Proton CEO Datuk Abdul Harith Abdullah said today at a special media preview event that the much-awaited Proton Compact Car will be launched on September 25 at the Tanjung Malim plant, where it will be built.
He revealed that the baby Proton sits on a “completely new platform” and will be powered by “all-new engines.” Deeming it the “game changer” for the national carmaker, he said the Proton Compact Car’s top-spec variant will go head on against its direct competitor in terms of price.
Although he did not say it, the PCC’s direct competitor is widely accepted to be the Perodua Myvi. The top Myvi 1.5 Extreme goes for close to RM60k. Is that the ceiling price we can expect for the new B-segment Proton?
As for the base (lowest) price, we were given an estimated figure of “below RM45k,” but of course, this is far from confirmed. Compare this with Perodua Myvi prices on CarBase.my. This is just the first in a barrage of info on the Proton Compact Car to come your way today – stay tuned for more!
25 sept???
come on p2 salesman…. we unite together and work harder
this is our survival
” remember savvy??? still timing belt??? no RV, power window, crony nap protection ( but p2 ok), campro engine?,”
jessy lee
p2 salesman
I believe we’ll see more Iriz on the road compared to Myvi Lagi Best by next year.
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you’re making it too obvious that you’re a troll, mate. either that or you are just a massive knob.
He is always top 5 comments. Shows he has too much free time on his hands… Day in day out staring at the computer ..waiting waiting … Same Lorr go get a job and stop living off your wife or worst, your parents.
Here come the fake same L0rrr.
Real Same L0rrr has no discrimination on ppl, city or kampung the same.
Real Same L0rrr only discriminate cars with poor quality and low RV.
Everything is in fact based.
Ah Beng you not tired to impersonate me??
SameLor
Shut Up .. you are doing too much hardsell for Toyota …
I do feel shame of you if I am your Toyota Boss
Life is just a cycle…today you are up and you will never know when you will be down..
And you might never know when you will be using a Proton!!
Instead of insulting people, you should motivate them, not bash them.By insulting people, that shows who you are.
Real Same L0rrr never insult people, although kena insulted by so many Proton fanboys.
When you heard Same L0rrr talk bad about kampung, or kampung people, you know he is fake one.
You can be rich or poor to buy Proton. Just Proton may make you poorer with its awesome build quality. But if you are loaded, you will be fine.
Same Lorrr sudah kantoi last time by KZM, now you want to say you are not real one?
Go and tell people Proton is for poor people. Nobody gives i a damn because reality pawns perception
That statement really shows your level of thinking. My colleague who sent her enzyme to ISS for stability test is driving a Proton to her research centre everyday. I pity you Same L0rrr.
Another fake Same l0rrr?
I don’t understand why Proton fanboys so sensitive of kampung people. Kampung people in fact richer because their living expenses is less, I had seen a lot of rich from kampung but even more poor from KL, especially those Proton sport cars wannabe…
Proton already so fuel hunger and break down here and there, but still spend so money do noisy exhaust pipe, skirting, funny paint, rims, tyres… No wonder they can only stick with Proton forever, coz they save no money with that car…
When Proton fanboys can’t agree with me that their car is fuel and money blackhole, they impersonate me. Ah Beng is one of the best…
“Proton breaks down here and there”
HHHHHHHHaaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Haaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaahahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaa
Hhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
When your Proton break down again, your best friend from garage will laugh louder than that! lol
Haha, Same Lor the Toyota salesman with a lot of free time because he still got no sale yet. Toyota now giving big discounts he still can’t close deal. Why? Because he can only bullshit so much before people realise everything that he say is crap. Work harder and talk lesser nonsense.
Go and shove a Vios up ur arse, mate. Your silly views are not welcomed here.
You used too much logical fallacy argument
u say u no insult other people..walk the talk man.
Hallo…same L0rrr , the TOYOTA cars are also full of plastic inside lah , but U have to PAY $$$$$ 20-30% more than PROTON cars, I own a 2002 PROTON WAJA (A) but it still in good conditions. Save your money bcos the TOYOTA also running on the road not in the SKY :)
If not Proton and its protection (Proton selling cars or condom??), you think we can’t sell Vios as cheap as Saga? Cheaper than Saga also can (look at Australia, UK, NZ, Europe how cheap Toyota is)!
