Proton wants certified vendors
Only 70 of 270 suppliers of Proton Holdings Bhd complies with the ISO/TS 16949 automotive quality standard which ensures quality for automotive-specific suppliers. This is only about less than a third, which …
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Proton to finalise recovery plan; wins Trusted Brand award
Proton Holdings Bhd expects to finalise it's recovery plan before the end of 2006. The plan will depend on the finalisation of a strategic partnership with another party, of which details have …
Syed Zainal: 100 days in the hot seat
It's been a little over 100 days since Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, a former Perodua executive was appointed as the Managing Director of Proton Holdings Bhd after a long search …
Proton and Lotus plan new low-end Lotus
Proton is making plans to manufacture low-end Lotus cars in Malaysia in late 2007 or 2008, and both Lotus and Proton management have agreed with this plan. The companies are currently identifying …
Proton and Mahindra strategic alliance
Business Times reports that Mahindra & Mahindra is in talks with Proton for a possible manufacturing and marketing alliance which may involve a strategic stake transfer. Rumours are that Proton would assemble …
Proton vendors need to buck up
The Proton Vendors Association (PVA) are moving towards consolidation as part of efforts to increase competitiveness, increase economies of scale and reduce wastage as well as optimum utilisation of investment. Currently over …
Satria Replacement Model and Proton Savvy left hand drive
Reader Mun Wai sent in these spyshots of a convoy of Proton vehicles. There were a few Proton Savvys escorting a Proton Satria Replacement Model. From this photo, you can have a …
Proton’s Quality Control Campaign
One of the main peeves on Proton cars have been it's notorious quality control, as evident from a previous post I made on how to fix the Proton Gen2's door latch. The …
Proton to announce strategic tie-up by end April
Proton Holdings Bhd MD Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said today that the company is in talks with a foreign company for a strategic core alliance, which might involve selling a …
Corruption in the car industry
6 custom officers are being investigated for assisting car dealers to import vehicles using cloned or fake Approved Permits. Two are assistant directors while the other 4 are rank-and-file officers. These guys …
Proton and Chery discussing two-way partnership
More developments on Malaysia-China automotive industry relations. Previously there were rumours on Proton's involvement with Jinhua Youngman and Chery. Jinhua Youngman was believed to have entered a deal with Proton to assemble …
NAP After-Effects: Proton reduces prices further
Proton Edar Sdn Bhd and EON have published new price lists for Proton cars, lower than the prices previously announced. It's still not much, with the model with the largest price cut …
NAP After-Effects: New prices for Proton cars
Proton has posted new prices of Proton cars on their website. This is for Proton Edar. EON managing director Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir said it has yet to receive an updated …
Proton Savvy Zerokit by Race Rally Research
Proton has an R3 Zerokit upgrade for the Proton Savvy for those not satisfied with the zippy little thing in stock form. You can either purchase the Proton Savvy R3 Zerokit with …
Updates on Satria Replacement Model from Proton Cars Australia
GoAuto carries some news on Proton's model timeline for the Australian market, which could give us a guideline on when models will be released on our own shores. Probably take off a …
Race Rally Research Australia
Proton Cars Australia intends to set up their own Race Rally Research divison within seven months, based on the Lotus Sport franchise. Proton Cars Australia MD John Startari said Proton Cars Australia's …
Khazanah may take Proton private
Khazanah Nasional Bhd may be considering taking some government-linked companies private to help with their restructuring process in order to achieve KPIs. Earlier this week, K&N Kenanga had already speculated taking Proton …
NAP After-Effects: Proton to reduce prices
Proton M.D. Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir told press today that Proton would be reducing the prices of it's cars across the board by 2% to 5%. Proton also aims to …
Satria Replacement Model in April?
A report by New Straits Times says Proton expects to launch a new model in April. This could most likely be the SRM as I don't think there's any possibility of a …
Proton to announce tie-up with Chinese firm this week
Proton is expected to announce a non-exclusive alliance with a Chinese firm this week. At one point, Proton's board had thought about an exclusive partnership with one firm, but Datuk Azlan Hashim …
