Friday, October 15, 2010
Kancil memang hebat..haha
"Assalammualaikum, ada masalah ke pakcik? nak saya tolong tengokkan?" kata pemuda dengan penuh kesopanan,
"Waalaikumsalam, entahlah tetiba je rosak boleh juga kalo anak tolong tengokkan. Pakcik ni bukannya reti sangat pasal kete ni" kata pakcik terbabit.
Setelah diperiksa pemuda itu pun bersuara "Kete pakcik ni kena hantar workshop enjin rosak". Peninglah kepala pakcik itu memikirkan bagaimana beliau hendak menghantar ketenye ke workshop yang terletak agak jauh dari situ, tetiba pemuda tadi memberikan satu cadangan "macam nilah pakcik, kita tunda kete pakcik ni guna kete sport saya pergi workshop guna kabel dan kita ikat antara satu sama lain, apa macam setuju ke pakcik?" oleh kerana tiada cara lain maka bersetujulah pakcik terbabit.
"Pakcik duduk dalam kete jaga stereng dengan brek, kalo saya laju pakcik bagi isyarat lampu tinggi(hi beam) dan bunyikan hon nanti saya perlahanlah". Mengangguklah pakcik itu tanda faham. Sesampainya mereka disatu persimpangan lampu isyarat yang pada masa itu lampu merah dengan tak semena-mena muncullah sebuah kete Nissan Skyline berhenti disebelah kete pemuda terbabit, sambil menekan-nekan minyak seolah-olah mencabar pemuda itu untuk berlumba. Walaupun pada mulanya pemuda terbabit cuba untuk tidak ambil peduli namun atas semangat kesukanan dan pantang dicabar maka angin satu badanlah pemuda terbabit dan bersedialah mereka untuk berlumba, setelah lampu bertukar hijau memecutlah kedua-dua kete sambil cuba untuk memotong antara satu sama lain sehingga pemuda tersebut lupa akan kete pakcik dibelakangnya itu.
Pakcik tadi pula yang syok melayan blues setelah ditarik kete Evo 8 itu sekali lagi tergugat bluesnya itu dek pemuda itu yang tidak semena-mena memecut bagai di litar drag. Memang gabra la pakcik tu. Terlintas pula dialog pemuda itu di kepalanya iaitu sekiranya kete pemuda itu bergerak laju maka berilah isyarat lampu tinggi (hi beam) dan hon. Apa lagi la,spontan aje pakcik terus "hi beam" dan hon-hon pemuda tersebut sambil menjerit berhenti yang sememangnya memang tidak didengari oleh pemuda tersebut.
Sesampainya mereka disatu kawasan ada sorang anggota polis bertugas sedang menjalankan operasi perangkap had laju, setelah mereka melalui kawasan terbabit maka anggota polis tadi menghantar laporan pada rakan-rakannya yang lain "Bravo, sebuah kete Nissan Skyline sedang berlumba dengan sebuah kete Mitsubishi Evo 8 dengan kelajuan 280 km/s, tapi kalo aku cakap yang ni mesti korang takkan percaya punya sebuah kete kancil 660 sedang mengekori rapat sambil memberi isyarat lampu dan membunyikan hon untuk memotong pulak tu!" Sambil polis tadi ternganga melihat akan kehebatan kete kancil 660 itu.
TAMAT..haha
p/s: dah lama aku cari citer nie,last skali masa jadi studen beberapa tahun lalu di notis board rumah sewa aku. Dah jumpe terus aku posting kat sini..Have fun bro and bra:)
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Inspira Show by paultan.org
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Proton Unveils ‘Inspira’ Priced From RM79,888
SUBANG, Oct 14 (Bernama) — Proton Holdings Bhd has unveiled an all new mid-sized four door Sedan, “Inspira”, with a starting price of RM79,888 and it is not a replacement model for Waja.
“Waja is being discontinued. This is not a replacement,” Group Managing Director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said at the soft launch of the latest edition of Proton’s family here.
He said the new model clearly demonstrated the many ways to come out with a good car and a result of Proton’s long-term relationship with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC).
The collaboration with MMC to come up with the Inspira enabled Proton to save a lot of funds and time, he said.
“It’s cheaper from the company’s point of view,” he said, adding that it would cost up to RM700 million to develop a completely new car.
