Gold Youngman Lotus L3 GT shown at Auto China

Our photographers at Auto China stumbled upon this rather… amusing gold Youngman Lotus L3 GT sedan while finishing up their run of the show, and sent us these pictures to pique our interest.

Having a case of déjà vu? This is of course a rebadged version of the Proton Persona – part of the national carmaker’s strategic partnership with Youngman, which sees the Chinese manufacturer paying royalties in exchange for Campro engines as well as CKD kits of the Persona and Gen2 (the latter is sold as the L3).

Using our familiar family sedan as the base, Youngman then threw on an absurd wide bodykit (which we had already seen at Auto Guangzhou back in 2010). Race-inspired details abound, including bonnet pins and quad exhaust tips, and the boot lid is topped off with a rear wing tall enough to be used as a hurdle.

Added to that, the car is then wrapped in this blinding gold chrome finish, which Youngman obviously thinks Chinese customers would like. So, what do you think – does this give Brothers a run for its money, or is this something even the most extroverted individual would hide from?



This post has been edited by Hunakadoo: May 1 2014, 11:23 AM

Proton: already cheating msian consumers, moving onto the chinese next.

u think sephia better or gen 2?

No ....only cheating malaysian...in china, it will cost much lower so its not consider cheating.

facelift better than original proton

Burn it with fire pls

sephia la opcoz

gold plated shit is still shit

I think Malaysia should stop them using the lotus name on this garbage car.Lower the value of the name as Malaysia spends tons of money to buy the name and got a bunch of fat freeloader, who did not redesigned the suspension from scratch but instead "improved" the mistsubishi suspension with a slight twig and claim LOTUS engineered. Mind you most of the Waja, Gen2 suspension is still the same as Mitsubishi Lancer.

LOLL , mine gold is diffrent with proton ah beng gold

Lotus esprit is good , sure can da pao CRZ/RCZ/Toyota 86 sales






but unfortunately i'm not CEO of proton / Lotus

This post has been edited by Hunakadoo: May 1 2014, 11:24 AM

it didn't write "proton", it is china car what?

ah beng

Ahbeng to the max. China is just facepalm.jpg

that is one cheap asss car you got there

they wanna attract china lalabeng

the gold also not really gold.

cheap gold

Top gear china version review,

stinkipork also rike potong car

but lotus esprit price aint the same range as CRZ/RCZ/Toyota 86

Conclusion after watched the video

Engine is good , but FC not really .
Interior design sucks badly .

since is Local brand , make it cheap cheap lar
if Lotus esprit really launch at Malaysia , pricing at RM150k-170k surely will sell like hotcake hahha .

inb4 i dream on

even ahbeng say too ahbeng

dis is a goddamn good looking car

plotong marketing failed big time...
chinese so rich all go for luxury type with extra high tech gadgets...
who gonna spend money on that tin kosong racing inspired cheap ass car

Don't use carbon fiber and other expensive stuff, use cfe engine. With looks like that and price tag under 100k, sure sell well.