to leave house at 6am to reach work at 8am..
Yes issues of public transport and such.. i do not know where to stand on this..tried to like it but no..prefer the jammed/rush hour better..
Price of cars in Malaysia are high.. but each 10min there will be a MERC/Beemer passing by.. Even a kid in college drives Neo CPS to class..
As a middle class income person.. I have to say.. i am ok with it.. As long as i have food on the table for my family.. i’m good.. The way i see it.. If i want to buy high end products.. i’ll work my ass for it..
I agree with ReadBeanBun, and am curious of your age demographic. Judging from comments in here, I can say that most of you all are born in late 80s to 90s.
Someone said that ReadBeanBun’s argument is vague, well let me put it in a more concise argument for you then. Proton from day one is a doomed project. To begin with, we have no economies of scale. The amount of cars that Proton makes in a year is equivalent to what Toyota makes in a day, perhaps even more. If one studies economics, you would understand why making more cars will lower overhead costs. So basically, to cover up all their mistakes (specifically Dr M’s), they created a protected market in Malaysia by raising car taxes by 300%. Overnight cars that were once RM50k shot up to 150k. To rub salt into wound, Proton say they brought the car to the masses by offering cars at affordable prices.
Later on, Proton became a place where ministers can take opportunity to make tons of money via their vendors. Recently they talk about changing vendors; well anyone can set up a 2-dollar company and while it may look like they have new ‘efficient, clean’ vendors, the people behind it are still the same old farts siphoning money off. This explains why Proton was so reluctant to let VW buy over, saying that VW was being too pushy in implementing their own rules. Well of course if VW takes over no more hanky-panky business. Furthermore, it’s a no-brainer what benefits it brings to Proton if VW were to JV with Proton, just ask Skoda.
In conclusion, if Proton was such a great car (this includes Perodua as well), as many people here defiantly defend, why not level the playing field by removing all foreign car taxes once and for all? It certainly make cars more affordable (one has to seriously wonder where the hell all this tax money goes to, but that another matter altogether) Someone said that hyundai-kia monopolized the korean market, but they’re doing very well in the US as well and mind you they do not have a 200-300% tax protection. US domestic 3 (GM, Chrysler, Ford) enjoy merely a 4% tax protection compared to other non-US car manufacturers. Also, US domestic car brands are look down upon. In fact Toyota is monopolizing the US market and even the most US sport Nascar is being sponsored by Toyota, so maybe you should double check your fact before sprouting out nonsense.
I am all for having a national car. Hell if i was Peter Lim I would like to try my hands on setting up my own INDEPENDENT Malaysian car company. What I’m against is this tendency of ‘protecting’ the market at the expense of the whole country just to benefit the few. 26yrs of being protected is too long of a time, you, I and 99% of the odd 30million Malaysians are suffering because of this protection tax. Sorry for being long winded here, just trying not to be vague. Feel free to rebutt or to comment on my post. Peace out.
i’ve mentioned this before in some other post, so some of you might already read this. even without proton, import cars might still be expensive. Thai do not have ‘national car’ project, yet their imported cars are more expensive than Malaysia;
Hyundai Tucson: RM139k in MY, RM177k in Thai
Hyundai Sonata 2.0: RM136-144k in MY, RM153-178k in Thai
Jaguar XF: RM488k in MY, RM616 in Thai
BMW 730Li: RM648k in MY, RM727k in Thai
you may noticed that car import tax in Thai is far higher than Malaysia even though Thai exports hundreds of thousand cars every year. with high import tax, what are they trying to protect? the tax is to protect country economy. Thailand banned import cars in 1978. does thailand has any national car program in that time? NO, it was due to trade deficit. imports was far greater than exports.
if you study history of Japan, Korea and even Thailand, they banned import cars to enable their local industry to grow. we all know how terrible are korean cars in previous generation, yet they were able to sell millions of it because no foreign brand allowed in Korea. this is the true meaning of being “FORCED” to buy local brand. if you go to Korea now you can see that less than 5% of the cars are imported, and the most popular import is BMW. why not Honda & Toyota? because H & T are direct competition to Hyundai & Kia. You may wildly guess what Korean gov do about it. does it ever happen in Malaysia? you can still buy foreign brands here, u just have to pay more.
