Hezeri Samsuri, the local motor journalist blame Proton for nautica's flop haha. Can't find the video anymore, but i sempat watch he was driving in aruz, then wanna story about nautica.

Dia claim Proton sakit hati, why national car go fully import from Japan, take shortcut ini P2. P2 kononnya gentleman, so they stopped selling because of it.

Kepala bapak kau. Nautica rm90k, even Rush was cheaper, and Rush had 7 seats while Nautica 5 seater. Nautica only have CBU Japan as its selling point, else Rush cheaper and bigger, who wanna buy P2? Lepas tu buat2 kata kononnya Nautica actually selling well, dalam bandar jualan ada, wanna deny the wiki entry about it sold less than 500 units.

Kononnya all these reasons Nautica failed are fake news spread by keyboard warriors paid by tongsan, while he's telling the truth and not paid at all. Dasar pembohong punya ini HS.

Dengki la tu kat Proton that X70 is selling quite well. Dah la he made defamatory claims against Proton a lot lately. One day i hope Geely may feel it is serious enough to sue his pants off.

Yes, that's him. I vividly remember the video posted on careta website, but now gone. Kena kecam lettew.

Autobuzz syok, GC Mah is good reviewer.

Indeed, even rarer than Ferrari.

Lately he posts things like really wanna cari pasal with Proton/Geely. Some of his claims so bizarre, some so blatantly racist. Frankly Geely could sue i feel, but they ain't got time for this shit, busy trying to bring Proton back in black.

Recently he claimed X70 don't pay CBU tax, haha. X70 deliver 1,000 units kononnya tak heran, tapi tengok dia up Aruz deliver 1k+ units in 1 day bukan main.

He super fanboy of that Madani guy of MAI, now MARII. That Madani aa, everytime pauline tan news about, sure make stupid statement ala Maslan.

I notice MAI initiatives kinda pro-P2. MAI actually got design studio, kononnya can be used to train people to then be hired by carmakers, but as i see it, it looks like only P2 on board it, it looks to me more like P2 use govt to save their cost and gain skilled workforce.

Then they got like vendor program, something about bringing vendor standard up to global standards. A notable activity they done before was visit Japan, signed some MoU, but also only P2 vendors and management team seen. This was before Geely bought Proton, so i don't think it was as inclusive as they tried to portray the program to be.

MAI i think was kinda instrumental to formation of MIROS, the body responsible for Asean NCAP. I remember P2 sponsored crash test dummies and other stuffs worth millions, since then P2 crash test result become better, yet in real world crash, u know i know la.

Now Proton under Geely, i suppose they do things their own way now. Even X70 launch event, Pauline Tan not the official livestreamer or event organiser. HS's racist nature become more apparent since. From that post also u can see he got beef about them bringing their people in.

Truth is, Proton become more MNC rather than tongsan. In an interview with Dr Li, he said they got many international key people from Japan, Germany, etc, but HS seems to single out tongsan, and keep attacking them from time to time, claim tongsan hire and pay cybertroopers la, what a jerk.

Hezeri Samsuri, as far back as i remember, he started career as NST car, bike, truck section writer under bangau name. Then go to Top Gear Malaysia mag editor, now he runs careta malay website.

Can say if pauline is top english motor journalist, he is top malay motor journalist. But his review damn suck, i got watch before he do for some pijot car lulz too short and not comprehensive at all.

He always got lansi attitude, he like to perasan he smart, and when talk about orang biasa2, treat as if orang lain biasa2 are totally stupid and always wrong. See la how he so anti-proton, but never got guts to name them.

Ok, maybe not top anymore, but he's like a pioneer lol.

Yes, other malay ones like Roda Pusing memang mantap, that Engear guy also pretty good, iianm the guy also associated with funtasticko. Oh yea, actually funtasticko is the real pioneer, but i don't think they got that many followers like others.

Edit : just checked, funtasticko got 70+k likes, roda pusing 40+k, careta almost 300k. Wow, funtasticko got pretty huge followers lol

This post has been edited by tokdukun: Feb 12 2019, 11:22 AM

Ego. He thinks he's smart, everyone else stupid so he's the hero wanna educate and show off he knows, others all dunno.

