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  Proton says Indonesian plant not for sale!

  2 September 2006 / 23 comments

  Proton has clarified that it’s US$24 million Cikarang plant in Jakarta is not for sale. Proton Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said The Jakarta Post’s report is inaccurate, and Proton plans to […]

   

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  Assorted Proton announcements

  1 September 2006 / 29 comments

  Proton has made a few announcements today, let me go through them one by one. They’re mostly to do with memorandum of understanding and intent signed with other companies. Proton reports that the Memorandum of […]

   

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  Proton back in red, puts Indonesian plant on sale

  1 September 2006 / 56 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd is back in the red again, with a Q1 2006 loss of RM58.65 million on RM1.42 billion revenue, higher than the corresponding quarter last year, where Q1 2005 losses were RM12.35 million […]

   

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  Proton in talks for Thai distribution

  25 August 2006 / 111 comments

  Proton is in talks with a major Thai car distributorship for the distribution of Proton cars in Thailand, with black and white set to be signed before 2006 is up. This distributor is said to […]

   

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  3,000 Proton Wira taxis for Indonesia

  22 August 2006 / 32 comments

  PT Proton Edar Internasional Indonesia (PEII) has managed to secure orders for 3,000 Proton Wira cars to be used as taxis around Indonesia. These orders are from various major cities of the republic, and will […]

   

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  Proton sales up 21% in July

  17 August 2006 / 127 comments

  Proton’s car registrations with the Road Transport Department went up 21% to 10,018 cars in July compared to 8,328 cars in June – effectively increasing it’s total industry volume in July to 32%, up 5% […]

   

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  More Proton Satria Neo Photoshops

  9 August 2006 / 81 comments

  More Proton Satria Neo-based photoshops by Theophilus Chin. Above is a sedan car based on the Proton Satria Neo, pretty much the same as before but this time in Iridescent White instead of the usual […]

   

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  Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME Photos

  5 August 2006 / 111 comments

  Proton’s motorsports division Race Rally Research launched the commemorative special edition duo of the Proton Waja MME Edition and Proton GEN.2 MME Edition yesterday evening at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. 200 Wajas and 200 GEN.2s […]

   

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  Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME

  4 August 2006 / 77 comments

  Race Rally Research has unveiled their Proton Waja and Proton GEN.2 Merdeka Millenium Endurance Edition, to commemorate their 2005 victory in the Merdeka Millenium Endurance race. The MME is a 12-hour endurance race, and Proton’s […]

   

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  Perdana Replacement Model study still underway

  1 August 2006 / 54 comments

  We have some comments from Proton now regarding the Perdana Replacement Model project. Unfortunately, as expected we have to source this from foreign papers. This piece of news comes from the Australian paper the Herald […]

   

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  Group Lotus 5-year turnaround plan

  31 July 2006 / 15 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd is setting up a special unit to fully capitalise on it’s UK subsidiary Group Lotus, part of Group Lotus’ five-year turnaround plan. The unit, to be comprised of people from both Lotus […]

   

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  Proton audit report reveals mismanagement

  31 July 2006 / 46 comments

  Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned to do an audit report on Proton in September last year by Proton chairman Datuk Mohamed Azlan Hashim, and it’s report revealed poor corporate governance by the previous management […]

   

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  R3 MME06 Driver Selection Program

  30 July 2006 / 41 comments

  Other than giving us the Proton Satria R3, Race Rally Research has been doing alot for the local grassroots motorsports community with their Street Shoot Out series and other activities. 9 amateur racing drivers went […]

   

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  Team Proton loses a member

  29 July 2006 / 31 comments

  Team Proton missing a member: Datuk Kisai right-most. Proton’s executive director of engineering and manufacturing Datuk Kisai Rahmat has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by Proton’s board of directors effective July 31st 2006. […]

   

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  The Automotive Industry, first half of 2006

  28 July 2006 / 37 comments

  The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has revised it’s forecast for vehicle sales this year, lowering it to 520,000 units instead of the previous 565,000 units figure. The new forecost would mean a 6% drop from […]

   

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