Proton was setup to enable rakyat to have their own car. the cheapest vios with ABS and airbags in Thai is about RM63k. we have saga with ABS and dual airbags, just RM45k. and guess what, Saga is the cheapest sedan in Thai and Australia.
I would like to stress the fact that it’s better to learn and develop own industry rather than becoming a mere ‘assembling’ facilities. Don’t get me wrong, I agree that foreign investors are definitely positive thing. But then the real ‘profit’ would also belong to the foreign companies. As I mentioned before, we won’t have Honda, Toyota, Hyundai and others now if Japanese and Korean choose to assemble cars for GM, Ford and Chrysler instead of developing their own cars. Hyundai-Kia is more than 40 years old now and they gained customer trust only recently. previously, they were so bad and they had to give 10 years warranty for cars sold in US. Proton is already moving towards the right direction, let’s us all push Proton to be better, not pulling them down.
The facts are:
Thailand cars, imported or locally assemble, their prices are included one off payment for roadtax. Without Proton, even the price is high (e.g. Vietnam Camry price for 2.4L is USD 72K vs around USD 58K in Malaysia), one thing for sure, there are no shitty vendors, cronies, AP King suck dry the consumers. I am very happy to pay 300% for cars if the monies go to build road, hospital, schools, unis, help the poors, etc. However sad to said, as usual this retard blind P1 balls-carrier still stuck in the cronies mentality expecting the consumers support these cronies super high lifstyle with 4 wives and more than enough to feed their 7 generations.
Still MooFart, cheapest Saga is less than RM 20K in middle east.
Said whatever jp, kr, us etc in protecting their own car industry. But one fact is there is no cronies, shitty vendors or AP Kng around. Yet their consumers are offered lowest price for their own car.
If left Proton to survive under NAP for another 7 generation, there is no hope that it will become world class player, but remain a jaguh kampong to take care of cronies, shitty vendors, AP king.
Unless otherwise, Proton move out of jaguh kampong league, can kick out cronies, shitty vendors, AP King and compete in level field without NAP by offering at least decent car at market price, then only we talk about truely world class player.
If Proton need financial support, if applied Keynesian Approach in saving the industry with national interest without abandoning capitalist system, then I fully support. But if Kleptocracy Fraud Control employed as a tool to feed cronies, shitty vendors and AP King, then we are doom ……….
hmmm….funny how when i actaully try to read this seemingly ‘intelligent’ counter comment i just stopped reading after the second line……cos constantly my brain keep telling me is it really worth it cos this comment is from THE so called expat from the foulmouth country who has own all the car in the world plus a saga amazingly pay 5 figure tax to our beloved nation………..hmmmmmm i pass…..
can you stop with the crony thingy? damn annoying lah.
I highly doubt the government is very concerned about trying to protect the economy. If they were, let’s just say we would be much better off than Singapore with us having much more resources etc etc. Also like I said in my earlier posts, with the implementation of Proton taxes shot up 300% overnight. Either that or my parents are lying to me. That is why you can see the older generation (age 40+) do not support Proton at all. In fact, they curse and swear at the bloody implementation as living costs shot up by at least 30%. Also don’t forget that our public transportation is atrocious; there is a reason for it and that is because the government is indirectly trying to support Proton by making personal transportation a more convenient choice, maybe even a necessity. The implementation of MRT and so on is akin to put a plaster on a bullet wound; it’s just too little too late.
That being said, I would give the benefit of the doubt that INITIALLY Proton was set up to make car ownership cheaper for the rakyat. But as it turns out, it’s an open secret that Proton is just another channel for their cronies to make more money via vendors.
To me in order for Proton to be competitive, they would need to remove their crutches (tax protection) or to tax their cars the same as other car makers. Doesn’t have to be sudden, but maybe to increase 10% taxes every year or something like that. Till we level the playing field Proton is just going to be where they are today, and that has happened for 25 years.
Another thing to make Proton competitive would be to remove all political entities inside the company. Proton should be a professional company, instead wasting hundreds of millions in failed projects, used that money to hire the best advisors, consultants etc they can find. Again I can’t stress enough that no political meddling should be happening in Proton.
