Now what do we have here? Why, it’s the 2016 Proton Persona, in the flesh, completely undisguised! The Iriz sedan has been spotted in Kuala Lumpur by paultan.org reader Arvin R ahead of its official launch later this year.
In what appears to be a photo/video shoot done out in public, we can now have a very good look at the next-generation Persona, which is clearly based on the Iriz. The A-pillar quarter windows, door-mounted wing mirrors and 14-inch wheels are taken straight off the B-segment hatchback.
Everything else seem to be unique to the new model, though, with a sharper face featuring slimmer reflector headlights (with very intricate inner graphics, no less), an almost Honda Civic-like “floating” chrome grille and a revised lower bumper design. It’s a rather handsome look, especially from the front.
Moving back, the Iriz’s sideblades on the bottom of the doors have been retained, but they now extend past the rear wheels, into the rear bumper section. A subtle character line above the rear wheelarches neatly lead into the new almond-shaped tail lights, which are mounted high on the short boot.
This particular model appears to be a base variant, fitted with unpainted door handles, wing mirrors, body-coloured B-pillars and small wheels. You can expect higher-end models to have the necessary upgrades, along with either fog lamps or LED daytime running lights up front.
The Iriz’s range of 1.3 litre and 1.6 litre VVT engines are expected to be offered on the 2016 Proton Persona at launch, but we’ll know more in due time. So folks, do you like what you see here? Tell what you think in the comments section below.
wtf is that rear end?
If jepunis cars , even hideous bashers say it is very nice, if p1 even nice bashers say it is ugly.
Topkek
erm…it’s more cute with 16 or 17 ich sportrim
Have u seen almera? I think almera have much worse look at the rear.. Dis look ok what..
Hey, I thought the latest incarnation of the Almera looks much better from when it was first launch and from afar looks similar to the Lexus ES grille.
Wah the grille on the rear is it? The latest Almera rear still looks like the old one which appeared to be weird designed.
Wow it’s cute
Almera or almari? Hahah
Sack the designer!!
Looks really good ….for once. Surprisingly from P1. Looks like a real modern design look. Except the fitted wheels looks weird in that archwheel. This needs improving.
Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.
Kau ni lagi bodoh. Seronok ker menaip jadi haters.. Taip kat sini boleh sorok muka kan.
Just be positive. Like or dont like is personal choice. Hope the boring Samy dont copy and paste same comment here
Proton = Bad RV..
But if still using CVT Bising Punch Powertrain, can balik kampung tanam jagung la..
Really nice exterior design, good job P1. But something’s weird about the wheel. I still like Preve design, so sad if it’s not for the quality and engine performance.
OMG….This car rear and side view macam the Ford Fiesta Sedan lah…. look so ugly lah except the front only
Why has it got casters for wheels?
Looks like dwarf with those tiny minute alloys.
It needs larger rims.
Better wait for Perodua Axia Sedan.
#1Juta Axia Sedan
#Kipidap Perodua
#Dongidap Perodua
Mana? Masih testing kat Mars ke? hehehe
The front and rear looks nice to me, not the side profile & those tiny tires tho
I agree wit u on that…
lampu depan persona baru tu memang sama sebijik macam design lampu depan iriz yg aku hantar kat proton 2 tahun lepas… tapi design lampu depan tu aku buat khas untuk iriz ..untuk kereta compact… bukan untuk kereta sedan.. apa ka bodo potong ni
Designed by budak sekolah.
Yes that’s true. Having Iriz(1.3) at home, I realize that there’s more room inside the wheel arches. It just makes me wonder why Proton choose to put not just smaller Rims but also smaller Tyres! We can simply change the wheel size but it will greatly affect the odometer and speedometer. Please lah Proton equip your vehicle with larger wheels.
Its baseline model dude………. so that harga boleh murah………… just get the premium spec….. problem solved..
Not that lah what I meant. Yes it is true that smaller wheels to get lower prices. The 1.6 Premium also had quite small tyre, even it have bigger rims compared to the 1.3 Executive my family have (not my car). This is mostly due to the high rear windowline starting from the B-pillar all the way to the rear C-pillar causing an illusion that make the Iriz and the future Persona looks oddly porpotionate (huge gaps between window line and wheel arches) when equipped with small rims. For comparison the B segment Myvi (just as comparison don’t rage on me!) doesn’t look very weird even if it is equipped with small wheels; because the vehicle design is well balanced and there’s not much space between the rear door window and the rear wheel arch. Like I said it is due to optical illusion.
