Celebrating 50 years of Independece

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!...

MERDEKA simply means independence in the Malay language. This year Malaysia is going big. We are celebrating 50 years of Independence since 31 August 1957. At the same time this year has been designated as Visit Malaysia Year 2007. Lots and lots of interesting events have been planned for this year as I said before we are celebrating 50 years of nationhood. But there is a mistake in that, it is actually not 50 years but only 44 years. All of you must be wondering why is it 44 years and not 50 years? And if that is the case why are we claiming it to be 50 years, errr... Long story. Will explain it in another post.

For this post I would like to focus more on the New Proton Persona.
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PERSONA, Proton's Pride and Joy

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About a week ago, Proton a Malaysian car manufacturer launch a new sedan which was designated as the Proton Persona. Thus, they called it their pride and joy. I was really anxious to see what will this new sedan look liked. I believed a lot of people were down right curious how does the car look. They cleverly revealed parts of the car out. Just like when they wanted to launch the Proton Savvy. They showed the head lamps which looks cool.

The Proton Gen-2

Alas, the day of launching has arrived. When I looked at the ads revealing the car. My mouth just fell open... literally fell open not because of excitement but sheer disappointment. The car resembled a lot like the Proton Gen - 2, put it this way it was Gen-2 stretched! It was a Gen-2 with an arse! I was really disappointed.


The 16000 cc Proton Persona was to replaced the old tattered looking Proton Wira. But the new Persona is not without its good points. Researched has been done to improve the Persona. One of the improvements was the rear headroom which is now 980mm. Something which the Gen 2 lacks. I thought the CD player looks funky.







The boot of the car seems to be very big. The interior is quite spacious. But I don't quite like the steering wheel. Overall I think Persona is a so so car. But for the price they are offering for a 1.6 cc car it is quite a catch.

But personally, I would rather go for a Myvi or a Toyota Vios. LOL... I never quite fancy Proton's cars.

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