In my own humble opinion, Proton is a doomed ship. As long as there is political connections inside the company would not grow to be competitive as there would be conflict of interest, thus you can see that Proton is neither here nor there. I believe with VW coming in they would be forced to clean up Proton (or at least try to make it look clean and not just blatantly at plain sight makan duit) and also an injection of FDI. If I recalled correctly since the tie-up with VW and Proton failed they have since move to Indonesia and has already invested about USD200million. In short sell Proton off, and get rid of the fleas once and for all.
This doomed national Proton project has now become a national BURDEN for the 30+ million Malaysian to shoulder. The difference between us and the American is that at least they admit that their national debt level now is $14 trillion while in our case we still a running tab which every rakyat has to contribute as long as Proton doesnt admit defeat. National PRIDE has a price to it!!!
Bravo to Proton! This somehow reminds me of Overhaul and really best describes our relationship between our cars. Yes, there are cars that are crap, one of the few cars I drove was a Talbot which after driving for a few months you could see through the floorboards! Another car I remember fondly was my 25 year old Mazda 323 which overheats in a traffic jam and shakes and rattles whenever you go beyond 90 KM/h. Yet, you can’t help but be attached to them, as I found out with my Talbot, and especially my Mazda as it had four doors, a big boot and was easy to drive to the Mamak stalls with my mates!
Yes, we all complain that we want more power, more economical cars and cool designs and what not but sometimes there is that extra something that makes you feel attached to the car. I understand how Fadly feels, especially when I finally gave the Mazda away for scrap as it was too unsafe to drive :( . But even though these cars have gone, the memories stay with you forever.
I wish Fadly and his Proton Saga all the best, because I dearly wish I was in his place with my Mazda :( (though I’m trying to get an old BMW 318i so I might be starting on a new project soon enough!)
malaysian version of Pimp My Ride
ho..this is interesting!
This passionate man, for the love of the saga, deserves the makeover..
/me claps
Is this going to be a total restoration which means all new parts but same car, or is it going to be reworked by R3 into a performance car of some sort?
Reworked by R3 is great but if that car have had so much precious memories to that person, then why change everything and make it into something not what they remember it 10 years ago?
consider its a new chapter in a memorable car live story
This is called overhaulin… not pimp ur ride..
lucky chap!
Wonderful story of a regular guy and his car.. can’t wait to see how his reworked Saga turns out.
i want my car R3’ed too
nice.just like pimp my ride..
looking foward to the final result of this saga:)..
especially the engine and interior
wow! pimp my ride / Overhaulin’ Malaysia? =)
First Chacko of Proton comes up with a campaign to use OKU to ‘ minta kesian’ from the public and now their want to show the the public that their want to make a mends on their shitty cars that their have sold to the public.
Its a good start and now you count the 25 years by about 120,000cars per year equals to 3 millions cars they got to do these exercise then Proton SKU can be forgiven to selling shitty cars.
This hype reminds me when the Saga was turn into a shitty limo which they told us to be proud of them too.
It will be interesting for them to reveal the cost they spend to put right the shitty problem and the cost to modify it. Bet cha its in excess of $100K!!!
Its good to see Tengku Mahaleel son in charge of this project as to ensure the current shitty vendors will continue to supply to Proton. ;-)
nothing positive ever come out from you. that’s mean you’re shitty too.
You see MooFart farting again, whatever you said about P1 is not ok to him. He is the balls-carrier of cronies, shitty vendor, AP King and the like.
Perhaps you may said few thing good about P1 so that you are in same frequency with him. Then, and by then, he may carry your balls and polish your shoes.
Why u so butthurt ?? get a life bro…
this guy gave shitty comment because his saga was not selected for pimp-up
dude, r u complaining or whining?
sweet! keep us updated! =D
nice gesture, proton!
can’t wait to see how the car will be transformed…
mr fadly is a family man now and has 2 kids and a wife…let’s see how that gets interpreted. abs, airbags, disc brakes perhaps?
cheers
this is what we call, when experience become really worth..he really deserve it..im so happy for the owner..;)
I am so NOT interested in this…………
so why do u read this article though??
presumably to further boost his ego as a “beemer freak”?
Pimp My Proton! Will be funny if the pimped car gets stopped by the JPJ outside the Proton HQ.
