R3 Inspira

[mosh]

they dont call it inspira R3..

its a limited edition inspira 1.8 with free R3 bodykit..

i guess the R3 folks bising2 to proton about this.. lol!

 

[DM3]

the 1.8 mt stock quite fast leh....tested the car, not bad...but i dunno how fast is fast for some race car enthusiast....to me its fast and had a very smooth gearshift...

yea its nice right? uts very soft on the clutch and its not even a hassle during bad traffic jam.
wow they have test unit for Mt now?

yeah as for 2.0 heard coming soon for MT or with r3 kits

 

[cRazYee]

shame, why even brother name it R3 while there is no performance gain, but cosmetic change?

Proton has never lift me up in automotive market in malaysia. After years, all they can do is bought over someone blueprint, once again. And R3 supposed look into performance segment, but now just making cosmetic.

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proton should stop their stupid marketing strategy. Limited Edition, Special Edition, it doesn't work anymore! It's all cheating game!

 

[DM3]

notice there were changes in the term inspira with R3 kits and not inspira r3.
well its good also it stays this way as i mentioned earlier that its a agreement between proton and mitsu on not touching anything on engine ,drive trains and ecu.
the more they touch its gonna messed it up more ,so they have to obey mitsu :P
well like i said also just wait for the jebat with evo setups :P

protn has to come out with this marketin strategy as to boost sales etc.
see toyota n honda also its the same in msia only eg vios how many times need to facelift with body kits etc? and 3k+ people buys them since 4yr+ ago.

 

[Veloc]

shame, why even brother name it R3 while there is no performance gain, but cosmetic change?

Proton has never lift me up in automotive market in malaysia. After years, all they can do is bought over someone blueprint, once again. And R3 supposed look into performance segment, but now just making cosmetic.

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proton should stop their stupid marketing strategy. Limited Edition, Special Edition, it doesn't work anymore! It's all cheating game!

I agree... Proton's SE and LE are merely cosmetics. But R3 usually has increased performance. Really dissapointed this time that the R# has degraded to cosmetic changes... :(

I really loved the previous satria gti, gen 2, and satria neo R3

 

[cRazYee]

notice there were changes in the term inspira with R3 kits and not inspira r3.
well its good also it stays this way as i mentioned earlier that its a agreement between proton and mitsu on not touching anything on engine ,drive trains and ecu.
the more they touch its gonna messed it up more ,so they have to obey mitsu :P
well like i said also just wait for the jebat with evo setups :P

protn has to come out with this marketin strategy as to boost sales etc.
see toyota n honda also its the same in msia only eg vios how many times need to facelift with body kits etc? and 3k+ people buys them since 4yr+ ago.

Toyota trd and Honda modulo kit are optional accessory

Every manufactural has pre fl and fl, that's fine. But how many manufacturer goes for so called, limited edition or special edition tricks then make them standard? Most of normal car only has 5-7 cycle life. But proton? I guess u know it better them me.

What piss me of if, for the last 10 years, there is no development for waja/inspira then they end up another contact with Japanese and paying them over the "right"
What the hell is going on? Look on the whole picture. Everyone here is the victim.

 

[DM3]

problem here is car makers in msia, pls see vios how many rounds of revise facelift n trd kits also. proton now has persona coming up soon ,and it think they are changing their model range frm time to time

 

[Sylver]

Actually, I don't see why people get so worked up. The ones who should feel this news are those who bought the original Inspira 1.8MT without the bodykit.

This "R3" bodykit is given to new owners who purchase the upcoming 100 units of Inspira that leave the factory floor. And at no price changes.

If you don't like it, wait until the 100 units are sold out. Just cuz they don't bump up any performance, people complain. They are probably just trying to push more sales of the 1.8MT version.

 

[DM3]

hahaha, its ok la, dont bother as im the early batch owner, no regrets etc as even more so when prton gives their supplier with higher discounts. to me once get it just move on ,cars will have promo from time to time, if worried so much u wont get to proceed on to buy them

 

[ixeo]

I agree... Proton's SE and LE are merely cosmetics. But R3 usually has increased performance. Really dissapointed this time that the R# has degraded to cosmetic changes... :(

I really loved the previous satria gti, gen 2, and satria neo R3

exactly.. a disgrace to call it a R3

Actually, I don't see why people get so worked up. The ones who should feel this news are those who bought the original Inspira 1.8MT without the bodykit.

This "R3" bodykit is given to new owners who purchase the upcoming 100 units of Inspira that leave the factory floor. And at no price changes.