Not a terrible looking car. But being a proton. I’ll skip it. Thanks for the offer
You must be fan of hideous jepunis cars
I’m a fan of AP cars. Can?
I drive a proton but with japanese engine. Love my proton as it was launched by DSZ. Proton now have no soul and direction. Onli krony.
Mine too
Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.
Spec wise Iriz is ady cheaper than moving coffin myvi
VSC and ESC are the same thing, Mr Zuraidah, Halimah whatever your name is. Go drive your P2 with no ABS and VSC because frankly I don’t think you care about safety. A bodykit is probably more important to you.
Work hard and buy Honda City or Vios.
Hahahaha ok if you a say City than i might agree but sorry a VIÌIOOOOOSSSSS Hum if am not mistaken vios doesnt even have BA of even EBD let alone VSC So nooo…..
If you would have said Work Harder to get Ford Fiesta or even better Citroen Ds3 than it would be ok but but a VIOS HHAA sorry go hell
do your homework before commenting. Vios equipped with B.A and EBD.
datin seri Zuraidah,
Protong will price any piece of garbage ABOVE COMPETITOR’S & MARKET PRICE.
wHY? They equate premium pricing with QUALITY.
If they price it less than P2,they tend to believe that their product is inferior.
S0,in the final analysis,they will price it around the existing persona price or slightly higher to give it a UMMM FEELING.BUT all of us know,their pricing is artificially high and counter productive.
Thats why Roti Jala has to monitor them and come out with another rm 1.5 to 2.6 Billion next year to bail them out again.
Prootong is the only company that has not chopped any staff so far,even after gasak 1.5 B.AMAZING!!!
Petronas,all major banks,even Naza ,oil and gas outfits have chopped close to 20,000 staff to date.
The saddest part is others have launched facelifts,new models kao kao while even the HOndana is not ready.
They launch facelifts, not new model. weee… Even Japunis new civic takes time to launch. I mean ‘new’ not ‘facelifts’. Just change colour to two tone with extra bodykits sure can take only one month to launch.
buat sendiri kerete kalau nak murah
Hidden due to lowcomment rating. Click here to see.
Much better than frog tapir and dugong japunis inspired cars
Even fugly almera got people buy, this one ofcourse people will buy too.
Cant wait
The tires look a bit small for 14 in
Proton using 135/R12 wheel from Kancil for better fuel efficient
Check your eyes pls
Copy mazda’s slide lines.
This is surprisingly good for a hatchback design brought forward to a Sedan. The thing that needs to be changed is the wheels, it really looks small, Proton should consider putting bigger rims into it
Bigger rims? Hope so, but unlike P2, Proton never listen to customers. Proton designers will insist this is the best
Rims can be changed. HPF, 6 airbages, TC & ESC cannot be added. So which product values their customer lives more?
It’ll be on the next enhance model like se elegance plus sv SiR wrx gdi doublevanos pdrm sprm etc
tyres look too small.. should name it iris sedan.. not new model..
Good work Azlano!
Respect you
Malaysia Boleh!
Good work Azlano?
Yeah. If he and his team are the one really do this design 100%
Mehhhhh
Only clowns would like this car
14″ wheels? Seriously Proton?
honda jazz 2019 front end
Nice.
16″ R3 wheel should make it look perfect.
Fugly!
Better than your myvi
My 3 year old said “oh my goodness, buruk gilee”
Of cause a 3 year old would say it looks ugly !!! As for them only a Lamborgini would look cool or The Batmobile(The Really dumb ones)…ooppss no hate on kids there as i love kids
Looks terrible. Side profile looks like a kid designed this thing, look at those wheels…lol it’s like they don’t have the word ‘proportional’ in their vocabulary.
Still cannot beat fugly almera
Its a tall hatchback turned sedan with a short wheelbase. So far no automaker ever has managed to do a proper convert w/o stretching the wheelbase.
Just look at Mazda2 which is arguably the best so far, and its still disproportionate.
Even Kia Rio Sedan looks abit off compared to its hatchback cousin.
So kudos Proton. This looks so good.
Design is good. but proportion all wrong. Bigger wheel arches and take over the rim from 1.6 would helps…..