“It’s a win-win collaboration of Proton and MMC,” he said.
Booking starts Thursday with a minimum fee of RM1,000. Those who book the car from today until Nov 15 will get a free two-year service or first 50,000km.
The service package includes free labor charges and service parts worth RM1,658 in total for the car that will be launched on Nov 10.
Proton offers continuously variable transmission (CVT) with intelligent and innovation vehicle electronic control system (INVECS-III) in a variant of the Inspira.
Among practical features customers stand to gain from include auto cruise, automatic light and rain sensors, welcome and coming home light system, fully automatic air conditioning system with climate control system for both front and rear occupants, and all round airbags for passengers’ safety.
Proton aims to sell 1,600 units of the Inspira a month.
“The market for the C-Segment cars is about 5,000-6,000 units a month. So, we are looking at 1,600 a month as it is value for money,” Syed Zainal said.
He said the company also aimed to export the Inspira, “but we will first ensure the stability of production first.”
Inspira comes in four colours — White, Black, Silver and Red.
– BERNAMA
The Inspira is available in three variants – a 1.8-litre with a five-speed manual transmission, 1.8-litre with a INVECS-III six-speed continuously variable transmission (CVT) and 2.0-litre with CVT.
Features include a strong body with a five-star crash rating, airbags, anti-lock braking system, 16-inch wheels with all-round disc brakes, remote trunk release, steering wheel audio control buttons, cruise control, wipers with rain sensor and fully automatic climate control.
The high-end 2.0-litre variant gets additional features such as steering column mounted paddle shifters and leather seats.
Pricing starts at RM79,880 for the base variant while the 2.0-litre version will cost not more than RM95,000.
The car will be available in maroon, silver, white and black.
Bookings for the car can be placed at any Proton Edar dealership with a RM1,000 deposit. Those who book now until Nov 15 will enjoy a two-year free service package (inclusive of labour and service parts) worth RM1,658.
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Inspira is officially named for New Proton P3-90A and officially open for booking NOW
Start ur booking now with RM1000 deposit fee. Call 013.77.860.77
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P3-90A: Also a Preview Drive from Paultan.org
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From Paultan.org:
"We were fortunate enough to be invited to a preview of the new Proton P3-90A, which is supposed to be a replacement for the Proton Waja, and positioned above the Proton Persona in the Proton product line-up. It’s no secret by now that this new model is based on the current generation Mitsubishi Lancer.
Look after the jump for our first impressions based on the preview drive.
The car will be ‘soft launched’ tomorrow, which means the name will be unveiled and bookings will be opened. There will be 3 models – a 1.8 liter manual, a 1.8 liter CVT and a 2.0 liter CVT. All three models use Mitsubishi engines from the 4B family, with the 1.8 liter using the 4B10 and the 2.0 liter using the 4B11. Of course, many of you probably know the name of the car already as sales brochures have been scanned and unleashed onto the internet, possibly by sales personnel eager to secure bookings tomorrow.
The car will be ‘soft launched’ tomorrow, which means the name will be unveiled and bookings will be opened. There will be 3 models – a 1.8 liter manual, a 1.8 liter CVT and a 2.0 liter CVT. All three models use Mitsubishi engines from the 4B family, with the 1.8 liter using the 4B10 and the 2.0 liter using the 4B11. Of course, many of you probably know the name of the car already as sales brochures have been scanned and unleashed onto the internet, possibly by sales personnel eager to secure bookings tomorrow.
The case for a new Proton Waja replacement
Proton’s most expensive car right now (other than special editions and the Perdana) is the Proton Exora, which retails at RM76,998 for the Exora MC H-Line. There are various reasons for Proton to introduce a new Waja. Right now, anyone who manages to break beyond the RM60k affordability barrier for a passenger sedan will probably step up to the RM80k to RM100k range, which are currently dominated by the two Japanese brands and complemented by various other makes.
The new P3-90A will allow Proton to offer a model to those wanting to upgrade to something better and bigger than the current Saga, Persona or Waja that they have. It will allow Proton to increase its customer retention as the budget of the customer increases.
And of course, Proton has to serve the Malaysian government, the government’s fleet manager SPANCO, and other fleet buyers such as the police.
Badge engineering a Mitsubishi product – have we gone backwards?
