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  Khazanah may take Proton private

  25 March 2006 / 11 comments

  Khazanah Nasional Bhd may be considering taking some government-linked companies private to help with their restructuring process in order to achieve KPIs. Earlier this week, K&N Kenanga had already speculated taking Proton private may be […]

   

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  NAP After-Effects: Proton to reduce prices

  24 March 2006 / 25 comments

  Proton M.D. Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir told press today that Proton would be reducing the prices of it’s cars across the board by 2% to 5%. Proton also aims to increase it’s local […]

   

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  Satria Replacement Model in April?

  24 March 2006 / 32 comments

  A report by New Straits Times says Proton expects to launch a new model in April. This could most likely be the SRM as I don’t think there’s any possibility of a Perdana based on […]

   

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  Proton to announce tie-up with Chinese firm this week

  21 March 2006 / 22 comments

  Proton is expected to announce a non-exclusive alliance with a Chinese firm this week. At one point, Proton’s board had thought about an exclusive partnership with one firm, but Datuk Azlan Hashim told reports that […]

   

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  Malaysia-USA Free Trade Agreement to open market for car export

  20 March 2006 / 23 comments

  Malaysian car manufacturers Proton, Perodua might be able to enter the US market with the upcoming Free Trade Agreement between Malaysia and the USA. Malaysia is currently the USA’s 10th largest trading partner, with transactions […]

   

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  Satria Replacement Model Spyshots with Interior

  10 March 2006 / 71 comments

  Here are the latest spy images for the Proton Satria Replacement Model or Proton SRM24 which have been in testing phases for quite some time already. These photos were taken while the Proton SRM was […]

   

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  Mitsubishi 380 to be exported to Malaysia

  9 March 2006 / 25 comments

  A team of Proton engineers met with Mitsubishi officials at Mitsubishi Australia’s Adelaide assembly plant last week to discuss the possible import of the Mitsubishi 380 large sedan into Malaysia. This followed the shipment of […]

   

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  Delphi offers help to Proton

  8 March 2006 / 8 comments

  The world’s 2nd largest automotive supplier* with sales of more than RM103.36 billion Delphi Corp has offered help to Proton in terms of widening it’s vehicle base and pushing for export markets. The Michigan-based company […]

   

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  Proton Mitsubishi partnership outline

  3 February 2006 / 28 comments

  The Edge Daily carries a story with the main points of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation signed between Proton and Mitsubishi. Product development of new Proton vehicles Supply of components between Proton […]

   

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  Mitsubishi denies joint venture plans with Proton

  15 January 2006 / 61 comments

  Here are some more updates on Proton’s possibilities on entering a joint venture with another car manufacturer. Mitsubishi Motors Corp issued a statement debunking speculation that it might jointly set up a plant here in […]

   

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  Proton disposes of MV Agusta for 1 Euro

  28 December 2005 / 226 comments

  Proton Holdings has sold it’s 57.57 percent stake in MV Agusta Spa to an Italian company Gevi Spa. Gevi Spa will assume MV Agusta’s debts and working capital requirements totalling 139.44 million euros, as announced […]

   

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  Proton’s Design Patents with the UK Patent Office

  13 December 2005 / 122 comments

  Let’s have a look at the designs Proton has registered with the UK Patent Office. I think it will give us an indicator on the SRM’s interior looks, of which no one has been able […]

   

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  Dr. M: Proton losses a mystery

  13 December 2005 / 37 comments

  Dr. M has spoken up again on the issue of his brainchild Proton’s recent two quarterly losses in a row. “I am surprised that a company which was doing well suddenly reports losses (RM158 million […]

   

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  Team Proton mindset overhaul

  12 December 2005 / 67 comments

  Proton Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir gave some insights on his first steps to turn around loss-making Proton when his appointment as Proton MD takes effect on January 1 2006 for a […]

   

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  Proton new head – Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir

  30 November 2005 / 55 comments

  Proton has named the successor to Tengku Mahaleel. With the title of Managing Director, Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir, 43 years old this year, will take over the helm of Proton and steer it into the […]

   

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