I hope they’ll document it like Street Customs on Turbo… or Overhaulin’. Have the video posted here, or sell it to a network, whatever. As long as they keep it interesting, well hosted and neatly edited.
Izzit cheaper for proton do a complete makeover, or give him a completely new proton saga…?
give him a new car would mean to detach him from his memories… if he want a new ride, he could have taken the offer from his father-in-law, right?
there’s a reason why someone keep 30-40 years old cars in their garage.
ic… lol , i didnt read up the whole article….
but it’ll be freaking funny if proton pulls the sheet and unveils a new saga FLX….
Fadzly will be completely crossed…
we had one. she was a megavalve. 1.5
possessed decent power but being a manual, she was good and was able to drag nearly 400-500 kilos five of us during frequent family trips/ balik kampung holidays
dad loved her to bits. once, the plastic wheel cover flew away while driving. he stopped on the road shoulder, made sure the road was clear, went pick it up and put it back to the wheel. painted the body twice, 2 – 3 times complete engine overhaul. he really take care of her.
in some ways we were lucky because its only 5 of us which means no need for larger capacity vehicles i.e mpvs but the problem was we were growing fast. and bigger.
so in 2000 waja came for more comfort but megavalve was still strong in service, old knacker she maybe but reliable and never let us down
then the accord came which mean one must go and predictably dad let her go at 5k just recently.
we were kinda bonded in some strange way and even today we felt a bit odd with her no where in sight at the porch.
what a great car.
Ahh…..I remember ours too vividly,a white one 1.5 auto use as a 2nd car to send the kids to school. After a few years we couldnt use the key remote and had to use the key manually to open the doors.The central lock only works for 3 doors out of the 4 doors and we were used to double check visually to ensure that all doors were locked.
Because of the numerous powerwindow problems we finally gave up repairing it and that lead to the door panel on the drivers side being unscrew and screwed back that lead to the door handle cup would cut our fingers from time to time.
After the cassette mech was spoilt we only use the FM radio in the car.
Just like you,we have ours overhauled too but still we would have drops of oil patches on the drive way so the driver would check on the oil level from time to time.
The fuel efficiency was also an issue and when we compare us to my brother Honda City 1.5l our $50 tank up would last for about 4 days and his for about 7 days before the next refuel though we pretty much do the same distance.
From time to time the car alarm would go berserk and we had our disconnected to solve the problem of it going off at night and annoying our neighbours.
We bought our Saga when Proton had a 4 or 6 months waiting list and my sister who bought one too and the fact she couldnt wait she was willing to pay $5000 premium on the 2ndhand forcourt. I wonder how many of you remember those era when Proton was king and just by transferring your booking you could make some money!!!
The air cond would have some condensation problems from time to time which made the car carpet to smell mouldy
The automatic transmission was also a problem and our mechanic just got a 2nd hand ‘potong’ parts from japan which solved the problem.
This morning when i open your website and see about 70+ comments with people wanting a makeover this goes to show there are alot of shitty proton cars out there and nobody wants an original mint shitty proton.
Enough is enough,after 25 odd years the quality hasnt improve much due to the same 300 shitty vendors supplying $7+ billion worth of parts and just to keep about 300k workers in the industry employed all i can say is in a democratic country since when is the interest of the MINORITY 300k workers of Proton is more important than the MAJORITY of the 23 millions Malaysia.
keep on living in 90s… enough with your shitty story la kid.
open up your own blog, write all bad things about proton to your heart content and see how many people want to listen to your shitty ideas. maybe SYOH and expat vn could join you there.
I’m sorry but do you think that Proton is doing a great job now? I can see improvements but is it good enough to compete with the world? I hope you know I love my country too but being ignorant is not the way to go.
I care about Proton too but I would prefer it to work hard to gain credibility. Not 1000% support from the government. Also, throughout the years, did they achieve success like Kia? Now, I’m comparing them because they started out as bad car companies. But how did Kia achieve success? If you think having Proton is like having dignity. I’m very sorry. Look around you, other countries are giving bad reviews about our cars. We need to speak up and remind Proton that there is much to improve and they have to work harder.
I do not want to offend you but imagine Proton as your child. You love it but if you do not scold or punish but pamper it with toys and money, will you see it succeed in the future? I would like to remind you that we must not be blind and ignorant. If you love Proton, seek change for them.