Since news first broke of a new Waja replacement car based on a Mitsubishi Lancer, Proton has undergone much criticism as consumers are perceiving this as the national car company stepping backwards. This is understandable as most laymen who do not track the auto industry as closely as enthusiasts would not know that the modern trend is to badge engineer your non-core models (or even your core models!) to save on development costs so that cash can be focused on core models.
What they know is that Proton started off rebadging Mitsubishis – the Lancer in particular – and now they are back to rebadging a Lancer. In their minds, they’re probably asking what is the point of a national carmaker then, especially one that is perceived to be the reason that the Japanese brands that they want to buy are so expensive?
Datuk Syed Zainal told us at the post-drive media roundtable that it was not an easy decision for Proton to decide to use a reengineered Lancer for the new P3-90A. Not only will the rakyat grill them but there will surely be drama in the Parliament. However, it was a business decision, and a rational one.
Here’s why – at the recent Vios launch, UMW Toyota announced that it was aiming to sell 2,700 units of the Vios a month. The Vios starts at a lower price than the P3-90A – it has a smaller engine and a smaller B-segment body compared to the P3-90A’s C-segment body and 1.8 liter as well as 2.0 liter engines. The amount of consumers who will have accessibility/affordability of car will be lower, and it also has to compete with plenty of competitors such as the Kia Forte along with the B-segment Japanese makes. Proton aims to sell less than 2,000 units a month of the new Waja replacement. It would not be wise at all to invest a huge amount of money to develop a new model for the Waja replacement’s segment and price range for a relatively low sales volume? Proton cannot repeat the mistakes of its past, investing a huge amount of money to sell models that ended up not having a very high volume – it would take forever for the entire product to start turning a profit!
According to Datuk Syed Zainal, Proton intends to focus its R&D budget on its core models. Proton is still recovering from its “dark days” and the new management led by Datuk Syed Zainal and Datuk Nadzmi Salleh is still working hard to bring the company to where it once was. It needs to re-invest its precious profits into the high volume products which are cars like the Saga and the Persona replacement, which DSZ referred to as the Persona R. The Persona R is already under development and work on the next generation Saga has to start pretty soon if not already as the Saga will likely get its mid-life facelift end of this year or early next year.
Cars like the Persona and Saga will always be developed internally to increase Proton’s capabilities. Of course perhaps once Proton is big and up there with the rest of the big boys, you may see Proton sharing a model with a major player on an equal contribution basis to save on costs. In fact even now, there is a brand that’s rebadging Proton cars – Youngman’s Europestar brand in China.
Aston Martin is rebadging the Toyota iQ as the kind of car that Cygnet is not a core Aston Martin model. Dodge makes big American type of cars and it is not good with small B-segment cars thus it has rebadged the Hyundai Accent as the Dodge Attitude. Honda wasn’t very good at SUVs in the past so it rebadged a Land Rover Discovery Series I as an early Honda Crossroad before the CR-V ever existed. The Isuzu Oasis is a rebadged Honda Odyssey. The modern Ford Ka shares platform with the modern Fiat 500, and Ford and Fiat do not share any stake in each other – it’s purely a business feasibility decision. The Holden Apollo was a rebadged Toyota Camry.
In Europe, the same model is sold as the Opel Vivaro, the Nissan Primastar, the Renault Traffic and the Vauxhall Vivaro. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van is also sold as a Dodge and a Volkswagen. Volkswagen sells a large minivan in the US known as the Volkswagen Routan and it’s based on a Chrysler Town & Country, which is also sold as a Dodge as the Grand Caravan. Chrysler and Dodge are owned by the same company but Volkswagen has no shareholding connection with the American company. Coming back to Mitsubishi – they’ve supplied the i-MiEV electric car as well as the Mitsubishi Outlander to PSA Peugeot Citroen. The Outlander is sold as the Peugeot 4007 and the Citroen C-Crosser.
The Lancer-based Waja replacement is seen as an interim model to fill in the gap for the need of a product in its segment without having to invest heavily. It is like a “place holder” model to keep Proton in a required market segment until it has the resources to develop a permanent solution to serve the segment. Development of the new P3-90A took only 17 months compared to 24 months if developed internally. The local vendor ecosystem is also supported as Proton will start off with 40% local content shortly after launch, with the aims to increase it to about 65% within a year.
