if no airbag?

bro., do u have a baby?
let alone u have to carry the baby while no other person to monitor the baby for u.

having front passanger airbag is good for adult passanger.
having front passanger airbag switched off is a bliss for baby.

This feature is invented because of using child seat with ISOFIX standard. It is normal for a mother to put her baby at the front seat so that she can still can see the baby. This is international standard already, if some of you don't understand that, don't blame the researchers that put a lot of time to improve the safety of the passengers.

no wonder u still drive moto

no airbag is fine.

kancil sit 6 ppl also no problem

Oh, sorry. Didn't know. My condolences.

@MR_alien: The Japanese are struggling a bit, but I think in Europe they do have competitive cars. Only in Malaysia a 4AT is a good feature, since mechanics know it well and it is well proven.

Almost all contis (and Japs and Koreans in Europe) have that airbag turn off feature. You don't have it, you lose stars in EuroNCAP. There are rear mounted baby seats (baby facing the rear of the car, but sitting on the front seat). For those an airbag would be deadly. No airbag means the seatbelt and the baby seat will keep the baby safe.

Judging from the thought that went into this car, and the features it has it is clear to me that they want to properly enter Europe again. Which could also be a great marketing strategy. "Proton P3-21A... outselling the Toyota Yaris/Vios in Europe." Ok... I think that's not going to happen because Yaris buyers are those who only care about reliability, it's more likely that the Proton hurts sales of Korean, Romanian and perhaps French cars.

Nice info about the CFE engine. I pretty much like 205nm of torque at 2000-4000rpm. And the turbocharger came from Borg-Warner ! At 1500 rpm, the engine already reach 150nm. This is sufficient enough to move the car in the city and should be low in FC. Looking forward for this new car.

most of the part from our local car are from big big companies what.....only the design and assembly are local. and of cos those big big companies opened here and hired local ppl also.

0-100 in 9.6s.. quite respectable.. especially if a pimped-out satria neo lotus only does it in 9.2s.

Anyone can provide 0-100 numbers of other cars? i only know vios about 11-12s..

i think the front end looks quite aggressive as it is.. but i think it looks better without that sorta dip below the logo, y is proton so adamant 2 have that anyway??

btw, looks promising.. one of my most anticipated cars 2 launch this year.. the buttons on the dash looks like a huge improvement than the buttons in protons of yesteryear.

Doesnt matter where the part comes from. For me, the most important thing is the engine performance and reliability.

Reading this articles from Lotus really shows the performance of the car if you can see the graph. The power that came with it is actually higher than a 2.0 NA engine which IMHO is very good.

It also stated that the engine had been vigorously tested in different climate/altitude.

Promising...tempting. But my waja is on its 3rd year
Maybe can ask my parents to buy

This post has been edited by Azuma-kun: Feb 15 2012, 04:07 PM

inspira 2.0CVT need 10.5 seconds

1.6 turbo of cos more power than 2.0 la....otherwise why turbo? turbo is not cheap you know.

bmw/peugeot 1.6 turbo = torque is equal to 2.4 liter and bhp is equal to 2.0liter car.

this is power.

i like SMOOTHE Pick up, hahahah, what the heck

Ya lor. Price pun power la.

well i guess it sorta helps when you have bmw and peugeot working on it together right? with proton and its budget
i think from the lotus article it said that they developed the torque to be within the limits of the Punch CVT gearbox and to be more reliable..
otherwise why stop at 138 hp??

actually it's pretty slow for a 1.6turbo...
Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S tronic 122bhp (A) 2011 - 8.9 secs
Volkswagen Golf Sport 1.4 TSI (DSG) 2009 - 8 secs
Peugeot 308 1.6 Turbo Allure Glass Roof 5-dr Facelift (A) 2011 - 8.8 secs
from http://www.oneshift.com/new_cars/ccd.php

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Feb 15 2012, 04:18 PM

I don't mind the dip, it looks good. However I think the whole air intake section is too big. A bit slimmer might look nicer. Also without the dip it could be possible to remove the logo for a cleaner, meaner look. Like people like to do with VWs.

Yerp..i.ve read that the punch CVT cant handle more than 205nm torque. If they use different gearbox, the power might be higher. Cause like you said. It was built within the limit of the gearbox.

But i guess it's better for proton cause now they start to compare with BMW. lol