Lotus Evora will be launched in Malaysia by end of March 2010 with a price higher than RM275,000 due to higher tax in Malaysia but still, it is a good buy compare to other sports car available in Malaysia car market due to its genuine sports car streamline looks and the engine performance which makes it to 100kmh below 6 seconds! It is actually a good news to sports car fans.
At the same time, Proton has confirmed that the Campro Turbo will be launched at the end of this year or at least early of 2011. the power is better than 2.0 cc engine even the engine capacity is lower. This will help in achieving high performance while maintaining low fuel consumption. Read further news from Bernama below.
Lotus Evora, launched for the United Kingdom market, is to hit the Malaysian market by end of next month, says Proton Managing Director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Mohamed Tahir.
He said Proton was awaiting the next batch of Lotus Evora before “we are ready for the launch.” Saying that the company has not decided on the price, he did not deny that it would be higher than the 50,000 pounds current price in the United Kingdom.
“This is due to Malaysia’s higher tax structure than in the U.K. We’ve yet to finalise the price, we’re still working on it. We’ll try to make it as competitive as in the U.K. market.
“We’re still working with the government besides looking at the price structure,” he told a press conference at the Lotus headquarters here Tuesday.
The press conference was held in conjunction with the two-day visit to Lotus from Monday by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Lotus Evora, originally developed under a project called “Project Eagle”, was launched at the British Motor Show in July 2008.
The car is bigger than other Lotus models like Elise and Exige, with 160mph top speed and the power to move from 0-60mph in less than five seconds.
Asked on the global strategic partner which he mentioned in his speech at a dinner on Monday night, Syed Zainal Abidin declined to elaborate, saying it was too early to make an announcement.
“The discussions not only involved Volkswagen but also Mitsubishi and Renault to look into collaborations in a few areas, namely engine and component parts.
“We are looking at a big scope of collaboration, that’s the level of discussions we are having today with the parties. I think in discussions like these, we don’t want to pre-empt our talks.
“We’ve some confidentiality that we’ve discussed and we have to respect that, but the discussions are quite intense,” he said.
Earlier, Syed Zainal Abidin said Proton has lined up a series of products for the next five years including electronics and engine power.
“We’re developing on campo turbo which will be available by year-end or at the latest by early next year. That will be a feature in all our cars,” he said.
After 25 years in operations, Syed Zainal Abidin said Proton was venturing into the international arena, with the Geneva Motor Show being the first step forward and “we will build on from there.”
Dr Mahathir, also present at the press conference, said a lot of changes have been made since his last visit to Lotus about six years ago.
He said Lotus had achieved a great deal of progress, both in actual performance and in the ideas that have been put forth by the management.
“I’ve seen some of the technology advancement they have accomplished, and as you know, the car I drove just now, Evora, was from Lotus technology because we are faced with the need to increase engine power.
“So it is either we change the engine or upgrade the engine, so Lotus has actually helped to upgrade the engine, it is now as good as 2,000cc,” he added.
hurm.. nway.. aku hope campro turbo ni ok jugak.
coz sebelum ni aku de jugak denar beberapa cerit tak best mengenai campro..
manja la ape la.. nway. hope they’ve improved.
manja mcana tu mr eims….
campro biasa memang hampeh bila rpm bawah 2000….sluggish..tapi bila high rpm..sendiri mau ingat la…bunyi pun dah sedap…cuma tinggi lagi rpm tinggi la minyak….pasal tu kluar iamf so low rpm better…
my first campro total millage 290 000 (6+ years)…dah kena lenjan ngan NGV plak…masa mula2 nak masuk NGV dulu lagi la orang dok mengutuk campro…tak bleh masuk NGV la, leceh la, tak tahan la……last2 nekad je…alhamdulillah tak leceh langsung…2 tahun on ngv campro biasa still best lagi rasa…
kalau tak puashati tak tambah ‘bini’ lagi….exora Campro CPS pun dah nak masuk setahun dah pakai…BLM dah 2 tahun. (tapi..bagai mak pakai la )..
pasni plan transfer CPS ke gen2…masuk campro turbo kat exora (tu pun kalau exora tak jadi masuk ngv la)…
agak murah la evora 275k…
murah bende nye!!!!!!!
kat uk murah je…..
kat malaysia tax mahal….
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Lama btul nak develop Turbo ni.Bukan pakai 1.8 atau 2.0 enjin pun.Apa2 pun harap2 harga berpatutan.Banyak org Singapore yang tunggu Exora Turbo ni.Peugeot 5008pun gigit jari la kalau masuk.Silap2 Wish dan Stream owners pun berpaling tadah.Gua dah pernah test drive Peugeot 1.6 turbo MPV.Pick up dan mid torque dia memang best boleh kasi kete 2.0 makan asap tapi bila dah masuk highway sendri mau ingat.
murah utk kategori sportscar…..utk yg x mampu beli lambo or ferrari blh la beli ni….unique apa kt malaysia
klu nk btl2 sport car baik beli nissan skyline gtr yg br ni drpd evora ni…..buatan proton ngan lotus ni bukan utk pki jgka mase lama cume skjp je……
I hear PROTON working on secret project codename Artiga to produce super carbon fiber hot hatch with 200hp turbo charge engine. Ane turth in that or anyone have more information on it? Is PROTON capable of producing such a car because that would be fantastic car.
Evora price RM 275K that doesn’t include tax in malaysia. With tax Price around RM 443,480.00 to RM 490,210.00. So how about it still cheap?