This comment may get many dislikes but you should know better. Support them with wise actions that bring a positive change. Not protecting them blindly. If you love your country, you’d seek change for them.
i did not support proton blindly. i also disagree with proton on some of the stuffs, like involvement in F1. and i think Proton is not fast enough too. ok, take kia for example… kia is more than 40years old now. check how long they’re protected in korea local market. in fact, they’re still protected now. when kia appoint Peter Schreyer to design their cars, how many people here are so happy with the outcome? but when Proton appoint Italdesign Giugiaro, how many people bash here citing that Proton did not trust in local talent?
other countries giving bad reviews? you think so because you only look for the bad review. search for S16 in Australia, Gen-2 in Egypt and i believe you can find many people like the cars. in fact, some of the bad review on foreign forums are actually coming from Proton bashers in Malaysia. lucky for Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Honda etc… they started when internet is not widely accessible, or foreigners couldn’t understand post in local korean and japanese forum due to language barriers.
I compared Kia because it started out like Proton. Kia is a chaebol or rather, a conglomerate. Meaning, it gets loans approved by the government without the big G thinking twice. Not a mistake since they are conquering the world with their brand name. But looking at Proton, you can’t say that for them.
If you check Wheels Australia in 2005, they categorized our Gen-2 as an affordable new car, full stop. Ergonomics was way under par even though handling was good. If you would go to Australia, you will realize not many buy Protons. But all in all, I am not here to start a debate. I respect your point of view. I take my words back for judging you way too early. You did your part as a Malaysian. I’m also referring to the others as well to realize what is Proton becoming.
Oh, I thought many liked the Giugiaro designed EMAS? :)
you really love to bash proton aint u?
build ur own car then talk to much on cars… sometimes i wonder these narrow or zero minded jerks talk about cars as though they are hell of a genius about cars… find ur facts 1st before posting… all makes have their defects not just proton… do u know that a certain bloke change his Mercedes Benz CLK 200 Kompressor gearbox 3 times & twice his ECU because of mistake from the factory… do we hear about that but nooooooooooooo, just certain lame & dumb drivers who like to bash on proton…
by the way… I am a proud owner of a 2004 Waja, 2005 Gen-2 & a 1986 Saga Orion & still kicking…
yeah
during those days proton was king
everybody was queuing for the cars
we took ours from kelantan at that time because father knew kelantan would be the least waiting period which was true because after 2-3 months booking we got the car alright
i remember 5 of us traveled back to kelantan and came back in a car. what a wonderful feeling
the sporty decking back glass plastic. that was cool but father got rid of it because rear visibility was almost zero. i dont know much about financial thing back in those days but i figured perhaps father maybe had worked his asss to pay for it.
but in some way we are grateful that proton gave us the megavalve, a strong sturdy custodian, keeping us safe and guaranteed of great and exciting journeys.
so long megavalve
haha.. living in the 90s, cant agree more since alfie60 thought Malaysia population is 23 million.
http://www.kpkt.gov.my/kpkt/fileupload/perangkaan_terpilih/pt2009/Buku_Buletin_Perangkaan_Terpilih_KPKT_Sehingga_311209.pdf
Populasi 2007 2008 2009
Populasi (Dalam Juta) 27.17 27.73 28.31
http://www.kpkt.gov.my/kpkt/fileupload/perangkaan_terpilih/pt2009/Buku_Buletin_Perangkaan_Terpilih_KPKT_Sehingga_311209.pdf
you forget the mention the waiting period is also holding by the dealer sales man that you need to pay them 2k-3K extra to get ur car the next month.
Those are the freaking DARK days of buying Protong.
Ends up paying new car money for a 3 years old Proton in order to get the car instantly.
What kind of proud is this? This is history no one can denied.
No one can cheat history.
haha.. living in the 90s, cant agree more since alfie60 thought Malaysia population is 23 million.
