Rendering maestro Theophilus Chin has just released these images, showing a possible new Proton Satria Neo based on the Geely GS Sport. In all likelihood, chances of a new Proton three-door hatchback being built are slim, but it’s still a mighty interesting idea to explore!
The Satria Neo was launched in 2006 to replace the original Satria. It remained in production until the end of 2015, when it was discontinued due to poor sales. In the nine years, however, the model amassed a cult following among Proton fans and driving enthusiasts alike, helped by halo models such as limited-number (only 25) Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing and the Neo S2000.
For now, Proton has confirmed that an SUV based on the Geely Boyue is in the pipeline, as part of the company’s deal with the Chinese automaker. A new Satria Neo, which will not be a best-seller, let’s be honest, seems an unlikely future project for now. Still, one can dream, right?
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WHOAH Theo! This is AWESOME!!!
Theo Chin > momos
Thank you Geely for saving Proton. Because of you, Proton now got some money to pay their workers.
Theo Chin, I hope Geely appoints you as the chief designer for Proton. Proton needs you.
We Malaysians hope Geely also brings in someone from mainland to become CEO of Proton. For sure, the company would turnaround fast and be profitable within a year.
Don’t forget also, Geely owns 49.9% of Proton.
If Proton has 12,000 workers, Geely has the 49.9% RIGHT to bring 5990 workers from mainland to replace the dead logs in Proton. Mainland workers work non stop and are super productive. No break. No lepak. No minum teh 8x and long hours without asking OT.
Proton has been sold. No more pride in Proton.
The pride will always be there, it’s in our culture
Whole Rakyat shud protest the sale. This is a terrible day for Malaysia.
Chinese CEO > Proton CEO
Agreed that Theo deserves a job for his outstanding renderings. However, he does not belong to the “majority” race and pray to a different God so very unlikely Proton or Mimos will ever hire him.
What nonsense are you talking about bro
Bro, have ever been working in any manufacturing factory? 1 bet you don’t! manufacturing only have 2 hours break per shift. should be the blame is the management group as they set the MBO (managment by objective). keyboard warrior only..puff
Later on there must be a design from momos lollll
The Geely and proton car – when one unpopular brand marries a flop brand.
volvo used to be flop..but later marry with unpopular brand. Now see them.
I didnt know volvo rebadges geely cars and sells them as volvos hahhaha also even when its flopping the whole world knew volvos were good solid vehicles
Volvo was a well known brand with reputation for safety? Proton has reputation of?
…Lotus Handling…katanye…
Well… safety as well too.
Proton has same reputation as Najib does
Pls elaborate.
Unpopular in malaysia but it sells in australia and europe, malaysia ahbeng worships toyota and honda
Whatever it is. This is not Proton anymore
How worst can it be if it is not a Proton?
If it’s not a Proton, there’s no pride
At least change the name la. Proton Satria Gamma. Or Beta.
Bring it in! Give it a 1.8 engine, 200hp, 300nm , manual transmission and sell it below rm50k. I am sure it will sell…
U forgot the RWD, rear LSD, electronically adjustable suspensions, Brembo brakes, all the likes, and why aim so low at 50k when u shud shoot for stars and ask, nay, demand it be priced at 30k?
Yes it should be rm30k. Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it….
When u dream it must be bombastic to worth the time wasted.
Tak berpijak di bumi yg nyata.
Ya betui betui…
A Proton who can triumph in one thing and one thing only, REBADGE !!
What’s wrong with rebadge? As long it doesn’t cause problems, then it’s OK. Perodua produced plenty of rebadge products what and Malaysian love it. we need to admit, we don’t have the techs. It is a business after all.
It’s nothing wrong with rebadge but if one needs protection in order to survive then something is very wrong with the set up.
Rebadge car with tongkat or proper locally made car with tongkat. Rather have the later. Either way tongkat will still be there even though rebadge should not gets tongkat at all.
Please rebadge lotus and sell it at 50k and i sure buy
Lotus-tuned chassis.
Volvo Drive-E T6 twincharged 325+ hp and 6-speed manual.
