Proton has confirmed that the new Proton Perdana will be launched next year, the first of three new models that the national carmaker will bring to market in 2016. Unlike today’s Perdana, which is only for government official use, the upcoming Perdana will have an in-house design and will be sold to the Malaysian public.
This was revealed in an StarBizWeek interview with Proton chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Proton CEO Datuk Abdul Harith Abdullah that was published over the weekend.
“The new design – we invited a lot of vendors, and foreign and local visitors. When we take off the cover – wow! That is the reaction we get. Syed Mokhtar (DRB owner Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary) has acquired an aircraft company which also has the capacity to design cars. So they are also working with us. So, everything is being brought in to help Proton to produce quality cars,” Tun M said.
“You see, they (Proton engineers) have the capacity and the skills. But they were not asked to. The easy way out is to farm it to somebody else. For example, the car designed by Italdesign Giugiaro – we spent a lot of money. Now, we do ourselves,” he added, confirming that the last-gen Honda Accord-based sedan will have an in-house design.
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DRB-Hicom group MD Tan Sri Khamil Jamil told us some time back that the commercially available Perdana will have a new interior and exterior that will set it apart from the donor Accord. Today’s Perdana is a straightforward rebadge job.
Last month, a video showing Tun flying a drone at the Perdana Leadership Foundation building showed a big sedan in the background with its rear taped up. We suspect that it could be the new Proton Perdana brought there for, or used by, the Proton chairman.
We’re expecting the Perdana to launch next year with Honda powertrains, unless a new Proton-Petronas engine is ready by then. Proton acquired all of Petronas’ engine technologies and associated patents for RM63 million in 2012, and we were told last year that direct injection and turbo direct injection are among the acquired tech, and that they “can be applied to all engines.”
It’s also reasonable to expect quality and luxury from the new Perdana, as the flagship has been mentioned in the same breath as Infiniti and Lexus. “For high end cars – Nissan has Infiniti, Toyota has Lexus. The Perdana will be our high end car,” Tun Mahathir said.
Current Proton Perdana – for government use only
How good the car will be i dont know la. Well, good luck proton. Hopefully this time you guys will succeed with your own design car and quality. I dont want to say u guys cant do it.. because its not out yet.. maybe u can maybe not. we will see.
new perdana to compete with Lexus and Infiniti?
be afraid guys. be very afraid.
I will get one, if it is a rebadge from Lexus, ngek ngek ngek
Rebadge Suzuki Kisashi la come on, since Suzuki has been RIP this model but I think Proton and buy over the design and engineering for a good deal.
I would reconsider a rebadged Accordana.
For a 100% home breed Perdana, no thanks. You guys enjoy!
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Lexus or Infiniti? You’re joking. It’ll have difficulty competing with the Camry, unless MUCH cheaper.
‘an aircraft company which also has the capacity to design cars’ …Waaaaaah new perdana can fly redy..
Aircraft company?
EVEKTOR?
This is the new Proton under DRB-HICOM which hunger for success.
I believe the company is called CTRM. They specialize in carbon-fiber composites. They’re making various Airbus structural parts for A320 as well as A380. They do make repairs for Lotus as well. So yeah, these guys are good.
Ctrm never did any design for automotive . Evektor
Ctrm has never designed anything for automotive. Evektor aerotechnik did design parts for the volkswagen group (skoda). And recently Evektor was bought over by malaysian investors.
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Car sales: (Jan-May 2014) vs. (Jan-May 2015)
Proton sales: (52,980 units) vs. (40,939 units)… -22.7% …. Proton targeting 130k cars for 2015, behind half target…
Perodua sales: (77,666 units) vs. (92,027 units)… +18.5% …. Perodua targeting 203k cars for 2015, hit half target…
TunM says Proton is going to design car themselves according to their marketing input. But what right things do their marketing people learn when 1 of 5 passenger vehicle sold worldwide is SUV, while Proton still craving for Perdana? A segment even big 3 are struggling to move up sales.
In front of all the MDs and Chairman.. u took off the cover and show a tin kosong to me, i also WOW la!!
u want me to diss the car in front of u meh?
In my school time, I bought an article/ essay from my very best friend. And then I edited the content, changed the font size and spacing of it, for instance, and submitted it to my teacher.
Unfortunately, I was kicked in my butt by my teacher because of plagiarizing my friend’s work.
Now, I have paid for the essay, I have edited (Hey! that’s hard work too!), I have submitted, I was kicked.
Those alloy rims looks poshy..
yup.
