Among the news that came out earlier this month was that Proton will be introducing a new Petronas-derived NE01 2.0 litre engine, which will be slotted into the upcoming Proton Perdana by the end of next year. The engine is set to replace the Honda-sourced R20A3 2.0 litre and K24Z2 2.4 litre i-VTEC mills the Accord-based D-segment sedan will feature from its launch in the first quarter of this year.
Very little details of the new engine – acquired from the oil giant in 2012 – was revealed during the announcement, but the fact that the national carmaker also procured direct injection patents in the purchase suggested that the NE01, like Proton’s new 1.3 and 1.5 litre engines, would get the technology from the get-go. That is apparently not the case, according to Proton chief technical officer Abdul Rashid Musa.
Rashid told paultan.org that while the engine in the Perdana will be turbocharged, it will not come with direct injection. However, he added that adding the technology to the NE01 for higher power and torque output is possible, and it could happen depending on the market requirements.
Previously, Proton CEO Datuk Abdul Harith Abdullah said that the company’s new 1.5 litre turbocharged and direct-injected (TGDI) engine – tipped to be capable of producing 180 hp and 250 Nm – is also being considered to be offered on the Perdana, given that it’ll have a similar output and power-to-weight ratio to the 177 hp/222 Nm Honda 2.4 litre engine.
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Interesting this.
a 200hp 300NM engine would be nice. Just not fuel efficiency.
Haven’t Proton gotten enough stick yet for making cars that likes to drink fuel?
Quite odd development since most cars here are either stuck in jams or cruising on the highway, and everyone knows, a GDI is very efficient in these 2 situation. It can go into lean burn mode.
NE0x is actually designed with DI in mind but I guess the non-DI version is closer to production ready. The DI version will probably need to be redesigned a bit so it’ll share parts with Proton’s own GDI/TGDI architecture.
And I based on ‘leaked infos’ online the target power is around 250hp/350Nm. The Euro5 NE01 non-DI prototype already made 240hp.
If you say that, not sure why they would drop DI. Must as well stick to the Higher tuned Campro turbo if that was the case.
A DI and Port injection engine is completely different. Its like a completely different engine design, especially the head.
The issue is probably cost. The bean counters haven’t been able to make sense of the numbers yet.
Engine is one aspect. But proton’s built quality. Rattling all over. Service quality sticks.
There’s worse things than rattling. Try cars made in the UK, before the British car industry died. Falling apart the day they left the dealership.
Engine is one aspect. But proton’s built quality. Rattling all over. Service quality stinks.
Probably the 2.0 turbo is to replace the 2.4 engine. Wonder if they can retune the engine from its high revving nature to a more fuel efficient n practical nature.
Ya… and that Perdana floor mat will come with self cleaning feature.
direct injection (GDi) means no more ‘affordable proton’ in the future..
bla bla bla bla… siapnya tak pun… cakap je lepas tu tido dan bermimpi indah…
It seems like the EN01 2.0 engine will only be used in Malaysia as the emission in here is not ‘strict’ yet
BMW service interval 20K km. VW service interval 15K km. Proton service interval 10K km. Japanese brands service interval 5K km. Proton with new engine GDI/TGDI will have service interval 20K km. People thinks japanese brands car are reliable, it is a myth, they need 5K km service interval.
How can you compare Japanese cars with Proton? it was Mitsubishi who helped Proton 30 years ago and then they were one of the best and now they still doing OK not the best but OK. pls get your facts right. we know Proton will never be close to Korean or Japanese and lights years away from Europeans. as long as internal politics are there proton will never be what it was supposed to be. full stop.
Diesel Proton….Diesel….
no direct injection?
a new engine but still 10 years behind…
Buy Toyota better! VVT-i are evergreen..
Gdi is good, but not without its flaws. The absence of fuel introduced before the intake valve caused the intake runner and back of intake valve to become dirty with carbon build up. Those carbon build up are caused by the egr system.