Proton obviously did not google enough suprima.
Im sensing they'll be utilizing different name for global market once they find out about the other Suprima.

That again makes for poor branding, not so much presence. Unless they want to stop buyers from other countries from hearing horror stories of Malaysian Protons.

What was wrong with the idea of letting the public suggest names? Exora is a nice name. It doesn't say much, but sounds a bit exotic, interesting. When Apple came up with the iPod, that was bold. They already had established the iName, but Pod isn't really related to anything the product was finally all about. They could have called it the iMP3 or something like that, but that would have been obsolete fast. Of course later they became much more descriptive in their naming. iPhone is... well, a phone.

They probably settle with Preve S or similar for AU/UK market.

Better check ur fact Hyundai start producing car in 1968 while KIA 1973, Proton first car rolled out in 1985, so who is earlier ? Mr. 123 ?

Didn't Saga was been used since 1985 which make that 28 years ? so how legacy u want them to be ? BMW start producing car since 1928, 5 series was known as BMW new class 1962-1971 only by 1972 it changed its name to 5 series.

Good 1, 2, 3, ?, 5 opps u missed out 4 ...lol. .. come on do some homework on auto industry history before bashing blind

This post has been edited by jolokia: Aug 14 2013, 04:52 PM

Proton only qualified to be call as assembler at that time. Not until they have their own RnD unit, which Mitsubishi tak berapa suka.
Only in 2010 they start making car from scratch.

same like Nissan separate GTR from Skyline after new management.......

Why not just Preve Sport... or Sportback... Why Suprima S???

Why?

Hyundai was also producing Ford Cotina back in 1968, only by 1975 they come out with Pony which designed & engineered by a bunch of foreigners.

Sonata been Hyundai longest production car since 1985 were actually a Mitsubishi Galant initially.

Even the Theta engine is a Mitsubishi derived tech engine.

Off topic : Anyone know why Maxis at Klebang Ipoh suddently lost its' internet connection? Really frustrating me to wait when its' going back to normal..

well if you like Proton coming up new names for each car models then so be it. I prefer legacy names, Saga and Satria is running on the legacy name and i dont see why other models can do that. Yup, Mr Homework guy, then kindly help me to findout why is the name Suprimo then ? Sounds ubber class ? I find Persona sounds better.

same case as GEN-2 / PERSONA

Everything seems the same, except new gear knob design, and different color trims in steering and dashboard.

Bigger HU screen, seems to be the same as Thai/Indo unit.

I thought someone mentioned 7" HU unit with android capability?

Steering no paddle shift? Maybe this is the midrange unit as dash looks plain to me. Also notice there are no more chrome trims at the buttons next to the LCD screen.

Maybe this is not the high spec model. Or maybe the paddle shift is not visible from this angle.

paddle shifter is there.. but with different color...hehehe

Suprima ... i notice this is the first proton model which has 2 special emblems at the rear.. .one is TURBO.. another is Lotus... wow.. no wonder it calls Suprima becoz of that...

This took them more than 1 year to launch it with the new name for it hehe... but hopes the quality go top notch.. shut the bashers' mouth lolx... and hope that after launching those showroom/test drive units all in good condition, no more dashboard button pop in... tired rod patah la... bad weld joints. etc etc

This post has been edited by kevintth: Aug 14 2013, 08:31 PM

The interior still looks dull to me. I was hoping that Proton read all the negative bashes on Preve the last time and improve on this one, but sigh ... same old same old ... let's just hope the engine is a bit better ... should have come out with the Petronas engine already duhhhh ... we need 2.0 NA + manual!!!

im not proton fan....

to be honest the exterior and interior are quite nice compare to almera,pug sedan, mazda 3.

price wise with turbo and leather seat at 70k++ well worth it compare to vios at 80k++ with the same lame 1.5 old engine.

with push start button, hill start assist and alot of safety features.

i will highly consider this....



@kevintth

u go see nissan interior and come back comment....

This post has been edited by mousepad87: Aug 14 2013, 09:06 PM