The Proton Research & Development centre now have their hands busy with the new Persona replacement model.Read the full news from CBT below.
PROTON PERSONA REPLACEMENT ON TRACK.
We can safely confirmed that our buddies at the Proton’s R&D centre now have their hands busy with the new Persona replacement model. An earlier report mentioned that the car was slated for launch in 2012, but it seemed that Proton now wants to try to bring it forward so that we can see the car as early as end of next year.
The car is now in its test mule stage and Proton’s engineers are busy trying the dynamics of the car. Hopefully, the new Phoenix turbo engine will be available in the new Persona, but a new transmission system is definitely a go.
We have reported that Proton will stop using its current Mitsubishi sourced gearboxes and will move on to a Getrag 6-speed manual unit and a ZF sourced CVT gearbox.
Another issue will be the Emas electric car concept, a project which was conceptualised abruptly by the company.
The car was designed by Italdesign Giugiaro (IDG) but since the Italian design house has been gobbled up by Volkswagen, and the Proton-Volkswagen deal is officially off (again), the future of Emas might not be that bright.
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