3 variants: 2.0cc, 2.0cc turbo and 2.4cc
Hints: january 2016 and 2.0cc turbo equal or less rm120k.
hehehehe
how shud we believe you when you dunno the difference when to use CC or L..
Both cc and liter are referring to the same thing. Different measurement terms only.
a 2cc car.. i wonder..
actually cc or Litre is the same thing when applied to proton, 2cc equal to 2L vice versa, same shit..2000cc would mean nothing as compared to 2cc, again, bcoz, same shit. it’s more than just engineering measurement in paultan.
No lah, cc is cubic centimeter (cm³). 1 cc = 1 ml. 1000 cc = 1000 ml = 1 liter. That’s why 2400 cc = 2.4 liter.
even my grass cutter is using a 37cc engine…
Skyactiv 2000cc engine produced 162hp, which means proton 2cc engine might only have 0.162hp… Ok, enough for coming Marvel Ant Man to drive
Hope it is not the same kind of “wow” like the Iriz and Preve when you open the cover for the buntut.
Other than that, if it were true it is able to compete with Infiniti and Lexus at 1/2 or 1/3 of the price, then it’s good news!
Same engine as Accord?
yup using accord’s engine, preve design was so-so but iriz was a good design though.
Dun see any hint that this is in luxury segment, so most prolly will compete with other mainstream D segments only like Teana, Accord and Camry.
Am i the only malaysian actually looking forward to Proton trying to make a ‘high end’ car? Political past aside, I would love to see Proton as a proud symbol of our country despite all our flaws and weaknesses.
-> closet patriotism <-
Many Malaysian say Protong no RV, Protong no quality, Protong close shop plz, R3 = Rosak, Repair, Rosak, etc. But I believe deep in their heart they want Proton to be successful.
Those brainless bashers actually worshipping too much of TRD which is actually stands for Totally Retarded Dungu. Also due to ‘Gaya’ with jamban junks, biar ‘Mutu’ (aka quality) macam sampah asalkan bukan Proton. Most important is ‘Keunggulan’ in terms of RV even safety spec is as good as none (damn expensive junk cars doesn’t even equipped with stability control).
Most ppl hope that proton can come up with a great car at competitive prices.
Proton pricing should always be one class below their segment ie perdana @ civic price, preve @ vios price etc.
Though the preve is priced there but the perception of build quality is bad. Many frenz with the preve turbo gives a thumbs up though.
“For high end cars – Nissan has Infiniti, Toyota has Lexus. The Perdana will be our high end car.”
Sounds to me like the Perdana will have Perdana badges all over it instead of Proton badges,like in the case of the Hyundai Genesis.
I ain’t even mad I guess..up to them.
former Perdana V6 produce the nicest sound ever for any protons, only the fact that it was a re-badge mitsu eterna.. High end or luxury car must have a bigger engine, aggressive styling, and expensive~of course.. the main problems is, ‘Boleh’ or not?
What i can tell you, there have jaguar’s design cue for new perdana
Let’s see how is the Perdana look like.
Protons High-end/luxury definitions: must have lot’s of DRL’s, the engine must be V-layout and above 3.0cc with force induction, lots of leather with red stitching, glass panoramic roof, and at least twin exhaust pipes..!
When you have trouble selling a 40k Iriz, what makes you think you can sell a 90-100k Perdana?
its just a different segment. even rm90k inspira can sell. this is one segment higher than inspira. even the old perdana was sold at about rm100k some people still buy.
Not only Iriz, even nowadays 2015 Myvi 2nd gen facelift also hard to sell (not as common as before), other than general perception as ‘road racer’, i see lots of cost cutting element and also ugly styling. Even old Myvi and pre-FL Myvi looks far more better than the current one.
It’s that old man’s dream. He said money flows overseas when we buy imported cars. Due to his selected memory symptoms, he never said that Proton could have earned foreign currencies by exporting more cars overseas.
By adding more tax on imported car ? Sure can sell this perdana using 90k-100k price tag .. kiddingg .. looking fwd to this car . Malaysia boleh . !
I love reading this article…seeing Tun M vision on how proton going to stride forward… hoping to see better proton
Going from the rumours going around for Proton launches next year:
Saga Replacement Model
Persona Replacement Model / Iriz Sedan
Preve Facelift
Accord-based Perdana (Consumer version)
Suzuki-based A-segment compact car
With Perodua also launching the D63D Sedan, next year will be fun!
Hopefully it will use the Petronas EO1 engine. Make it high revving n/a comparable to Honda VTEC.
high revving NA is useless if the car is heavy.
that is why even Honda resorts to SOHC iVTEC engines which deliver better pulling power at the engine low rpm band.