Price at rm120k+-
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEYYYYYYYYY
Betul tokmoh kah?
Accidentally typo email.
Genuine me.
I dun belip. What’s ur email?
I see what you did there.
Genuine or not, the subject matter aligns to my interest. For the glory of Geely family!
Volvo and Geely. No please. Next.
Geely>proton
We all can dream, but eventually the end product depends on the consent of Geely.
3 door hatchback or 2 door coupes are dead; VW Polo, Renault Clio, Megane, Golf 3 door, Beetle, Scirocco, CRZ all ex[eriencing low sales worldwide. So consider 5 door hatchback. Even mini cooper 5 door sales much preferred due to its practicality
looks like scirocco from certain angle.
WTF, I would agree if Proton used Geely SUV for her new breed SUV since it’s her first to produce those type of vehicle. But why go back to zero with Satria?
Proton handling? Than hit other car on highway..
Obviously you never drive a proton
Nothing “satria” if proton keep geely’s rear torsion beam suspension for this model.
Do you know Honda Civic Type R FN also uses torsion beam?
Torsion beam is good to prevent both absorbers from flexing geometries. Good enough up to 100kph.
Yeah right, but why other performance car don’t use it, Civic is just a wannabe performance car for the peasent.
bring in their turbo hybrid engines! even full ev models!!! china is filled with them now. per full charge can go 300-400km for full ev.
Whateva. Taknak P1
For graduan bijak let P1 or P2 beli your 1st car. After that choose what ever you want. Buy home first bro after graduation
Proton jadi kereta pertama boleh selamatkan nyawa anda. Jika pilih Perodua, mesti jumpa kawan-kawan yang sudah lapor di rumah yang kat bawah tanah.
It’s damn cool all the models, but isnt it just ‘geely-fying’ all proton cars? I mean, even though it may be successful, Malaysia is back to a third rate country, a ‘screwdriver economy’ all over again?
Hafiz, your Exclamation Mark(“!”) in your headline & your last line “let’s be honest, seems an unlikely future project for now” means it is highly unlikely this P1 Satria will NOT come to fruition but it have generated enuff interest nevertheless. Agree with U that – Still, one can dream, right?
See, this is why coupes are dying, a point a lot of people (designers) fail to get. People need to stop doing boring looking coupes, that is no more than a 2 door version of the sedan its based on.
Even when all else fails, coupes are supposed to look good. They are allowed to go a little OTT on design. They traded in practicality and utility, thus the design itself needs a bit more ommph.
There is no point in having a sensibly looking coupe/hatch.
They did coupes correctly in the mid 90s. Sedan bodies were craftfully designed to result in really good looking coupes. Mazda 626 (Telstar Ghia we have here) resulted in both the distinctly different Ford Probe and Mazda Mx-6. The Mitsubishi Galant (and not the Lancer as many people incorrectly attribute to), resulted in the Mk1 Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eagle Talon/Plymouth Laser.
Designers and car designers just got lazy it seems, or in all probability, the bean counters had more say.
U mean the putra? That was actually a Mitsubishi Mirage Asti. 100% Mitsubishi design. In fact it also had a 1.5 spec with drum brakes at rear.
Im not only referring to the Putra. I’m well aware it was a rebadge of the Mirage. We had the same thing in Canada badged as a Dodge/Eagle. In fact the Putra had the best engine of all the rebadgers.. Even mitsubishi themselves for that matter.
A recent example would be the A5 coupe. If Audi could go through all that trouble in making a new body, why make one that looks like an A4, then proceed to make a 4 door A5 sportback even better looking than the 2 door.
Oh no. History has seen worst. I present the Alfa 146 and the almost hideous looking 2 door abomination called the 145. Somehow, the purveyors of automotive style had managed to ruin the good lines of the 146 by lopping off 2 doors and the boot. What were they thinking?
what the point? Showing all the models that geely have and putting the Proton logo on it? How bout Proton XC90 like that.
