Saharudin Busri’s work has graced the pages of this website numerous times in the past. The head of design at the national research and development centre for information and communication technology, MIMOS, has released several design proposals for future Proton vehicles over the past two years, and his latest comes in the form of a stretched version of the Perdana, called the Executive.
If you look at the elongated Perdana limousine currently used by caretaker prime minister Najib Tun Razak, you’d notice that the middle section features an awkward step in the rising beltline and shoulder line, as the car still uses the standard rear doors of the eighth-generation Honda Accord on which it is based.
The solution, according to Saharudin, is to simply use new, longer rear doors as seen on Proton’s original Executive models, giving the car a sleeker, more progressive beltline and shoulder line. The six-window design of the standard Perdana has been retained, but with the rake of the rear door edge reversed.
Saharudin has also given the car a major makeover, with a new front end featuring trapezoidal headlights with Y-shaped daytime running light, as well as a hexagonal grille that gives the car a look reminiscent of the latest Opel/Vauxhall Insignia. Along the side, the L-shaped chrome strip brings to mind the G12 BMW 7 Series, and you’ll also find new fender vents that are still very much in vogue.
The tail lights also get a trapezoidal shape – it’s a design very similar to the Geely Bo Rui, albeit with a red strip connecting the lamps instead of a chrome trim piece. Meanwhile, the number plate recess has been moved up from the bumper to the bootlid, and the body-coloured diffuser and fake twin “tailpipes” have been banished for classier contrasting items.
The standard Perdana is already a very handsome car – painted-over diffuser and faux exhausts aside, of course – so we’re kinda on the fence on these updates. What about you? What do you guys think? Sound off in the comments section after the jump, and you can also view some of Saharudin’s past work below.
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It looks ugly.
jepunis cars are the ugliest
Saharudin Busri head design of futuristic Proton Savvy
What the hell is Mimos doing. Why waste money for all this prototype
No money wasted i think. Just time.
Abang Mimos wants his Proton job back but Geely bosses not listening.
ok what..now p1 wanna look better with mesidis face and aUdi p… ! ooo waiii!
Ok la for official cars of ministers and all JUSA out there since it’s free. Certainly no one dying to buy..
Syok sendiri self-delusional design sure tak laku punya.
This amazing Mimos design works worth atleast 100million. giugiaro pininfarina now redundant..
Looks like previous passat cc to me
Not if u add the ‘Special Styling’ bodykit
Ugly grill. No thanks
Still cannot beat ugly catfish design on all toyotas
the center pillar looks like the old school proton saga executive.
Because he IS old skool
Like nothing to bash, go bash tyres pulak la
Topkek
why isnt he working for Proton??
With those design? No im sorry, he shouldnt be.
No offense but i dont think anyone wants to be seen in a car with those face.
Fugly…
Not bad…
very handsome car,
side by side with a5 sportback also x malu..
congratulation to the designer, good effort
Very handsome car. But making it and selling it is another problem. No one will buy proton executive cars unless there selling it below $100k
Still executive if below 100k? Now can start calling vios city executive cars.
It’s better if it is free
Sir, please dun waste your talent on this…
if he was really talented he would be working in a hyundai or audi , not in a 3rd rate government company. sucking taxpayer money to do jobs which are out of mimos scope.
the back looks like Geely
Encik Saharudin Busri of MIMOS should send his design to the RIGHT person in Geely. If U cannot send to the right person, U do not deserved to be recognized.
Those doors are gonna be a PAIN to open.
Also, the rear looks like it has some Geely influence.
Just read get Bo Rui.. settle!!!
And Bo Rui look 100 X nicer than Mimos..
Just rebadge Bo Rui… settle!!!
And Bo Rui look 100X nicer than MIMOS”s design..
Sleek looking animal there, but alas the Perdana does not sell in high numbers for any manufacturer to justify tooling and dies for this car.
MIMOS designers are too free and nothing to do in office. The China designers are so much better.
And you wasting time here bashing others
The proportion seems… off..
IDK.
Tutup je la mimos ni. Pergi design kereta orang apa masalah?
Internet service provider pertama MY. Mimos Jaring kipidap!
Dah lingkup. Next
Wow. Looks wesome
Front fail
Good work Saharudin however you are betting on a wrong horse. Even DSZ has moved on to better pastures and thriving in Petronas.
Please ditch P1 and move elsewhere.
His design copy and paste from other manufacturer and does not look good at all. The previous designs are dull as well, not exciting at all.
You sure ugly jepunis design fan
is it me or the front grille looks out of proportion between the left and the right.
bad designer
Get your eyes right
Can’t we have a better design than this?
VW design is boring, too boxy
Issue with proton is powertrain…design is generally ok….
Volvo’s headlights with Jaguar’s rear end. True copycat. Well done
Good lord, that is indeed a hideous pile of junk..
Actually, why bother. Even if they launch it, the Accordana production volume would not be enough to drive material costs down. Realistically, how many Accordana can Proton sell? At 10% of last year sales, it’s merely 7,000+ units. Even with the current top selling models like Saga, the volume is STILL not enough to drive cost down.
Might just as well take Geely D Segment & rebadge. Ride on their production volume to get the best unit cost.
Fugly hideous…No talent in car design. Replace old no talent designers with younger generation.
I quite good in guessing a car when I just manage to see small part of it… But after I saw this car, I surrender…
I have at least 7 answers but all wrong… Sigh…
My first impression,Lousy!Lousy!Lousy!Design.No wonder Proton can’t improve it self.This design is committing Suicide!
Yo… check out 2018 accord! They can ship it if honda give the platform. I believe this render based on it.
Very futuristic design like Germany car.Nice!
It’s still in design phase, right? Right?? Let’s hope it stays that way.
From the back its good, like an Audi. But the headlight proportion its weird and the rear door is too long, doesn’t match with the fastback styling.
I have a cadangan… Mimos make perdana mimos SE. Invest in those tools la… Anyone can draw… Yet again anyone can comment. Then put ur money where ur mouth is for sales… If confident people buy why not invest for it? Most of the jokers just go to P1 and say got a good design and what not… But still i wait for a day the talkers can walk the walk…
MIMOS supposed to design microchips. Not design cars. Looks like they do not have much work in the office. Please name one microchip that was designed by MIMOS which is a hit worldwide. Don’t waste time and tax payers money la.
Good luck opening the rear door when you car is parked in parking bays. Its long as hell!
The worst copy and paste design ever
Ok you like your Vios catfish inspired design so much?
Ok i rest my case, lol
how’s the radio antenna going to look like ? please don’t emulate the obvious shark fin style reminiscent of BMWs; take a look at the antenna in Mazda 6, embedded into the rear glass window.
Why is he always using the same front grill …for havens sake use Proton’s real design language, its one of the best things about their latest cars. Say what you will guys ,New protons are easy to identify ..all because of its grill …if this car had the grill it will look really good …..but no all of Mr Busri’s concepts have this same grill which looks to much like tha new Merserdes grill ie The new CLS , A class and Amg GT 4door have this same look ….
God Dam is it so hard to have some difrencess in design ….
Front looks a lot like a Buick
Bidang tugas MIMOS dh berubah ke? Sibuk2 nk design kereta. Buang masa. Tumpukan pada core biz anda.
Good Conservative design. Best to put Proton emblem on hood and leave grill bare with confidence.
What a beauty! I love it
Front look seriously ugly. Back look just so so. Proton please scrap the proposal for that design.
The whole car design looks very Kaddavalleh…..Idiyaz Baharuddin’s new Myvi render makes 100x better sense than the Perdana Exec