Yesterday, we brought you a spyshot of the rear of the 2016 Proton Saga, and now another photo has been posted on the Proton CFE & CVT Technical Discussion Facebook group – this time showing the front end of that same mule.
Not much appears to have been changed from the current Saga FLX at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals a new dual-bar front grille, as well as mildly reshaped headlights that look more three-dimensional in form. The bumper also appears to have a more aggressive in design, with protruding fog light surrounds and jutting chin spoilers as seen on newer Proton models from the Prevé onwards.
Elsewhere, the side shoulder line slopes further down towards the front for a more dynamic look, while the new door handles (taken from the Iriz) are now aligned to that line. The C-pillar also now has a kink that necessitates reshaped rear doors, while the rear end has been completely revised with more three-dimensional tail lights and a new number plate recess on the bootlid connecting the two.
Technical details remain scarce right now, but the Saga could launch with the Iriz’s 1.3 litre VVT engine and a choice of a five-speed manual or a CVT. Proton’s new naturally-aspirated 1.0 litre and 1.2 litre three-cylinder engines may also make an appearance further down the line – these mills are slated to begin production by the end of 2017 – while a turbocharged version of the 1.0 litre engine could also feature.
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Get new designer.
Yeah tell that to BMW Audi Merc they have many similar models through series and generations. Wut say you?
Why wanna tell to Merc and the rest when they look stunning !!
Saga design sucks and that’s a fact !!
U don’t wanna be seen sitting in one.
Wah compare luxury cars with saga? Are you out of mind?
Even merc looks like old elantra.
Same old nasi lemak, day in day out. Pls fire the entire design dept, total waste of R n D money from the public.
If you count how many same design through generations and series BMW had since old days, you got to be the most companies that do retrenchment in tje world!
Money from public? Since when?
I agree. Bimmer – from 1 till 100 series look same. Audi and merc too, pls change the designers and make it different
If Merc Audi BMW looks same, it’s ok
If p1 looks same (not really) then bash.
Topkek
This will last another 10 years
Your Proton only worth mention with Dongfeng or Emseka.
Don’t even dream go near with BMW Audi Merc. Sedarlah sikit wahai jaguh kanpung.
Many people compare proton with luxury brands ady, so jaguh worldwide
Come on. Why should anyone be surprised of Proton right? People buy because is cheap. Full-stop.
People buy Saga because it is the cheapest sedan not because it is good. That’s why Myvi/Axia sales are much higher. Period
Axia is cheaper thats why people buy axia more, not because it is good. Period.
AXIA – Cheap and Good
Saga – Cheap and ???
Axia good?
Kahkahkah
People not buy car just becoz it’s cheap.If saga & persona is cheap but problematic people don’t buy also.Meaning saga & persona not just cheap but reliable.Same reason as same lorrr bought saga for his son
Understood.
Asalkan bukan Proton.
Asal bukan hideous jepunis
I won’t buy a car no matter how cheap from a company that may go bust. You see, all this while, because of Mahathir, sales have been good. As we all know, 90% of Proton sales actually go to the Government.
Last year Proton sold 100,000 cars. In reality, only about 10% we bought by the public. The bulk of the purchase was bought by various government departments and ministries, enforcement divisions (customs, immigresen, pdrm, UTK etc) and other organisations such as Bomba, TUDM, TLDM, KDRM, Tabung Haji, Risda etc etc
Now, Mahathir got problem with the Government. In retaliation and in spite, they even sacked him from Petronas. It is a matter of time before he is sacked from Proton too by the Government. Even if they don’t sack him, they will make sure they will cut down on Government orders.
How to survive? Proton, with Mahathir’s help can only sell 100,000 cars. Now, with orders possibly cut, there will be a big problem. How to feed the 30,000 Proton staff??
Proton has one of the largest staffing of any car manufacturer in the world. If what the CEO says is true ie Proton makes only RM500 profit per car sold, assuming this year it also sells 100,000 cars (that is RM50 million profit).
How to pay staff, vendors and also bonuses with RM50 million per year? Board of Directors alone works out to more than RM50 million in salary and bonus. Then you got machinery cost, factory water and electric bills, distributor cost, vendor cost etc etc.
I think electric bill alone from Proton factory should work out about RM10 million per annum or more.
How? Where is Proton going to get money from?
I dare not buy anything from a company that is hanging on a thread. No money means compromise in quality and safety.