Cheap and reliable car, that’s why Toyota still selling hot!
i dont think so..thai with no p1 protection vios price still higher (bout RM55k cheapest variant) than saga..same l0rrr
Why Thai taxi all using Altis? There is no protection like in Malaysia to force the poor taxi driver use the pathetic Exora.
Why Altis?
Again, cheap and reliability rulez.
Kenapa bayar lebih utk spec yg rendah, padahal harga tu sama dgn spec Proton yg highline.dapat semua apa yg ada pada keta luar yg higline…mentaliti org kita yg rasa bagus sgt pakai keta luar..kalau Proton keluarkan keta sportcar setaraf ferari atau lembugini pun kena kondem jgk.
same lorr ,don’t show your stupidity to every one, keep inside your altis boot and bring to grave later
kampung boy even better from you
OMG…idiot comment from same lorrr…he is too excited with all the dislike…-l-
I dont meant to underestimate any toyota owner here, but this comment is merely for Mr Same Lorrr..
If you drive a lambo or even mers and bmw i wouldnt say nothing, but from what I read it looks like you probably drive a vios or altis, even if you drive a camry, you want to be proud with that? My advice to you, aim higher in life my friend, then when you can actually owned a lambo, mers or bmw later on you can start comparing and bash people for not having any ambition. Get a life.
The last time u also believe there will be more savvy & exora than p2 on the road.
Yeahhhhh!!!
In the US, one can buy a Toyota Corolla (Altis) with 8 airbags for USD$12,000 after the discounts. That is RM36,000.
Here in Malaysia, we got to settle for a tiny car called GSC. Are we being short changed?
Then, move to USA. Why wait here? If you were born in Malaysia, then behave like one.
Proton regard their Iriz highly, of course Myvi is not in their eyes. Who are their actual rival?
Polo TSI, Fiesta, Jazz, Mazda 2, or A class…
Don’t believe me? Let’s wait and see…
wuah, cakap macam our minister, tak suka keluar malaysia? U ppl wont compete with others and forever jaguh kampung, so happy to spend so much to buy a trash car…. funny hell
where got this price in ASEAN? in thai RM36k u cant even buy almera lowest spec..brunei? in ur dream la..
Hahaha..
What the problem with you always think negative. What happened to you that make you soo sick. Go get medicine and make sure you are a healthy citizen when you come back here.
more interested in sedan version than a hatchback ..
that will be a saga 3
saga 3… next year.
Nothing more than 60k eh for the top spec?
I’d say they’d probably match the price structure of the Myvi actually. 55-60k makes it smack at the price range of the Picanto, which would be smaller, but has sold in decent numbers.
New platform, new engines. Improve the quality of assembly, parts used and after sales, if they can prove these three are done, I’d say this might actually be the last nail for the Myvi.
myvi 1.5 extreme :
safety: seatbelt buzzer
latest tech: timing chain
with aerodynamic n super design of front n rear bumper
Where Myvi got aerodinamic? Super design front bumper? Hahaha..what is the drag co-eficiency of Myvi? 0.45 maybe…haha
Proton revilitionary design – teh tarik hook.
p2 innovation cupholder, tissue and shoe tray
The expectation for PCC is pretty high. Its list of safety equipments outshine that of the Myvi.. All that remains to be seen is the car in actual flesh and the overall experience.
I don’t know about the rest but given the options, I’d say this one will stand out in comparison to the P2.
later p2 macai will comment
no point safety features n better spec if this car still running timing belt n right hand signal
timing chain> all
Chain or belt this is technology. We have taxi (Wira,Pesona, Exora Saga etc) with timing belt it ok, it been arount for more than 20 years. Is there any MyVi, Alza or wish or whatever Honda. Open you eyes and your mouth. Chain or belt is nothing. Only for those without money always a problem. Do not monopoly car with chain because it like communist you can’t choose just take it. It a free market don’t disturb other people business. You do yours we do ours and be rich together not only you.
proton will loose this race to myvi 1.5 for sure. proton quality will never be better than perodua.
