Bright future ahead for Proton

[co-driver]

Belangrijk bericht
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[Frederik]

Ik kopieer even het belangrijkste (voor dit forum)

Lotus and Proton

Syed Zainal is adamant that Lotus should be kept under Proton.
“We are using the brand to penetrate into a few markets, like China and soon, India,” he blurted out in defence.
He told us to be patient and wait for the coming Paris Motor Show.
“Lotus will have new products, and they will be revealed in the motor show,” he revealed.
Syed Zainal also spilled out that Toyota will soon make an announcement that the Japanese company will be having more technical collaboration with Lotus in the near future, a very important milestone indeed for the English firm.
“We are also thinking of combining the engineering companies together, which means Proton’s engineering firm and the Lotus engineering company will be merged. This will give the new company a stronger portfolio,” he said.
The biggest news to us is that Syed Zainal toyed around with the idea of having a sub-brand under Lotus.
“There is a gap between Proton and Lotus, and a new sub-brand can certainly benefit both companies. Lotus can work on our future production models and have a more pedestrian offerings to the market,” he pointed out.

CBT believes that Syed Zainal and his team have the proper ideas to ensure that the brand will still be viable in the future.
Accepting that the market needs to be liberated is a good sign, and we hope the government will not be too slow in allowing Proton to really compete in the free world.

[co-driver]

Ik wil er nog deze aan toevoegen;

New global partner
With Volkswagen out of the picture , Proton is free to roam and find a new and perhaps better partner.
Syed Zainal , however , refused to delve deeper , but confirmed that Proton is in serius discussions with an European player , an emerging brand.
"It seems that this company needs a strong foothold in Asean and we can provide that. They are also able to help us in the European market , plus may be in the American market too," he said.
The proposed partnership is expected to be involved in plarform sharing , especially with the Emas Concept car.
"T hey are interested in the Emas because they can come out with thier own hybrid mini car based on the same platform . Our plan is to extract three new models from the same Emas platform, one each for Proton , Lotus and this new partner ," he divulged.
Proton is also hoping to get some technical collaboration with this new partner , especially on its high-end diesel engines ant the latest petrol engines using electro-hydraulic valve actuators .

electro-hydaulic valve actuators MultiAir

[Exploded]

Syed Zainal , however , refused to delve deeper , but confirmed that Proton is in serius discussions with an European player , an emerging brand.
"It seems that this company needs a strong foothold in Asean and we can provide that. They are also able to help us in the European market , plus may be in the American market too," he said.

Ik denk spontaan aan Renault, weinig markt in Azie, maar met Nissan/Infinity wel een mooi deel in de US. BMW zou ook geen gek idee zijn. Zij zullen zwaar moeten uitbreiden, willen ze concurrentieel blijven met de VAG groep en Mercedes.

[co-driver]

Ik denk eerder aan de psa-groep met Citoen voorop .
T'is maar een gedacht hé .

Een model die het Emas platform kan 'gebruiken ' is de RéVolte of dat 'raar' ding ....

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In de jaren '80 was er deze Proton Tiara (Citroen AX )

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en de Visa Lotus (tot Peugeot het laken naar zich toe trok .....205Turbo )

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[co-driver]

Ik denk dat Peugeot valt uit te sluiten , want die hebben een deal met NAZA om right-hand drive Peugeot's te bouwen .
Naza is de invoerder van Peugeot in Maleisië.
Maar Citroen ....... dat zal de nabije toekomst wel uitwijzen

Valeo E-Valve

[co-driver]

2 Pers-berichten over Proton (Bernama.com)
To Stay Is A High Achievement , Says Mahathir of Proton
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsi ... ?id=521961
New Proton Waja ( November 2010 )

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Proton binnenkort opnieuw in Europa , maar met wagens die minstens even goed of beter zijn als deze die er momenteel rond rijden . Vooral op gebied van eco-technologie beter dan de wagens die op heden te koop zijn .

Proton To Commercialise Research Product Being Developed by UTW
UTM Universiti Technologi Malaysia
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsi ... ?id=521849