Profit margin of RM500 is only for the bare-bones Saga FLX SV, dumbass.. how about brushing up on your language comprehension before you start bashing?
Rude donkey, always calling people names and calling everyone in this forum bodo. yeah lah, everything free for you, senang hidup.
Dude… perhaps they mean net profit of RM500 per car… after minus all the overhead expenditure… they really need to get to the export market.
P1 is a private company owned by a GLC… i suppose at a certain point in time the mgmt n shareholders could ask TunM to step down… but we’ll see what happens…
But i agree with u… if should the govt just hold on purchasing new units from P1 just for 1 year… would pressure P1 mgmt to do something drastic.
TDM stepping down as Proton Chairman is a certainty, unless Ah Jib losing power.
You see, Proton will lose hundred of millions of bucks per year from Ah Jib as R&D fees if TDM continues to ‘kacau’
I would still buy proton. As long as it suit my pocket. All this while, all my cars were protons. Never encountered major problem.
I am a poor guy too, I owned Proton (not 1 but 3 units for the family) in the past but since has converted to Perodua, the most important reason is the bad attitude of the personnel at the Proton Service center, the 2nd most important reason is often enough they don’t have ready replacement parts and have to order and have us re-visit some days later…
Simple logic, would you buy a Samsung phone which Samsung has so much of resources to give best quality parts and after sales or would you buy a China made phone called GC which can go bankrupt anytime?
Do you know what bail out is? Duh.
Why not when P1 is like Huawei or Lenovo
Samsung quality sux. Asus is much better
No need to bash Samsung just because you cant’t afford one
I got samsung high end phone but later rosak. You jelly?
How do u know 90% proton sales went to gov departments? How bout ranger,escape,. hilux,dmax,hiace,Pajero,innova,fortuner,etc,those are not proton models.What your conclusion then?Dont u see on gov backyard? Obviously u r stupid!
Protong is missing the point.
As long as the CAMPRO engine and PUNCH cvt gearbox is still being churned out,no facelifts or booblifts can increase market share.
Mind you,the Perodua salesguys said they will be selling the last batch of MYVIs,hinting a new replacement (sedan?)model is on the launching pad very very soon.
YAB Tun is too busy in politics,giving ceramah from lori belakang soon.Protong,you are like the bottom 3 in Premier league,waiting for relegation.
2017 is too DISTANT,Protong fanboys want the new engines + cvt gearbox NOW.
Suzuki will come to the rescue soon.
Nowadays if u want to buy a car below market value make sure u enter into a ‘marriage’ with the seller first then immediately ask the seller to make a declaration of oath… hehehehe…so easy maaaaaa…
you morons, design costs money, more complex designs = more costs in terms of shaping the metal etc. Proton is a company with limited budget, what do you expect? I can imagine the execs at proton be like, “we want a good looking design with RM2 budget can ah?”
In b4 bash
Profits Rm500 but can give Rm4000 discounts.
NONSENSE LOGIC,they give discounts to clear massive unsold sunbaked stocks.
Protong has no more profit vision.
They practice FIREFIGHTING management now.
Come April 1,they will announce another shocking LOSS OF another RM 500 Juta.Not malu kah?
Well,sister company Honda Malaysia is churning out record profits,mah.
It is amazing,many multinational companies chopped thousands,including mighty Petronas.
Protong ,did not wield the axe.Wahliao eh,TAHAN LASAK,PROTONG.
But killing airbags, dieselgate, brake pedalgate, switch fire starter and world wide recalls are much worse.
They not malu kah?
Give lifetime warranty power window basically just sweeping problem under carpet rather than truly fixing it. Lazy and shameless solution.
No such prob now. Fire starter window switch in toyota much more worse.
Potong commit every 5 years will have totally new generation all over the range, right?
How many times facelift had done on this saga and how old is this saga already? Lol
Meanwhile, Vios after generations still harping on archaic junky 1nz-fe engine and hopeless 4 speed gearbox. Lol
ya, both model suXk!
Iris good safety beat Vios anytime!
Looks 80 percent like the on going Saga
That’s because it *IS* still based on the existing Saga’s platform but with upgraded safety specs and re-skinned exterior. So, if you haven’t been reading, or don’t know any facts, don’t pretend to be clever. Just be glad you still get to keep your office boy job despite your illiteracy
Wasting money on low-volume irrelevant Perdana rather than developing all-new high volume Saga. That’s how Proton keep screwing itself.