High rev engines are more suitable for sports car and on track applications; they generally have their peak power at the end of the power bands, whereas we need power at the low and middle power band for our everyday driving. You see the trend of having smaller turbo charger applied in modern cars now? They use to move the peak power forward to low and middle power band, which translates to better ‘pick up’ feel.
now, sell it outside malaysia and bring back all the foreign money here!!
how about the new Saga..?? Tun said it will be launched this year right..?? or the Saga will be one of the three models that will be launched next year..??
and proton dont forget, the maximum price should be rm100k just like the old perdana.
also with ESC/VSC equipped across the range, otherwise it’s the second model of D-segment cars to sent back and let it rust at stock yard after the new Camry 2.0E.
“”It’s also reasonable to expect quality and luxury from the new Perdana, as the flagship has been mentioned in the same breath as Infiniti and Lexus. “For high end cars – Nissan has Infiniti, Toyota has Lexus. The Perdana will be our high end car,” Tun Mahathir said.”” Syok sendiri?
Only worth buying IF:
With Toyota Camry engine, 10 years warranty, RM70K price.
the only question, can sell this car outside Malaysia?
if not just waste of money as the country is suffering for productivity by exporting and earn foreign income.
this is the fundamental of the country problem of consuming internal $$ since the market is small and various rules to ransom the rakyat hard earn money by buying expensive product with lousy quality compare to world wide standard…so the time has come for “real economy plan to help the country challenge the world” or else continue waste of time down the road regardless who is running the Gov
its similar you save more, spend less, or try to earn more by getting more jobs, or swap credit card in your household spending…in country size wise.
All the best proton….
I hope they get it right. Very much looking forward to a nice handling alternative to the common Camrys an co. I hope they get it right in terms of quality.
If I’m not getting it wrongly, they still using accord chassis and modify the exterior and interior looks. Should be same handling with the accord they shared.
im i the only one who stopped @ ‘ DRB owner Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary) has acquired an aircraft company which also has the capacity to design cars’
which one is it? its definetly NOT saab!
anyway , i hope they dont overspend on this , at the end of the day its not a volume seller , or make damn sure there will be margin for it , redesigning interior and exterior is not exactly cheap ….
honda mechanicals will ensure reliability , now all u have to do is get a nice soft solid interior n a catchy exterior design , the hard work has been done(by Honda) now do the easy part….and hopefully those garbage vendors they deal with get their act together as well…
for me , a perdana is always synonymous with a deep v6 burble..that era has gone!
what a waste of money!!!
back then i heard a former md of proton had said let’s rebadge a high end product and just concentrate on 2 core product compact and subcompact.
After looking at Iriz model really get me going what’s next for proton…before that RUBBISH…HICOM acquired aircraft company… Every good car comes from aircraft technology..
Really? I don’t recall Saab being “great”. Their history is colourful at best, and before their demise the cars were just rebranded, rebodied GM cars
Seems legit. Second chance are harder to get. Proton, don’t just do the talking. Prove it. You got my trust.
Dont hold your breath just yet. It has been a cliche for proton to say that their product is at par with well known brand. Waja was being tout as msian bmw, exora to the wish and iriz with polo n fiesta. How wrong they were.
High-end car? Can’t even get your regular cars right; what makes you think the average joe would want to fork out so much for a Proton, especially with the way the economy is now?
I forsee massive fleet sales/rentals for government use and not a whole lot of private owners. Face it, nobody trusts Proton anymore and when you’re shopping above “cheap” economy cars, it just makes sense to put your money into a decent import because the people are tired of lousy quality and after-sales.
Actually, based on the current economic situation, i think more ppl would go for value for money. Eg if i was in the market for an accord, a well specced perdana with good safety features and a decent engine would look attractive to me especially uf its 20% to 30% cheaper than the accord. If before the economic situation, i would not bother to look at alternatives. Brand loyalty/perception would take a backseat to value for money due to tough times.
Imho of course.
3 new models for 2016…
Excluding facelifts it could be
1) new perdana (confimed)
2) persona replacement (iriz sedan)?
3) new small suzuki?
One of the ongoing projects is the exora replacement, no idea on its timeline
iriz sedan will be Saga3, with similar front looks and added rear end.
persona replacement will be persona replacement, which proton had done excellent job to keep the car from prying spyshots – even this blog.
no one knows how the car looks like. but proton officials will get the first look sometime next week – at an event next week. an internal affair though.
“…aircraft company which also has the capacity to design cars”
Saab much?
