Proton Persona & Satria Neo Receives The Malaysia Good Design Mark
This was the other award I wrote about in my previous post! To me this award is directly connected with my design team, something we can be proud of and appreciate. Indeed, after being in existence for over 10 year it is kinda strange Proton only got this accredition now. Let bygones be bygones, I do hope this won’t be the last and every year will be represented.
I was told that other manufacturers in the automotive line also vied for this accredition but did not make the cut. Probably due to intellectual property rights issues. You see, to be able to secure this award the product must display a certain amount of local / Malaysian made intellectual property. Simply put the products must be largely homegrown; designed and made in Malaysia!
I’m glad Proton won this award as it shows what we’re capable of. I’m glad to be part of the team that designed the two winning cars. But most of all I’m glad this accredition came at this point in time. Couldn’t have been more perfect… 
As for next year, the new Saga perhaps?
congrats!, btw take a look at this link and see how the saga engine is replaced with mivec engine: http://www.terato.com/cars/content/view/1104/47/
azlano,
satria neo is really beautiful in road presence, i love it,
i got a chance to drive on a winding road, excelent road holding
a few thing, for the neo facelift maybe,
1, smoothened the angular bit on the dashboard,
2, bucket seats are good, but need to be widened,
3, power window switch to be repositioned,
4, folding seat should be recaro style,
5, thumb grip on the 9 and 3 oclock spoke should follow the shape of the thumb,
engine ,of course i will talk to engine department for more early push,
very very good looking car,
bravo azlano,
azlano,
saga
clean,
i like the how it sort out the irregular tarmac surface,
(just test it too)
hope you enjoyed it enough to get one!
azlano,
this is my play play satria neo facelift
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/2facelift.jpg
azlano,
my version of neo facelift,
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/2facelift.jpg
Persona SE will roll out soon and follow by NEO CPS yummy yummy!
azlano,
like theking08 said, …ye ke?
last week i talk to a guy, proton salesman at Giant,
he gave me a key of a persona to test it out, it was manual with iafm,
quite punchy, just that the brakes a but mushy, overwhelmed with the interior.
oh goodness, every time i go to car showroom or sales booth,
‘boleh I test drive tak?’.
-bolehh,
-
azzlina -> hehe.. it depends who you believe! hope you enjoy all your test drives!
azlano,
as i look aroud, proton car is very good by design,
clean, simple and beautiful, by design, with certain driving characteristic or driving experience in different model,
it would further enhance the love for proton if the heart or the engine of proton cars is refined another step ahead,
nowadays people are looking at this as the fuel consumption become a big issue,
we have iafm or cps for instance, but if i jump in a toyota or nissan i can feel how refine and responsive the engine. that allows the car to cruise with more relaxed engine, probally to me thats economical. but than capable of performance as well,
well probally their car is lighter and vvt in, that =economy,
but proton a bit solid a bit heavier, compare the same category of other car,
but if the very well refine engine to catter the characteristic of the proton cars,
look, handling, performance, and efficiency can be acheived
so the next step ‘engine refinement’
yup.. put another thousand million RM on the drivetrain and improve NVH, that will do i guess
azlano,
i saw a waja cps infront of me, the car surge briskly when the light is green.
wow that cps is not bad,,
eeerr that solid neo if it cps, i would want one,
mmm what colour would suits me, with my near neutral pink 3 piece suit,?
azzlina -> black suits all executives. silver is safe for anyone. but red would look in harmony with pink…
azlano,
i havent seen this satria neo interior locally,
will it be along with its facelift model.?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/satria-main-int-01.jpg
azlano,
i would like to make a little constructive comment here,
i guess.
there are parts where we constantly in contact with hands, apart from the steering, which is ok. things like gear knob, some inside door handle (silver) should not be painted, its easily shows it wear in no time, i suppose its should be solidly in its own material color, no paint applied at all.
azzlina -> actually there’s no harm to apply paint to frequently touched/used areas (this is common for other OEMs). the key is in the quality of the paint application.
azlano,
i propose a very minor of facelifting,
very minor because everything else is so good by you frankly.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/minorFL.jpg
azlano,
its satria neo CPS, wow! looks menacing.
said to be powerfull as well.
this is one a good piece,
azlano
my suggestion on the wheel
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/zz.jpg
azzlina -> the Neo CPS is a kewl car. looks menacing and the Campro CPS can really give it a mean drive. worth a test drive!
im still hoping satria neo gti with campro turbo will come out soon…with new look n bodykit, 17 inch wheel, brembo brakes, recaro seat, vw golf gti inspired steering wheel with paddle shifter,air intakes at bonnet hood, large intercooler n many more….that will be a real contender for evolution, golf gti n impreza…hehehe…2010 perhaps…after waja replacement..campro turbo is ready for production in 2010 kan bro…
Me too!! High 5, campromania!!
Neo CPS looks dam cun, bt when I think again on how its rivals got >200hp (Golf GTi, Focus ST)….. suddenly Neo CPS feels too “mid-range” in terms of power. It feels like it can go for more, it’ll be cool if that 1.6 Campro CPS can be turbocharged to 180hp!! *Cheering for CPS turbo*
Bt nvrtheless, in comparison to say Swift sport, it’s definitely kewl!!! Now both hv same hp bt Neo CPS abt rm40k cheaper
azlano,
few of my ideas, just play play,
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj11/azlina_2008/AZZLINA2FACELIFT.jpg