Awesome 6 speeding stick spotted
very2 high clearance. dont deserve satria name. i prefer v40 based. nvm,it wont happen anyway. one day, satria will become mirage like..from fun car to funny car
A lot better if using C30 platform, which is shared with Ford Focus RS
“The Satria Neo was launched in 2006 to replace the original Satria. It remained in production until the end of 2015, when it was discontinued due to poor sales.” < jokes?
The heritage of Rebadge continues….! hahaha.
Rendering lahh, concept lahh .. boleh blah. Where’s the real car? Dreaming only .. Haiya
Rendering and concept are basically like the Alpha version of the actual products . They are for testing to see if the car looks okay or has any flaw . Without those two , people will just keep on complain about the flaws of the car
After SUV rebadge, Proton need an A segment hatchback rebadge to counter the high selling Perodua Axia not this Satria come back.
The main problem with proton is lack of design and lack of engine … with the lack of top management…. when Syed Zainal become Proton top management in some year of 2008… i can see proton bounce again with peoples car with good design.. example… Persona.. Saga BLM… Exora… Preve… they really follow up the market… but now this days…. with a bilion of ringgit… Proton produce just a junk design… Dugong style of Persona… Old fashion style of new saga… and new iriz with black roof and spoiler… nowdays people more go to aerodynamic style design.. like City… Vios.. even the tonggek Bezza got aerodynamic design…. first thing to do with proton is… knew what type of car that market want… then.. make a beautiful design… becoz Proton already upgrade it campro engine.. and honestly.. the new engine now is much better then the old one… doesnt have much problem from those days… but the new car design still need a change… proton have to focus on Saga.. make a cheap car with a new design.. example Hyundai Accent in India…. good design with people price… even cheap car… but still feel like up to date car….
Err no, design has proven to be irrelevant at budget segment of the market. Most best sellers are fugly crap like myvi, bezza, godcar, but nobody cares.
People care more about fuel consumption, maintenance cost. Bezza is fugly piece of crap, but with Dual VVT-i powertrain, people tak payah pening, tak payah fikir, beli je.
That’s exactly the single Archilles heel of Iriz. Iriz excels nearly everything except a good powertrain. It’s jerky, laggy, causing difficulty to predict hence wastage, high fc, noisy, and service cost used to be stupidly expensive.
Just having bad powertrain alone doomed the Iriz, that’s all. Safety, it’s top notch with HPF bodyshell, ESC across all. Handling, it’s a proton. Design, not a looker, but fresher than myvi. Build quality, at least it feels more substance than tin milo myvi, etc. Everywhere else it’s just the better car than myvi, full stop.
Now they’ve reduced service cost and new facelift finally refined the powertrain, but too little too late.
come on… no need rendering … just rebadge from geely GS to proton GS .. enough, sure alot ppl interest on it …
Smart bah ni. Mcm pakai kereta branded. I want it!
Although the rendering end product is attractive, it is still, just a seat Leon sc with a different front n rear
Proton bukan branded ke?
*sigh* Someone asking for this Satria to be RWD. Don’t make me laugh.
Only a small population of people can -actually- handle a RWD car without potentially endangering others. Obviously the person who recommended that is either limited in knowledge of cars or is selfish.
Why selfish?
Because he/she doesn’t think about other people who aren’t that familiar with how drivetrains work in tandem with how the weight distribution of a car plays an important role on a car’s traction level (ofc keeping in mind of good tyres) especially in wet conditions, of which Malaysia is always in.
Someone who drives a RWD car who’s not used to the way the drivetrain works can be life threatening to the driver themselves and of course the people around them.
FWD is much more user-friendly and generally safer for the untrained. Now you may ask me this question: “so train them up lah wei so easy” to which I’ll answer: Yeah? Who’s going to set up that driving school teaching about how everything works in a car and giving them actual driving lessons on how to control any given drivetrain. It’s not easy and takes a long time to train someone to at least fully understand the pros and cons of each drivetrains in real-life driving conditions.
Also, those things also come with huge capital to even start with. Good luck in funding that.
I hate rear plate number location!!!