Proton announce drive away pricing in August
August 5, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Proton has today announced drive away deals on selected models this August ahead of the launch of new and updated models over the coming months.
The Savvy five-door manual hatch is being offered at $13,990 (drive away) during August while automatic models are just $1,000 more.
At the same time Proton is offering drive away deals on Persona sedan at just $16,990 drive away for the manual model and $18,990 drive away for the automatic.
Savvy and Persona, along with all passenger cars in the Proton range, come with three year/24 hour roadside assistance, a comprehensive three year unlimited kilometre factory warranty and a seven year anti-corrosion warranty.
CarAdvice wishes to advise this is NOT a paid advertorial and is simply a press release to advise readers of the current sale.
Print it: 
Wow, what a bargain, because it’s actually cheaper here than its country of origin! And do you know there’s a R3 Zerokit for Proton Savvy? How cool is that. You can now decorate the car that looks like “a mouse caught in a mouse trap” to your heart’s desire.
Do you work for Proton by any chance?
I think “I LOVE Protons”’s comment is meant to be sarcastic. Sadly his sarcasm back fired.
I won’t be touching Protons with a 10-foot pole at any price. My son’s Fisher-Price toys has better plastics than a Proton!
@Simo
Thanks for spotting the obvious.
@Vee
You can’t be more right. Stories about parts like seat adjustment handle, door handle, seat belt slot breaking off abound.
That’s about $3000 less than a Korean car. Not exactly a small amount of money for families with tight budgets, but two things that might stand in their way.
1. Warranty. At this point there is no excuse for Proton not to offer 5 year warranty. In fact it would show the world they stand by their products. 2. Safety. I’m yet to find out the safety score for Persona and Savvy. Need to get these things sorted out.
RiderX,
Proton does not send their cars for safety testing. They test them internally and then tell consumers that the cars pass their internal tests. I don’t know if this is due to the cost of testing or the fact that their cars will fail miserably.
Sorry “I Love Protons”
I stopped reading your first post half way through thinking it was Hype from Proton or someone on their payroll. Had zoned out before the punchline.
Oh dear. I have not visited http://www.proton.com.au for a while and I just visited today out of curiousity. They claim that they can manufacture a vehicle from the ground up since 2002 and that they are the 11th country in the world to do that.
I find that claim highly misleading. For starters, Proton cannot manufacture a car from the ground up. They claimed that the Impian/Waja chassis was developed in-house but later, news broke that it is the same platform as the 1st-gen Volvo S40/Mitsubishi Carisma. How shameful!
I can also find more than 10 countries who can manufacture cars from the ground up so does that mean Proton cannot count?
Well it is quite a good deal I suppose, but is it really going to help? I’ve only ever seen about five Gen-2s on the road and they were all black so I suppose they could have been the same car! I see a few Savvys around, but not many and drive away or not, $13,990 is still too much for those horrid little cars.
I’m also yet to see a single Persona on the road.
why put news that no one wants to read unless its paid?
you dont see them on the road because they dont sell. and there are many proton dealerships closing down across the country. but go to the newspapers in malaysia and it’s all rosy. sales are up worldwide. protons outperform all other makes and are cheaper to buy.
I owned a 2000 Persona for five years and except for a quickly-replaced-under-warranty clutch problem I was very happy with the car. I am tempted to try another Proton simply because they are some of the best looking cars on the road (Savvy excepted).
i’m in perth and i see protons every now and then esp. the jumbucks and blinged up Satria hatches with oversize exhaust pipes
@I LOVE Protons: No worries mate. From what I heard, not only those Malaysians pay more for their Protons they also seem to be getting the 2nd or 3rd grade products. The “slightly better built” one were actually being shipped out for overseas market. But I still dont see any differences between those sold for domestic or overseas market. They all suffer from inferior workmanship.
@Gas: I spotted a number of Wajas on Perth roads and I wonder if those suckers were the one who actually paid 32 grand for them back in 2001. I don’t recall seeing Waja in the product lineup at proton.com.au so unless those are actually grey imports?
Simo,
Wajas were sold for a while in Australia but it was a flop and Proton quietly retired the model because everyone knew it wasn’t Asia’s BMW!!!!
The Waja won’t be reintroduced again as the Persona is similar in size.
I find that Proton’s styling skills are quite accomplished: more than I can say for Subaru. Their cars are actually quite pretty and edgy.
“CarAdvice wishes to advise this is NOT a paid advertorial and is simply a press release to advise readers of the current sale.”
Why would we think that?
Appreciate this info., not because i want to buy a Proton, but because it will make the other brands sit up and take notice and compete!
Thanks
strange.. in every proton related news i see this VEE . whats wrong with this VEE ? if he/she ever got hit by Proton Cars? LOL.
anyway,, i think Proton cars are ok, not bad at all. i’m happy with my current gen2. If you dont want any plastic interior.. please go buy a tank. LOL.
Cheers
Proton Waja (Impian)is a same platform as Mitsu Carisma? hahaha..Vee, are u kidding? u know nothing, actually!. Where u got this information, from your grand parent? :).. top-up your knowledge please.
Vee must have read the wrong info from somewhere. Yes Proton developed their cars in house since 2000 (Waja/Impian). The chasis is not from charisma/volvo S60. The chasis was made by Proton with the help of EDAG consultant from Germany. That is why all Proton Cars after 2000 have European ride and handling, not forgetting inputs from Lotus. Also CPS technology is almost the same as Variocam in Porshe. We should be proud of a fellow British Commonwealth member that can produce cars from ground up.