Proton has launched a 5-Star after-sales rating initiative aimed at enhancing the level of after-sales service and increase competitiveness across all its its nationwide outlets. This new initiative will recognize dealers who achieve outstanding service quality, building on the Proton Operational Excellence (POE) programme that was introduced in March 2023. The 5-Star Rating is awarded based on POE scores and service quality, with service evaluated in categories such as speed and compliance over

Twelve months after flood related supply issues suppressed sales at the beginning of 2022, national carmaker Proton enjoyed its best start to a year since 2013. With 11,681 units (domestic and export) sold in January 2023, sales have grown by 162.3% year-on-year, resulting in the company comfortably retaining second place in the sales table. Proton's market share for the month is estimated to be 22.9%, an improvement of more than 12% year-on year and over 3% better than its market share figure o

Proton announced today that it had sold 11,316 cars in November 2022, including exports. The figure is 13.1 percent lower than in October 2021, attributed to supply chain issues that is currently affecting the global automotive industry. Cumulative sales for 2022 however, is now 126,682 units, which is 10.4 percent higher than the same 11-month period in 2021. It has also surpassed the total sales of 2021 (114,708 units). With only one month left in the year, Proton is still short of 23,318 cars

No such thing as a cheap EV? Well, Malaysian start-up EV Innovations might beg to differ with their Perodua Axia Electric concept, now on display at the ongoing EVM Asia 2022 expo. Though based on an Axia, the concept has no official relation to Perodua. The Axia Electric is the latest version (3.0) of the company’s retrofit packages which started with MyKar 1.0 back in 2020, which you might remember was a peculiar composite-bodied prototype with a janky interior, based on a second-generation (G

Two units of the new Proton Saga with camouflage were spotted in Lahore, Pakistan. These units, which appear to be undergoing tests, are likely equipped with a slightly downsized engine (1,299 cc vs 1,332 cc). Proton Saga As reported by CarSpiritPK, the Saga bound for Pakistan will get a downsized engine to gain tax incentives as the tax structure for 1,300 cc and above cars is different. Power outputs of the smaller engine are still unclear at the moment. The 1,332 cc engine we have in Malaysia

Just last week, we saw the 2020 Proton Saga Anniversary Edition made to celebrate the first Saga launched way back in 1985. Some liked it, but there also were critics that poked fun at Proton - thinking that the Saga is merely a cheap cash grab. Whether or not you liked it is another question, but it’s a fact that Proton had even hotter cars in their 37-year history, namely the Proton Putra, Satria GTI and Wira 1.8 Exi LE. Put side-by-side, each of them makes the Saga Anniversary edition look fa