If you don't like it, wait until the 100 units are sold out. Just cuz they don't bump up any performance, people complain. They are probably just trying to push more sales of the 1.8MT version.

I think you're missing the point here captain. What's "Race, Rally, Research" about this Inspira R3? And looking at the pictures they are calling it the Inspira R3. Like I said they should call it the Inspira S3, Show, Stylish and Slow. Why slow? Cause its not any faster.

see yourself.
Proton Inspira R3 – new hi-res image and more details

R3 is the something out of Proton that is actually worth something, that really is capable of living upto its Race, Rally, Research name. To bastardize it like this to sell more units is a disgrace. Next thing you know they will colour the Inspira in british racing green with a fancy bodykit and call it the Inspira Lotus edition.

as Jeremy would say, its rubbish.

 

[Sylver]

exactly.. a disgrace to call it a R3



I think you're missing the point here captain. What's "Race, Rally, Research" about this Inspira R3? And looking at the pictures they are calling it the Inspira R3. Like I said they should call it the Inspira S3, Show, Stylish and Slow. Why slow? Cause its not any faster.

see yourself.
Proton Inspira R3 – new hi-res image and more details

R3 is the something out of Proton that is actually worth something, that really is capable of living upto its Race, Rally, Research name. To bastardize it like this to sell more units is a disgrace. Next thing you know they will colour the Inspira in british racing green with a fancy bodykit and call it the Inspira Lotus edition.

as Jeremy would say, its rubbish.

bro, noticed i put the " "? I don't agree with it, but neither is it useful to bash about it. they gave the bodykit and rims for the new owners at no extra price, so i don't see any cons about that. it only benefits the new owners...slightly. (replacing those 18" tyres will be higher cost than those who kept the 16")

branding belongs to proton, and if it's okay with them, why are we bothered?

we all know R3 is capable of upgrading parts in the Inspira. but if they don't do it, there might be a reason, isn't it? just chill and let proton have their fun in marketing this. like i said, there is no cons for the consumers who wish to be Inspira owners.

 

[EvolutionZ]

will go test the R3 1.8mt to see whether any enhancement on the overall performance....but SA says car not yet available in showroom...not all showroom has display..cos only 100 units for now.

 

[DM3]

bro, noticed i put the " "? I don't agree with it, but neither is it useful to bash about it. they gave the bodykit and rims for the new owners at no extra price, so i don't see any cons about that. it only benefits the new owners...slightly. (replacing those 18" tyres will be higher cost than those who kept the 16")

branding belongs to proton, and if it's okay with them, why are we bothered?

we all know R3 is capable of upgrading parts in the Inspira. but if they don't do it, there might be a reason, isn't it? just chill and let proton have their fun in marketing this. like i said, there is no cons for the consumers who wish to be Inspira owners.

ya as i mentioned earlier they protn replace the term Inspira with R3 bodykits ; go see the newspaper or brochures.

its up to them as its their performance theme branding.
i would say only thing good is they didnt increase price and helps up with those who wanna mod looks :P

 

[jamesweh]

R3 will never be a AMG or a M (BMW). Proton owns the name, they can do what ever they want with it. Thank god! Mitsubishi insisted that they have to retain back the original ECU plus gearbox.
I would guarantee that Siemens would have Fxxx it up!
At least we can tune the ECU with a Tatrix cable using Open Source.

 

[DM3]

yeah, someone already tuning it using cables and reflashing ecu now

 

[jamesweh]

I have done it....

 

[DM3]

so more power improvement?

 

[jamesweh]

I posted the dyno chart earlier. About throughout10 HP
increase

 

[ae92r]

shame, why even brother name it R3 while there is no performance gain, but cosmetic change?

Proton has never lift me up in automotive market in malaysia. After years, all they can do is bought over someone blueprint, once again. And R3 supposed look into performance segment, but now just making cosmetic.

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proton should stop their stupid marketing strategy. Limited Edition, Special Edition, it doesn't work anymore! It's all cheating game!

Better than Myvi SE & Extreme and Viva Elite Exclusive Edition from Perodua......???????? TRD and Impul also have Vios TRD version and Silpy Impul tuned car, still with stock engine.......nothing on engine performance also.......this is call marketing strategy.........there are many ways that u can get your car R3 tuned....just give them a call and they will assist you like any ah beng shop.....Ya tokeh....apa barang mau....?????

 

[DM3]

yea only here in msia this kind of marketing strategy works all the time and worse still just with kits/cosmetic looks and can increase price much more and people will still buy in droves especially for toyota/honda/p2