Back in November, a new Proton Iriz-based sedan was sighted undergoing road trials, and the speculation then was this was essentially the next-generation Proton Persona. We already know that the return of the nameplate has been confirmed, and the new car bearing the Persona moniker is slated to be launched sometime next year.
There’s also the new Saga, which is also due to arrive in 2016. Nothing is yet known about the next-gen Saga (as far as we know, it’s based on the current one), so photos that have come about on social media today might be providing the first intimation of the car.
The photos, uploaded by Naqiuddin Shah to the Proton Iriz Community Facebook group, are of covered cars on a transporter. Nothing out of the ordinary, really, but there’s every reason to believe that they’re Proton vehicles, given that the transporter had a DRB-Hicom polis bantuan escort.
The size and profile of the cars under wraps suggest that this might be the new Saga – the outline offered is tall, with a short boot. It could also be the Iriz-based next-gen Persona, but that one is more sedan like and not quite so tall. Still, it remains anyone’s guess as to which of the two are tucked away under those covers.
Aside from the Persona replacement and new Saga, next year will also see the national automaker debut its new Proton Perdana first, sometime in the first quarter. Plenty of activity in 2016 then from P1.
GALLERY: Proton Saga renderings, based on Proton Iriz hatch
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Wrapping ,wrapping,wrapping…..whats the big deal?
Last time,they wrap the GLOBAL SMALL CAR….iriz?
What happened? It can hardly sell,now.
Hahaha… U r rite…. I dont know why they wrap a milotin eventhough we know its hard as a milotin…funny proton!
At least no people died in an Iriz yet. Meanwhile, if you align dead bodies from a MyVi crash, it can line up from JB to KL.
Funny there are still people new p1 a milo tin. Pls get out from cave!
Please for once, test drive the Iriz 1.3 manual then the Myvi 1.3 manual..
feel it which feels better, Iriz is a better car than Myvi almost everything, just stay away from the CVT auto trans.
I own a 1st then 2nd gen Myvi, love it but after driving the Iriz its far better especially the handling,safety,manual tranny feels very solid,
the point is, don’t stuck up your mind with all those -ve thinking.
For the Saga & Persona ,we hope for the best one yet. please give us Stability control as standard.
Kipidap Dongibab
for what I observe, Proton is getting better.
even Sam Loo vios/avanza afraid to crash head on with the Preve. Safety always > RV .
Work harder so you can afford a Sushi. Don’t waste your time talk rubbish.
Sorry lah bradder, you may have your point but the “Once Bitten Twice Shy” syndrome is too powerful to ignore. I have been bitten by Proton cars twice and vow forever no more Proton for me.
Even sushi gone kaput and problematic nowadays. Dun get me started with killing airbags
yeah I own Sushi, but not a Toyota.
especially not a Vios.
making stupid drift ads to sell is lame.
to ‘Once bitten twice shy’ guy,
well don’t compare old P1 with new P1
I never like Persona,blm,neo,waja.
But for Preve,Iriz & Suprima are a good car.
those car provide better safety than P2,vios,almera & some other car.
lots&lots of Myvi,Viva,vios crashed yet the term “Once Bitten Twice Shy” syndrome never applied to P2 & T why ?
for me, low budget go for proton Iriz/Preve
mid budget go for Honda city,civic 2016
Only in Malaysia people put so much effort on junk product. No matter what slogan, what discount, centuries long warranty it just can’t sell! Who wants a junk anyway?
Toyota owners start complaining why their warranty only 3 years, other sushi provide 5 years warranty.
T being expensive,overpriced,less equipment/safety but only 3 yrs warranty.
go google Toyota recall, even Toyota got power window recall.
‘Toyota to recall 6.5 million cars to fix power window switch’
‘Toyota also issued a separate recall for hybrid anti-lock brake software’
‘As of January 28, 2010, Toyota had announced recalls of approximately 5.2 million vehicles for the pedal entrapment/floor mat problem, and an additional 2.3 million vehicles for the accelerator pedal problem.’ – how dangerous is that.
source – 18 recall in 2 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9311_Toyota_vehicle_recalls
Sam loo son also drive saga. Can’t afford, what can he do?
Being a responsible car maker, Toyota recall whenever there is a risk. Same does other major car makers in the world.
Proton no recall means Proton is better? I just can’t stop laughing!!! If Proton so good why sales keep dropping? Why Proton has no returning customers? Use your brain lar!
