It's because both Proton and Perodua exist due to political reasons.And the people are being forced to buy those mediocre crap and imported cars cost a few more times in oversea,or not imported in at all (Like Fiat Panda which is suppose to be dirt cheap),as it will cause competition with our shit car makers.

Besides,even after donkey years of making cars,both Proton and Perodua havent even improved much at all,technologically.Serious design flaws like Gen 2 back view windshield or QA problems are still present.Honda,Toyota,BMW etc are making hybrids,hydrogen fuel cells or electric cars,while Proton doesnt even have a diesel engine.Campro is not even good at all,from what i heard.Low torque.Crap gearbox that broke down easily.Then,how about Lexus,which only existed for about 10 years.They are making good and powerful cars now.It's true that they have aid from Toyota,but there isnt much difference from Mitsubishi giving aid to Proton back in the 90s.

One fact you should know,for some unknown reasons,people just hate their own national cars.

Majority of Americans hates GM.Most Germans hate their own BMW.Australians dislike their own Holden.Hell,even Jeremy Clarkson hates most British cars.Thats what i got from someone who have been traveled around quite a fair amount around a world.

At least those people get to have a chance to choose their own cars,rather than being forced to buy their own national car,like us.

Malaysian car industry isnt much different than our own entertainment industry.Only one word to describe them,shame.

Except the bit about Codemaster's Racing Studio in Cyberjaya and a few extremely talented singers and actors actually make me proud.