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  Proton-VW Tie-up Updates

  30 December 2005 / 43 comments

  Volkswagen and Proton tie-up talks have made some progress, after a meeting between Proton Holdings Bhd and Volkswagen AG in Bangkok recently. Apparently Volkswagen has dropped it’s insistence to have a controlling stake in Proton, […]

   

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  Proton disposes of MV Agusta for 1 Euro

  28 December 2005 / 226 comments

  Proton Holdings has sold it’s 57.57 percent stake in MV Agusta Spa to an Italian company Gevi Spa. Gevi Spa will assume MV Agusta’s debts and working capital requirements totalling 139.44 million euros, as announced […]

   

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  Proton and MV Agusta meeting

  22 December 2005 / 48 comments

  Short piece of news. Proton Holdings and MV Agusta management met up on Wednesday to discuss MV Agusta’s future, according to Corrierre della Sera, citing sources. Proton no longer believes it’s 57.7% investment in MV […]

   

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  Jeremy Clarkson annihilates the Perodua Kelisa

  19 December 2005 / 432 comments

  Jeremy Clarkson shows his frustration on companies that seem to take make cars as a pure for-profit matter… perhaps you could call it cars with no ‘spirit’ or ‘passion’. The victim – our very own […]

   

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  Satria Replacement Model – Padang Besar, Perlis

  19 December 2005 / 108 comments

  Hasadi managed to capture these shots of the Satria Replacement Model in Padang Besar, Perlis. The SRM was stuck in mud, so it could not run away from the camera! :P

   

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  Proton’s Design Patents with the UK Patent Office

  13 December 2005 / 122 comments

  Let’s have a look at the designs Proton has registered with the UK Patent Office. I think it will give us an indicator on the SRM’s interior looks, of which no one has been able […]

   

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  Dr. M: Proton losses a mystery

  13 December 2005 / 37 comments

  Dr. M has spoken up again on the issue of his brainchild Proton’s recent two quarterly losses in a row. “I am surprised that a company which was doing well suddenly reports losses (RM158 million […]

   

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  Team Proton mindset overhaul

  12 December 2005 / 67 comments

  Proton Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir gave some insights on his first steps to turn around loss-making Proton when his appointment as Proton MD takes effect on January 1 2006 for a […]

   

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  Satria Replacement Model – PLUS Highway

  8 December 2005 / 147 comments

  Some spyshots of the Proton SRM Satria Replacement Model on the PLUS highway taken by Fariz Abdullah. Thanks Fariz for the photos! There are some front shots this time, but the infamous cardboard intercooler is […]

   

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  Jom Kembara adventure 2005, Sungkai

  6 December 2005 / 18 comments

  An announcement from Peter for Perodua Kembara owners. Should be quite fun to have a get-together for the family.

   

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  Proton new head – Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir

  30 November 2005 / 55 comments

  Proton has named the successor to Tengku Mahaleel. With the title of Managing Director, Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir, 43 years old this year, will take over the helm of Proton and steer it into the […]

   

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  Could this be a Kancil Replacement Model?

  30 November 2005 / 142 comments

  Mohd Azril Mansor sent in these nice spyshots of a car being tested on roads of Jalan Duta to Damansara Junction taken by his camera phone. I previously blogged about this mysterious car here, and […]

   

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  SRM in Australia early 2006

  29 November 2005 / 56 comments

  Proton’s media release department seems to favour the foreign markets more than our own local market. In a release by Proton Cars Australia, Proton says the new Satria Replacement Model three-door hatch will be released […]

   

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  Proton Q2 2006 loss

  28 November 2005 / 48 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd may post a second quarter loss of RM700 million due to MV Agusta, it’s unprofitable motorcycle unit. It previously posted a first quarter loss of RM 12.4 million, and attributed those to […]

   

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  Perodua hopes to reduce waiting time

  25 November 2005 / 46 comments

  Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd hopes to cut down the waiting list time for its vehicles to two to three months from the current five months by Q2 2006. Perodua currently produces 280-300 cars a day […]

   

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