Proton did hired him before as something like a consultant back in 2012. That was the year DRB took over, Preve was launched, the charismatic CEO DS Syed Zainal resigned (more like DRB kicked him out). We all know how shitty Proton during those era was? If he so good, why proton became shit? What advice he gave to Proton that ran it to the ground?

Now Geely wanna do the right thing, actually managed to convince thousands to buy a rather pricey Proton (but very good value vs its rivals), many local chinese buyers even! Yet he go and become racist arsehole. Look at his post, bajet pandai, pro-local, don't even have balls to call Proton/Geely by its name.

Taken from pauline interview with CEO Dr Li :

How do you deal with the perception that Proton is now a Chinese company, and no longer a company that’s more closely associated with Malaysians?

That’s totally incorrect. If there is any change in this context, Proton hasn’t turned into a Chinese company, but a multinational company. Why do I say that? It’s true that Geely has an interest in Proton but in terms of operation, it is not as you’d expect.

I’ll give you an example. At the Tanjung Malim plant, we have three Japanese engineers who head the operations there. Proton’s chief financial officer is a Canadian national. The design and styling department has British and French individuals who are also involved in providing input. Similarly, a few German and Indian nationals with their respective expertise contribute equally.

Our goal is singular: to improve Proton’s condition and restore it to its respected position as before. All these things we’ve discussed – and many other aspects of course – are the changes that are necessary to achieve that goal.

Dia bijak? Lu pikir la sendiri.

Recent Proton's CNY video greeting, he go and hanjing proton say "49.9..." in the comment section. His brother also comment "made in..."

He was commenting kesian director tu sorang2 je. The video got many top management people wishing CNY, just 1 malay and 1 japanese je lain than others. Actually only ceo is tongsan mali, others all Malaysian chinese.

He also claimed dulu iklan proton ada semangat muhibbah sekarang penuh bangsa ehem hahahaha, what muhibah ad? I never recall between 2012-2017 proton got muhibah ads, got cheesy KRU production ad for perdana, persona launch got la, wasting money je, they all flopped gak.

Proton saving money, use own top people to do ad, complaint tak muhibah, as if that gonna sell the cars, bodoh.

I vividly remember Nautica was rm89,900, before discount which sure had to be given, else can never clear stock.

Rush was the 7-seater version of Nautica. It was CKD too so that's why despite Toyota badge, still cheaper than CBU Nautica. They share same ladder frame platform.

Today still the same scenario, Rush, Aruz and Avanza share same platform (not sure if all-new or same as back then), RWD layout, same engine and gearbox.

Aruz is necessary for P2 cuz they wanna replace Alza, it's been 10 years already. Problem is toyota/daihatsu completely stopped making Passo sette (base for alza), so they gotta turn to Rush as a modern 7-seater offering.

Aruz is just SUV in style, but zero substance. It won't do any off road like most other pussy SUVs, unlike Range Rover, Pajero, Landcruiser etc.

People compare Aruz and X70 cuz mainly they're both SUVs, but Aruz is a budget, no-frill 7-seater family car. X70 is a luxury-killer cruiser, kinda like OnePlus and their 'flagship killer' product. X70 costs way more to buy and run, but it's still a steal for what it's offering vs their rival. True, they both gun different market, and doing well on their own.

Fanboy cannot accept reality, rather live in his own made up lie.

For people on a budget, i won't blame them for buying Aruz, but something really wrong if they buy Rush. Come to think of it, the table has turned this time, now Aruz is rm70+k, while Rush rm90+k. Back in 2008, Rush rm70+k while Nautica rm90k.

Wanna know why Nautica flopped, go wonder why nobody buy Rush today. BLIS and 360° isn't worth topping up rm20+k. If people can install power boot with foot sensor on X70, BLIS and 360° camera also can be done outside, very likely costs waaaay below rm20k.

When people can afford bigger budget, they won't look back at these 3rd world ladder frame cars anymore, looking up, X70 fits the bill, for a steal.