Proton Jebat Concept – inspired by the Lancer Evoluti

[lancervr]

yeah true but it did not generate much money then and well proton now is very carefuil about which cars it makes and sells cuz its was recording big losses in the recent years and they are tryin 2 chge that by only selling tried and tested cars accepeted by the masses...

[jolly_tas]

http://www.facebook.com/protoninspira

http://www.inspiraclub.com/

[driftnut((]

OK PROTON has gone too far, first they ruin our lancer by puting thier badge on it and now the EVO! seriously p!5535 me off we pay big$$$ for our evo's and they get em dirt cheap

[JaCe]

OK PROTON has gone too far, first they ruin our lancer by puting thier badge on it and now the EVO! seriously p!5535 me off we pay big$$$ for our evo's and they get em dirt cheap

WTF are you on about Ben?

You do realise that cars cost a lot more there than they do here right? And then based on standard of living, it's even more costly for them to afford a car.

[jolly_tas]

on road it costs around $AUD24,500 in Malaysia

[tjoz]

Dont Malaysia have the 100% registration tax? Or is that Singapore? One of them but over here Mitsubishi and Proton are on equal playing field in price wise but over there its very different.

[jolly_tas]

Proton

http://www.dailytorque.com/wp-content/u ... -price.jpg

$MR74,000 - $MR84,737

$A24,734 - $A27,188

Lancer EX

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.my/sho ... prices.php

Lancer GT

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.my/sho ... nsular.php

$MR117,676 (EX) - $MR120,598 (GT)

$A37,757 (EX) - $A38,694 (GT)

Seems to be a big difference in price across the board, compared to each other and Australia (especially the EX).

EVO X

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.my/lan ... enMsia.pdf

$MR330,072 = $A105,905

[Dire]

Do Proton try to be the vultures of the car world?

[JaCe]

Keep in mind cars which are not assembled/built in Malaysia (or a country which has agreements with Malaysia e.g. Thailand) are subject to vehicle importation tax.

For example, a locally assembled S500 is RM1mil, whereas an imported one would be RM2-2.5mil.

Also note the above price conversions are being done when AUD is at a very high point relative to historic exchange rates. The long term average is closer to the 2.5-2.7 mark which would see the prices actually being a lot more comparable (for the Inspira which is obviously exempt from the above mentioned taxes), with the foreign made/parallel imported Mitsubishi cars being priced at a significant premium (e.g. EX, Evo).

And to answer the Q above, Singapore and Malaysia both have very expensive cars but for different reasons- Singapore requires you to bid for the plates/road tax/etc, whereas Malaysia just has protectionist measures in place to encourage local industry.

I also guess it goes without saying not to compare blindly because different trim levels, different on-road costs/taxes, etc.. apply. Then there's also the difference in marketing (for example, an STI is considerably cheaper to the tune of 30% than the Evo X in both Singapore and Malaysia. Beats me why.)

[driftnut((]

ok my bad but seriously i know there's an agreement with thier gov and mitsu but the evo come on, yes i know its a concept and looks ugly as hell the way i see it is if you cant design decent cars just give up..IMO

[Speedie]

I'd buy one to be different

[RyanMK]

OK PROTON has gone too far, first they ruin our lancer by puting thier badge on it and now the EVO! seriously p!5535 me off we pay big$$$ for our evo's and they get em dirt cheap

Not that I'm happy with what's happening, but why is it all Proton's fault when Mitsubishi agreed to sell them the design blueprint?

[bd-850]

I'd buy one to be different

no you won't.



coz id buy one too

[AUSSIECJ]

i like the body kit. the wide style, and the rear bumper.

but the fugly bit is the matt black . if it were just the white it would look hot

[R4LLI4RT]

seriously i hate it how mitsu help proton - this is gana make these cars like the old cc lancers.