Proton Satria 2007
October 24, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Seems like everything I am posting about today has got something todo with the Australian International Motor Show starting this thursday. One of the less than regular car manufacturers that is returning to the show after a good 7 year absence is Malaysian owned Proton. The Government owned manufacturer (which also owns Lotus) is set to unveil it’s new generation Satria three-door hatch in Australia for the first time.
The new generation Proton Satria is the final component in the company’s first wave of self designed cars joining the five door Gen2 and the stylish Savvy city car. The replacement Satria is due to be brought to market in Australia sometime in February 2007 and is built on an all new platform, developed from scratch by Proton.
Satria will be powered by a 1.6 litre Proton Campro twin cam multi-valve engine in Australia. The new Proton Satria’s exterior design presents a muscular and sporty image with headlights that project the company’s ‘tiger eye’ family design first seen on the Proton Gen2.
According to Proton Cars Australia managing director, Mr John Startari, the new Satria promises to deliver a stylish package and provides the company with a strong rationale to re-enter the Sydney Motor Show.
“This will be a very significant vehicle for Proton in Australia and will add to our overall market volume particularly with new dealers set to come on line in Sydney where it will have strong appeal,” said Mr Startari.
“It is by far the best looking and sharpest designed Proton yet and will arouse an enormous amount of interest when it goes on sale in February,” he said.
Proton will also show a special Satria design exercise known as Desire. Satria Desire is a wild styling exercise that perhaps provides a hint of what is to come with the much anticipated second generation Satria GTi. Along with the new Satria, Proton will also showcase Benji Marshall’s Gen2, which has been “pimped” according to Benji’s own specifications, including scissor hinge front doors, a wild paint job, full house stereo with AV system and hydraulic suspension.
The Proton stand will also highlight the other models in the lineup, Savvy, Gen2 and Jumbuck.
You can find additional information on the 2007 Proton Satria
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As with all Malaysian cars, expect only low reliability and inferior workmanship. Only poor Malaysians like us are forced to swallow junk like this. My Australian friends, you have a choice! I’m not saying it doesn’t look alright, but don’t be deceived by the look. I’m keen to read a review on this car in the future.
Proton, Sucks!
I HAVE A PROTON SATRIA 2000 DEMO MODEL AND ITS NEVER BROCKEN DOWN SINCE IV HAD AND HAVE IT TODAY I WOULD BYE ANOTHER PROTON THE ONLY DOWN SIDE OF THESE CARS NOT SPORTY ENOUGH
alot people hate proton and also there are people who love proton. only bashers posting and saying proton suck or watever. but look at the another side, although its bad or wat u all saying low-quality. u can always get a better car like vios and city. u all can ignore it. unlike perodua, perodua is transfering models from daihatsu and toyota and make it their own which is what proton “Had” done. proton now is trying to get things and design parts or even products by their own but everything need money. investing a car doesnt cheap, it may exceed few millions if u ever wan to create cars like vios or even like city.
I was a proton hater, but i dont now, because i understand what they are trying to do. give chance! and less hate = more happiness. =)
I would like to say that Proton made good cars for people but as my friend at Malaysia said Proton sucks because of their low-quality car. I myself went to Malaysia last week and inspected all of Proton’s car. The conclusion is, MALAYSIA MADE LOW QUALITY CAR FOR MALAYSIAN, but when they imported their car to other countries like UK, Australia and Taiwan they made the car HIGH QUALITY JUST LIKE OTHER CARS. But I do like Proton cars because of their distinctive looking and their technology. They recently launch facelifted Proton Gen.2 in Thailand. It looks so nice. Lastly, I hope Proton Malaysia improve their build quality in order to obtain more points by JD Power and attract more customer. LONGLIVE PROTON!!!
i agreed with KIM McClain… i’m a malaysian and i also used Proton Satria. it’s a good car and convinience for those think and like a sporty cars. but yes, its not really good quality and it’s a bit poor. but the engines quit ok if you want to do performance. the engines can combined with GSR 2.0 Mitsubishi. now proton develope their satria model with new model that is look more sporty. Neo model also got high perfomance with 1.6 liter engines. if you guys seem intrested about this Neo model, i think you should.