First appearing quietly on Proton’s official website, the revised-for-2018 Proton Preve has arrived. Two variants are on offer here – the 1.6 Executive CVT priced at RM64,730 and RM72,510 for the 1.6 Premium CVT, charting increases of RM4,120 and RM1,193 respectively. Prices are on-the-road without insurance, and include a five-year, 150,000 km warranty.
Both versions of the updated sedan feature the same powertrain, namely a 1.6 litre turbocharged petrol four-cylinder engine producing 138 hp at 5,000 rpm and 205 Nm of torque between 2,000 rpm and 4,000 rpm. This drives the front wheels via a continuously variable transmission with a simulated seven-speed mode. The naturally-aspirated manual variant has been dropped from the line-up.
A host of changes aimed at improving noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) levels have been applied to the Preve. These include new engine and transmission mounts, new pillar fillings and carpeting, additional rubber seals to reduce wind noise and changes to eliminate air-conditioner hissing.
Other features include a new gearknob garnish, changes towards improved radio reception and new fishnet-type floor mats, and the 16-inch wheel option (on the Executive variant not shown here) gets a set of more compliant tyres. Exterior visual changes are limited to colour and trim, such as a blacked-out grille and bootlid garnish, black roof and wing mirrors. The Premium variant gets 17-inch wheels.
Standard equipment includes projector halogen headlamps with follow-me-home lighting, front and rear fog lamps, driver’s side auto up/down window operation with anti-pinch and a radio/CD head unit with Bluetooth, USB and auxiliary audio connectivity. On the safety front, all versions get six airbags, ABS with EBD and brake assist, stability control, active front headrests and ISOFIX rear child seat anchors.
Added to the Premium model are LED DRLs, push-button start, single-zone automatic climate control, touchscreen navigation, automatic headlamps and wipers, cruise control, auto-folding wing mirrors, paddle shifters and tinted windows. Five colours are available for the 2018 Proton Preve – Ruby Red, Carnelian Brown, Graphite Grey, Sterling Silver and Cotton White.
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Still no reverse camera? Facepalm
Powr windows ok je..
Reverse cam can add anytime at kedai abang
that is proton mentality. No reverse camera? No drl? No esc? Not enough airbag? Just add at ah beng shop!
Let us see you find a shop that fan add airbags
Basher asked pipu to add airbags at kedai abang!
Haha you made my day!
JasonX and hahaha sarcasm detector failed.
Better buy this car. Cause in 5 years time, there won’t be anymore Protons. Everything will be Geely in Malaysia.
And our ball less Government and Proton will kowtow to Geely when Geely tells them to drop the Proton badge and close shop.
Whatever Geely says, even now, our ball less Proton bows and says YES
Graduan tempatan perlu pilih proton.
https://paultan.org/2017/03/21/70-graduan-universiti-tempatan-pilih-kereta-jenama-import-berbanding-proton-ceo-proton-edar/
Proton never learn.. c segment car lcd head unit have no reverse camera? Ohmai! Who wanna buy?
Reverse camera very expensive ok
That feel the new saga has reverse camera .
Why need a reverse camera if u have the parking skills?
Who need a junk if you know what a car truly is?
Deswai junk P2 laku keras, coz it is cheap not because it is good
Marketing team still have deaf ear what ppl wants.deswai p2 laku not becos they good
reasonable with the price lor,,u nk reverse then look at the mirror above ur head! wonder where u pass ur lesen Lor..ooo wai!
lesen terbang kot…
Even bezza & persona have reverse camera
Eh more expensive X3 CHR got AEB meh?
This should be the last improvements la. Time for new model. And proton better design it properly this time. Asyik2 bagi design sampah.
if im not mistaken, this is the first and last face-lift ever, before being EOL (End of Line) next year. A Geely current product will become the Second Gen Preve. Emgrand GL maybe. But who knows…
Wow, dedign by Italdesign Giugiaro is sampah.
Which part of the Prevent is premium?