If I have a Proton, come knock my door and I will give you for free. Who wanna keep junk at home?
Lastly, Toyota 3 years warranty everyone buy, Proton 7 years warranty sales keep dropping. It is not about numbers of warranty years, it is all about QUALITY!
Sam Loo, please share your cheras flat addressed, i want your saga?
funny though, Toyota only giving 3years warranty.
Toyota got 6.5 millions car recall for power window too.
There some recall regarding the unintended acceleration throttle pedal , abs module, driveshaft & steering all those very dangerous. Some got into accident and got killed.
answer this dear Sam Loo
He rather die in his mangled vios/myvi than survive in Preve.
Who cares if u, john die?.. not everybody fault. Nothing to do with the whole world
Iriz is as rare as dinosaur.
Myvi is conquer the whole road.
Use your brain.
Myvi also conquer the workshop.
too much accidents & their owner into hospital or graves.
RIP
U juz go Perodua service center count how many thousand units Myvi crap stock there
That is because the number of Iriz on the road is insignificant. Almost dont exist..
Still got people buy potong kah nowdays???
So many iriz on road. Pity you live in so remote area.
Yala…any problem? Juz same nowadays still got rubbishman buy rubbish car like Myvi, Axia, Saga and Vios.
aa.. ada lagi yang beli kereta proton.. so kenapa perlu pertikaikan.. diorang beli kereta pakai duit korang ke?..hahaha.. why bother3x.. tak perlu nk sibuk hal org lain daa..
no people buy Iriz, for sure no people died la. bobo.
All proton did is that they bought few BMW number plates and placed on their iriz cars to pretend they are at same level. proton is a zombie and rakyat knows it. drb must go for proton to survive. useless bunch of wannabes. place this in your heads as long as you are in charge people will not buy protons. they know where their money goes.
“Rakyat”. PR macai detected.
these days I only notice Proton cars when they are ON TOW
Ur eyes blind lo, Iriz sales more than Camry and Altis
Duh… Thats because Camry and Altis are more expensive (more than 100k) while an iriz cost around 40k. Just imagine if an altis sell around 40k, will proton have more sales figure?
No such comparison
If altaik is 40k, iriz is 15k.
judging a car without seeing or test drive , just shows your ignorance!
proton like other car manufacture working hard and trying to attract customers, they are coming with a new car ? ok fine lets see the car, lets test drive it and after all its your money to buy whatever you want .
Nice….but paul , how do we can know if its the saga and persona ? I mean maybe its a diffrent car :P
Bcos only Proton do research and design, other brands do it at their own country or base.
Hmm… Good point.
I will buy one when our ministers and their family and their cucu cici drives a proton and stops driving their low quality BMW and Mercedes.
Do you know Steve Jobs uses Windows 7? Do you know the founder of Google uses bing to search online? do you know Bill Gates uses Android Smartphone? Do you know Michael Dell uses HP Desktop?
Time for our ministers to walk the talk and sell their BMW, Mercedes and etc. Ride horse also better.
Well said and same goes to the AP owners… They should drive Proton instead of Benz and BMW or Prosche !!! AP cronies owners must be logged with greed thanks to dumno policy of protection !!!
Dear leader rides on Q7, tokong rides on S-keras, deceased over-my-dead-body-alredi-dieded rides on Alfat. Your point?
I am not a DAP supporter. Proton started by BN and Tun, either BN scrap the tax and allow proton to be run like a private company and not some proxy private company with super high tax on foreign cars, then you have my blessing.
Opposition did not start this super high car tax thing and proton. They can drive what they want, just like how I condemn some corrupt DAP MP because they talk cock about corruption.
Your Point?
Noone forces you to drive p1. If you sell sushi, you have yo eat sushi everyday? You are childish , grow up please.
I dun want to use Banyak Masuk Workshop car or Ah Pek Merc. Problem?
Can you afford one? If not diam lah.
Of course can
U meant Perodua or Vios? But those cars only enter Workshop 1 time never back bcos moving to coffin already.
my mom’s preve cfe is only 3 years old, got it in july 2012
1) driver power window auto switch patah, so hv to press manually
2) driver power window thingy patah, so d motor runs, but the window is not moving
3) usb port n 12 volt socket in front not working
4) water pump broke, so d car overheated abit
mmmm…..
very hard to recommend proton to other ppl again….
otherwise, at least it is a safe car….
