Fresh out of its garage, the Proton Iriz R5 has taken the overall win in the modern rally category on the third day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Mellors Elliot Motorsport-prepared hatchback took to the dirt paths right after it was uncovered at the event, and went on to outpace other more powerful rally machinery, including a Ford Fiesta WRC, formerly of Ott Tänak’s entry into the 2014 season.
To recap, the Proton Iriz R5 is prepared to WRC2 specifications, which also qualifies it for the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, which MEM has contested (and won) before with the Satria S2000 in 2011. That car also won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) and Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC).
The Iriz R5 is powered by a Mitsubishi 4B11T turbocharged inline-four, with sleeved cylinders to drop displacement to 1.6 litres to comply with regulations. Componentry for the Iriz R5 includes Michelin tyres, Xtrac transmission, Reiger suspension, Brembo brakes, Cosworth electronics, Speedline wheels and more.
GALLERY: Proton Iriz R5
Well done Proton.
BRAVO
Well done Brits!
Tahniah GEELY & Mitsubishi Ralliart !!
This goes to show why we need to immigrants into Malaysia. I hope more white people and more Mainland people come to Malaysia to give us the technical knowhow to do well in life and be successful.
Who knows, maybe we can have a few mainland people to sit in the Cabinet also to advice the Government how to do the right thing
Living up to its true potential, syabas.
stop spewing bs
Ralliart dah kolos shop. Oh wait, cannot say out loud cuz jepunis lord….
Yup… finally we can really show that all Malaysians are useless, and they definitely need foreigners to make it better. Shame on u Malaysians LOL
that I have to admit, we need foreigner to help us always.
Lokal abang xleh pakai ka ?
Define “we”.
Shame on u never heard the word: collaboration
Bro, what u shout out?Proton? should rename Geli…….not Geely oled
Jeles ke ur mivi din win anything?
Well done MEM. Goes to show, you need the white man to make Proton No 1 again or the Chinaman to save Proton.
Maybe Malaysia needs more immigrants to come in to make us more successful and intelligent and bail us out more.
Meanwhile wheres ur Rally Yaris dah pegi? Go back to cave lah!
Aik. When 40k immigrants came, u pulak says must send them back home countty. Mana mau ni?
sure, come, work and live in malaysia..but once u think u are above of others, and berlagak sombong..u can get out of this country..we only need ur brain and experience, not ur arrogance to the nation, language and people
Well done, MEM
Well done Geely! not even a month you took over, Proton already win!
Thank you China and thank you Geely for making Proton successful again!
Is it too hard to give credit where it is due and just say “well done” or “good job”?
ada side airbags tak? kena tanya ni dulu.
Rally cars dun use airbags.
So will proton’s car sales improve?
Where’s Myvi SE Advance?
So will the P1 car sales improve after this?
Why are you so worry?
Proton iriz chassis + 4B11T + AWD = a perfect combo ! This is what we get when iriz turn into a beast
Proton always have potential. They just need motorhead rather than parasites to tap it.
Geely would be proud
So as Volvo.
You see. It can be done
Good, no rear axle problem.
Cukur, Proton ke arah kuasa besar dunia.
So technically Iriz can fit in a 2.0L powertrain. Hmm iriz T6 Drive-E powertrain with 6-speed manual would be a beast hehehehe
Proton > all
Waiting for basher to say company near bankrupt wants to waste money and enter rally
Keyword : Mellors Elliot Motorsport
Congrats Iriz…. myvi what?
Hilang rear axle at 1st corner. DNF.
Careful, Perodua will send love letter to you cuz you imply their products are bad.
They sold 1 million myvis, they know best, jangan persoal!
Myvi/P2 will tell U they don’t need to go rally & they don’t need to impress people in-order to sell as rallying cost lots of $$$ so they let the BIG boys with CASH to do the rallying.
They rather MYOB & concentrate on improving their car because by mid-2018, they have to equipt/conform their vehicles to “Standard” set by authority otherwise they will Ta-pow or need bailout.
Technically, this car was not modified and tuned by Proton. But this proved the chassis made by Proton is good and could take some beating.
I hope Proton could learn something new from Mellors Elliot Motorsport (MEM) on how to harness Proton’s own chassis much better so they could produce better all-round cars for the masses.
P1 chassis had alwiz been better than others, deswai MEM went for them instead of ,say, P2. Nothing much can learn really cuz rally car is not road car. Each have focus on diff areas, even thou both using same cars.
More practical they learn from Volvo how to use more hot pressed boron steel to stiffen the chassis further and make it safer.
No need. They alredi using HPF tech. Better learn the trick on how to price a China car at conti prices and fool pipu to buy them.
Have to expect much higher price though.
Bashers says “ini tipoo, all the other competitors must have kena deadak. How can a lousy P1 win anything? Somemore against champions like Fiesta WRC. No way!”
Well done proton & MEM. Haters can keep on hating.
I know WRC cars are very different to their production models, I get the need/reason to be different, but if the engine is developed by Mitsubishi can it be still be a Proton.
Toyota has no shame to call GT86 as their own, so why not.
Lol toyota actually CO-DEVELOPED the gt86 with subaru. And it still pay homage to the og ae86. Do a research before you write
Wasn’t the 1990s Saga, a Mitsubishi ? We still recognise it as Proton. Same goes with Mitsubishi Colt, I mean Satria. Still a Proton. All hail Proton !
Do people call the pagani and aston martin as mercedes as they using amg engine? nope…it was taken by MEM from evo x to modified it…it still count as proton due the chasis and car body is from proton.
The 4b11 engine is used in the “Proton Inspira”.. It is homologated as a Proton engine because it is sold as part of the Proton family of products as a mass production engine and thus recognised as such by the FIA.
memang la enjin bukan proton punya. tapi, chassis iriz tu proton yg punyer. ini menunjukkan chassis keta2 proton hebat. sebab tu lah semua keta proton sedap layan corner walaupun standard kilang. jdi ksimpulannya, enjin 4b11T adalah penyumbang utama kpd kemenangan tersebut. tapi, kemenangan trsebut tak akan dicapai tanpa chassis kereta yg bagus. jdi, chassis dari proton adalah 1 pelengkap kpd kemenangan tersebut. kau bayangkan lah enjin 4B11T ni kena pasang kat myvi,myvi menang tak? tak myvi kalah . kereta terbalik 10 kali, masuk gaung, chassis bengkok tak tahan, paling femes rear axle tercabut. pastu perodua tak ngaku dan salahkan MEM(andaian je hehehe). kan dorang dah sold 1 milion myvis. perodua = angkuh , riak
That is why they say – The Iriz R5 is powered by a Mitsubishi 4B11T.
Suka…. Suka jugak. Happy happy. Tapi enjin tu bukannya ada dlm iriz malaysia. Kena tipu lagi la…… (awaiting moderation from YB Kunta).
Bodo, if you have engine only, no body/chassis how to race? You wear it at your back like those grass cutter ah?
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COngratz to the winner. but why not using CAMPRO CFE Engine…
Sebab , dlm kategori race ni, keta kena ada system AWD. Jadi, campro cfe bukanlag pilihan yg bijak
geely wrc team
Proton Geely MEM
Im surprise Uk based company used proton car as their project. Previously was Neo S2000 and now Iriz. There are many platform out there. But why proton? Does this company has relation with Proton?
Yes. Something weird. How can P1 have such gud chassis that of all the available in open market, yet MEM picked P1 and then have the gall to win in its debut? How dare these colony trumped them white overlords!
proton can excel if motorheads is at it’s head, not a bunch off politician and accountants
We need foreigners to show us proton can do it. Simple as that!