Leather seat, steering, arm rest and gear knob mang… just like bmw or benz…
Nothing interesting here. Move on
But you still have interest to write comment
Every parts coming out of Proton is premium. Do you know that crony vendors charge a premium for parts?
The fail project, can count on d road how many rakyat own, if not help by gov agencies, this outdated car no body want to buy
To many on road
Proton just likes to waste money. Their CEO already said, 75% of their total sales come from Saga and Persona.
So, you can assume, the balance of 25%, bulk of it comes from Government ordered Perdanas.
Cars like Preve…hardly make 2% of sales.
So why waste money reviving the Preve? Just to keep the factory line open just for Preve cost tens of millions per year.
Isn’t it wiser to just drop the Preve line?
oh dear. here we go again!
RM70+k for a 6 years ++ old Proton…? Good luck…
Preve design is too outdated by today’s standard… they should give it a new front & rear fascia, & totally redesign that hideous dashboard…
Completely agreed. the dashboard is the worst lot of all.
Really hate the storage position of the space saving tyre.Yes its saving space but to check the pressure or pump the tyre will require reoval of the tyre.
To do that require removal of everything in the boot including the cover if u r alone.
sampai ke spare tyre pun nak complain..such sore loser
bezza getting cheaper whilst preve getting pricier..
Well, you know proton!
last time add 6 airbags as standard tak naik pun
The last Preve was a big failure. If not for PDRM ordering the cars, sales to the public is like near nothing.
Proton buyers are only willing to spend RM50k and below for their cars.
When will Proton ever learn?
most worthy p1 car!,,juz whenever am seing this on the road mesti lookout for cops logo 1st Lor.. ooo wai!
So outdated design for 2018 already. The most boring to see. Replace it lar with newer model.
VW same design until kingdom come you tak bash pulak
Topkek
When people stop buying why u still trying to sell a same old product. U never learn and syok sendiri. Buat market research la/ u just want to to sell it to gov agency because their have no other option
Zamani,
The only clients are gomen agencies and just merely qualified hardcore P1 fans who pay no deposit,opting for 9 to 10 yr hire purchase plans.
Beli je,tak payah fikir bang…saya boleh kaotim banks credit appraisal,just order je..tak payah deposit..blacklist pun boleh arrange loan…sounds familiar,P1 salesman?
Owh… Looks good… Lets hope it can sell well and proton can start pay to vendor
wake up proton… we expecting more with Geely technology… why no LED headlamp???
Proton Preve too underrated here.
Wow! Very Premium :)
All thse add ons can buy online le..apa ini proton..tutup je
Bigger rims, black roof, better sound proof… Macam all nice. Hope the sales is geely-strong.
Aaa..they have made the dashboord darker : THANK GOD
There is talk that these new ones are the last bach of Preve’s left …..is this the last time that we will see the Preve?
Preve “Brothers edition” … Fuiyohhh
The silver colour dosen’t go well with all the black elements
hahahaha
Far better than junk Jetta
With so much improvements, it will sell like hot cakes.
Petrol guzzer. Nothing change for fuel economy and transmission knock. A miss.
Nope, it is just as good
Perodua – Introduce new model with lower price
Proton – Introduce new model with higher price
How lah??
P1, I believe ,Dr.Li is just buying time.He is having a hard time coping with the current bunch of vendors,on mogok mode.Once,his China vendors kick in,only then u can see some price reductions on newer models.
Now the current vendors ,bring in politicians when they r not paid or refused to lower supply prices.
The ponstan salesmen got plenty of orders from Dr.Li,to relieve headaches.
Now the year end mar 31 accounts r finalised…P1 will report another whopping loss of another Rm 500 juta…are we looking at another bailout from the new regime after May 9 ? Tun,pls NEVER NEVER NEVER bailout protong anymore,if u win and NEVER NEVER NEVER come out with Proton 2.
cukur geely tuan yang berani..
2018 preve 1.6 turbo with old outdated Wira 1.5 SE 16inch rims. Lols.
Wrong, it’s exora’s
Everything looks nice except for the leather seats, it looks cheap. Hopefully after the retuning, the fuel consumption will be better.