Dude. no point commenting here. Blog is perfectly fine. My fav actually. But this blog is filled with proton sympathizers who are never ashamed to defend their golden product even if it takes their life. logic doesnt occur too well here. Just a bunch of people tryna be smart. seems like there is an unwritten rule of speak your mind about proton – confirm kena f*** left right btm up. Let it be dude. jsut enjoy Pauls good work.
u first time in paultan or wat? paultan is home of p1 hater/basher/disgruntled customer. u r the first commenter says other way around..
He just had his last sip of ketum la tu bro….. must finish the stock later kena caught :p
Have a jar of ketum and dreaming of being the KetUm (Ketua Umum) of PKR.
Bashing comments might have heated up here until it reaches illogical and insane level.
pwrodua macai spotted
that is because Perodua cars are just a bunch of unwanted metal scraps donated by Toyota so that those metal scraps can be honorably disposed. Perodua never actually develop a car of their own, they only rebadge the old Toyota and Daihatsu models. and yet, they claimed Myvi as a genuine national car which is the best joke ever in the automobile industry. we should salute Proton for their endless determination and hardwork in producing a new car for the ordinary people of Malaysia so that more people can buy an affordable car. a car is not build overnight, it needs many years of development and of course, government support just like Hyundai and KIA which are fully supported by the South Korean government, especially during the late President Park Chung-hee’s era.
Hoping the best from Proton
Good luck to Proton, they really made it a point that this car will change everything so let the product do the talking.
Almost 30 years for them to actually produce a proper model so of course the public is generally negative about Proton especially when the government helped it so much with tax payers money when they could have spent it on other more pressing matters like education and infrastructure for the nation.
AFAIK the after sales still needs some tuning so just selling the car isn’t enough to convince the public that Proton is back in the game.
I like the plastic edge, meet between parts very neat and sharp. Although this is probabaly a 3d render, rather than the actual car itself.
what take it so long??..no one care lar..
If dun care why posted comments? That’s sick
The car has yet to be launched. No one has seen in in the flesh. All we have is details of specs and how it looks like in photos.
I’ve seen spyshots on this site which suggest that its almost as big as the Myvi and the previous Honda Jazz.. unless the photos are some sort of illusion.
So many comments on why taking so long to launch – well, better late so they have time to reflect on all the test results.
Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion but to shoot the new new Proton down is premature unless you have some super psychic skills or time travel ability.
aduhhhh…This is not anticipation.This is already aunty-constipation.Come on P1.Yes it’s true keep people waiting is a marketing strategy,but when people get bored,trust will not be there anymore.It shows your confidence.and the rear,unless the is a tail or quad exhaust there is seriously no point of hiding it.
Already on the net, it looks ok to me
Maybe we should rejoice with the appearance of both PCC and Axia rather than feud about it. Proton went through dark days, but we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. They dug their own grave during Mahaleel reign, but slowly they are rising. The issue with some of us is ‘slowly’, that P2 surged ahead.
P2 is not much more of an assembler, taking advantage of the national car status. Combined with the parents’ economies of scale and their market segment, they are nimble. They aren’t tied down to bad cronies. To drive costs down, they have sourced parts from China (lest u all should know if one day, typical Chinamen greed drives them to produce sub-standard parts). Their R&D are cosmetics to put a local touch and identity to largely Japanese, China and recently Indon designs.
Proton has been blamed by many for the high taxes we paid for our cars. Proton do not collect the taxes, but the govt does, read that. It was in the name of protection, but it shall not go away anytime soon since the govt wouldn’t want to let go of this easy revenue stream, even if Proton folds….. Personally, I don’t mind if Proton or P2 make their slice of profit since this means jobs and social security to some (and more taxes paid).
What we should really root out are the AP cronies who make undue, under-declared incomes from Malaysians who loathe and wouldn’t touch the Protons and P2s. To correct the imbalance, we have to educate the govt that they can increase their revenue from this stream (of under-declared income); and pass on the benefit to the masses rather than the select few. From the 5% who holds 95% of the wealth.
There’s much more than can be done but I don’t need to dwell on it here. Enough that we support either of our local products and we ask them to repay our faith with good product and satisfactory services.