What makes u so sure they r not developing all new saga while soldiering on with current platform?
R u P1 designer? Product development engineer? Market researcher? The GM? CEO? MD? Tier 1 Vendor? Perhaps even the tea lady?
Later tak laku, bring SV model and blame rakyat.
The design at least 15 years outdated.
Oh dugung tapir and frog designs on jepunis cars are at least come from kindergarten students. Even they can design much better
I thought it is a big frog but i am wrong, it is a myvi!
Proton current trend “spyshot here and there around Malaysia until 2020…”
Boring when will Perdana will be launch? Delay again? CEO too busy on political?
1st quarter will be over soon.
george abdul,the Perdana may sell few hundred units initially.
For example,if they price this Accordana at rm 120K,would you buy it ,if you can afford the coming Accord facelift at rm140K ++?
This Accordana is an OUTDATED facelift.If I have the budget,I might as well lengthen my HP loan period,or pay higher downpayment,to get the latest Accord .What say You?
Alberto, but the CEO Tun DrM comfirm better then the original… Until it debut then wait for car review by then we discuss it. But yes PROTON sell more expensive car price to own Rakyat says DrM !!!
Who asked them to spyshot? They went out for road test loh.Bodoh jugak mcm same lorrr.Then blame paultan for post it here! Not blame proton!
I cannot unsee this…
seem like no much different with current gen
Who cares, even luxury cars are same
Yup, they change only boot, engine, gearbox, little thing here and there, dashboard still same design. then there goes new BMW series!
Good job. Hopefully Proton can reduce the OTR par with Axia…..
Unless they equipped the Saga with 3 cylinder engines.
orang beli saga sebab miskin…design apa macam pun seronok janji ada roda roda…
Wrong, axia is cheaper and more popular
And more prone to ending pipu to afterlife
When will it end, such an ugly turd design, look at the rear, its like some primary school project getting some kids to paste the rear spoiler on the boot with no accuracy …why am I wasting my time on this, close shop and stop the ridiculous failures again and again !!! there should be a law where potong should not be able to charge people for buying this horrible turds instead they Potong should be paying a huge amount of money to the rakyat for which to use these potong turd car !!
Lol you must be the one last time who think that’s old newspaper camo.
Hahaha. Pls ask your teacher ok?
When PT post regional news, kena hentam.
But when PT post local gud news, oso kena hentam!
Ok lah, PT shud just post only doom & gloom in MY, just like bashers perception & mindset. Then gerenti wun kena hentam.
Rakyat not bashing, Rakyat just ask for truth. Why Proton selling a more expensive price to own Rakyat? And still increasing price(Feb 2016)? And monopoly the industry with AP cronies until RAKYAT suffer expensive car price???
No, ur not seeking the real truth. Just the truth u wanna hear. U only wanna hear P1 sale drop, but deaf when ur beloved toyota drop 77%. And u definitely do not represent the RAKYAT. only elected MPs do.
Btw Najib supports public transport rather than private cars. Thats what makes Tun M hopping mad.
Looks more like an Etios from rhe front rather than a FLX(not a good thing).If Proton prices it right (RM 30K and below for a base model),makes a decent interior, with 2 Airbags and ESP and ABS+EBD (for the below 30k base model lah) and 4 Airbags and “luxuries” such as semi-leather interior and maybe a touch screen infotainment system would be ok for the below 30k top-ranger.A turbo-ed version of the 1.0 New VVT should be on the top range.With current Iriz 1.3 mills at the bottom.
Better make sure no more leaking turbo hose.
Ya ya but waiting for raja bocor civic turbocor!
Haha!
Now 2016 already still haven’t start selling 2016 car? Close shop la
2016 got 12 months, do you live on mars?
I know u anxious wanna buy this car but gud things comes to those who wait. So pls be patient
Another bodoh Macam same lorr.A company don’t sell car by date or month of the year.If they not ready,why must sell? Doesn’t matter if they want to sell on January or December.Donu think a car company will launch all their models in particular month only?Hopefully u just being Bodoh on March only,Bodoh!
More like a face/buttlift than a new model. Quite letting me down. I’m expecting a complete redesign.
Why on earth does Prodon tink it need so many engine variants on just a few models is a complete mystery..
As if they can sell 1 million units worldwide.
Another spyshot… omg proton… please lunch it if u really serious… for me it’s could be just an outlook design… how about others… interior, performance, safety and technologies… please suprise me proton..
