i've not been to KLIMS this year as i am currently overseas, but motor shows' purpose is to show the company's direction, their latest and best offering to the consumers.
while displaying the ASIMO is a great move, displaying a mere City would be like asking me to pay 15 bucks to enter their showroom. and showrooms may have free coffee and biscuits to boot.
the point that proton is showing lotus cars shows that they don't have anything else to offer, and it is a mere smoke screen to cover up their weak offerings to the public, the much awaited SRM a.k.a NEO was not unveiled in KLIMS, really dissapointed.
there is nothing wrong in displaying Lotus side by side of Proton, but to use it as an excuse to fill up the floor space is amaturish.
i remember my visit to KLIMS 2004, the Lotus booth is my favourite, the open top 240R with the Green uniformed girls with short skirts and yellow lotus logo is the killer package. her smile so innocent and sweet, still drooling.
back to the topic. malaysian motor shows have lost it's purpose, once again, lets compare to our neighbour, Thailand, the Bankok Motor show, the models are much more professional and dedicated, the booths are well designed and the car companies actually launch new models during the Bankok Motor Show.
Thailand = Detroit of Asia
and look at us, showing Honda city and Wajas to the world and calling it an internaltional motor show. without NAZA ( which is not even a car maker/assembler) we won't even see proper sports cars like the Zonda or Ferraris.
BTW, F430 cost 850K only? damn cheap i could buy 3 of those (joking). but a Lambo Gallardo cost 1.3m, Gallardo SE 1.7m, how is a F430 so cheap. thats almost as cheap as a new M3.
While malaysian car showrooms are "pidgeon eyed", in UK, i could walk into an Aston showroom with tshirt and jeans, display a valid drivers licence, sign some insurance forms, and i could test drive any aston there is to offer, same applies to other showrooms. i walk into a proton showroom n Malaysia asking for a test drive, and the salesman just shrugs and so "don't have" or " nobody test drive proton one" while we are making pot shots at singapore for being kiasu, look at what kiasu-ness has brought them now.........a famous Toyota quote "the day we cannot make improvements, is the day we will lose"
while displaying the ASIMO is a great move, displaying a mere City would be like asking me to pay 15 bucks to enter their showroom. and showrooms may have free coffee and biscuits to boot.
the point that proton is showing lotus cars shows that they don't have anything else to offer, and it is a mere smoke screen to cover up their weak offerings to the public, the much awaited SRM a.k.a NEO was not unveiled in KLIMS, really dissapointed.
there is nothing wrong in displaying Lotus side by side of Proton, but to use it as an excuse to fill up the floor space is amaturish.
i remember my visit to KLIMS 2004, the Lotus booth is my favourite, the open top 240R with the Green uniformed girls with short skirts and yellow lotus logo is the killer package. her smile so innocent and sweet, still drooling.
back to the topic. malaysian motor shows have lost it's purpose, once again, lets compare to our neighbour, Thailand, the Bankok Motor show, the models are much more professional and dedicated, the booths are well designed and the car companies actually launch new models during the Bankok Motor Show.
Thailand = Detroit of Asia
and look at us, showing Honda city and Wajas to the world and calling it an internaltional motor show. without NAZA ( which is not even a car maker/assembler) we won't even see proper sports cars like the Zonda or Ferraris.
BTW, F430 cost 850K only? damn cheap i could buy 3 of those (joking). but a Lambo Gallardo cost 1.3m, Gallardo SE 1.7m, how is a F430 so cheap. thats almost as cheap as a new M3.
While malaysian car showrooms are "pidgeon eyed", in UK, i could walk into an Aston showroom with tshirt and jeans, display a valid drivers licence, sign some insurance forms, and i could test drive any aston there is to offer, same applies to other showrooms. i walk into a proton showroom n Malaysia asking for a test drive, and the salesman just shrugs and so "don't have" or " nobody test drive proton one" while we are making pot shots at singapore for being kiasu, look at what kiasu-ness has brought them now.........a famous Toyota quote "the day we cannot make improvements, is the day we will lose"
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