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  Proton year to date sales up by 12.5% – 56,297 units

  31 October 2017 / 66 comments

  Proton has announced a 12.5% increase in year-to-date (YTD) sales, shifting 56,297 units compared to 50,091 units in the same period last year. The national carmaker’s sales performance is aligned with an improved YTD total […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: 2018 Proton Preve spotted with updates

  13 October 2017 / 123 comments

  Following the first sighting of the updated Proton Preve at a petrol station last month, reader Sathia Roga spotted yet another model undergoing testing on the KL-Seremban highway. You can clearly see the blacked-out bits […]

   

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  Proton receives RM1.1 bil R&D reimbursement grant

  9 October 2017 / 73 comments

  In May this year, second finance minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani revealed the government will reimburse Proton RM1.1 billion as a grant for the national carmaker’s previous research and development (R&D) work. Recently, DRB-Hicom […]

   

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  Proton hybrid, PHEV and EV models in the pipeline

  29 September 2017 / 55 comments

  The new roadmap for Proton’s future will also include hybrid and electric vehicles, it has been confirmed today. When asked about the introduction of new energy vehicles, chairman Datuk Seri Syed Faisal Albar said that […]

   

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  Proton Boyue SUV – why it’s only coming in end-2018

  29 September 2017 / 95 comments

  Back in July, it was reported that Proton’s new SUV, which will be based on the Geely Boyue, is expected to enter the market only by the end of 2018 or early 2019. Speaking at […]

   

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  Proton to launch new models every year with Geely

  29 September 2017 / 65 comments

  Under Proton’s strategic partnership with Geely, the cooperation is set the bring forth one new model every year starting with the Geely Boyue at the end of 2018. Before then, the partnership will be focusing […]

   

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  Geely powertrains will be integrated into Proton products – hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric likely

  29 September 2017 / 37 comments

  During the signing of a definitive agreement between DRB-Hicom and Zhejiang Geely Holding (ZGH), it was revealed there would be a fair bit of technology sharing between Geely and Proton. At a press conference this […]

   

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  DRB-Hicom, Geely announce new Proton board – Li Chunrong is CEO, Winfried Vahland joins board

  29 September 2017 / 62 comments

  This just in. DRB-Hicom and Geely Holding Group are having a joint press conference in Shah Alam this morning, and have announced the new board of Proton. The unveiling of the composition of the board […]

   

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  Proton to appoint ex-Skoda boss as board member?

  28 September 2017 / 57 comments

  Proton could see the appointment of former Skoda chairman and CEO Winfried Vahland as its board member, according to a report by Utusan Malaysia. The move is part of a larger restructuring of the national […]

   

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  Proton leaves Iran, dissolves its dormant subsidiary

  21 September 2017 / 32 comments

  Proton has dissolved Proton Motor Pars (PMP), its indirect, wholly-owned Iranian subsidiary that was set up in August 2011 but has not been active since its incorporation, The Star reports. The announcement of the dissolution […]

   

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  Proton-Geely deal a good example of OBOR initiative

  20 September 2017 / 10 comments

  The Proton-Geely partnership is a good example of the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative, according to Zhejiang Geely (ZGH) chairman Li Shufu. In the report by Bernama, Li Shufu said China’s economy is […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: Proton Persona updated with Iriz wheels

  19 September 2017 / 66 comments

  The Proton Persona is set to get a model update soon, it seems – reader Nazli Zakaria has spotted the B-segment sedan on a trailer wearing a spangly new set of alloys. The wheels, which […]

   

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  Proton hands over a brand-new Persona, engine and transmission to PDRM for research, training purposes

  19 September 2017 / 22 comments

  Proton recently handed over a brand-new Persona to the Strategic Resources and Technology Department (StaRT) at the Selangor police contingent headquarters. The vehicle will be used in training activities held by the department to test […]

   

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  DRB-Hicom and Geely close to completing Proton transaction – Ahmad Fuuad leaves CEO post

  15 September 2017 / 66 comments

  There has been much speculation of late on the appointment of a new CEO of Proton by Geely, the Malaysian carmaker’s new foreign strategic partner (FSP). In response, DRB-Hicom has just issued a statement saying […]

   

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  FIRST DRIVE: Geely Boyue – Proton’s first ever SUV

  13 September 2017 / 61 comments

  Among the biggest highlights of Geely’s acquisition of Proton was the transfer of the former’s bestselling Boyue to the national carmaker, as the basis of its first ever SUV model. We went to Geely’s headquarters […]

   

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