Proton shopped around for various cars to be considered as the base for the P3-90A and Mitsubishi was picked because they’ve been traditional partners for the last 25 years thus they already have some form of history together. The Lancer also has a decently sized interior space making it suitable for the Upper C and Lower D segments – in fact the Lancer is called the Galant Fortis in Japan as it’s grown so big. The old Perdana’s wheelbase is just 20mm longer than the Lancer’s. The Perdana has stopped production in March 2010 BTW!
What are the differences between the P3-90A and the Lancer?
The entire front end has changed, with the Proton version carrying an “inverted” Lancer grille. The Proton version looks much more similar to the original Lancer as compared to the Taiwanese market Lancer Fortis, which in my opinion had softened the look of the Lancer too much. For the Lancer, the same reflector headlamps of the Lancer remains.
At the rear end, there is a new rear bumper that has an integrated diffuser-like design. The 2.0 CVT model gets a small bootlid spoiler to differentiate it from the 1.8 liter models. Speaking of models, while the Lancer only comes with a 2.0 liter engine mated to a CVT here in Malaysia with two trim levels – EX and GT, for Proton there are 3 variants, all with different engine and gearbox combinations as well as equipment levels.
The baseline model will be the 1.8L model with 143 PS and 177Nm of torque. This is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The mid-range model is also a 1.8L model but with a CVT transmission instead of a manual. The CVT on this model has a manual shift mode but only via the gear lever – there are no column mounted paddle shifts on this model. The top of the line does come with the paddle shifts, and has a 2.0L engine to match the CVT transmission. All of these engines are Mitsubishi GEMA 4B family engines, in which the base block are shared with Chrysler as well as Hyundai-Kia. I wrote quite a detailed article in the past about the 4B engines so you can refer to that story here: The new 4B11 Engine.
Mitsubishi did not allow Proton to touch the engine and the ECU of the Lancer, so everything is exactly the same as per supplied by Mitsubishi. But as Proton has changed the front end look of the car, it is able to do certain things such as install air guides for the transmission cooler, so that the CVT transmission fluid will be less likely to overheat. At the Lancer’s media drive years back, driving at very high speeds for prolonged periods of time (not something we’d do everyday to be honest) resulted in the gearbox heating up over a certain level which then resulted in the car cutting power and displaying an overheat warning on the multi-info display in order to protect the gearbox from being damaged.
Proton’s engineers were very well aware of this during their testing so they thought of a solution to fix it. Proton’s improvement of the airflow into the engine bay has given more air cooling for the transmission cooler, helping prevent the transmission from overheating.
Mitsubishi was also quite reluctant to let Proton do anything of the suspension of the car at first, so we almost got a vanilla Lancer without any “Lotus DNA” but later Proton managed to convince them to let them modify the settings. However it was already quite some time into the development process at that point, but the ride and handling engineers at Proton still managed to work their magic with the P3-90A. The absorber and spring settings are completely different, and there are also some small changes to the suspension bushes. Most of the work was on the roll and vertical rates. Proton matched all of this with 16 inch wheels wrapped with Continental CC5 silica compound tyres to maintain ride comfort. I’m sure everyone will be seriously curious to find out how much different a car can feel just with different suspension settings.
How does the P3-90A drive?
Naturally the 1.8 liter manual felt like the best driver’s car of the lot. The steering somehow felt more precise and had better feedback compared to the other models. According to Proton, the entire setup was designed mainly on the 1.8L manual version so that could be why it felt sharper, and it could also be that the 1.8L manual had a lighter front end compared to the models with the presumably heavier CVT transmission and even the larger engine block for the 2.0L model. Ride comfort is better than the Lancer GT, because of the different tyres used, and the P3-90A just had a natural stability that’s hard to unsettle even at the extremes, and that helps the driver feel so much more confident in controlling the vehicle. I didn’t feel any issues with the 5 gear ratios of the manual transmission nor the way the gears slotted into position so I suppose if I don’t feel annoyed they should be properly spread. The clutch is also light and easy to control. I think the model I like the most is the manual.
