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  Proton confident of turnaround with RM1.5 bil loan

  8 April 2016 / 177 comments

  Following today’s announcement, Proton has sent out a press statement “to record its appreciation” of the Malaysian government approving the national carmaker’s soft loan of RM1.5 billion. “The announcement by the government will catalyse Proton’s […]

   

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  Government approves Proton’s RM1.5 billion soft loan – special task force set up to oversee turnaround plan

  8 April 2016 / 111 comments

  In an announcement today, the Malaysian government has approved national carmaker Proton’s application for a soft loan of RM1.5 billion. It’s said that this would help the company pay its vendors for components already supplied. […]

   

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  Proton-Suzuki partnership will benefit sales – MAA

  7 April 2016 / 26 comments

  Proton’s partnership with Suzuki will help boost the national carmaker’s sales figures, said Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) president, Datuk Aishah Ahmad. The news comes from a report by Bernama. She also added that the MAA […]

   

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  Buying a car not about patriotism – minister on Proton

  6 April 2016 / 126 comments

  Everyone wants to have a say on Proton, it seems. Following Tun Mahathir’s resignation from the national car brand last week, MITI minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed issued a lengthy statement on the current state […]

   

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  Proton, Perodua to have AEB by 2020 – SAE Malaysia

  6 April 2016 / 47 comments

  National automakers Proton and Perodua are expected to adopt autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and lane-keeping active safety systems as standard by the year 2020. Speaking at a technical conference organised by the Malaysian Automotive Institute […]

   

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  Tun Mahathir explains his resignation from Proton

  6 April 2016 / 142 comments

  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation from his post as Proton chairman on March 31 has certainly been the talk about town lately. While many have shared their views on the matter following Tun Mahathir’s departure, […]

   

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  Tun Mahathir not to blame for Proton’s woes – PEDA

  5 April 2016 / 100 comments

  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed’s resignation from the post as Proton chairman on March 31 has certainly triggered a slew of activity and responses. Following his resignation, international trade and industry minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: 2016 Proton Persona sports new skin

  4 April 2016 / 80 comments

  A fresh batch of spyshots of the upcoming 2016 Proton Persona have been sent in by reader Kamal Mcd Asn – these new photos show the Iriz-based B-segment sedan wearing a trippy new circular camouflage […]

   

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  Proton’s business model not sustainable – Mustapa

  1 April 2016 / 319 comments

  Desperate times call for drastic measures – in the case of ailing national carmaker Proton, there is a need to radically rethink its game-plan and the manner in which it operates, international trade and industry […]

   

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  Proton Edar appoints Rohime Shafie as new CEO

  1 April 2016 / 40 comments

  No shortage of activity at national carmaker Proton with regards to changes in management and key personnel – last week, it was announced that Proton Holdings was getting a new CEO, and two days ago, […]

   

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  Proton no different without Tun Mahathir, says Hamzah

  1 April 2016 / 58 comments

  Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, the Domestic Trade, Coopertives and Consumerism minister (KPDNKK) has said that Proton will not be affected by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation from the company as its chairman. His comments were […]

   

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  Proton Extrema brochure shown – Proton builds SUV!

  1 April 2016 / 74 comments

  UPDATE: This was an April Fool’s 2016 post. Wow, this is big. First, we received photos of a Proton compact crossover, a rebadged Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza; now we’ve been sent in a mysterious brochure […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: Proton-badged Suzuki Vitara Brezza SUV

  1 April 2016 / 43 comments

  UPDATE: This was an April Fool’s 2016 post. Now this will get quite a lot of us excited. We have photos of what appears to be a Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza wearing a Proton badge. […]

   

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  Tun Mahathir resigns as Proton chairman immediately

  31 March 2016 / 156 comments

  Proton has announced that its chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resigned from his post with immediate effect. He has also stepped down as chairman of Group Lotus. The former premier sent a letter of […]

   

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  Lotus secretly developing Proton Iriz hybrid engine?

  30 March 2016 / 50 comments

  Click to enlarge table. According to an engine production statistics table published by MarkLines, an auto industry information portal based in Japan, Lotus appears to be developing a new 1.2 litre SOHC three-cylinder petrol engine. […]

   

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