New Proton Inspira now available for booking!

[VeaRN]

Too expensive for a pirated version of mitsubishi!! :stupid:
If 70k for the 2.0 full version i might buy one....

 

[kelv!n]

Mitsubishi should be happy that they get hefty loyalty fees from proton since the lancer gt is gonna have replacement model soon.. so it wont pretty much affect Mitsubishi sells anyway.. in another hand proton will be able to use the 4B11 and 4B10 engine for RND to come out with their own engine for campro or whatever pro 1.8 and 2.0.. isn't it good that the proton might be able to learn a thing or two from Mitsubishi stuff? anyway is just my 2 cent although i still am doubtful about this car in terms of reliability and safety features =S

 

[sixtythree]

Quite sad to see numbers of bashing comments here..
C'mon guys, its totally a business decision by Proton. Lotsa car manufacturer in the world have and currently doing this rebadging (recent example, Aston Martin currently rebadging Toyota IQ to Cygnet...)
I was understood that since c-segment model does not contribute much to Proton sales, they decided that it is much wiser to utilize their R&D fund to develop A & B segment cars, which enjoy more sales volume all the while.
Nevertheless, I was hoping Inspira to be priced lower a bit though.

 

[akuma]

I'd like 2 chip in as well..i'm not Proton hater nor do i really support them.....
but rebadging d Lancer into an Inspira is surely a step backwards......coz Proton haf proven they can come out w relatively good cars own their own,ie Persona & Satria Neo(i heard still very minimal defect complaint).
n yes,2 those who pointed out dat rebagding is quite d "trend" nowadays,i kinda understand.....but thn again,by rebadging a model dat's now readily available in d local market is still ok...example,v dun haf d Toyota Passo here...so selling d Myvi is actually ok.....but rebadging d Lancer whc is being sold locally into an Inspira.....hmmmm..i do feel sad 4 all current owners n also Mitsubishi salesperson....
but wat 2 do?our car industry is never sensible anyway...
we'll c wat happens in a few months time....
cheers....

p/s:i do think dat d new Inspira is overpriced too.....

 

[VTEC_runner]

evo 4,5,6,7,8,9,x halfcut price will be crazy soon...

 

[nafiiio]

You know whut ... Mitsu is very clever company, they made Evo X with high cost RnD but how they gain back the return ? by selling large volume of Evo X ?? NO ... of cos with the high sale volume of the Lancer GT!!

Same goes to Civic type R and normal Civic ..

Proton even smarter, the've got Lancer and rebadge into inspira ... what is the most important objective of a company ? Profit !!!

do u know how much the cost of RnD for the new car ??

When most of the car maker companies fall during the recession .. Proton stand still .. i have to agree, they're quite smart. Thanks to new SAGA and Exora. They make money rather than lost ...

I still remember most of proton basher here are praying for that Proton company to gulung tikar during the recession..

 

[triple_c]

spending whole life copying people, how sad.....

 

[shah5755]

b4 this i was quite confident proton will come out wit newly design,better car after they hv their own R&D team, with trademark proton R3....and the results is Proton Inspira
i wonder hw much do Proton R&D team will get as 'Bonus' to come out with this new model
damn they r so......:hmmmm:

 

[futureneogsr]

proton will always be proton no matter how u partner and partner.. too bad..

 

[PowerMonster]

I simply LOVE IT !!!

... gonna do massive mods once i get it

 

[mkdreamervl]

You know whut ... Mitsu is very clever company, they made Evo X with high cost RnD but how they gain back the return ? by selling large volume of Evo X ?? NO ... of cos with the high sale volume of the Lancer GT!!

Same goes to Civic type R and normal Civic ..

Proton even smarter, the've got Lancer and rebadge into inspira ... what is the most important objective of a company ? Profit !!!

do u know how much the cost of RnD for the new car ??

When most of the car maker companies fall during the recession .. Proton stand still .. i have to agree, they're quite smart. Thanks to new SAGA and Exora. They make money rather than lost ...

I still remember most of proton basher here are praying for that Proton company to gulung tikar during the recession..