We already
http://www.kpkt.gov.my/kpkt/fileupload/perangkaan_terpilih/pt2009/Buku_Buletin_Perangkaan_Terpilih_KPKT_Sehingga_311209.pdf
Populasi 2007 2008 2009
Populasi (Dalam Juta) 27.17 27.73 28.31
U damn stupid LIAR… Old saga where got power window issue.. if happen it just because it ws to old oredi… My father 2005 Gen2 only once got power window issue, now settle oredi.. And my father also still have his 1992 saga… After retired, he got boring and his turn the saga to a taxi…. Never got power window problem since 1992…. Only now the front passanger power window become a bit slow… But thats all… Still all power window in working condition… 1.5 old engine but still anytime can beat vios… Engine still perfect.. overhaul in 2001… Even my peugeot also got power window problem… And it was fully imported, not ckd…. so what?
Pimp my ride ala Malaysian version. Should call it Zheng My Proton!
OVERHAULIN’!!! Commendable effort by Proton :-) though… just 5 people? :-( … nice story up there..
About time. The mistuproton look is quite out date now.
Oh waitaminute, there’s the mitsuproton persona…..
seriously i’m proud to be malaysian !!
P1 should do a one-off tv programme about this ala ‘pimp my ride’ or ‘overhaulin’… coz its also a human interest story… :)
I’m touched!!! Can’t wait to see the car reworked by R3 guys. Don’t let let down the owner, ya hear me!!!
This is actually very touching. Its a more CSR version of pimp my ride.
cant wait to see what R3 has in store for this
great idea … ala pimp-my-ride
can’t wait to see final completion
SAGA R3? I think they should show the final results!
cool!
*take that perodua!
Heartwarming scene indeed, all the best to Fadly and his Saga
Cool… i wish proton can tuned up my car too… with turbo etc…
Waaahhhhh syookkknye…….. Nak jugak….!!!!! Nak hantar 1996 punya Wira……
Walauweh..Proton’s own Pimp My Ride. I guess it will be in Iswara form with with colour, rework engine, some silver ornaments here and there.
nice..! :-)
I want my 2002 satria to be reworked by R3…plz…hehehe…
wow SAGA R3
4G13P with R3 kits
R3 16inch rims
R3 redesign bodykits
R3 red and black interior (might be the dasboard will come from the LMST saga- pnp)
new paint scheme (white with yellow striping – R3 race car color scheme)
R3 tune suspension
wow there is much to just pick and play… instead plug and play… I dont think so that they will changed the engine to CAMPRO, they will just rebuild the engine back unless R3 will go all the way to register new engine for this car… then he is one lucky guy….
PIMP MY RIDE…………………
Malaysian version of ‘Pimp My Ride’ or just restoring it?!? Well have to stay tune to watch the outcome… But if let R3 to do, i think they will put some performance stuff in it… Cant wait to c this Saga come out…
oh my…what a lucky guy…I want it too!! I’m still with my Saga N-Line for 6 years & 220,000 KM of mileage…hihi
oh. proton version of pimp my ride? sounds cool.
wah, good one proton..can’t wait to see the come out.hehe
I’m looking forward to see how R3 can improvise a very basic car..much like from zero to hero…Saga ‘kereta kebal’ still kick in…yeah…congrats to owner also.
damn…pimp my ride..hehe..gudlck R3~
This is really interesting. Lets wait and see how the reworked car turned out to be.
please…i want too…
wah, raya no car meh…
Ooo Proton please choose me too! My 9 y.o Waja needs the makeover too!!! CHOOSE MY CAR : CB* 4*17 !!!!
pergghh…. how lucky. all FOC rite??
will it become Saga R3 (back to the future)?
what are they gonna do with the car??? damn exciting!
How do we enroll in this makeover programme? I have a n 18 years old proton saga which I have difficulty selling. Is there such thing as Proton doing reconditioning for any Proton cars?
lousy car, remodel just waste natural resources. I prefer they give me a new car like nissan GTR :D
how many times this week alone, people just come up to you and tell you you’re an idiot?
Nissan GTR? Did you post at wrong thread?
Not at the model but more to car itself. Mr Fadly wanted only his car, not other car under proton label no matter blm or inspira.
He want to stay more longer, probably end of his life or sudden ‘total loss’, so proton want to give new refurbish and adding performance.
GTR? He is only technician, have 2 kids. He can’t afford even GTR fuel. Silap2 daily fuel saga dia pun ngam2 abis gaji.