I can’t push the car to the kind of crazy limits that some senior journalists can, so I was lucky to be in the same car as them. There’s no need to waste your money on roller coaster rides, just ring up a certain FS or SY, thanks for the ride guys! The roads down from Genting and the Karak Highway blurred by as the long sweeping corners were taken at mad speeds of even 180km/h at times and I noticed that never once did I feel the car was about to lose control and there was only occasional times where the tyres started to protest. The Lancer GT drives well but a lot agree that its 18 inch Yokohama Advans contributing to a lot of the work while the P3-90A has its good ride and handling built into the chassis settings and once you have a good base from there it’s hard to go wrong! The Lancer GT feels a little stiffer and it has slightly less body roll than the P3-90A but the P3-90A remains very composed. It’s this great combination of a formidable chassis that offers great handling but a comfortable ride at the same time that’s the trademark of “Lotus Ride & Handling”.
I didn’t get to drive the 1.8L CVT but we’ll bring you impressions of that after the official media test drive at the end of this month. The 2.0L CVT model didn’t feel very much different from the Lancer that we can already buy now, and you really have to get used to the way the CVT slips up the rev range without any progress before suddenly ‘locking up’ and increasing its forward momentum. CVTs are of course a good thing engineering-wise as it allows the engine to be in its most optimum rev range for the kind of driving you want but no doubt eager drivers are going to be using the paddle shifters a lot. The car’s progress just feels so much better in the virtual 6-speed manual mode although technically it’s less efficient to drive that way.
Other details?
I can’t comment on the interior quality and texture yet as the cars were pre-production cars and the interior dashboard had all the necessary shapes but were “flat”. Think of it more like a mock up. I guess I’ll find out the actual interior look at the launch. There are four colour options – red, silver, white and black. I think they all look pretty good and I’m torn between the red and black.
In terms of safety features – ALL models have dual airbags and ABS brakes.
Booking opens tomorrow when the name is unveiled and booking fee is RM1,000.
If I missed anything you want to know feel free to ask in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer everything, if it’s something I can answer."
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
First driving impressions of new Proton model! by Motortrader.com.my
Offering test-drives to the media prior to a new model’s launch is a normal practice as it allows publications and websites to write about the driving experience when they carry the story on the launch. That’s the time when public interest is very high and to be able to also read about how a model performs adds value to the reports.
Since the Exora project, Proton has also run a separate programme to get early feedback from some journalists to identify any areas that need to be quickly re-looked into. The initiative was started by the Group MD himself, Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir (DSZ), who believes in interacting with the media and listening to what it has to say about the company and its products. It’s something that requires trust as the models tested are not launched yet and therefore pictures can’t be shown and certain information also needs to be kept under wraps. In fact, we might not even have been able to put out this report today but DSZ decided that there was not much harm in sharing our experiences now – but full pictures of the car can’t be shown at this time.
The model that we were invited to drive was the one which just about anyone who is interested in cars will know about – the successor to the Waja which is almost 10 years old now. It’s also no secret that this model – which goes by the codename of P3-90A – is adapted from the current Mitsubishi Lancer. After developing seven models on its own, Proton’s next model will use the design of another manufacturer which also happens to be its former partner, Mitsubishi Motors.
Far from signaling a change of mind about developing models in-house, this new move shows that Proton is making more rational decisions based on business considerations, rather than being obsessed with the ‘national thing’ and trying to always show that it can do everything itself. As a national car company, it has to also help the automotive industry advance but in certain aspects, decisions need to be made objectively and based on the business case. In the past, it seemed that costly decisions were made which were great for the national ego but not necessarily making business sense.
The reason why the P3-90A has not been developed in-house like the Waja is because the potential volume is likely to be small (under 2,000 units a month). Because it is a mass market player, Proton (like Perodua) needs very big volumes for each model in order to justify the investment needed to develop and make it. If the economies of scale are not there, then the model will either cost too much to sell or it has to be kept in production for a very long period. The latter is not a good idea and the former is a challenge in the very competitive market of today.
So Proton decided that since it does need to be represented in the segment, the smarter approach is to adapt a proven design developed by someone else. It costs less and allows the model to be in the showrooms faster. But why then was Proton willing to spend almost a billion ringgit on developing the Waja before but now says that its successor doesn’t justify that kind of investment? The explanation from DSZ: “When the Waja came into the market, the competition was different and it could have a bigger volume. Today, you see strong rivals from Korea and in the price segment we are targeting (under RM100,000), there is a lot of competition. So we are unlikely to be able to achieve the sort of numbers that were possible ten years ago and we made the business decision to go with this approach”.