I really hope there gonna be 1.6 turbo variant with twin scroll/turbine or VGT or supercharge to 300+hp just please don’t use the same one on Preve. Also please use real gearbox not the pussy one you are using now. Ouh if this fulfilled this gonna be my first D-seg car and it’s local made #patriotism.
Current perdana is assembly by Honda melaka assembly plant, is mean Proton is actually get his OEM products from Honda, Hopefully the new perdana is not a OEM products from other factory.
Because Proton is producing own car, Proton needs another injection of RM2.6 billion to be self-sufficient and for research purposes.
We hope government will grant us this incentive in order to compete in global world.
Eventhough you are matching Honda or Toyota in specs, you may have a chance if you sell at half the price. And even then, it will only be sustainable over the longer term if the car works well with less problems.
Or you just have to live with producing Proton Sagas. Even Perodua is also making it tough for you to sell your Sagas.
If they going to come up with new Saga, i wonder how they can go head to head with Perodua’s upcoming sedan which confirmed by Perodua. I hardly doubt their saga will make any fortune as it did earlier. Because it was the only cheapest Sedan available.
By the way, we can stand still to watch Perodua to come up with luxury car to kill Perdana (in future, it may happen).
“Own design” but accordana engine ?!?
Frankly. ..Once people see proton all image n value becomes sub zero…..V v sad fact. Proton should be scrapped immediately. Cheers
WOW!!!!! CRAP!!!!
Kalau tak laku, suruh Spanco beli lah. Sewa govt fleet cars.
Macamlah rakyat tak tau. Huh!
High end car equivalent to Infinity and Lexus from Proton?? I would loved to be optimistic but in this case…I will pass. No way! The only thing that is equivalent is his dreams and the price tag.
The last time somebody built a car out of previous generation Accord was Rover in the nineties. The Rover 620 was sumptuous inside, rode better and was slightly more refined than the newer gen Honda Accord.
There’s hope yet for the Perdana and as for Rover, they were bought over by BMW.
few month ago it was like BMW and Volvo. now they are like Lexus and Infiniti… I bet this car was made in korea by LG and does not even run.
I heard Proton paid millions to the kit car maker bufori tp help them. shame shame for not using their own team. also they say their engineers were not asked to do something? are you sure????? go ask any ex proton engineer and they will tell you otherwise. cronies and corrupt bosses in proton are the source of misery there. when u own lotus why go to such company like bufori or proreka????
come on lar, this version of accord is already out-dated, not to mention there could be new version of accord released by next year. dun always take people’s rubbish and then refurbish as your top model. it is very shame…
will reserve my comment until I see it in flesh..
if really proton use their Petronas engine with such power.. and low maitenance.. and good price.. I may really consider..
and good price for this category from proton.. should be around RM100-RM110K i think..
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Haha … I just imagine the dialogue today. ….”Wei wei, bos suruh cepat cepat unlike itu Ioma punya post. Cepat … urgent ni.”
woohoo.. theo… where are youuu….
come out with this rendered design please…
Isn’t there a lotus sedan that Proton owns that can be used? I thought it was a pretty car. Lotus isn’t gonna use it, right? Plonk a 2.3l turbo hybrid and we’re good to go.
yawnnn……After so many donkey years…..baru nak keluar So-called Perdana. Designers taking sweet sweet time drawing ka?? Engineers all tido ka??
How to complete in the car business?? or proton going to “manipulate” the market again??
If proton doing car business at this turtle super slow pace, no wonder Proton will fold in no time….
proton ‘engineers’ are merely bumper designers.
I thought that was reserved to Perodua?
I always hope proton will make something surprise,when launched a new model not only in local market but also world market.ALL THE BEST PROTON.
Lebih baik dari tak ada . Sekurang kurang kita ada proton . Negara asean lain ada apa . Klu setakat bangga mers, bmw dll tak payah lah …
Kudos PROTON … I AM PROUD OF YOU
Proton never change! You happy only in 2 years… after than you cry la…
We with you PROTON! Cant wait to see the new Perdana.. :)
Derma kat saya sbiji bolih x
I saw “a” new Perdana outside Bangsar Village a couple of days ago. It looked good. I’ve always liked the looks of the original one and think that Proton missed an opportunity to make a 2-door coupe version.
Tun said “Nissan high end is Infiniti while Toyota is Lexus and Perdana is Proton high end and that doesnt mean that the quality is the same as the two,Read and understand properly.
Judging by the worldwide popularity of the Toyota Camry, I believe that unless the new Perdana is very much cheaper it will be even less popular than other Protons and may end up another “recommended” taxi vehicle.
We with you PROTON! Cant wait to see the new Perdana.. :)