I am surprise enough to see new gen Vios still using old ancient engine, gearbox and no VSC
Blame it on paultan for spyshot,Bodoh! Not omg omg on proton! P1 just do road test..road test not just 1 or 2 days/times only.It requires more days on road.Later u say proton here rosak,there rosak pulak.
The silhouette looks similar with the Saga and doesn’t impress at all. How to compete with the Koreans A-Segment with this kind of design? By the way, as far as I can recall, there has been no facelift to the Saga and Preve hitherto.
What korean A segmenter to compare? Hideous Picanto? Come on..
Have a look at Hyundai Verna / Hyundai Xcent (A-segment budget sedan).
It proves that cheap sedan can be nicely designed, pleasant-looking interiors, full-spec safety features. Nothing annoying at all.
It’s totally opposite to what Proton and its maniac macais believe that cheap cars must be ugly, terrible therefore poor buyers shouldn’t complaint much aka. beggars cannot be choosy.
“Proton and its maniac macais believe that cheap cars must be ugly”
Since when?
1.0 liter turbo 3 cyclinder 140hp 190nm
1100kg car? dayummmm
Let’s se if the turbo hose is leaking again.
Let’s see if the Civic turbo engine hose will be leaking
Iriz was badly design. The porpotion is wrong. The rear wheel arch design looks ugly. I hope this saga will have better deaign.
Merc A klasse also badly design. The proportion is wrong. All rounder is ugly.
BMW 7 er rear looks like Camry, I’m so proud. Syoik sendiri like driving luxury car
I saw porsche macan just now, just oversized myvi look alike.
Same set of photos but split it make 2 posts – profit!!
Why bashing PROTON & each other, u guys don’t ever know to build your own bicycle. Let enjoy what we ever have in hand.
what the hell proton?
box? ya la having those retards mara grads to design,surely design like one of their brains.
close shop sell nasi lemak better
Where you pick mara grads who design? From sky?
Oi babooji.. im one of mara grads and i earn more than 10k/month.. dont think all mara grads are lousy..
Alot of keyboard warriors for Proton here…much like the hyped IRIZ marketing. At the end of day, keyboard warriors go to sleep, cars still not sold. Just a few months back, IRIZ is the most fantastic high quality & safe car, 5 star rating, beautiful design, etc. After that….sales keep dropping. You win argument here no point. Sales not going to improve…la. If feedback from buyers say its lousy…means its lousy. Doesn’t matter the designer & mgmt like the product…its the buyer’s decision that counts!
You are one of the keyboard warriors
Toyota sales plummet 77%, so it means its lousy, doesn’t matter the designer & mgmt like the product…its the buyer’s decision that counts!
Kakaka
Proton talk big said can achieve 130K car sales in 2015. But later full year way off target got only 107K sales. What a lame joke.
Wanna hear even bigger joke? They wanna target even higher sales 150K cars this year 2016! Ahhahahahahahahaha!!!
Eh can you keep your laugh till next year?
It doesn’t happen yet!
How about other brands which even don’t get in the sales number list? You dun bash pulak.
Improve the safety features pls, how pity to look at the recent victim of your proton saga collided with a pickup and ur proton is smashed like milo tin.
The wheel of the pickup smashed into the driver compartment. Not even ur Lexus biscuits can survive this. Dun kid urself
New gen Vios without VSC deserve pity more than old timer saga (savvy)
i think mechanically surely better but design..oh dear
owned the fl manual version since 2012. good car with no major problem. what do you expect from a sub 40k small sedan. manage to hit 100k km mark on the before getting a new Isuzu D-max last year. I missed all the handling and the 3rd gear uphill push
Work hard and buy Isuzu DMax?
somehow, the front reminds me of nissan latio!
1.0 , improved aero , very skinny tires ,
efficiency is the name of the game of the saga….
and safety aspect too~!
is a bloody same car!!
Work harder proton. Seriously…
I believe this new saga will sell better than vios.Double for sure! Camo sticker not even pulled off already said ugly,wrong proportion,old saga..bla bla.Complaining like chicken ass squeezing after drop shit.For a company that produce most car from scratch much more respectable than rebadge.But p1 pls improve your products & make better car then export to more other markets.Make profit elsewhere and enjoy your profit among yourself,Malaysian so ungrateful once they make more money in pocket.Japanese attitude way different than lousy talk talk lazy lazy Malaysian