He added that this kind of approach is nothing unusual and many other manufacturers also do it. You see Ford and Mazda doing it with the Ford Fiesta and Mazda 2; Nissan and Samsung Motors sharing models; and so on. In some cases, the companies that share models are in the same group (eg Nissan, Samsung and Renault are in an alliance) but there are also other cases where separate companies agree to share a model developed by one of the companies (eg Mitsubishi and Peugeot, and Toyota and Aston Martin). So critics who say it’s ‘shameful’ to take someone else’s model need to realize that even the global players do it. It’s good that Proton has done it too so that certain parties can no longer accuse Perodua of being just a ‘rebadge’ company – unless they continue to have double standards?
We’ll tell you more about the P3-09A when it’s officially launched and full specs are available but for now, let’s move on to what it’s like behind the wheel. The cars were drove from KL to Awana in Genting Highlands (via the old Bentong road) were pre-production units, meaning that the finish did not reflect the final quality customers will get so we didn’t bother with looking for quality issues. Up to 60% of parts will be sourced locally within 12 months which helps get the cost down.
We were offered all the three variants that will be available: 1.8-litre with a CVT and with a 5-speed manual transmission, and a 2-litre with a CVT. The powertrains are supplied by MMC just like the Perdana was but even at this early stage, there are some design improvements to suit local conditions. However, the engineers told us that as far as engine tuning and transmission gearing is concerned, they are not supposed to alter anything. This is an issue which frustrated Proton before when it was taking powertrains from MMC and it could not tune engines for its own purpose. The ECU could not be touched, which led to Proton developing its own ECU and then its own engine.
However, the suspension has been worked on although initially, MMC was not agreeable about this. Nevertheless, after showing that they could tweak the suspension of the Lancer into something with a different character, the MMC engineers agreed that the P3-09A could have its own suspension settings. That our Proton engineers could impress them shows how far the company has come since its first effort with the Perdana V6 and Satria GTI. Those two models of the late 1990s were the first to get Lotus tuning and while other aspects of Proton models have been criticized over the years, the ride and handling has always been highly rated.
Using their 10+ years of experience in injecting Lotus DNA into Proton’s models, the engineers have given the P3-09A a different feel to the car. To some, this may be superior to the Lancer’s and these will be people who are more oriented towards sporty driving. There will also be some who like the Lancer’s feel which now seems to be more oriented towards comfort. But this is not to say the P3-09A is uncomfortable because the Lotus DNA still retains a reasonable level of ride comfort and for most people, this will be fine.
On the twisty old Bentong road (the section between the Bentong junction and the tunnel) and on the Genting road, it was very clear that the suspension settings are almost spot-on. There’s very good control and body-roll is kept in check, giving the driver a lot of confidence. There is only one standard tyre brand which Proton has chosen and it is said to have a special compound that improves wet grip.
Steering response was good but the 2-litre variant’s steering felt ‘looser’; with the 1.8 variant, there was a more definite feel of the road and more positive response to inputs. The engineers acknowledged this assessment and said that it has something to do with the 1.8 and 2-litre variants having basically the same set-up and specs.
The 2-litre engine performance is something which you can probably get an idea of if you read reports on the Lancer so we’ll talk about the 1.8-litre engine. Like the 2-litre unit, it is also a Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) all-aluminium powerplant that was jointly developed by MMC, Chrysler and Hyundai. The output is around 143 ps/177 Nm while the 2-litre version in the Lancer sold in Malaysia produces 155 ps/199 Nm. The exact specs will be available when the model is launched but since the powertrain is supplied from Japan, the output is unlikely to be different from that in Lancers having the same engine.
With the manual transmission, the P3-09A 1.8 is really fun to drive though that always seems to be the case when we get hold of a car with manual transmission – which are not many these days! The spread of gears is good and the gearbox was slick in operation. We drove the CVT version up Genting and with a full load of four on board, its performance was brisk, thanks to the CVT keeping the engine in its optimum operating range. Incidentally, the 2-litre version will have paddle shifts on the steering column.
Other aspects of the car will be described when we drive actual production units towards the end of this month. Suffice to say, the inside looks pretty much like the Lancer and it’s black in colour. Not having been developed by a Malaysian company, there is no teh tarik hook though! But one of the engineers said they’ll keep it in mind for the ‘phase 2 version’ which will see more customization of the model. That’s necessary if Proton wants to export it because MMC will be agreeable only if the Proton version looks different enough.
