U do stupid things in life, some u can reverse some u cant. I bought the Pesona.

First few days, the power windows got stuck. Sent for repairs. Got stuck again. Me, Mr Stupid didn’t read the so many reviews about Protons and their power windows.

Second week, the ignition keys got stuck in the assembly. I mean c’monnn problems with keys too??

Third week, some rattling sounds coming under the dash…a screw loose sumwhere that eventually fell off. Its highly irritating like an itch that u cant scratch.

Fourth week, power windows got stuck again! i should have thought so. Also the fuel indicator indicates empty when i just filled up!

I tried selling the car…no takers…they have obviously read all about Proton and their miserable cars!

Good to see you Malaysian;s are buying them [forced by you GovCo's heavy tariff on imported car brands]us Aussie’s inc. your good Malay brothers here in Oz are not.

You can buy superior with the same coin.Cut the price and it *might* work, doubt it though, you cannot fool all the people all the time, besides the Chinese are here very soon, and the prices will be super low and they will blow you out of the water.Over 9 million cars made in China, i think we need to take serious notice of them!

Frankly Proton’s are hated here in Oz, they cannot get the brand off the ground, come a day when they will sell more Lotus’s here in Oz than Protons….lol

I would take Lotus off them though, fantastic brains-trust organisation.Honour to own such a icon.

Cheers

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Sure it has its problems — niggly at times. But then, my son’s Airtrek cost him a bundle when he he had transmission proble, His next BMW too cost him a major repair. So far he is happy with his new Audi A4. AND HE HAS NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT MY PROTONS. HIS PREVIOUS CARS INCLUDED THE ALFA 156, THE SUBARU WRX AND ANOTHER AIRTRK TURBO.CONTRARY TO THAT HES THINKING OF A GEN2 CPS TO RUN AROUND.

So to those buggers not happy with my Proton, nobodys forcing you to buy. You have choice—-BUT PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR FANTASY IS !!!!!

Take Kia and Hyundai for example. I think that the Koreans are moving in a better direction. I hear that in 2011, All car models exported from Korea will be fiited with Electronic Stability Program / VSC as standard.

refer to the above..
that shows how idiotic some people are in this forum. what has race got to do with managing an auto company? *duh*

i do not know much about cars, i was quite confident in proton persona. just that they do not know how to do business

u know what, i was planning to get a persona until hear word of mouth from my friends. of course this is part of the business factor they need to control.

even if they deliver quality cars, it wouldn’t help if they do not know how to market them well. just word of mouth alone, kills them badly. they lost the sales before even selling the car, they don’t get it.

yea, the other thing is, i think they make malaysia felt being “force” to buy their cars due to pricing. who would give good word of mouth when they buy with the main reason of low price? “i buy proton because of price”
they just make customer don’t feel good about their decision, how the hell customer gonna tell u good about the car.

having the government to cover their ass gives people the opportunity to bash them again and again. conclusion is they not really doing a business, their aim are low, always cheap,yea u get cheap image now,proton

Welcome to lifes learning curve, looks like u actually got A-GOOD-ONE! :-) LOL

If your been offered $12k, mate, jump on the buyer and grab the cash!

The Proton is the ONLY car i saw at the auction that NOBODY would bid on, kinda sad really [not!].

I think even the Chinese make better cars, have not seen any of them yet, but the mail is 3rd. quarter they will be here.

Buy a Japper, move on!

Cheers

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My findings : The car drives so smoothly and even at 160Kpm, you can hardly feel any strain or notice it. With its leather seats, the car is a comnfort to drive long distance. Really, I have no regrets buying this Persona SE. And if I have to do it again, I will but maybe I will go for the brilliant red color this time round.

So my dear malaysians, lets get apolotical when talking about cars. Behave like Koreans who don’t like foreign cars (not because their cars are so superior). Just behave like a citizen whose country never ambitious to produce cars. Independent. Fair. Square. After all, buying a proton is not a mandatory in Malaysia. You don’t like it, don’t buy. If you choose not to buy, don’t influence others with your biased thought.

FACT 2: ‘Critique’ is emotional. Old Protons (old sagas and wiras) are sad history of Proton’s old management, and too bad, these images have been painted on Proton until today. But problems mostly confined to COSMETIC matters (what car don’t, anyway). Proton has reformed under new management. The bashers only have old lousy Wiras or Old Saga to dramatise their trauma while trying to cover-up proton’s new breed of affordable yet outstanding cars like Gen-2, Persona, Savvy or sporty sleek Satria Neo R3. Be fair.

FACT 3: I wrote not because I own Proton Persona (as my other car). I just cannot keep to my self that Persona runs far better than my wife’s (overrated) Toyota Vious! And I only need European cars to compare.

Is the car cheap? It’s the cheapest car people can afford but not a cheap car. With a 9 year loan to buy a new car the poor people will forever be stuck with the car they buy, hence Proton. Some of you have mentioned that it is because of the Govt imposing tarriffs/tax being the reason why that international makes are expensive. That is so true plus the reason sales will not increase.

Did anyone know that the first batch of Campro branded cars were not the so-called Campro engine? Alot of my friends did not know. How did I know this? It was never mentioned or made obvious but if people had read the magazines with the articles on the cars with the first Campros launched, it was mentioned that the engine was not a Campro. My guess is that in case there was any lawsuit on false advertising, Proton can just say that they had mentioned it in the articles.

There is no denying that there will always be people who support the National brand, unfortunately these will be people who can never be reasoned with.

I can see that Proton is trying but unfortunately they will never survive the Global market. No research done on this but if you compare the Koreans to the Malaysians, both countries had replicated cars but we can see which car brand is giving the better end of the bargain and surviving globally. There used to be Hyundai jokes, now is Proton the joke?

To be fair, Proton is not the only car maker in trouble, check out Ford and GM, both are in trouble as both relied on their “cash cows” without any proper long term product development. Both relied on the sales of trucks/pickups but now other brands (Honda and Toyota) are competing and picking up the pace. Was not Proton doing the same thing? One of the best selling models were the Sagas and how old is the car until they came up with the current generation Sagas. But seriously, if the government had not supported Proton in the form of international car taxes, whereby cornering people into buying the cheapest of the cars in Malaysia, and bailing them out, will Proton survived until this day? I would apply the same thing with MAS. It was fortunate that SIA split with MAS during the earlier stages, see where they are now…

Don;t tell me the QC in proton are too dumb to test the product before release to the market…..All these year with same defect…if proton don;t bother to improve the quality better close shop….

You want proof…just simply pick a few proton users and ask them how many will replace their old proton with new proton model