Proton may increase production of Saga SV prices starting from RM33,438.

National car maker Proton may increase production of the Saga SV from the current 2,000 units per month to cater to high demand for the car.

Proton Edar Chief Executive Officer Hisham Othman said 4,000 units have been pre-ordered following the launch of the new model a week ago.

"Currently, our production is enough to fulfil the number of bookings that we received, and we assure customers who make their bookings now that they can expect to get the car before Hari Raya.

"It's been a while since we received such a good response," he told a press conference here today.

He said of the total pre-orders, 65 per cent were for the CVT automatic transmission model, with the rest for the manual version.

"With 4,000 units of the Saga SV booked to date, and with the numbers increasing every day, this strengthens the Proton Saga's position as the consumer's preferred choice of entry-level

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Car prices cannot be reduced abruptly

The prices of cars cannot be reduced abruptly as they will affect the overall car industry, said former chief executive officer of Proton Holdings Bhd, Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir.


Syed Zainal said several important factors had to be considered before the prices could be reduced.

"In my view, the reductions can be done but they must be studied thoroughly and various aspects have to be taken into consideration.

"Many stakeholders are involved because this not a small industry but a big one involving many investors," he said when met here today.

He said this when commenting on the government's efforts to reduce the car prices gradually and Pakatan Rakyat's manifesto calling for a quick cut.

Proton going backwards: Bung Moktar

A government MP today criticised national car company Proton for being "backward" by coming up with a supposedly new car but designed according to an old-fashioned car.

Debating the 2011 Budget, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) said he could not understand what was in the mind of the Proton management when introducing the Inspira recently.

"I don’t see any new changes in Proton. At one time, we used to have Lancer, but now Mitsubishi is no longer producing it. And now, Proton changed the name and comes out with Inspira, using Mitsubishi," he said.

"The reason given was, to create a prototype, it would cost RM700 million, so it has to combine with the existing resources to come up with a new car. This is very embarrassing for the country."

Bung Moktar said if Proton could no longer afford to run the business, it should just shut down the company.

 Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan)

Enter the Inspira - Proton New Model - a version of Mitsubishi Lancer

Proton Holdings today unveiled the Proton Inspira based on the Mitsubishi Lancer four-door sedan, finally ending months of speculation of how the successor to the Waja model would look like.

The whole car was not shown at the media preview at Proton’s Centre of Excellence this morning. Rather a mock-up of the front portion of the car was displayed on a truck, which will be making its rounds in the Klang Valley, Kuantan, Johor Baru and Penang.

The car is tentatively scheduled for official launch on Nov 10.

Here's how the front end of the Proton Inspira looks like.

Watch out for this truck as it goes around Malaysia in the next few weeks.

Proton Latest model Inspira a version of Mitsubishi Lancer

National car manufacturer Proton Holdings Berhad announce the arrival of the Inspira, an all new mid sized four door sedan in the Proton model line-up that will be unveiled in full to the public in November.