Maybe your mother so so suei
hey im preve driver too and i do join the club…
never heard regard this power window problem yet from the longlist of the problem..
and everything you listed above is claimable to SC,, though your mum never go service her car??
or this just an fiction??
TRUE FACT – Toyota recall 6.5 MILLIONS cars worldwide coz of power windows issue.
no one wanna brag bout it ?
What about the headlights? Have you noticed that a lot of the Preve on the road only have one headlight… Dunno this is true or I imagining it…
Liar!!!!!
Great. Bashing with wrong facts..Now dah kena…lol
Yeah, changed d bulb already….
Did u see Myvi and Viva most of the one headlight on? I saw but I never thought this is car problem. Actually is car owner never maintain good condition of the car
Bangsat pakai anything also will spoil/…
While u r driving ur honda? Oh i mean ur ex5 lah
your mum treat preve like a step child,
put the car under the sun.
any car prone to power window problem if put under the sun, my friend E200,Altis also got power window prob
solution, every 3 month put silicon grease
simple as that.
for the usb/12v prob, lots of other car suffer the same problem once u used some cheap china phone charger.
suggest u buy better one & change the fuse.
original Belkin,Remax car usb charger a good buy.
I thought we should let the car serve us, rather than we serve the car like a baby.
You dun send car to SC kah?
No wonder no RV when resell
Nothing out of the ordinary, well described. Same high fuel consumption based on same engine. Same quality issues & same slow moving stocks.
You wanna say 1.5l engine in Vios is more frugal than 1.3l engine in Saga?
That is plain stupid
A 2.0 engine can consume less fuel than a 1.0 L engine. it is all about technology.
you went full retard, never go full retard.
Lol you admited you are retard. Pity.
Ur dump stupid. Read the data and fact. IRIZ fuel consumption in NDEC how much? Go and do research. Then come back to talk..
NDEC is nothing compared to real world figure. You want to compare with hybrid car or heavier car then you are moron stupid
Expect february to may for the relase of the 2. Perdana abit hazy…source wont confirm it…take it with a pinch of salt…saw the saga in developement…might be stunning…who knows. Just that no news and confirmation for the engine. Hint for the vvt thou….
Another one leaking news little here and there, thinking people will get exited.
Excited or not it draws more traffic and views in to this site. Problem?
Ppl will excited bcos they hv good option to own a car instead of Perodua project are sending ppl to coffin
everyday we see new cars on the road.
So, if proton launch a new one tomorrow…it wouldn’t be any big deal…..
In matter of weeks, our road will be clogged up with protons, so many proton until we don’t care anymore.
Tell that to your beloved moving coffin Myvi and Vios
Clog up with Axia and MyVi are more realistic. This is why we have perception that most nasty crashes and crazy drivers are riving MyVi
Those ppl i called rubbishman
just the show suzuki rebadge modal, the other r insignificant.
low end Suzuki car like the swift got 0 star crash test in India. better get a Preve.
Suzuki is a Japan brand, just like Toyota.
but their concern of safety of lower end car very2 low.
actually no concern at all about the car, model, brand, safety or whatsoever! when it come a thread like this that talked about P1 or Malaysia, the keyboard warriors at their best try to create so much hatred and wanted P1 to bungkus je.
This one really win. Cover until like that also want to guess.
Noone asks you to guess
who cares if this is perdana or saga?
So why came here?
Dun lie, a lot ppl and including u also care about Proton
The Persona rederings by Theophilus Chin.
The rear lights does really resembles the Toyota Camry U.S market.
Wah… 2016 gonna be a ‘power’ year for Proton.. Kau kau man… launch 3 new cars in one calender year! That is impressive for a small company. (on the website only got 7 models including Inspira which already stopped production)
You sure it’s a proton? I can’t see any sign to tell it’s a proton as it totally covered.
Because u idiot lo…use logical thinking already knew
Another mega failure to be launch in 2016.
Proton never seems to be short of failed cars.
You are fortune teller?
Itu sbb org tempatan nie tak mahir dan malas
So what we got here? Proton City?
