Three years on from its launch, the Proton Iriz is soon to get a mid-life update, if this photo is any indication. Reader Shafidzul Hafiz has spotted the B-segment hatch wearing a trade plate belonging to the national carmaker, as well as a couple of very minor changes.
At first glance, this top-spec 1.6 Premium model looks pretty much identical to the current car, but on closer inspection you’ll be able to notice the two-tone paint scheme, with the black roof and rear spoiler contrasting against the Fire Red body colour; however, the bodykit is still finished in the same warm grey as before. One can also spot the new Proton badging.
Expect the interior to feature revised trim and colours to match the outside, while the noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) refinements featured on the Persona should be found here as well. These include a reduction in the number of engine mounts from four to three, along with a revised ECU for a more linear throttle response.
GALLERY: 2015 Proton Iriz 1.6 Premium
Smart mid-life update. 1.5Bil well spent
Can Proton pls include a Green/Orange two tone colour scheme like my Gen 2?
That silly bulge on the doors are gone. Clearly they admit it was a wrong design decision. Like Waja’s triangle nose. Like Savvy’s triangle behind. Proton is fond of fugly design cues and their design language is incoherent in its lineup. Silakan berkursus di Eropah lagi, duit RM1.5 biliion tu kasi pelingkup. Typical of any bureaucracy, ignore your former design man in Mimos.
What are you talking about? Still can see the bulge in the pic. Proton is fond of fugly designs? Come on.. if you ask me to choose base solely on design, I will choose the Iriz over the Axia any day. Bezza no contest – King of Fugliest Car in Malaysia.
When a carmakers mid life update only involves changes in colour…
U know that they really are in crisis.
Don’t read the last paragraph?
hey remember that new Myvi facelift?
Proton Iriz is Proton’s biggest failure. 2 years ago, even the CEO had to lie to the media and public saying demand was so high, even Proton could not keep up with the orders.
He said orders were even 9 months wait.
Then, few months later, Tun M, the adviser for Proton spilt the beans. He said Iriz was a big failure with very few sales.
I really hope Proton stops lying to the public about their sales. Just like Ertiga, Proton said sales are so good.
But 1 year after it was launched, many people have never even seen a single Eritga on the road.
If u come out from cave, u will see Er3.
If u dun know, P1 dun get most of the income from sales but from our Gov. Whether got sale or not, P1 dun give a fxxk
Meh. My glorious P2 alredi did 2 tone scheme donkey years ago called kelisa.
Donkey years ago proton juara oso got, so?
Instead of doing all this two tone nonsense, Proton should answer to the public where is the Proton Iriz EV.
Proton showcased the Iriz 3 years ago to the public. They then took few hundred million ringgit in grants by the Government promising that they will comply with the Government/MAI plan for EV and Hybrid push.
So Proton, where is this EV? All car companies are moving towards Hybrid, EV or PHEV. Proton and Perodua, still sleeping. Even 10 year old Hybrid technology pun tarak, what more EV and PHEV.
Malaysia pipu dun like added accessories like the Vios, they prefer colour scheme change
At least its better than myvi’s two tone scheme which is extremely hideous in my oppinion.
meh
still no rear foglight as standard, just like other newer Proton model?
I hope that it’s just a pre-production unit testing the nvh and will get rear foglight as standard equipment during official launch
Why need to follow Vios? When Toyota wants to gip 360 camera, u guys complaint non-stop. Better follow Proton and just change to two tone enough lah
How much longer is the management of Proton & DRB Hicom gonna take b4 they decide who the foreign stake holder will be ?
Cut all the drama & make the decision fast.
Meanwhile motorists will shun P1 cos there is an uncertainty as to where these base models will end up. And with zero budget available for future investment, looks like the GDi engines is just another cooked up over promise & under deliver episode. Remember Proton Emas ?
We are waiting for new timing chain Ricardo engine to be installed to Proton cars. WE hope it will be good. Proton car exterior designs is not bad, the reasons it cannot sell was they keep on using the campro family engine for all their cars except rebadge models. There is no point tweaking the ECU and 2 tone treatment. Car buyers are not interested in these upgrades. We want new engines and latest reliable transmissions
Big hairy deal. What an achievement . Paint the unsold cars again and say they are new .
Huh? They say this is facelift not new!
It is said facelift not new. Get your eyes right
Proton designers still screw something up. There is no reason at all for the rear bumper cladding to be finished in matte grey; it doesn’t match anything else about the car except the future of its buyers. For goodness sakes paint it black lah.
Myvi?
Proton Preve is even longer down the road, after 5 years still no sign of facelift?
Adoii already like Myvi dahh.. Launch lambat sikit pun tak pe laa.. asal they put the new engine (GDi or TGDi) & transmission (Jatco).
Any Iriz owners out there? How is the fuel consumption of your car? Thanks in advanced…
1.3manual reporting here.
City drive (with lots of jam) , about 7.5-8litre per 100km. Highway cruise (constant 100-120km/h) 6.3-6.5 litre per 100km. Highway dash in a rush to destination (constant 160km/h-170km/h) 10-11litre per 100km/h.
Let’s just say the gearing for the manual Iriz is abit short (2000rpm in 60km/h at 4th gear and 3000rpm in 100km/h at 5th). The 1.6 will perform better in terms of highway cruising as if has better power to weight ratio. For a vvt engine, it’s not that impressive really, my Fiesta Ecoboost matches its city consumption and better it at highway cruising. I can’t speak for the CVT model as I didn’t own one.