Even so, the front quarter is designed as a hatchback in mind. if they do some modification to suit sedan’s proportion will be too costly for them.
Imho, not bad. Still far from pretty. Don’t screw it up like most B seg sedan’s.
I know comparing iriz to axia is inappropriate but, if perodua sedan would look like this (probably too), Jangan haraplah the sales can be good if the karma meets again. No matter how well it drives, how much safety feature in the ar, people in Msia still tend to choose Perodua due the hyper reputation….
Let’s see what comes around turns around end of this year then have my word lah.
Did I really just see the word “handsome” being used to describe this disgusting looking thing?
Hafriz, jom gi Focuspoint. Got sale.
Proton should :
1. The pricing of this should x exceed Myvi pricing as their new sedan might be slotted between axiA and Myvi.
2. Proton should Make sure the consumption and handling should be better as buyer on this segment gives emphasis on fuel consumption and practicality.
3. Most probably the Perodua sedan will be a rebadged Toyota Etios.
OMG, looking at this, makes me hoping for the facelift preve.. it will be closer to the concept.
people are bashing about dispropotion, which will be solve by upgrading the rim. overall,kudos proton. Maybe my first car.
ugly at no extra cost
At least better then change colour with extra cost..hahaha
P2 listens to its customers? Don’t make me laugh! Then why still 14-in alloys on the Myvi 1.5 when customers demand different design and bigger size rims than Myvi 1.3?
proton improve its design . well done
I tot this is nw saga lol
nice overall design:
1. clean strokes at fender, side n shoulder,
2. elegant front bumper n bmw-ish boot.
I guess bigger tyres would make this car Ohsem-looking.
Too late, already booked Vios the Ultimate Ah Beng Machine. They should had shown us long time ago instead of disguise after disguise, this is not the 80 or 90s
Hideous
Tis should be the new Saga instead of Persona (downsized)…the old Tiara based Saga should be sold as junk and scrapmetal. Nowonder losingmoney non stop everyyear
“…old Tiara based Saga…”
Nice try.
Savvy bases lahhhh
looks quite ok actually. just those small wheels make it look weird.
Not bad design but pls don sell the lowest variant with those tiny tyres.
I’m pretty sure Proton will sell this car starting at RM55k
If yes, Proton will close shop.
This is a PROTON (a car tat will get old 75% faster than any car on earth) and hence, they need to have starting price at RM40k and highest price RM55k.
If not, God bless Proton.
Wow 40k for a B-seg Sedan that is in front line battel with the Ford Fiesta Sedan , Toyota Vios and Honda City wow just wow …..hummm
IF you really think its expensive than i think its not for you …..hum maybe an Axia is more your thing hahaha
look good. but the wheel is too small, doesn’t match the “thick” body.
Malaysian dugong…
Car looks imbalance liao
people might like it eventually. just how people got used to honda city’s front face.
Brace ur self guys. Its the dugong and jitty’s rival.
well done proton. the design is very impressive. except please give us more safety and comfort quality. that’s all what we need. proton dulu bukanlah sekarang.
Macam iriz kena tarik dari depan & belakang xD
TATA NANO look better then this.
Any china cars are simply better looking than this.
You mean the Hafei Lobo a.k.a Naza Sutera is better looking than this? Check your eyes please.
They got the design right but the proportions wrong
Since we’ve seen it in the flesh undisguised, please no more camouflaged spy shots anymore after this
Whatever models PROTON produce, it still irrelevant as long as there is aint much of stability of its parts, bad service and futhermore worst after sales service.
To create awareness among the people to protect the lives of dugong
That slanted body thou http://paultan.org/2016/05/15/spied-2016-proton-persona-iriz-sedan-undisguised/2016-proton-persona-iriz-sedan-7/
Who buy this model after this can go shop and ketuk the wheel drum to fit bigger wheels huhu
Pelancaran kereta versi 2016 patut dibuat pada suku ketiga atau keempat 2015 membolehkan kemeriannya bertahan lama. Pengeluran bermula januari 2016.
Rasanya elok Proton tukar plan kepada 2017 sebab 2016 sudah berjalan hampir setengah tahun.
wow can i stance it
it’s a nice effort by proton, but i hope it would have been slightly more unique-looking and grown up, and has a more cohesive front and rear look instead. the front looks squar-ish and angular, but the rear is all about round shapes. they don’t blend well together, especially when the profile is actually Iriz’s more “edgy” profile. and it looks too much like a saga-replacement, rather than a persona-replacement.