We’re told that order-taking will start from tomorrow when the official name of the new model is announced. Proton is a bit conservative in its demand forecast but we think that the order bank could quickly go to a year’s waiting period. There was also the same reluctance to believe that there would be strong demand when the Perdana was launched in 1994 but when people knew it was based on a proven MMC design and cost a lot less than the Japanese rivals, the orders flooded in and stretched to a year. The word on the pricing is that you’ll be getting ‘a Civic or Corolla at Vios/City prices’.
The new model (which will be built at the Shah Alam plant, not Tg Malim) has a sound design with engineering already proven by the Lancer. And if you’re concerned about local quality, DSZ said that the ‘number of concerns per unit‘ has dropped from 4.1 with the Waja when it was launched to 0.31 for the Exora today. So Proton’s manufacturing and QC process itself is also of a higher standard now. If you want one, we strongly recommend that you get money ready for the deposit (said to be RM1,000) for this car when order-taking starts. The red colour looks great on the car (other choices are silver, white and black).
o locate a Proton dealer, click here for the Proton Edar website
Talk about this new model in the MTM Forum
Talk about this new model in the MTM Forum
Ballsout Drift at Bukit Putus, K.Pilah. How long we should wait?
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- RM 120 (SG friends $ 55)
- Parking RM 5
- Spectators RM 5 (special spectator areas now with Canopy, lorry shuttle provided, no walking on the Course)
With a combined viewership of over 30,000 views, the video of Tengku Djan and Tan Tat Wei’s visit to Bukit Putus back in April 2010 is now Legendary.
And it is now time for YOU to be part of the Legend too!
First ever, legally closed hill course for motorsports and driving enthusiasts to enjoy! 4km stretch, both uphill and downhill runs on the ‘Touge’ section
- Full safety provided with marshals, medical, and tow-truck on standby
- Helmet, shoes, and gloves strictly required
- Limited entry of around 50 cars only, so be sure to Register quickly!
PARTICIPANTS:
Send an email to adian@ignition.my or faisalasri@ignition.my to register (Singapore:henry_rca@yahoo.com.sg ) with the following info:
NAME
IC
CAR
HANDPHONE
Payment details will be provided upon confirmation. It’s a first-pay-first-serve basis.
GPS Coordinates of the Tenggolok Rest Area (Registration & Admin area)
N 02″ 43.650′ E 102″ 03.570′
SPECTATORS:
We have made improvements for this round, including more canopies, drink and food stalls, and better Spectator shuttle transport. Shuttle makes trips every 30 minutes, so be sure to be there early! Drinks also available at Spectator areas.
Merchandise on sale includes Bukit Putus stickers and T-Shirts (RM35 each), as well as Tengku Djan t-shirts.
RIDE WITH TENGKU DJAN!
Limited to only 6 places, get a ride through the course with one of the top Drifters in the world, our very own Tengku Djan Ley aka Prince of Drift!
- Price is RM 200, limited to 1 person per run, strictly first-pay-first-serve basis!
- Indemnity required, no medical conditions
- Register your details by sending an SMS to Adian 0126881200 asap!!!
MEDIA:
Please register your details for Media Pass, email to asrul@ignition.my and adian@ignition.my
from: igniton.my
For Sale: Vintage Ford Cortina
From Mudah.my
| Price: RM16,000 | Reg. year: 1980 or older | |
| Mileage: 100 000 - 109 999 | Make: Ford | |
| Model: Others | Transmission: Manual | |
| Engine Capacity: 1600 cc | ||
| Accessories: DVD Player, Sport rims | ||
| Berminat untuk mempunyai muscle car. Ford Cortina Mark III keluaran 1975-1980 adalah salah sebuah muscle car yg terdapat di Malaysia. Kuasa enjin pinto utk kereta ini mampu memcecah 2.0cc melalui janaan injap carburetor webber. Kereta ini juga pernah digunakan di dalam filem "Si Badul" pada era 70an dan masih dalam keadaan baik sehingga kini. Engine Capacity:1600cc. Original Interior: Original baldu Reg. year:1975 Color: Blue with stripe Doors: 4 pintu Price: RM 16k Contact person: Izuan 0125458488/0195743422 |
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