A piece from the long transcript at a press conference with Tun Dr. Mahathir, Proton’s advisor. Proton is protected simply because Proton has a job to do to build up the automotive and engineering capability […]
This is an even more souped up version of the ultimate luxury sedan. The AC Schnitzer ACS7 based on the E65/E66 7-series. The BMW 7-series combines two excellent properties of a car, luxury and driveability. […]
Proton’s Motorsports Division RaceRallyResearch will be showing a preview of the complete line of R3 cars at Dreamcars Asia this 7th July to 10th July at the New KL Convention Center. The Proton Gen2 R3 […]
This is the Pac-Car. It can circle the globe with only 8 litres of fuel. With the prices of RON97 petrol currently standing at RM1.52 per litre, that would mean it would cost you RM12.16 […]
Tun Dr. Mahathir revealed in the papers today what’s coming up in Proton’s road map. He says that Proton plans to develop a gas-electric car in 5 years time. Proton has supposedly been working on […]
Mercedes Benz has updated the S-class with it’s latest incarnation, the 2006 model. This new model is longer and taller than the previous model, with updated engines. In US and Europe where it will be […]
Jeff Ooi already has a very detailed coverage on the latest updates on the Proton vs. MITI saga, so I’m not going to talk much about it. More time for me to write more howtos […]
A foreign partner is key to Proton’s survival when Malaysia’s sheltered auto market is opened fully by 2008. Mahathir says: If we want to, we can sell more than 50% to Volkswagen. They are quite […]
If Perodua were to make a car in the same class as the Proton Savvy, it would have to be based on the Toyota Vitz. The Toyota Vitz is in the compact car class, unlike […]
Check it out here. Some quotes from the article. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (“Daihatsuâ€) and Perodua, Daihatsu’s joint venture corporate group in Malaysia, today announced the launch of the Myvi that is being added to […]
When asked on Tengku Mahaleel’s position, Rafidah says: I do not know… I don’t have any links with Proton. Proton is not under the ministry. Proton comes under the direct purview of Khazanah (Nasional Bhd) […]
Inconsistencies in the media. Hmm… 5 Malaysian dailies have reported that Proton Holdings Bhd boardmembers have decided to give it’s chief executive Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff a week to explain the basis of […]
It’s common in Malaysia for the prices of automobiles to go up a few months after launch for numerous reasons such as revised tax rates. With the coming new automotive policy coming into effect in […]
Proton Holdings Bhd is holding an emergency board meeting today (June 30th 2005) over it’s CEO’s criticisms against the government’s automotive policy in the Oriental Daily newspaper. Details here. Is this the end of Tengku’s […]