Ya looks like a high boot… Tall body indicating its a saga rather than a supposedly lower stance persona… Bt looking at the pic with the abit of rim showing… And taking the big truck tyre size as a reference… That rim size does not look like a 14’/15′ that the saga comes with… More like a 16’…
Regarding the saga, id like to see more general refinement rather than all new this and that… Things like power train refinement, better fit n finish n so on… Bcos packaging is stil good with plenty of room n still relevant to its competitors..
This proton syok sendiri sampai tak terhingga. Transporting stocks with cover and escort. You really think people will hijack the transporter and steal your tech meh?
It’s top secret with maximum escort. This is Proton last chance for volume and survival.
If failed against Perodua sedan then finally Geely or BYD from China will bailout takeover Proton for 1 Yuan.
You watched too much back to the future movie. Get up from dreaming.
even covered, people still snap 3 pictures of it. what if it’s not? what’s your point?
Sorry proton, kete you tak best la……
Saya tak nak.
Noone forces you to buy.
Perodua tak best, tak cantik, ada byk masalah yg sy pakai skrg. Byk kesal i dengar org kata kereta Perodua byk bagus. Ini kali lah, nanti trade in beli baru sy tak nk dengar org ckp lagi.
On my wish list for Proton : Just a Proton Saga body but with the best technology currently available and with the last word in reliability. Meaning, don’t change the design any more just work on the details! Is that too hard to ask? Later when you make enough money, then go hire some top notch designers to make it beautiful
what the good being beautiful but got no safety & weak chasis..
ATTENTION: Please be beware from those comment , ” I have Proton and so many problem” bla bla… Some of them are creating fake stories to make Proton look bad. We dunno what is their purpose spreading fake stories about Proton. Maybe feel insecure with a lot of upcoming Proton model such as Iriz 1.3 Turbo manual 140HP, 190NM, Saga R, Persona R, Perdana R , suzuki-Proton A segment car.
How about that open letter by Proton vendor? Truth hurts kah?
such propaganda of creating bad sentiment is so common in communism…they hoping that sooner or later their bait will be taken by their victim…they’re trying their best to ousted proton and Malaysia’s industry in pathetic way. Be strong Malaysia!!! may the force be with u hikhik
Yaa…i won’t listen those liars anymore.
Yea..agree.in before there are ‘my friend’s car’,’my aunty’s car’,’my father’s car’, now more advance..’i have proton car’.wonder what is next.haha
i will have a problem car (Proton)..hahaha
vios.. wahahha…. potong is bodohhhg
If the engine derived from campro with vvt but still using timing belt cannot sell my friend. People don’t want timing belt engine anymore. The trend now revert back to timing chain. Like the the old days. More durable.
Even engine of year got timing belt. What say you?
Good design those and hope Proton have got their design spot on. But the company has to overcome its quality, reliability and service issues. Improve those, get back the people’s confidence in them and it’ll be on its way to kick the competition’s rear. It’s a long road though. Does Proton have it in their people to do it? Many would say no but I hope in the not too long run, it does something to improve its human resource before it’s truly too late. The same thing could be said of the civil service. Too many of a single culture controlling everything will only stagnate the organization. The same also goes for private companies who tend to pick and promote only one type of culture. This may lead to short-term gain for certain people but in the long run everybody will lose. This is the problem in Malaysia that is a boon for unscrupulous politicians to take advantage of. Will we as Malaysians wake up to this? I hope so. Everybody – not just certain people – need to give and take. Only when we put ourselves in the position of interdepending on one another will we respect and help each other regardless of culture, race or religion.
I own a 2008 Persona and a 2015 Axia GX…
I had an accident 8 month after I purchased Persona… A Mitsu Triton rammed from behind ..if I was in Axia.. my wife and kid could get major injury… my persona had no major breakdown. I always late for service…2k to 10k but it still run ok…the only downside is the IAFM module ..it still noisy like diesel engine… my Axia is quiet..I use for commuting to work place and to fetch my kids from day care..Persona for longer range travel…or out station…this is true. My seasoned Persona is a tough and rough car. I never send to SC after the 4th service ..after that only bengkel kampung done the works…
My Axia just reached 5004 km today.
My 5 sen story.
If car company starts to pay in contra (cars itself) instead of cash payment to parts suppliers it means the company in serious financial trouble.
Go and bungkus your cool story. Kthxbye
milo had not been sold in tins for quite a while already… how come still many ppl refer to milo tin…
we should be proud of proton bcause of their car hv high safety features and hv their own design compared to perodua which only keep on rebadging and facelifting cars