The steering wheel is so ugly, please change it?
Projector halogen headlamps again. Haiz …
I think if they remove the black bootlid would be better
cant see much premium trim inside….
Looks dated… Time to refresh the C-segment
Not mentioned whether leather seats are standard
same low hp powertrain? cvt? halogen? outdated steering? no thanks… i rather stick to better priced competitors.
Yeah better go for catfish Vios, ugly car ugly driver
at least my car doesnt break down like proton lol….high maintenance less brain cell driver
High? You must be high then
same words diff meaning ya
high cost la bodo
that black thing at the back is just pure hideous. who approved that idea?
mula2 baca ingatkan ada manual transmission dgn enjin turbo…excited dah…rupanya salah baca pulak
Manual? Who wanna drive manual in bad traffic jammed now a day?
orang di sabah, srwk mau bah..
ape kamu org kl aje mau beli kereta?
I pun org sarawak.. kerja di kuching. Ne tahan kaki nak lalu traffic light hari2 makei manual.. Beli auto lah untuk kesihatan lutut..
Betul tu, mana ada org nak pakai manual lagi dah sekarang. Auto with paddle shifter la.. kalau letak gear manual, hilang lah paddle shifter.. paloi..
Manual is for MEN! not for women
if i afford to buy the premium… I may consider city….
City no turbo man..
Buy city la for city, masuk highway macam shiate
Fail co fail models
CEO Li please get rid of this and just rebadge the current Geely models.
At this price nobody wants an outdated model and where is the Turbo GDi tak pro engines.
So much channelled to R&D and yet they continue producing sub standard models.
This model hasl been struggling to sell – PDRM doing P1 a favour by mopping up the excess.
CEO Li this, CEO that. If Malaysian is so good in deciding what’s best, Proton would not have fallen to the hands outsider lah.
This car far better than honda civic 1.5T.
Aduuuuuiiiii…. Please la…..
Good luck in trying to move these useless tin cans.
Crude but FACTUALLY true.
Just close down Proton and save the people’s money, as it is just throwing good money into a black home and saving political friends’ sub-par quality parts businesses.
With this price, I would rather buy a new Siti.
Siti no turbo man..
If you want turbo, you can just go for honda civic fc 1.5.
Can save so much money with preve/suprima
Yeah it should be given free
Myvi pun dah pakai lampu LED la.. preve halogen projektor? Wtf!
when proton use projector halogen headlight u shout like monkeys in the jungle….why not complain latest toyota altis still use “REFLECTOR HALOGEN” tech…even latest civic use projector halogen…whats the big deal????coplain la….complan la….
Org kalau dah x suka dan benci, buat apa pun ada je yg x kena. Well, senang nk condemned berbanding bg positif feedback. Kalau proton buat, ada je yg x kene. Tapi, kalau merc, bm, vw, atau brand lain, rupa ntah apa2 pun puji melangit.. tp dlm poket, habuk pun tarak.. apatah lg nk beli.. typical malaysia.. nnt lepas letak LED dgn reverse camera, nk apa lg?? Kipas supaya dpt terbang mcm drone??
Biasa la tu butthurt preve turbo smoke their jepunis cars. Sape suruh slow sangatt
Kakaka
Myvi takde turbo, LED light is for eksyen only
Don’t buy, sure to lose your pants.
Dont worry, if PakaTun won the GE14, Tun M will bring back the glorious Proton. LOL
Better make new model reusing old nameplate such as Wira, Iswara, and Waja. Hate that Preve name…
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I hope proton can give better spec on suprima s refinement after this. Below rm80k i will buy. If same insert key fob to start engine, i will go for honda civic!
Obviously buyers of 80k’s and 100k’s are in different brackets. Bashing for the sake of bashing, your pity life
Good luck, for 70k rubbish.
Proton should not have blacked out the Prevé’s boot lid garnish. At a glance, it looks like the Saga SV’s rear garnish. Only upon closer inspection, you’ll realise the Preve’s one is fully painted and not cheap matte plastic.
