Wah rckh... Need to bash Proton till like that or not? You Proton hater? LoL.. Sama sama drive Persona ma..

Heavy, I agree.. Underpowered? Hmm.. I suppose if you shave some weight off the Persona, you'll get roughly equivalent performance to Vios..

Not to say that I'm a die-hard Proton supporter.. But to be compared with companies like Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, BMW, Mercedes, Audi & all those marques with at least 50 years of experience, Proton is still a newcomer. I do hate the fact that they relied on Mitsubishi again for Inspira, though.. I feel that it's nothing but an excuse when the CEO said that it'll be cheaper to rebadge a car than to spend money on R&D. Might as well just admit the fact that it's profit that they want. Yes, Mitsubishi & Peugeot is doing it. Everyone is doing it. Rebadging each other's cars. But why Proton? Them big companies rebadge to cut cost but they have many other exclusive models. They spend time and money into making their own models for decades. We don't have that many. I am disappointed with Proton but at the same time proud with them.

Proton's Chronology:

Proton Saga 1985 (3rd/4th Gen Lancer) -> Proton Wira/Putra/Satria/Arena 1993 (6th Gen Lancer) -> Proton Perdana 1995 (7th Gen Eterna) -> Proton Tiara 1996 (Citroen AX) -> Proton Waja 2000 (Finally, own design, still using Mitsu's & Renault's engine, altho Campro came later) -> Proton Juara 2001 (Mitsubishi Townbox) -> Proton Gen2 2004 (Own design, Campro) -> Proton Savvy 2005 (Own design but Renault engine) -> Proton Satria Neo 2006 (Own design, Campro) -> Proton Persona 2007 (Own design, Campro) -> Proton Saga 2008 (Own design, Campro) -> Proton Exora (Own design, Campro) -> Then finally, Proton Inspira (9th Gen Lancer).

Back to Mitsubishi. So what's the damn point? Not to mention that this time, they're lazy enough to leave Inspira the way it is. No restyling at all. Even Wira got a little bit of restyling.

Just to be fair to both sides of the party, IMHO.

And I'm confident of my tyres. Not my car. LoL. Notice how I only talk most about my tyres, not the car itself? Anyway, this is a Personarian's hangout place.. Please don't make us lose our interest here..

And if Proton's CEO is reading this (highly unlikely), please, darling, please... Stop all the craps about saving cost & shit.. Improvise on our own technology instead of copying ppl's best selling model.. Don't disappoint your supporters..

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Added on December 28, 2010, 11:59 pm

And what? I hope I'm not seeing 'Inspira Aeroback' shit based on Lancer Sportback. If that happens, I will sell my Persona and never touch Proton again.