I pronounce Preve as Preef.
Proton Preef.

Period.

Luckily the Koreans are not like us or else Elantra would be vulgar language in Hokkien (his dixx big). KlA Cerato would be (Kiasi lah tu).

Simple car name also bash non stop.

I see.

I don't think people are mad. It is just about continuity. If BMW makes a a new 1 series HB, called it 8 series, people will complain. Makes no sense.

So this car is buatan juniors?

you have been warned

there's kopitiam for that kind of behaviour

kids like you should stay in bed.

little birdie told me the price wont be more than 80k

same price with current preve?

current preve premium is 77k if imnm, i guess there would be a price reduction perhaps for the sedan.

with 3k difference, i dont think you can get a different body style, more airbag, more gizmo and gadget and mostly different trim.

the leak picture hint silver trim, most like faux aluminium perhaps

if the collaboration with honda pulls thru, and proton will be using accord's chassis to be Proton Suprima... i guess that would be the sedan version. but then its 2 different cars. lol

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2787016/all

I also wonder why they never named it Preve hatch, or Preve sports back or something. Changed to some brand that sounds like a loaf of bread or some canned product. It even could be a sub brand of some engine oil or petrol. Suprimak kau.

Dear Keyboard Warrior,

It was you who started it, and could not take it when someone stood up nicely and asked for your elaboration.
Think twice before posting anything, especially against a moderator.

If you think you're superior than us, it's sad to say that you're in the wrong forum my friend

..or maybe the "Suprima" and this Preve hatchback are 2 different entities altogether?

while individual pronunciation is up to us, that thing is officially pronounced as "Proton Prae-vae"

source: http://paultan.org/2012/04/04/proton-preve...for-the-p3-21a/

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Aug 8 2013, 02:45 AM

I just told my wife of this supposed Suprima name

Her reaction?

"sounds like something from Pizza Hut"

zzzz

Preve CFE abt RM73k..
The hatchback about Rm80k as info more new stuffs inside the car...
Hence proton also looking for Perdana replacement, so it could be this car...

Indon-like name, maybe target Indon market ....

VW also name their Sedan as Jetta & Hatch as Golf, why nobody ask them to name it Golf Sedan or Jetta Hatchback ?
Peugeot also name their sedan as 207 & hatch as 206 so why not 206 sedan.
Toyota also name their Sedan as Vios & hatch as Yaris, why not Vios Hatchback ?
Hyundai also i30 & Elantra, why not Elantra hatchback or i30 sedan, i40 & Sonata, why not i40 sedan or Sonata wagon.

Actually it was stupid of them to separate the Jetta/Bora and Golf, otherwise they'd constantly be the best selling car in the world.

Yaris and Vios are no longer related btw., from what I heard.

The latest Jetta/Golf no longer share common platform i think.

Expect next Jetta using A6 / MQB platform as well.

The topic here is about name different between sedan & hatchback, I have shown P1 is not the only one even Big Car mfg do the same

These kiddo simply wanna find fault.

It's OK to give it a different name, but the problem is the name itself. They could do it like Merc, BMW, Audi, ... Or give it a Malay name maybe. My favourite names (not speaking Malay) are Wira, Satria, Exora. Exotic yet easy to remember and easy to pronounce. IMHO a name doesn't have to make sense, as in be related to a real word.

Forte is a good one, while it has a meaning (strong) it is from a language that not many are familiar with here.

I also like the wind phase of VW naming. Santana, Golf, Bora, Jetta, Passat, ... Only Golf is a bit problematic.

Suprima is simply a bit tacky. Like Toyota President, Crown etc., just that with those cars the name is at least quite fitting.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: Aug 8 2013, 01:30 PM