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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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  Proton Satria Neo Sedan

  27 July 2006 / 88 comments

  Graphics designer Theophilus Chin impressed us earlier this week with his take on how a small-sized sedan based on the Proton Savvy would look like. Here’s another piece of his work, a four-door sedan based […]

   

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  R3 Waja and R3 GEN2 Updates

  24 July 2006 / 98 comments

  Here are more details on the upcoming R3 Limited Special Edition Vehicles (LSEV) based on the Proton Waja and Proton GEN2, due to be launched in August. For one, the specifications posted in the previous […]

   

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  Proton Savvy Sedan Photoshop

  24 July 2006 / 61 comments

  It is common these days for car makers to develop sedans out of hatchback bodies. You have the Honda City based on the Honda Jazz, the Nissan Tiida Sedan based on the Nissan Tiida hatch, […]

   

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  R3 Waja and Gen2 coming up?

  22 July 2006 / 49 comments

  A little bird told me that Proton’s Race Rally Research division will be launching new R3 special edition variants of the Proton Waja and the Proton GEN2 very soon. While these will not be R3 […]

   

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  Perdana Replacement Model to get I4 engine?

  17 July 2006 / 37 comments

  CarPoint Australia has a preview article on the new Proton Satria Neo, but that’s not important. What’s interesting is something in the article regarding the upcoming Perdana Replacement Model, said to be based on the […]

   

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  Satria Neo: 2,000 bookings so far

  13 July 2006 / 89 comments

  Booking figures for the Proton Satria Neo for the past month has reached over 2,000 so far, meeting it’s initial sales target of about 2,000 to 2,500 a month. These are combined booking figures from […]

   

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  Proton to expand Indonesian operations

  28 June 2006 / 16 comments

  Proton will be bringing in new models like the Gen2, Satria Neo, Savvy and Waja into the Indonesian car market in January 2007. It currently sells the Proton Wira there, which are assembled at it’s […]

   

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  Perdana Replacement Model in April 2007

  27 June 2006 / 62 comments

  Utusan Malaysia reports that Proton will introduce a new model developed together with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in April 2007. MMC president Osamu Masuko says that Proton and MMC are in the final stages of partnership […]

   

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  Proton Satria Neo Handling Demonstration

  20 June 2006 / 75 comments

  These videos demonstrating the handling capabilities of the Proton Satria Neo are thanks to “Wajakuat” who originally hosted them on Youtube. I’ve put them on my server for faster loading speeds. There are three videos, […]

   

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  Proton Satria Neo Track Gallery

  20 June 2006 / 70 comments

  Here are some photos of the Satria Neo on the Sepang International Circuit track. We took the Satria Neo for a few spins around a half-track and it was a pretty enjoyable drive. The photos […]

   

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  Proton Waja Facelift

  19 June 2006 / 150 comments

  Spotted, a Proton Waja facelift undergoing road tests. We have a new alloy rim design, and new tail lights. Photo sent in by reader Daniel. UPDATE: More details and photos of the new facelifted Proton […]

   

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  Proton Satria Neo 1.3 and 1.6 Detailed Review

  16 June 2006 / 359 comments

  Proton launched it’s iconic two-door hatchback, the Proton Satria back in December 1994. The Proton Satria was based on the Mitsubishi Colt and came in 1.3 litre and 1.6 litre variants. Two years later, it […]

   

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