I like Proton with their rebadge engineering, get to buy rebadged Mitsubishi Lancer and in the future, rebadged Honda Accord at cheaper price.

Currently I'm driving Inspira.

This post has been edited by RedPillReality: May 7 2014, 03:38 PM

Enough la. This issue already discussed so many times before. We all know it should be.

moron. look at thailand. look at their automotive policy. producing a very LARGE number of cars for toyota, honda, and other large car manufacturers. even latest, VW decided to choose THAILAND instead of MALAYSIA, despite their political problem

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3180381

This post has been edited by ruffaz: May 7 2014, 03:40 PM

the question is when and not should

i couldn't agree to close down proton,

what i want is, proton to focus on details things in their car like,
interior design, finishing, and quality.

and i supposed proton wont die easily

Even proton close down, the same tax and charges still there...
this is the gov cash cow, do you think they will remove it?

The use proton as the reason to get this income, and we just blame proton for it.
Proton do apply to all this tax and charges, same as all import car....

so conclusion, without proton, the car price will be the same or even higher.
cause malaysian have no choice but to buy import car.

How about No.... dah elok elok ada industry kereta sendiri lagi mau tutup pulak.

rebadge is perodua expertise

don't close it. improve it instead.

any other car without the tax
owait

Dont close it
Thousands will lose jobs

Instead, improve it
By major restructure from management to vendors

Whixh i see it..
Impossible

Say no to proton, auto industry in msia will grow stronger, replacing indon/thai as main exporter and creates more vacancies in the local market

Hyundai in late 90's was garbage and worse than proton (compare old elantra with wira). But just look at them now, they are on par with the Japanese.

The only way proton will improve is to remove tax on foreign cars, that way proton will face a do or die situation and let the free market choose what is best. If more imported cars, then there will be more showrooms and more service centers opening up, the jobs will just go elsewhere, it's not the end of the world.

if they cant convince export market to buy half their production, then what ever they do also will be dead end also, cos they dont have the production numbers to lower cost and enjoy economies of scale.

under KWD70k, sure have........

inb4 KWD1=RM11.61

Toyoi, please attach Mitsubishi Lancer produced in 1983.

We need to keep the low class brand.
So that others can be high class.

or 2008 lancer or 2008 honda accord..