Still, painted or not, it makes the Prevé look unnecessarily cheap. Proton should have just chrome plated the garnish, as seen on the Perdana.
Perodua on the other hand knows how important chrome plated handles are. All of their high-spec models have chrome plated bits (most notably door handles), even their Axia.
In Europe, chrome plating is not a huge deal, even on luxury cars. But in America and Asia, the more chrome on your car = the more premium it is. Even budget cars have it. But for better or worse, Proton has always followed the European way of things (so does Hyundai-Kia).
If Proton wants to make their cars ‘look more premium’, they need only add more chrome plated parts. The Prevé Sapphire is a great example of how to make a budget car look more premium. I have no idea why Proton didn’t sell it to the public. A wasted opportunity.
Interior like suprima high spec je
Same powertrain? 1.6 turbocharged?? Means same turbo hose underneath? koyak laaaa ticking timebomb
You crawled out from somewhere? P1 ady got such recalls
Recall but no real fix just delaying the inevitable
Read more plz from real owners, not from news faker like you
Should put Suprima S rims more nicer. The front grille is from suprima but fog light cover shud put suprima s.
I owned a preve..nice car to drive but gerabox sucks..today masuk gear next week baru kereta jalan..so sluggish. Hope this one ok lah.
Proton will never learn! Nothing is special here in preve. Opening price .78k. omg. Better to buy honda civic. Preve 2017 model, second hand is just less than 40k. Whoever buy new preve will regret for buying that car. Proton got no resell value. Just a waste!
Still lose more with civic coz the buy price is expensive
my experience with proton .. good feeling from steering feedbacks. turn and maneuver with confident. but the engine and transmission is a big let down.
waiting for the new TGDI (if it will ever turn up). Last news about cost cutting and quality improvement for Proton is good news so I am curious if there is indeed visible improvement ..
Stil a NO for me. Turbocharge at onli 138hp. Civic fd 1.8 can do 140hp without turbo
Hahahaha the acceleration of turbo is at 2000RPM, hp helps you more on top end speed
Disgusting
I thought dinosaur extinct a long long time ago, so what is this?
You really need glasses
should have persona’s head unit at least for the upgrade
wow a very outdated looking car
You are looking at your myvi?
this looks more plasticky than my old 2013 turbo preve
Ermm.. At least give the head unit that support reverse camera, apple carplay & android auto. Still no smart on/off engine? Susah sangat ke nak transfer feauture yg ada kat iriz/persona tu??
Axia pun dah lama pakai keyless entry
Still have to push button
Setahun jagung je. Preve lagi lama dah 6 airbags. Better safe than sorry
Persona & iriz have keyless push start & go la..
Isn’t the 17 inch rim comes from the Exora Bold?
The preve is really outdated. European styling says Azlan Othman, but interior looks awful. That cheap aircon knob, odometer with odd font graphics, non-integrated head unit that looked like aftermarket product, low resolution trip meter display, flimsy aircon vents, non-tactile buttons, bath mat textured soft plastics thats out of place to touch… just to name a few. Interior packaging is also not on par with Korean makes, let alone the big T & H.
Geely should just bring in the upcoming SL and replace the preve.
Premium? My ARSE lah Premium!! 凸凸凸凸凸凸凸!! Seven year-old design some more dun wanna revamp and WHOLLY CHANGE THE EXTERIOR and INTERIOR FEATURES?? As I’d personally reiterate: Bring in the upcoming SL and make a few coke bottle features a la Infiniti or even Kia, and VOILA!
There is about rm10,000 different or losses to the existing user if they want to switch again to this facelift. Give rm10,000 discounts to this people can improve the sales tremendously.
even if proton giving free cars to this haters of Malaysian icon, i reckon those people still want to complaint it. because they want to have Merc or BMW but they only can dream it.
Ugly rear black line lea, should fired those design engineer. FL already even more kanasai for external design.
Wish future replacement preve model adopt new engine and gearbox from geely
It’s 2018 and still fluid type power stearing and timing belt instead of electric type PS and timing chain. when will Proton grow up.