News - Autos Proton

Ministers to continue using Proton Perdana cars

10 January 2020

PUTRAJAYA: Ministers and deputy ministers will continue to use Proton Perdana as their official vehicles after all. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the decision was made afte...

Proton in deal to develop advanced testing facilities

09 January 2020

CYBERJAYA: The Malaysia automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), China automotive Technology and Research Centre (CATARC), DRB-Hicom and Proton have teamed up to develop nex...

Perodua SUV expected in 2nd half 2020, says research house

03 January 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: There are plans for the compact 5-seater Perodua SUV, based on the Daihatsu Rocky (also offered as the Toyota Raize in Japan), to surface in the second half of 2020, ...

Proton sold 100,821 cars in 2019, Saga and X70 lead sales

02 January 2020

SHAH ALAM: Total sales for national automaker Proton in 2019 closed at 100,821 units (domestic + export), the first time it has crossed the 100,000 unit threshold since 2015. Th...

Top 10 most anticipated cars of 2020 in Malaysia

31 December 2019

The most anticipated passengers cars this year will be compact SUV (sport utility vehicle) offerings and B-segment cars. Let's look at new wheels that will whet the appetite of ...

Proton adds finance ministry as X70 customer

30 December 2019

Present at the handover ceremony are (from left) Fazli Hisham, Hazrin, Shahrol and Shaheeran. SUBANG JAYA: Proton has delivered a unit of its award-winning X70 to a finance minist...

Proton delivers first X70 SUV to Pakistan

17 December 2019

Khalid (left) explaining some features of the X70 to Abdul Razak as they sit inside the SUV. ISLAMABAD: Proton presented a fully imported X70 to Pakistan at a handover ceremony he...

Proton X70 selling briskly on Shopee

16 December 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: One year after it was launched in Malaysia, the Proton X70 is raising eyebrows on its first anniversary by becoming a hit on Shopee. Over 200 units were booked in...

Local assembly of Proton X70 starts

13 December 2019

TANJUNG MALIM: One year and one day after it was launched in Malaysia, the first X70 to be built at Proton’s new plant extension in Tanjung Malim has rolled off the production line...

Proton doubles sales in November 2019

03 December 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: Proton car sales in November 2019 grew by 100% year-on-year with 9,643 units sold. The cumulative volume for the year stands at 89,476 units, which marks a 50.1% g...

Proton on a winning streak

01 December 2019

PETALING JAYA: When Proton Holdings Bhd unveiled its revamped tiger head logo a couple of months back to announce that the company had been “uncaged, ” it wasn’t joking. It’s be...

One, two finish for Team Proton at Sepang

26 November 2019

PETALING JAYA: Team Proton R3 (R3) capped a successful 2019 season by winning the Sepang 1000km (S1K) race for a third consecutive time. The 2019 Proton Iriz driven by Mitchell ...

Proton sales nears 80K units for first 10 months in 2019

04 November 2019

SUBANG JAYA: Proton has kicked off the final quarter of 2019 with 9,503 sales in October. The cumulative total for the first 10 months of the year now stands at 79,833 (domestic + ...

New Proton 3S outlet opens in Kota Kinabalu

21 October 2019

KOTA KINABALU: Proton's new 3S (sales, service and spare parts) outlet, operated by a Shirba Auto Sdn Bhd, has officially opened its doors in Kota Kinabalu. The opening was join...

Proton outperforms 2018 sales figures, Saga top seller

02 October 2019

SUBANG JAYA: Proton announced that sales in 2019 has brought the local carmaker back to the forefront of Malaysia’s automotive market. Another major milestone was achieved at th...

Proton 1 Tank Adventure hits tip of Borneo

26 September 2019

KOTA KINABALU: The Proton 1 Tank Adventure arrived in Sabah for its second leg recently, taking participants on a scenic 525km journey from Kota Kinabalu to the Northern most tip o...

2019 CarSifu Editors’ Choice Awards: Big wins for Proton, To...

26 September 2019

Joy is winning the top 3 CarSifu awards. The trio are (from left) Proton senior director of corporate strategy Yusri Yusof (X70), UMW Toyota Motor general manager of marketing Rich...

A new beginning: Proton comes out with new logo and tagline

24 September 2019

From left: Datuk Radzaif Mohamed, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Proton Holdings Berhad; Datuk Mohammad Zainal Shaari, Chairman, DRB-Hicom; Datuk Sri Syed Faisal Albar Chairman, ...