This is a B segment basic sedan. A small sedan for a family. Why do you morons want 15″ wheels? The 14s will be better with the bad roads in KV, offer better fuel consumption, and lower maintenance cost.
Asinine generation. All they care about are looks and fashion.
At last, a proper comment for the tyres. From most of the comment above, you will know why some car company can sell their crap car. MY people prefer cosmetic more then functionality.
To those who only know how to condemn Proton.
You want cheap.. you want good.. make it by your own self… I also don’t think so if you able to sketch a single good design.
I believe if designed of this car claim by others maker, surely you will praise it till sky…
Yesss,you got that point bro
Looks fine to me. Hopefully, proton knows what they are doing by introducing this car next with the new saga. Hope they differentiated both cars well and of course with the iriz too.. Need to know their market.
The proportion looks like mazda2 and fiesta sedans’ proportion.. It’s weird but still sell
Too late P1
It seems like baseline model since side mirror and door,is in black color/non colored, plus missing fog lamps. No wonder the rims are pretty small
Proton should streamline its product line up as the pie is shrinking . Just launch this as your new Saga and spec them well . Ditch the old Saga .
The key success factor for this car would be it’s pricing. Let’s hope it cheap.
IMHO, its design does not very appealing to me…
Rear boot lid was inspired from BMW E60. Front is from City 4th Gen. Window belt line from Hyundai fluidic sculpture design element.
It managed to improved the awkward dugong design of 4th gen City. Overall, need to see in the flesh before making judgement.
Wow! What a beauty!! Almost as beautiful as the Nissan Almera. This proton beauty, the Nissan Almera and the Fiat Multipla are surely the most beautiful cars in the world. Great job Proton design team. Keep it up! You guys will surely be the death of Proton.
I think most of you guys are prejudiced about Proton. I’ve been to the engineerein facility at Puchong, centre if excelence, and saw what they are doing to ensure safety and quality. Put a Proton Iris head to head with a Produa MyV and it will tear it to bits, in terms of safety. The handling is by Lotus, and also another safety feature. These new generation Protons are not like before. It is much better then the Koreans or the Chinese cars. It is eaual to or better then the japanese. Take my word. Ive seen the vars, including the new Perdana and the Saga.
Hum so may i ask is there any difrence in design ie for the interior for the Saga
Looks like the old honda city to me
Since this is elongated version of Iriz, would it retain it’s 5 star NCAP (safety) ratings?
You dont really have to ask this question as everyone know whan it comes to Safety Proton is always better than than most japenese cars except Honda& Subaru
Larger rim please….look so bad
Low spec for this new persona should be with 15″ rim..the higher end should be 16″
Design wise, I can already tolerate Proton’s design, looks good, but what I still cannot tolerate is its small wheels!! In my opinion, the car has a nice sleek modern look, but the wheels, come on, even Volkswagen Beetle has a bigger wheel than this
This design P1 tells M’sian 2 things
1. Who cares what customers think, take it or leave it
2. Will borrow gomet 15bil in coming years when fail again
This should become Saga replacement
Eliminate Persona since Proton already have Preve.
And also eliminate Inspira for the same reason.
Proton’s Sedan Lineup
1. Saga (Iris sedan)
2. Preve
3. Perdana (Accordana)
Proton’s Hatchback Lineup
1. Iris
2. SuprimaX (Preve Hachback)
Proton’s MPV Lineup
1. Exora
Suprima S bro!
Nice looking car..a bit look like new elantra…
It’s beautiful actually. If I have to guess, I thought this is Ford.
Not bad.
OMG, all the wheels are seriously tiny, and the car design is ugly. I better stick back to the hatchback variant, or just buy Hyundai Elantra.
Very smart, comparing a local entry level B-segment to a C-segment which has a double pricetag
Why proton? Why? Front end 100% iris…. the back end looks like a mazda or ford.. why call it persona even? Its clearly an iriz… why not built something based on the previous generation of persona or gen2.. this is just too lazy of you proton…
The exterior looks good. Need to change to bigger size tyres though. And hopefully they put the new logo design.
actually i just like a front design & the back was unperfect,
better proton preve..
i still confuse with proton’s car segments. isnt persona supposed to be in C-Segment while Saga in B-Segment? and if iriz-sedan this is, isnt this supposed to be saga? (like polo sedan, fiesta sedan, rio sedan, mazda2 sedan, even vios, etc).
isnt persona as the same segment as 3-series, civic, focus, altis? my guess is waja also belongs to c-segment, and perdana D-segment.
didnt understand what proton past plan by having so many same segmented car.
