PROTON And Nissan Agree To Conduct Feasibility Study

SUBANG JAYA, 2 March 2011 - PROTON Holdings Berhad announced that the Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess new opportunities aimed at further strengthening mutual competitiveness in the global marketplace. 

Based on this understanding, and upon evaluating the results of a three-month feasibility study, PROTON’s next generation vehicles will incorporate select technologies and manufacturing expertise from Nissan. 

“This study we have agreed to do will focus purely on technology sharing, and in the pursuit of global competitiveness, the strategy of sharing technologies and platforms has today become an important and cost-effective process for all global car manufacturers,” said PROTON Holdings Berhad Group Managing Director Dato’ Haji Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir. 

“It significantly reduces the time required to develop new products, extends tremendous cost savings in terms of development, and provides greater flexibility in being able to spin off a variety of vehicles from a common set of components,” he added. 

“Successful collaborations between car manufacturers today are as a result of not only the mutual exchange of technology, knowledge and expertise, but also the capitalization of common manufacturing facilities, supplies as well as sales and distribution networks. This will accelerate the launch of PROTON’s next generation of vehicles and models that are being designed to appeal to a more diverse and broader market segment both domestically and abroad.”

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Proton next gen cars to have Nissan tech

Kuala Lumpur: Proton Holdings Bhd Wednesday said its next generation vehicles will incorporate select technologies and manufacturing expertise from Nissan Motor Co. Ltd following a feasibility study.

Proton and Nissan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess new opportunities aimed at further strengthening mutual competitiveness in the global marketplace.

"This study will focus purely on technology sharing, and in the pursuit of global competitiveness. The strategy of sharing technologies and platform has today become an important and cost-effective process for all global car manufacturers," Group Managing Director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said in a statement Wednesday.

With this, Proton would be able to reduce the time required to develop new products, extend tremendous cost savings in terms of development, and provide greater flexibility in being able to spin off a variety of vehicles from a common set of components, he said.

"Successful collaborations between car manufacturers today result not only in mutual exchange of technology, knowledge and expertise, but also the capitalisation of common manufacturing facilities, supplies as well as sales and distribution networks.

"This will accelerate the launch of Proton's next generation of vehicles and models that are being designed to appeal to a more diverse and broader market segment both domestically and abroad," he added. - Bernama

Proton belvedere V Nissan authorization

Proton belvedere V Nissan authorization
Proton hybrid gets touch of italian flair this new platform enables the use of a world s first in north america, nissan s operations include automotive it follows the debut of the splash b-segment supermini - a.
Proton is gazing at Nissan’s all-new ‘V’ platform, which provides the abject of the 2011 Micra supermini, as a way to accretion a ballast in India’s aggressive baby car market. Nissan may authorization its ‘V’ belvedere to Proton. Built for arising markets, the ‘V’ belvedere can abate the weight of a car and cut the cardinal of genitalia bare by 18%.

It can additionally be adapted to altered markets and regulations, said Vincent Cobee, the arch of Nissan’s ‘V’ platform.

The fresh supermini is accepted to draw abundantly on the Italdesign Giugiaro advised aureate concept. Its ambition markets action customs assignment allowance to cars beneath 4m in length, so delay for an about-face of the 3,550mm-long goldens rear packaging.

Proton MODEL belvedere V - Nissan authorization

2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept

2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept

Proton, revealing a host of concept car models including “Jebat”, it is a sport cars prototype of the recently launched Inspira at The 2010 Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show in Malaysia. As design goes, 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept has unique features, including matte black coat and left with a similar stripe around the bottom of the door. The 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept has daytime running LEDs, and three holes in the hood and rear spoiler, which is clearly derived from the performance of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo package.

2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept

Finally, 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept decided to 18-inch wheels for all sports and aggressive atmosphere complete add.While the Inspira is a rebadged Mitsubishi Lancer sedan and is the result of an OEM collaboration between the Malaysian automaker and Mitsubishi Japan. Speaking of sports and aggressive, the Proton Jebat Concept interior has a sporty look, including Recaro seats with red stitching and touch-screen ICE Clarion.

2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept

The latest  2010 Kuala Lumpur outside Motor demo in Malaysia. Proton has announced that the 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept completes the standard 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint in 5.6 seconds and tops out at 232 km/h or 144 mph. It’s comes with the real EVOs four-wheel drive system.

2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept

The 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept has features a wide body kit with blistered wheel arches and splashes of matte black paint all around the car. Power of the 2010 Proton Sports Cars Jebat Concept is provided by a turbocharged 4-cylinder MiVEC engine producing 237HP (177kW) at 6,000 rpm and 343Nm of peak torque at 3,000 rpm.