Jul 26 2007, 01:09 PM
QUOTE(ezralimm @ Jul 23 2007, 01:55 PM)
ROTFLMAO. Minimalist basher. 
Time would tell how this generation of sedans will be.
20yr's is very young for a car company.
Eg. Korea protected it's home brands by banning Jap imports completely for more than 40 years!
About quality, my dad's perdana has done 220,000km without any major problems (except expected wear and tear lah of course..eg tires, windshield wipers etc, spark plugs, timing belt etc).
I dont believe they are wasting rakyat's money. Money internally circulated to local industries. To the local economy. Proton has stuck to making cheap cars that people earning third world wages can afford. The upcoming gen2 sedan, priced at ~RM50k (midrange) is very reasonable. Even if NAP/proton didnt exist, a jap sedan of similar size/wt (~1200kg class) will cost upwards of RM70k OTR. It will only waste your money if you insist on buying 2.0L upward cars that come with super high tax as a result of NAP. The average malaysian probably couldnt afford a baseline 2.0L BMW 3series that would cost about RM180k OTR (WITHOUT NAP!) without going into debt.
The H-Line, RM55k variant seems attractive if it comes with standard features like ABS and 4+Airbags.
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Completely agree Time would tell how this generation of sedans will be.
20yr's is very young for a car company.
Eg. Korea protected it's home brands by banning Jap imports completely for more than 40 years!
About quality, my dad's perdana has done 220,000km without any major problems (except expected wear and tear lah of course..eg tires, windshield wipers etc, spark plugs, timing belt etc).
I dont believe they are wasting rakyat's money. Money internally circulated to local industries. To the local economy. Proton has stuck to making cheap cars that people earning third world wages can afford. The upcoming gen2 sedan, priced at ~RM50k (midrange) is very reasonable. Even if NAP/proton didnt exist, a jap sedan of similar size/wt (~1200kg class) will cost upwards of RM70k OTR. It will only waste your money if you insist on buying 2.0L upward cars that come with super high tax as a result of NAP. The average malaysian probably couldnt afford a baseline 2.0L BMW 3series that would cost about RM180k OTR (WITHOUT NAP!) without going into debt.
The H-Line, RM55k variant seems attractive if it comes with standard features like ABS and 4+Airbags.
edited: grammatical errors.
Every car has its own flaws and what the point of just pointing at one...is it because its Proton? My brother's Nissan SENTRA bought a year plus ago still has GEAR BOX problem and has been replaced 2 TIMES....remember....2 TIMES and the problem still persists and comparing the price of a Proton and Nissan, I think we should complain much lah.
Moreover, I'm quite sure that you'll are aware of Proton's i-Care launch and they have given much importance to customer's feeback. For instance, do you'll remember people were complaining that tall people cannot sit behind the Gen2 hatchback because the roof knocks the head? Well, you wouldn't have that problem in the NEW PROTON GEN2.
Guys, you need to test drive this car before complaining further. As I mentioned before, all car do have minor problems and personally know that Proton has even replaced a car for a friend of mine.
This new car actually looks really really good and also have extra features like the remote to open the booth and airbags etc all for a mere RM55,800. Where can find meh!
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