You want free Nissan GTR? Free advice wholly and exclusively for you …. stop posting in paultan
Idiot? I m “smart” :)
Modify Saga into What? Sampan?
Gosh, Install LOTUS RIDE AND HANDLING? Don’t joke?
You they those R3 Guys will give him a good modification? Refer back the Portong Satria Neo R3 it’s totally rubbish. SissyVavle :d
Rubbish = After modifiy = Rubbish x Rubbish = Rubbish2 :)
R3 = Rubbish x Rubbish x Rubbish :D
Rubbish Tuning and Handling :D
interesting! and what a lucky guy.
my first car was a 86 saga, did so many things in that car with gf cannot forget until today..hee hee
with Tengku Djan i believe the car will be a monster ahahahha
u all didnt notice the “saga” has already been repaired until it no longer lloks like a “saga”.
why he doesnt want a new car (most likely another proton)?
It is because he already know the new car is problematic , just like his old car.
Just exhange a inspira is more then enough.
Good move.. one of the way to gain cutomer royalty and continue support…
Ehmm… I believe current Proton MD is doing a job job…
From few product lunching since he taken over, that I can see… He is serious to makeover Proton…He has the passion…
I think he drives BMW 525 M Sport to work sometimes.. i hope he spend more time driving what he produced more often.. Others.. just for weekends just for the sake of learning from others..
lagi best wo o’ oh !! lagi best wo o’ oh !!~
The car already converted to Mitsubishi front body part. Most probably, under the hood is no longer Proton engine…
your powers of deduction are incredible sheerluck holmes. ;)
The R3 boys have told us that the car is still running the original mega-valve engine …
tengku djan=chip foose
chip foose dont do donuts and rebuild suspensions dude at the same time.
mitsubishi logo on the grill has been plastered with stickers
off topic. why every time there’s a new post on paultan.org i see there is no comments and then *poof… 80 over comments already. and my comment is not posted :(
ur internet maybe not fast enough hihihih
hahaha same here…….cos most of the time paultam prefer shitty comments from certain expatriate…….i thinks it;s the inside job…….hahahaha.
Well, Jack, the comments have to be moderated, and itta gotta wait until someone can get to it, so it happens that the approval comes in bulk. Will try to be more pronto, k?
in b4 haters gonna hate
Tengku Djan, ask the Majalah 3 to cover the make over, please.
Just like the Pimp My R**e show. I am sure a lot of Malaysian would like to watch it?
Please…………..
I think you have a brilliant idea here….
terbaik!!
Come to this “My Proton Makeover” campaign, it is a waste of time and look like 3R have nothing better to do! What make this adventure relevant to 3R? Thumb down for this bad PR exercise.
At least we can give some credit to Proton OKU video campaign since this advert still can related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) excercise. Thumb up for this initiative.
this should be on TV weekly, so we all can see his saga development!
If you drive a Proton you can win a makeover here : http://www.protonvip.com/
If you drive other cars you can win a holiday too.
this is lancer fiore…not proton saga anymore…ekekekkekekeke
ha3 what is this? a joke by Protong? transform the saga into what? new 1986 saga? just give him a decent car from VW or Audi la. why he need to drove a modified old car? he did a new car for his family….a safest car not death trap protong cars….what a shame la proton….u just rob msian for 26 years how long u want to bullshit our life wit f*ucking cars
wait a minute ah beng, u said ” just give him a decent car from VW or Audi la”, haha.. u are so funny, fadly is just an ordinary guy, who maybe just like other malaysian who loves proton, not like u kutuk2 proton, haha.. period….
fadly loves his saga, he don’t give a damn about those “brand”, apa la u pikir, u think, giving him “a decent VW or audi” is like giving him basikal ka? woi len chai, vw or audi here in malaysia, even though u said a “decent” doesn’t mean it is cheap, furthermore the cost of maintain it would probably cost him more than what he has right now..
he drove his Proton for 12 years, yet he still lives… what’s with the “death trap protong” ??
wait till u involved in xcdent la..than u know what is like being in the death trap
yes it will happen to you when you drive like an ah beng.
I do not like Proton at all. I have stop reading any posting on Proton on paultan.org for quite a while. But this particular marketing strategy is really interesting. The marketing guy who came up with this program must be given a thump up !