That rims….. looks awfull….. yacks
BIGGER RIMS PLEASE!!!!!!
BIGGER RIMS PLEASE!!!
Banyak juga yg komen dgn guna bahasa konon2 diri tu pandai dlm permotoran. Kalau setakat nk kutuk design buruk tanpa ada technically reason silalah berhenti mengutuk. Condemn here n there tp sebenarnya gagap ttg whole knowledge pasal permotoran. Meluat aku dgn org mcm gini. Kagum sgtlah tu dgn brand luar padahal keta luar berlambak yg masuk bengkel, yg baru kena panggil balik pun banyak.
Looks unique and not bad, but those wheels are so small the car looks like a shopping cart.
This is a very brave design from Proton… compared to the sedated, classy, timeless, European-influenced Prevé, the new BH Persona looks far more extrovert, modern and in trend. I’m sure the Premium spec BH Persona will look far more alluring… just like the Iriz 1.3 Standard and 1.6 Premium, a world of difference.
As with all B-segment cars these days, the wheels look tiny, but as Hafriz mentioned, the example above is fitted with the Iriz 1.3’s 14″ alloys… the top-spec models should get 15″ rims, maybe 16″ ones too, who knows. Either way, it will probably still look undersized, and too tall for a sedan… doesn’t look nice yes, but you can expect increased interior space.
It is my hope that all BH Personas will come with ESC as standard. I hate to repeat this, but I must; Proton cannot afford to mess up QC, reliability and long-term refinement with the new BH Persona (Perdana and new Saga as well). I have an Iriz 1.3 in the family, and yes, I will be brutally honest here, one power window did fail (now replaced)… and there’s quite a few other issues as well. After all those promises, Proton somehow managed to disappoint me… so no, I am not going to stick my head out for Proton now as I had in the past. Continue to support Proton I will, but not fanatically and without-question as I once did. I expect Proton to deliver on their promises this time, I want to see what Proton has learnt in the last 2 years. Surprise me, surprise all of us.
and how is the engine of proton iriz 1.3
Design looks just OK for me. nothing special especially d front copy paste iriz face. I suspect this is not d full production version hence d tiny rims, but then again it’s already out of camo, so shame on them if they really using 14″ rims. based on d good impressions of some of my friends iriz, I think p1 is moving in d right direction even if slowly. but y all local cars so tall?! so disproportionate..
Tall sebab rakyat malaysia nak interior luas.. kang comolain kalau sempit
For me the car is ugly, body very fat but the leg very thin, u know what is the legs I mean?
So the interior of this car will be larger than iriz?
ok theophilus, your turn to slap on the 16 inch wheel on your rendered iriz sedan image
I would say it does looks good.QC wise I’ll admit, I’m still skeptical.
Ask Peter Schreyer to design next generation Proton cars
Looks like someone skipped its leg day
It seems like someone just skipped its leg day huehuehue
The car actually look ratter good …….hum I think the camo in previous spypick is working
X memPERSONA la kreta nie. Eishh..pe nk jdi
The wraparound taillights mounted on the stubby boot is reminiscent of the Tata Zest.
It’s really sad… the original Saga is a C-segment, 2nd gen Saga is a B-Segment. 1st gen Persona is a C-segment contemporary of 2nd gen Saga. Now the 2nd gen Persona will be a B-segment. 3rd gen Saga to be an A-segment? This is not progress… This is suppress.
Not supress but new strategy
As usual, launch new models, sales will be bad & still cant payback the “Govt Loan”. Then another new management change. Then ask for money again…
at least 15 inchers.
demmm…
too much haters and anonyomous car designer/engine/safety engineer…
*grabs popcorn*
kalau lebarkan sikit cantik aaa kete ni…
hiii…. i don’t think that is Persona replacement, look to the body size, that is new Saga :)
Tingginye body kereta ni…design mini mpv ke?
Idk why people says it is hideous.. But if this is a sushi or kimchi made, people says it is nice. Haiyoo. With this looks (exterior) plus a reasonable price for Malaysian, I personally think this would prolly be a great move from p1