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  Proton Gen2 in South Africa

  20 August 2005 / 18 comments

  The Proton Gen2 has landed in South Africa. It will be distributed by Pearl Automotive, a subsidiary of Imperial’s Associated Motor Holdings group. Pearl Automotive also imports Lotus sports cars and Bentley luxury cars. Source: […]

   

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  Proton needs to learn attitude from Hyundai

  20 August 2005 / 8 comments

  An edited version of my blog post The Korean Advantage is in MalaysiaKini as a letter. Check it out if you want to, the MalaysiaKini editors have edited it to be much lighter and clearer.

   

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  Autocar Proton Savvy Review

  19 August 2005 / 60 comments

  Denis Wong of Autocar reviews the Proton Savvy and gives it pretty good comments. They have photos with very good angles of the black Proton Savvy with a Malaysian number plate. Read the rest of […]

   

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  Proton Japanese CEO

  18 August 2005 / 16 comments

  This piece by Zainul Arrifin in the NST seems to indicate that Proton used to have a Japanese managing director back in 1988 – Mr. Kenji Iwabuchi, from Mitsubishi Motor Corp. The top position went […]

   

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  Mailbag: Kuli on Proton

  14 August 2005 / 20 comments

  Lim Chee Ming writes in… Some of the points that Kuli had brought up during the video interview may be less accurate or not updated but i agree with his general point of view, that […]

   

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  Proton Savvy Accident

  12 August 2005 / 169 comments

  I’m not sure how this happened or what it hit… whether it was a real accident or some crash test. Looks really bad. Like something hit it really bad on the right side of the […]

   

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  Proton Loses Top Executives

  10 August 2005 / 5 comments

  Three top Proton executives have quit. The executives are head of group finance Tan Seng Lee, head of internal audit, Colin Low, and head of public relations, Fauziyah Abu Hassan.

   

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  Proton to build RM40 million third plant

  10 August 2005 / 16 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd might be spending another RM40 million ringgit to build another plant near it’s existing Shah Alam plant. The new plant is intended to be used as the main base for manufacturing Volkswagen’s […]

   

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  Proton Gen2 1.3 in showrooms

  3 August 2005 / 331 comments

  The Proton Gen2 finally comes with a 1.3 engine despite it being available overseas in markets such as the UK for some time. With the introduction, Proton introduces a new colour for the Gen2 – […]

   

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  Top Gear Crew on Gen2 Promotions in the UK

  2 August 2005 / 16 comments

  Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the Top Gear crew on the Proton Gen2. Alot of sarcasm! But it’s not really bashing the car, just talking about the promotion. Thanks to YouTube for the hosting.

   

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  Proton-Volkswagen Talks Continue

  2 August 2005 / 12 comments

  Proton’s talks with Volkswagen are still on-going while analysts ponder over the possible outcomes. The Government will not give up the 42.7% stake that it has in Proton through it’s investment arm Khazanah Nasional Bhd. […]

   

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  Volkswagen wants 50% plus 1 share

  31 July 2005 / 43 comments

  Proton seems to be a hot item right now. News is that Volkswagen now wants 50% plus 1 share stake in Proton Holdings Bhd, and wants management control. This would make it the majority shareholder […]

   

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  No Lotus Involvement in Proton New Engine?

  30 July 2005 / 21 comments

  The piece of news was about something else, but I noticed something strange… The possible change of owner is bound to create uncertainty at Lotus, which has just embarked on a 10-year plan to transform […]

   

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  Volkswagen still keen to buy Proton

  29 July 2005 / 31 comments

  Volkswagen and Proton are still in talks and it could end up with Volkswagen AG buying as much as 30% stake in Proton, or nothing at all. Volkswagen and Khazanah Nasional officials met at the […]

   

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  Badawi: “Proton CEO to be Malaysian”

  28 July 2005 / 6 comments

  Hopes of Malaysians for a foreign CEO to steer Proton into a better era is dashed with this statement which our PM gave to Malaysian press during his 3-day visit to South Africa. On Tengku […]

   

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