First of all thanks to kcng for his efforts for this brief but brilliant review

Overall the car looks great with the bodykit and the interior. Not to mention the CPS is finally included inside the engine bay

Just that the minor turnoffs are its leather steering, the rims and the overweight. Need to test drive this baby.

May consider for a 2 door car considering i have already one family saloon in my house which explains i actually can go for a hothatch, its time for some fun in the road after been in a bot (myvi) for 3 years

Cooshyree, what do u think?

This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Feb 13 2009, 11:12 PM

Proton has no plans for the gti version of the satria neo since their direction is towards people's cars like the persona, saga and the upcoming MPV. The best we can wait is via R3's tuned version which wont be cheap either since it will be limited quantity.

Lotus do have plans to tune a existing road car and the satria neo has a very good potential. With their planned participation in the WRC via the S2000 rules this year and next year, this look good for the satria neo.

This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Feb 13 2009, 11:42 PM

I believe the satria neo beat tthe vtec in MME not only because of the engine, as i believe the nsatria neo used in MME still ahve disadvantages in the engine displacement and power, but R3 has also better experience than most teams in that category in terms of endurance racing. Dont forget R3 used to win the overall category on the Lotus Exige 340R a few years back.

That time proton was headed by that buffon Tengku Mahaeel who wants self pride more than anything else. He wants proton to develop tehir own engine to show their capability and dependence from petronas. If i recalled proton and petronas have conflicts back then.

Actually it might be more expensive if the car is lighter. Take a look at those "superlagenda" lightweight cars from Lamborghini or Scuderia F430 from Ferrari, its much more expensive than a normal Lambo/F430.

I went to Proton COE at subang and take alook at the new satria neo CPS. The white neo is simply gorgeous, simply one of the best looking proton cars ever. It reminded me that the stig's DNA is implanted inside the car.

However interior wise i quite disappointed that it still uses some bits from the current satria neo, such as the plastic door trims and the samurai sword handbrakes. Space utilization is quite wasted and the car is strictly for 2 people only. Fine for me now but not good for long term. Boot space is fine for a 2 door car.

Overall, i felt the gen2 CPS has better value if you looking for a small fun hatch but the gen2 cant beat the looks of the white satria neo. If i have one, i gonna name it "stig"

Need to bring the car for test drive, hopefully i can get one next week.

Well let see if Lotus really picks the satria neo as their supposed tuned up production car project just like what they did on the vauxhall a few years back.

There will be a knock down version, called the clubsports which they took the satria neo chasis of a 1.3cc engine and put a 1.6 campro inside.