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  Proton MPV video snapped in a traffic jam along Jalan Hang Tuah in KL

  16 January 2009 / 69 comments

  Reader Nazril snapped these two videos of the Proton MPV stuck in a jam along Jalan Hang Tuah in Kuala Lumpur. That place has been continuously jammed for a long time now, making trips to […]

   

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  Proton Savvy a top 10 car of 2008 in Thailand?

  14 January 2009 / 176 comments

  Thai business daily The Nation has picked the Proton Savvy as one of Thailand's top 10 cars in 2008 as it has a cheap price, good acceleraton, and almost go-kart-like handling.

   

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  Proton MPV launch delayed to April 2009

  14 January 2009 / 62 comments

  The launch of the eagerly awaited Proton MPV has been postponed a month from its original March target launch date to April 2009, announced Proton managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir without elaborating on the reasons why the launch was delayed.

   

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  Thule roof racks and roof boxes in Malaysia now available from Proton Parts Centre

  10 January 2009 / 36 comments

  Proton subsidiary Proton Parts Centre Sdn Bhd is now a corporate distributor for Thule products. Proton Parts Centre now has the right to distribute Thule products like roof racks and roof boxes through dealers in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and other export markets which Proton has a presence in.

   

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  Ex-MD Dato Nadzmi is Proton’s new chairman

  30 December 2008 / 26 comments

  Dato Nadzmi Mohd Salleh is back in Proton as the group Chairman of the company, effective from the 1st of January 2009. He previously held the managing director position from 1993 to 1996, and was […]

   

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  Proton GEN2 to be assembled in Iran

  23 December 2008 / 21 comments

  An agreement has been inked between Proton and Iranian distributor Zagross Khodro for the supply of automotive parts to Iran which will allow Zagross Khodro to assemble CKD kits of the Proton GEN2 in Iran. […]

   

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  863 orders for Proton at the 2008 Thai Motor Expo

  16 December 2008 / 82 comments

  Proton managed 863 bookings at the 25th Thailand International Motor Expo held this month, which is the sixth highest amount of orders received at the event among the other car manufacturers with an exhibit at the show.

   

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  Set an appointment to install rear seatbelts for your Proton for free!

  16 December 2008 / 24 comments

  Proton will install rear seatbelts for the following cars for free under its free rear seatbelt installation program. The affected cars are: 144,000 units of the Proton Saga/Iswara LMST produced from 2004 to 2008 with […]

   

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  Penang will follow Perak’s decision to abandon Perdana V6 choice, but only when time comes

  15 December 2008 / 82 comments

  Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng says when the time comes for the state's fleet of Proton Perdana V6 cars to be replaced, the new cars will not be Protons.

   

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  Proton Campro turbo engine by 2010-2011

  13 December 2008 / 140 comments

  Proton managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin said Proton was developing a turbocharged engine set for introduction by the years 2010 to 2011 equivalent to a 2.0 liter engine (estimation approximately 150hp 240Nm).

   

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  Next generation Proton Waja to be based on the Mitsubishi Lancer platform

  5 December 2008 / 252 comments

  After many years of going around in circles talking to companies such as PSA Peugeot Citroen, Volkswagen and GM, Proton has finally ended up at a familiar place, Mitsubishi Motors. Proton announced to Bursa Malaysia […]

   

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  Spyshot: 2009 Proton MPV sheds some disguise

  2 December 2008 / 231 comments

  It looks like the new Proton MPV has shed some of that heavy masking and is now on the road with a little more details revealed.

   

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  Proton mulling CKD plant in Egypt

  2 December 2008 / 31 comments

  Proton launched the Proton Persona in Egypt last week shortly after the model's launch in Saudi Arabia, and these launches will be followed by a series of launches in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Syria over the next two months.

   

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  Proton posts RM57 million profit for Q2 FY2008; renews Syed Zainal’s contract

  28 November 2008 / 79 comments

  Proton’s board of directors announced yesterday afternoon that they have renewed the contract of Proton’s managing director, ato’ Haji Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir. Also announced are the national automaker’s financial results for Q2 […]

   

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  Source: Syed Zainal likely to be reappointed

  27 November 2008 / 33 comments

  An unnamed source informed national news agency Bernama that the proposal to renew the contract of current managing director of Proton Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir has been presented to the Prime Minister […]

   

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