the ruling r being decided by ppl from the top, who own a whole wide list of good nice cars easily, infact ppl in their position change cars so often dat its a shame to even have a 3 yr old or outdated model in their stable or sitting in 1......as compared to us, who really value our rides, cherish our machines sometimes even more than our women, what do they know abt our ENTHUSIASM ? to them, they just wan to get rid of the eye sore, make sure proton sells (AT LEAST in the home country, since nobody out there is giving them good numbers) well, the 80s, rules were bent to accomodate this new P brand, now more rules are needed to be bent in accomodating the survival of this P brand......in a nutshell, yes chop shops will be sacrificed ( heck cares since its a mainstream one race owned bizness) next in line to come, insurance premiums to shoot up, since everything will be brand new parts....last in line, workshops , so called non authorised workshops as compared to those big ass service centres, make no mistake , when comes to selling new parts, they will give preference to service centres n delay on workshops, that time, most workshops will fold.......all these in return ...will gurantee the MANDATORY usage of P brand, the supporitng line n works of P brand spare parts, accessories; when dat comes.....the next generation can jolly well forget abt the brands of 3 diamonds, H brand, sexy mazda....those who can afford to change car yearly will continue their lifestyle without much qualms, those who r the average daily street walking joes out there like u n me will have to come to a point, tapao our rides, seal them up with those transparent storage wrapper, it will always be at home, meant to be idolized n not to be driven, yeah street ricing , genting ulu yam runs n even open track days, will be ONCE UPON A TIME feel good memories...the daily reality would be....rempiting along the bz streets, cursing n sending regards to those who made this decision.........MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU