Proton Reunites with Mitsubishi

[na_power]

using mitsu design n petronas engine is a gud idea if proton do like that...proton still have advantage if still using mitsu old design bcoz they have high-tech petronas engine...

 

[acbc]

Proton by itself is useless... they need a technology partner or else, the company will just remain stagnant spending all their last cash on staff paychecks.

Even in China, who would buy an outdated car? With GM, they have thousands of cheap modern cars there.

 

[Fluffy]

to me proton is just a company who wants to make money.they dont hire ppl who have potential to produce good cars.they just hire ppl who can warm up the office chairs.

 

[K_Takuya]

Agree with Fluffy

 

[CraZieThug5057]

agi idup agi gleban

 

[sbirdz]

hahaha!! support on Fluffy there... system inside is upside down.. even if they manage to bribe the brain of Perodua to their side.. I think the brain will suicide and comes back to Perodua instead... ^_^

:P

sorry r.. but I was sort of in love with proton when they produced the PUTRA (Prince) and GTI model... but then suddenly again they reproduce some bad habit item out... some really cute models like Ultraman vehicle which can tumbang flat on floor, skiing on road instead of 4 wheel on road running after one treller pass him thru on high speed... :D hahaha!~~ and just see those 2nd hand car shop... how many of Proton is there compare to Perodua.. they should have realise this earlier on... and now when thing are so serious until total of proton laying on the hot sun bath and get rusted out there.. which is closing enough to get "bajak" laut one island out from it..

Aihhh!~~~.... why always until dying stage only cries and instead not solve it earlier leh... even rythm also got la... "Dun always cure when it's too late, prevent instead is better"...

 

[wakos]

Hopefully..the new CEO capable to put some magic touch to Proton...hehehe..

bring japanese-style business management into Proton ...

p/s airtrek in proton version plus grandis in proton facelift...wait n see..

 

[zan]

to me proton is just a company who wants to make money.they dont hire ppl who have potential to produce good cars.they just hire ppl who can warm up the office chairs.

proton is heading perodua definitely when it comes to manufacturing their very own model.

problem with R&D dept is their designers are highly qualified but lacking in ideas and imagination.

in design (as well as architechture) imagination is very important. we all can see the vios and city of new millenium looks so good, but such new ideas already in their thinking by late 90s. proton must think 10 years ahead in order to join the competition.

gen2 (2004) for example dates back to Lotus cars of mid nineties, with no glovebox and only ONE cupholder. myvi on the other hand has 4 cupholders per car. so, proton still dont want to admit?

 

[sPoOn3838]

sound s like future EVO will be our local make car.....lol

 

[robthomas]

good luck for protn n mitsu. say sorry to vw... hahaha...

 

[Fluffy]

if im not mistaken..the news was that VW was the one who backed out of the partnership coz proton did not have the same vision.

 

[badguy]

Malaysia's Proton Reunites with Ex-Ally Mitsubishi

Thu Feb 2, 2006 8:11 AM ET



KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian carmaker Proton confirmed a new alliance with Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday as Proton sought to recover from losses and the breakdown of a joint venture with Germany's Volkswagen.
The partnership with Mitsubishi, a former Proton shareholder that helped the state-controlled firm make its first cars two decades ago, will be restricted to technology and will not involve an equity stake, Proton's new chief executive said.
Earlier on Thursday, Mitsubishi said the alliance would be unveiled on Friday but it did not give details.
"Proton being small, I don't see any reason why it should not be collaborating. That's the journey that we like to go," Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Tahir told reporters.
Proton, which reported its second straight quarterly loss in November, was unlikely to fully turn around within a year, Syed Zainal Abidin added. "In the auto industry, a change is not going to happen in one week even a year," he said.
Proton shares tumbled in January when Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) quit their proposed joint venture in favor of a more modest deal for VW to supply products and components to Proton.
Syed Zainal Abidin said Proton also sought alliances with carmakers from China and India, two vast markets which he said the company could not ignore.
($1 = 3.74 ringgit)

quoted from reuters.com
original article :-
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=174359+02-Feb-2006+RTRS&srch=proton+mitsubishi

good news for us..

that means the proton team is doing shit in these few or ten years loh
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[Fluffy]

welcome to malaysia! ahahaha

 

[sPoOn3838]

hahaha.... dont say malaysia!!!
should say what the hell inside proton!!!!