Correct me if i'm wrong, Proton survived because malaysia's automotive industry is still designed to protect Proton, they didn't actually succeed in doing it on their own. They have the government to thank for that. OF COURSE proton is making huge profits, Check the price of our Gen2 in UK and Arab... you'll be surprised how much the the rakyat is getting conned to help the company stay afloat....

But then that will come down to tax structure and stuff and its the same story all over again on why Malaysian car so expensive and alot of Bull...

Peace. Just my 0.005 cents

 

[bb1-man]

I really feel sorry for proton's public image. If i were the head of proton PR dept, i would be knee deep in valium and zoloft pills by now.

Develop own campro and gen-2 platform, kena bash. rebadge lancer to become wira and inspira, also kena bash. never recall car for errors, kena bash. recall car for electronic flaw, also kena bash. did not JV with VAG, kena bash. Bought over lotus for transfer of tech, also kena bash. came up with cheap car savvy, kena bash for poor quality. get good quality rebadge from mitsu, also kena bash for being too expensive. ....... and lots more reason to bash proton.

In fact, the only proton model that received minimal bashing is i believe the satria GTi. But then, its also on a mitsu platform, with a mitsu engine.....so in essence its also a rebadge...

time for another round of valium.

 

[chimaera1855]

proton will always be proton no matter how u partner and partner.. too bad..

agreed and no matter how much u ll put on it it will always be a proton.put all the evo parts u want on it but the registration card the day u want to sell it will always say proton.!!!

 

[pi_zayo]

the slogan is marketing gimmick to blind the car buyers.

the thing is that wondering how many people actually working in potong? just relax in the office, end of the month get salary which has been so since 25 years ago. the staff there learn nothing. gov keeps protecting.

 

[hansonchen]

bad advertising idea, it's like - immediately launching a new car, it crashes, through a wall. they could have used the idea of the car morphing out from liquid metal like T2... :)

anyway, the car looks nice for the front part.. back part still unknown, hopefully not a gen2 at the back. price is expensive, around 50k is reasonable

 

[loose_end]

bad advertising idea, it's like - immediately launching a new car, it crashes, through a wall. they could have used the idea of the car morphing out from liquid metal like T2... :)

anyway, the car looks nice for the front part.. back part still unknown, hopefully not a gen2 at the back. price is expensive, around 50k is reasonable

Guess they wanted to portrait Inspira strong bodyparts ..

 

[Sergei_korolev]

how about a NA drag against all the 1.8's GTI, Putra and prove its worth

 

[skylin3lov3r]

haha s expected more potong bashing s usual lolz...s much s i hate potong own copy pastah method,,,i still gonna wait 4 full review of this car b4 judging potong in overall whole

 

[iewan]

as normal new model vehicle of proton must have weakness as well as proton putra, wira, gen2 etc...whoever intend to buy this car better wait until the 2nd or 3rd revision....80k to 90k is not worth to malaysians....unless for rich people.....how come any campaign of 'use malaysia product' could be succeed? damn all of this shit:stupid:

 

[^Raver^]

some newbies information to all jeremy clarkson here..

Inspira -
For 1st batch is CBU from Japan it self.
75% Mitsui parts and 25% local(bodypart and some interior only)

Engine code 4b10 for 1.8
4b11 for 2.0 the same engine with lancer GT. (All engine part and qc is from mitsui. No alteration by proton - agreement with mitsui)

in other way this is the cheaper version of lancer GT by using proton purposely to reduce the import tax. or in a mean word this is the lancer gt. Same goes to Daihatsu and produa. Kia and Naza. Naza and Peugeot.

so 80k not worth it.. than better buy lancer gt 118k nvm pay xtra 30k++ more as long as u get front bodykit of mitsui. plus gud knock down 2nd hand value. fuhh sure worth it...

cant imagine if proton closed agreement with vw. Golf GTI 248k in proton batch. all copy cat and mybe sellin at 100k. but offcoz la malaysian.. fuhh not worth it its a proton better buy honda city.

haha mitsui marketing guy is smarter than all of us.. they really now how to make profit in malaysia, in several month this inspira probably will be in top 3 selling car in malaysia which lancer gt will never achieve it. hey they Japanese..

hohoho chears.. long life cherry car - king of copycat..