Must be Chako then the Coke guy
i’ve always wanted to see how a Proton Iswara will look like if it was pimped up by proper professionals, not road side abu ali Workshop, boy this will be very exciting, cant wait for the end result. I think Proton R3 should offer this service to the public, im sure many will wana send their Proton there to get it souped up, properly. Business sure blooming for R3, so wat da ya say Proton ?
And also i believe Proton is finally on the right road to producing better cars, they have finally sold off all of the thousands of unsold lousy Gen2 and Savvy by transforming them into Personas and Sagas, now they can finally devote their attention into making better cars such as the upcoming Proton Tuah (i hope)
And also i believe Proton is finally on the right road to producing shyty cars, now they can finally devote their attention into making shyty cars such as the upcoming Proton Rubbish :D
haha .. dun so negative la, give them a chance, mana tau the Tuah is good leh ? having said that, i just bought a persona manual .. boy oh boy, its shitty !! here loose there loose, gear hard to engage, the ratios seems like its tuned by a 5 year old, haiz …
I remake that saga better then r3, i will not compromise safety features, 6 air bags+TC+VSC+ESP+ABS+EBD+BA+Tough Chassis+ Pedestrian Impact Control , cool car names, excellent ride and handling, reverse camera, up-to-date SATNAV, cool designs, aerodynamics, Brembo High Performance Brakes, 7 SPEED Shifttronics, 6 speed manual with dual clutch, RECARO seats/ Pure Leather Seats, HID headlights, LED rear stoplights, signal lights, reverse lights. high mounted LED STOP LAMP
Congrats Encik Fadley,
Last time you maintain the reliable Mitsubishi’s Mega Valve Carburetor Engine
Now you have to maintain CamTakpro Engine!
That’s what I call good “consumerism”. Good “choice”!
At least, he finally can get his Power Windows fixed! (after 25 years waiting?).
think this will not follow chip foose overhaulin’ but more of the one they featured on Top Gear BBC couple of years back where Group Lotus took a lucky Top Gear customer’s Lada and really souped it up. Suspension was tweaked, seats were changed, Lada engine – changed to DOHC rally version. Basically given a Lotus touch. Bear in mind – Lotus suspension tweaks for Proton only came about from the Satria GTI onwards. Prior to that the Saga / Wira did not have any Lotus input.
here is the link on the Lotus Lada
http://paultan.org/2005/07/21/a-lotus-lada/
Oh shoot! I should have entered this competition. :-) Although my 1999 iswara sedan is not as old as his.
I too have very fond memories of my first car. My family grew up with this car. I can’t remember the countless times my family went balik kampung in it, sometimes leaving KL at 3am in the morning. I would put in sooo many comforters and pillows for them to sleep at the back.
I only bought an mpv when my family outgrew it. Unfortunately, exora came late…
Untill today what actually did proton has done? campro… cps…. ?? still some dam old technology from japan.
Proton still one of the companies that monopoly the market and make money from Malaysians. Thanks to Proton, we need to pay more tax.
CumeNoob And CumeNoobShyt is not japanese engines. It’s 1% LOTUS and 99% Local Tuning. Famous get overheated easily when over “excited” :D
Genuine Japanese engines are 10000x better then CumeNoob. :)
“plzz R3 pimp my old perodua kancil..”
hari tu kan beriya-iya sangat proton nak buat usahasama dengan perodua..so, apa kata R3 division work something on my kancil..sure best hasilnya..baru boleh berlagakk….
like the overhaulin’.. chips foose!!!
like the overhaulin.. chips foose!!
to some people an old car is nothing…. but to this guy…. he was sooo attached to his car…..and it was national first car model… either proton success not not,is not our point of discussion to me… but how loyal could we be to our own car? and yes,,,i not that loyal to a car like him,,,only to God and my wife…. what i know he is so happy and love his car..
On a same but quite different note….. Hopefully FORD MALAYSIA introduces a make over @ overhauling for my mom’s FORD LASER 1.6 TX3, 1 owner, still original engine and gearbox and still in running condition…. In fact I don’t even mind paying for the cost as it’s such an excellent car to drive and very reliable too….
im curious wat will Proton Motorsports Division’s R3 unit do tos tis saga~ hope to c it soon!
R3