Proton SAVVY

Value MONEY to buy Proton SAVVY, outside looks small, but inner space really comparable to a Perodua MYVI.

The SAVVY gear box origin from manual transmission, but Proton added new technologies of Auto transmission become both transmission available for end user use.

While we are driving, either we can play manual or auto transmission.

Although it is a bit not smooth while changing 1st gear to 2nd as compare to fully auto transmission, but it is still justify to choose for it.

My SAVVY

- Really provide us safe money for petrol
- Very powerful engine even the transmission already enter into final gear.
- Very stable while cornering and over taking.
- Very good handling for steering, no feel vibrate on the road drove
- Minimum maintenance fee, the service only conducted every 10,000KM usage mileage.

SAVVY really quite comfortable among small displacement cars in Malaysia.

The SAVVY that I have now is belong to my wife. Myself I own a Toyota Camry, latest model.

To me, the SAVVY worth buying as compared among small displacement car in Malaysia. Suitable for lowest income family usage.

My personal experience, SAVVY was safer as compared among small displacement car in Malaysia.

Proton Gen-2

Perusahaan Otomobile Nasional Berhad, or PROTON, was incorporated on the 7th May 1983. Proton made a major step in upgrading its engineering capabilities when it acquired a share in Lotus Group International in October 1996 - this stake was increased to a 100% share in 2003.

The Proton GEN-2 as a replacement for the Proton Wira.

The GEN-2 is a 5-door hatchback which has been developed in conjunction with the Norfolk based sports car manufacturer Lotus.

Proton Pesona

A new Malaysian flagship is being prepared for action in Australia next year.

The Proton Persona sedan, unveiled in Kuala Lumpur, is locked into a role here next year at the top of the local range.

It will slide in above the Gen.2 hatchback, which provides the Persona's mechanical and body package.

But there are more improvements in the newcomer, which is expected to create about 20 per cent more sales for the company and improve customer satisfaction.

“We have addressed concerns of customers in Australia,” Proton Cars Australia managing director John Startari says. “It's a fantastic car. It's very encouraging.”

The changes include a new dashboard with a glovebox, something missing from the Gen.2, and better seats with more headroom.

“Basically, it has an all-new interior. There is a new console, cupholders in the rear and the electric-window switches have been moved. It's a big change from the Gen.2,” Startari says.
Proton has been overwhelmed in Malaysia, with more than 10,000 advance orders, and this has pushed the start of local sales back to next year, he says.

“We will launch the Persona at the Melbourne Motor Show in February,” Startari says.
This is not the first time Proton has had a Persona in Australia, the car was also sold as the Wira, but it is a big change in direction.

The previous model was over-priced and underdone, but Proton knows it must do better this time.

That means two models, with a starting price that should be in the low-to-mid $20,000 range.
Standard equipment is expected to include twin airbags, anti-skid brakes, airconditioning, electric windows and parking radar.

“The price will be somewhere around the present Gen.2,” Startari says.

“The Persona will give us an extra 600 cars a year. It will be our flagship and help us improve on this year's target of 3200 sales,” he says.

That should easily better the result of the Gen.2, which has struggled here after early quality problems.

Proton Saga RED Concept

Here are some photos of the Proton Saga “RED” Concept by Proton Design, which will let some of you soon to be new Proton Saga owners know what modifications could be possible with the car’s aesthetics. Having a special kitted up version of each new model launch has been a tradition now, and I hope this continues.

The Proton Saga “RED” Concept features a nice metallic red paintwork, a black roof, nice light grey grill surrounds, and large wheels, complete with a minimal tyre to fender gap. The interior gets a two-tone black and grey design, with red door trim, red seats and a grey-red trimmed steering wheel.

Source : Paultan.org