I would say it is really promising…
meh…plastik
You want it to be carbonized?
Hmm. Looks like I missed the guess by 4 days. Expected 29th. Game changer it will be, by the looks of what it is offering but forgive me if I am a little apprehensive until we see if it can withstand the rakyat test.
I was hoping that it would launch during my semester break (after 24th September to 15 October) so that I can really spend whole days editing the Wikipedia page for the P2-30A…. And I was totally speechless when I read that it would launch on 25 September, exactly the next day after my last final exam.
What are the odds !?!?
First impression wise, it marks a great improvement from the collaborations with both Mitsubishi and Honda.
You get the interior quality of a Honda and a performance of a Mitsubishi.
Good job Proton!
Omg… The ugliest car ever produced in 2014…
The front and back looks sooooo damn ugly!!!!!
What happen to you Proton???? The preve is nice looking but this???!!!
Hyundai i10 looks much better!!!
I believe there is an optician nearby if u need a pair of glasses. Either that or the milk u drank while u were a baby got too much melamine from made in China products that the brain got wired differently. Pity you…..
But not as ugly as you Bang Mail.
Hello. Sales number too low? Pity.
It because you only know how to condemn. Please give your model that so best or get a training. Because if you really can appreciate a design. Do your design and get into the market before it too late. Malaysia need people like you to be competitive in automobile Industry.
OMG…Hyundai salesman spotted, trying to promote i10….hahaha….the i10 will just keep in the yard 4ever lah…
Hyundai rekabentuk mmg cantik..tapi enjin barai..sorry to say.good to see,worth to keep.
very much impressed with the steering design…at least there’s something about proton that caught my attention…hope that this design language will continue to their other segment…
Everytime proton release new model, they will always say game changer la, global car la. Apa apa pun ada. In the end, they juz sounds like soap opera with all the crying, blaming, excuses excuses, talk cock talk cock.. Then ask gov for more rakyat money.
That’s their track records and it’s a fact. Those proton fan boy, if u unhappy with that, make sure u pay and support proton with your own money. If not, stop talking cock cuz i for one as a free rakyat choose not to support with our tax money. If u didn’t pay with your own money, then go back and shut your self up. Walk the bloody talk if u r juz as good as proton. Empty weasel makes the most noise.
Most noise first comes from proton bashers like you
That what Toyota, Honda, Nissan and so ever do. This business game. You can play the game but you don’t others to play . I appreciate you can see the game. Let everybody play the game not only people like you. Everybody else can’t play. That monopoly and not professional. If you go to UK or US that combined to gather to support their business. What happened to you ? Give a positive comment and suggest for the betterment.
Looks pretty decent inside out… hope is reliable.
If anyone of you are rich enough, just go ahead and buy Toyota Honda or whatever you like. For me, I would rather get a decent model from Proton / Perodua and spend the rest of my money on other places like investment / traveling / vocation, instead of paying 80%+ duties to the gov.
And what’s worse? Most of us have to get a car loan from bank to pay those duties, so you pay duties + interest. Banks and Gov will be super grateful of you.
Yes Proton & Perodua have cars have duties as well, but the amount is much lower. And Proton & Perodua have been improving, slowly. Take a look at KIA before Forte era.
Yes off course you can buy any overseas car proudly and bash Proton hardly, but afterall, the duties you pay still going back to much pretty the same place. Are you still feeling pride and proudly now ?
for the very first time, the interior design of proton car is good and look nice.. Preve/SUPrima interior n exterior design below par..
i wonder why the real Sam Loo rarely comment nowadays.. kena hentam kaw2 dah ke? Driven also troll dia.. wakakkaaa
This car arrives late. Proton never realise that this car should launch about ten years back when Myvi and Swift were introduced in 2005. Instead, Proton answered the glory of Myvi with Savvy which, needless to say, was a huge failure.
My 9 yr old manual savvy is an underated car. Try to ram it from behind and you will regret it, like one camry who knock my back. My Savvy only had a scratch. It saves fuel and comfy even on long jouneys unlike the sampan rides of Perodua.
GOOD JOB PROTON
at least i see improvements of the interior.
congrats