It could be blamed that this car is quite heavy in B segment scale. At over 1100kgs tipping at almost 1200kgs for the premium, it is heavier than a Vios, City, Almera, Polo, Jazz, Fiesta, Mazda2 and Myvi (almost every B seg car offer in M’sia). Quite a bulk to be hauled by the tiny campro, which itself not a very good performer in terms of low end torque to begin with.
In short, the Iriz is OK in practicality, not so good in city drive (because the lack of low end torque and sluggish CVT, the manual remedified things alot, but still not as zippy say, compared to a Myvi). Build and finishes matches the CKD standard of a Honda and outperform all competitors in ride & handling except the Mazda2 and Fiesta. And worth mentioning, it is the FIRST in M’sia to put ABS, BA, traction control and ISOFIX as standard across the range, forcing others to catch up in terms of safety offerings.
If you want one, I suggest you wait for this facelift with the improved CVT and 3 point engine mounting (I’ve tested it in the Persona and Saga, it corrected all the stupid jerking and throttle lag found in the Iriz , and vast improvement in NVH too). That’s all for my two cents, cheers.
mine is a 1.3 CVT
This is my user experience.
Ride quality is ok for this price point, acceptable road and wind noise. But engine noise is significant when i floor the pedal. The best part is the ride and handling, it is relatively stable in high speed cruising (150-160 km/h).
I have to mention about the CVT, my Iriz’s CVT eventually getting better in my 2 years of ownership. When I first gotten my new Iriz , the throttle was bad, I had to rev really high to 4000rpm to accelerate the car. However, the good news, is that the throttle response of my car right now is, and i will repeat, IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. I’m not sure whether the CVT will get better overtime but this is my experience so far. Fuel consumption vise, this is my result, 6.8-7.5L/100KM on highway (speed between 110-150KM/H) Cruising in city at 7-8.5L/100KM ( with traffic jam )
So conclusion, the PROs are:
1) ride and handling
2) quite practical
3) Seats are quite comfortable
and the CONs :
1) road and wind noise insulation ( to be improved in facelift version )
2) Fit and finish ( tickling noise on dashboard, to be improved in facelift version )
Overall, it is a good car for me.
Another Iriz owner here. I can vouch for what they said. Just want to add my Iriz is almost 2 years old with no problems. So don’t be too prejudiced about quality for the new Proton models.
Iriz 1.6 CVT user here..my comment is same as above. The ride is a bit jerky from the standstill, however over time, driving experience really gets better. Maybe the ecu have learning function and can adapt to the user driving experience.
Still 1.6 vvt campro & punch bising cvt right?
Vios using same engine for several gens
Vios now have dual vvti & toyota cvt maa..
Still ugly..
You must be fan of almari and vios catfish designs
Big hairy deal. Paint all the unsold iriz cars and try to chase the Rakyat to believe they are new ones. Proton don’t have money to pay vendors and has thousands of unsold cars sitting under the elements and they still show off like they are kings of market. Shame shame shame. I bet Paul tan will not publish this comment.
Again Proton wasting money trying to revive a dead model. No worries. No money can ask another RM1.8 bil
Proton should know, only 2 models sell. Saga and Persona. Focus on these 2 models
Preve, Iriz, Suprima, Ertiga completely GAGAL. Why even put in showroom?
Tanjung malim plant is clearing the tires and wipers stock. Need space for storing frozen karipap and keropok lekor.
You called this as a facelift? My goodness….
Much better than Vios which claims new but only a facelift with recycle chassis, gearbox and engine.
Much better than two tone which is like two face in batman
Waste of money…
Better pour money for car with takata airbags
3 years already.. the facelift just the black painted roof and spoiler? Hahahhahaha funny proton! Funny! What did you do all these years?
Comes with 3 mountings, tarak baca ka?
High chance will vibrate a lot with those funky punch cvt and locked streering while driving. LOL
Three point mounting is fine
, if u open the hood of perodua, the engine vibrate like hell, more compared to campro, probably the mounting reduction helps. cheers. Locked steering? (axia)
Proton facelift is to do a paint job only.
ONLY? You must be blind
Ahh. U means like my glorious P2 that did it 1st?
This game changer car still around ka?
Myvi tadak sales lagi wor…
Game over lah
2 things to make iriz ok
1. shadow e drive for quick throttle response
2. relocate the seat back support spring.
( remove the lower back spring to the third level slot and overlay these 2nd level and 3rd level spring with 20mm rubber foam for batter back support.)
another bailout coming soon
just plunk in the turbo you got… if can tapau yellow myvi..than you can rest for 10 years.
No idea why you got more negative. I think this is a great idea.
Probably the best hatchback in the segment beating jazz,mazda and rio
Cough cough.. and Myvi. Seriously, are people still buying Myvi with no ABS?
When will Proton introduce their new engine? Last time heard about it a year ago.
What stupid nonsense laa when one based a statement sales is bad because he does not see the car on the road.
Sales can be out of the area where you stay. MPV is more popular outside Klang Valley.
I think iriz is a city car slanted towards drivers who want a bit more performance and handling. It is not your usual go to pasar or mamak car. It allows you to have fun going around corners because straight line is for noobs.
Only those who appreciate good handling and good engineering will like this Iriz. Others are better off driving cars which can be driven by a 6 year old girl.
Clap clap clap. Have seen so many Myvi Ah Bengs speeding on straight lines then slow down like crazy during corners. What is the point when my Iriz can overtake you in corners?
Any paintshop can do the same 2-tone colour scheme…..
P1 is really that incompetent and dungu these days??
Both Iriz and New Persona must have rear brake discs. That is a positive must.
I’ve been lurking around on getting Iriz since the article about the 1.3L Turbo variant surfaced. But I thinking only buying it if Proton introduce new GDi engine and change that old hydraulic power steering, even Perodua already using EPS!