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Seow Yaohan | May 4, 2012
Proton will be delisted from Bursa Malaysia today, almost eight years since joining the local stock exchange, after new owners DRB-Hicom succeeded in securing 98.6 percent (as at April 26) of Proton shares, above the threshold of 90 percent required to privatise Proton.
Starting with the ...
Seow Yaohan | May 3, 2012
This is a promotional video created and released by Proton leading up to the launch of the Prevé, which was still known as the P3-21A in the video. Proton asked Frenchman Jean Alesi, F1 legend and Lotus ambassador, to make a case for the ...
Bobby Ang | May 2, 2012
The National Automotive Policy was initially a grand scheme with an objective plan to turn Malaysia into one of the most successful automotive manufacturing hubs in the world. However, artificial manipulation of new car prices by the government to protect local manufacturers has come to ...
Seow Yaohan | May 2, 2012
Lotus Cars is ready to restore full car production from May, having secured sufficient financing from new Proton owners DRB-Hicom. Production at Hethel assembly plant is expected to return to the rate of 44 cars per week. With the financing tap now open, Lotus ...
Seow Yaohan | April 21, 2012
The 2012 Proton Prevé has a lot to prove to be truly considered a “global car with global standards”. The C-segment is filled to the brim with options, may they be the established Japanese (Toyota Corolla Altis and Honda Civic, which are the two benchmarks ...
Seow Yaohan | April 19, 2012
In good old traditional fashion, the just-launched Proton Prevé has taken to the streets on a nationwide tour in a convoy of eight Prevés, four Inspiras, and one unit each of the Persona and Exora. Flagged off from Sri Pentas in Bandar Utama, the Prevé ...
Seow Yaohan | April 17, 2012
The 2012 Proton Prevé was launched yesterday night to the excitement of Malaysians (Read the Proton Prevé launch story), and a video showed at the event was captured by us. The excitement in the air is not solely because Proton along with Perodua are the ...
Seow Yaohan | April 16, 2012
The 2012 Proton Prevé (pronounced prae-vae, read the story of how this name came about), known for a long time as the Proton P3-21A, has finally been launched in Malaysia. The Prevé is expectedly slighter cheaper than its previously indicated prices throughout its entire variant ...
THIS IS NOT A JOKE. YES, the image above and the subsequent press release came straight off Group Lotus PLC just a moment ago. We are in an equal state of confusion, all we know is
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Seow Yaohan | April 11, 2012
Not only is everything except for the finalised pricing of the 2012 Proton Prevé (pronounced prae-vae, check out the story behind this unique name) known, and we mean everything, right down to the April 16 launch date and the engine specification and equipment level of ...















