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Updated 11 November 2010 :

Does this means that Proton Inspira is better than Mitsubishi Lancer??

At a special media briefing held at Proton’s Centre of Excellence recently, Inspira’s project manager Zulkifli Bidin clarified several matters.

He said the Waja’s replacement model originally started out as a joint development project between Proton and Mitsubishi Motors Corp three years ago.

After convincing Mitsubishi that Proton could improve on Lancer’s driving performance, Mitsubishi gave the green light to the suspension tweaking.

Among the improvements were revised suspension rating and bushings for a more comfortable ride and the incorporation of thicker anti-roll bars for better cornering stability.
Source : The Star

Updated 10 November 2010 :

The Official launch of Proton Inspira happened just this morning at the Proton Center of Excellence in Shah Alam. Do GO HERE for full details of the launch with more pictures attached.

Here’s the official price list for the new Proton Inspira (Proton Waja [Lancer] replacement unit) :

Proton Inspira 1.8 M/T – RM78,999
Proton Inspira 1.8 CVT – RM84,999
Proton Inspira 2.0 CVT – RM91,999


For the past few months, i’ve been looking to buy a car for myself and with my current situation, i can only look at second hand Saga BLM. Yes not even the new ones but just second hand as i don’t have the budget.

Anyways, just hours ago i came across this article on the replacement unit for Proton Waja with the name Proton Inspira. This model have been rumored for quite some time already where it looks 99% the same with Mitsubishi Lancer and well, there’s a brochure on the new unit already.

Okay, apparently it’s a leaked brochure that is.

I don’t know how inspirational will you feel but well the features from the brochure are :

-Bold and aggressive styling
-Trunk Remote Control
-Paddle Shift Peformance
-Fully Automatic Climate Control
-5-star Safety Rating
-2 Years Free Servicing

and the starting price for the new Proton Inspira is from RM79,XXX.

To be exact it will be below RM80,000 for 1.8 and below RM95,000 for 2.0.

Proton Inspira 1.8 is available for both Manual and Automatic transmission where Proton Inspira 2.0 is only available for Automatic transmission.

Interesting much and oh from the brochure, it states that you can start booking for the new model from tomorrow onwards with RM1000 down payment where the official launch of this new model Proton Inspira will be in November 2010.

I don’t know how is 5 star safety rating like but i’m pretty sure the quality won’t be as good as the ones being exported overseas. Talking about treating foreigners better than their own countrymen. Pfft.

If you could afford to buy one, will you do so?
*Oh and if you’re selling your Saga BLM, contact me can? =D

Do check out the links below as i get the information from there.

Related Links :
Arena Kereta – Proton Waja Lancer adalah Proton Inspira, bukti dari brochure
Arena Kereta – Proton Inspira
Utusan Malaysia – Model Ganti Proton Waja

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198 Responses so far.

  1. oOo says:

    i’ve no problem with proton’s outer looks(except juara), but i think they shud redesign their interior. looks somewhat crappy and plasticky. i’m just sayin

  2. any one here plan to buy?if so come join our inspira club.. :)

  3. Mashiro says:

    It’s the ride and handling proves this car is the best.

  4. fuckyou proton says:

    fuck la….
    wat the hell did by proton team ?
    they shuld replace all the stupid ppl either in firstly in their top management !!!
    fuck off…
    do they know how to recruit talented ppl ? dun juz recruit a bunch of stupid rubbish and sit at there ,without doing some chances that will bring proton toward real car manufacturer…fuck off..
    are u guy agree ? haiz
    no hope liao

    • Anonymous says:

      tak tau malu punya designer! they just copy exactly the same. And I can see somebody thumb up on the design. Wat de fak!

      • razos says:

        lu macam babi hutan maaaa looooo haaaa..bodoh punya orang cakap melayu pun tak pandai..lu punya bapak selupa babi ka hahahuhu…

      • razos says:

        oi bro lu tak paham ke..kan mitsu dah bincang dgn proton yg dia ckp evo10 tak laku kat msia..caranye skrg ni dia org suruh proton jual keter dia org dgn syarat tukar logo dgn engine cover..tu jelah nak setle masalah dia tu paham keee..body inspira tu terang2 lah memang evo 10,mcm keter polis tu..odoih slow lah lu ni..berepa umo ko ni ha.

        • PRotonsfan says:

          skong razos ..
          thats what they did ..
          u guys should be proud of it .
          jgn la kutuk2 proton ..
          korg ktuk2 un , korg kt msia jgak …
          maybe u guys hve a better quality car .
          but proton is just trying to make msia better .

      • macam bagus says:

        kalau dah sama baguslah, tak payah beli lancer, beli aje inspira, murah ckt

    • afifisa says:

      how about if someone say, fuck you, to you?

    • macam bagus says:

      jangan marah2 takpe nanti i lantik you jadi top management kat proton, you ada kelulusan apa yek, atau pun pandai komen aje

  5. fuckyou proton says:

    they shuld replace all the stupid ppl either in firstly in their top management or their production team !!! no inovative,no creative !!! fuck

  6. ihateproton says:

    own a 2004 iswara (my 3rd proton), 2 weeks after leaving showroom realised fumes coming in.. sent to mutiara service centre n was told by the ” experienced” service staff that they cant find solve the problem.. while handing keys back to me.. lady behind the desk said ” what do you expect from a car that price??? “.. i used to support proton… but not anymore..

  7. Rotring says:

    those who hate or like to fuck proton come on its you guys who doesn’t know how to deal with cars problem…… plus can u fuck metal body proton cars…..@.@ lu pikir la sendiri

    • orang bertamadun says:

      orang bodoh yang tak bertamadun mcm lu je yg duk komen2 kat sini…ape faedah lu dpt duk kutuk org ha bodoh bahlol…

  8. mutual says:

    hey2, cmon guys. no need to get racism involved. the fact of the matter is that inspira is copying evo and they intend to do it. it has nothing to do with creativity. it was intented to look like an evo. i doubt it will feel like an evo but for a car that’s less than 100K with a kickass look, i’d say proton did good.
    you guys give a lot of crap to proton and i’m not siding with proton here. but just use your brain for a second and think about the process of creating an entirely new car from scratch. easier said than done.
    p/s: if you’re going to leave hate comments, at least make sure your grammar is correct. otherwise, the joke is on you.

    • Anonymous says:

      Just take a look at Toyota Vios, Honda City, and Ford Fiesta. Are these designed copied from somewhere else? They cost less than 90K, and at lower specs, they cost below 80K.

      • macam bagus says:

        habis tu beli ajelah toyota vios, honda city, ford fiesta, buat apa nak bising2, siapa berminat dia belilah inspira, you tak berminat tak payahlah beli, ikutlah citarasa kita sendiri buat apa nak pengaruhi orang lain.

        • Anonymous says:

          Bila Maju Org Mlyu? Proton Bodoh ..

        • PRotonsfan says:

          sy sokong “macam bagus”
          enough la ..
          proton dh ckup bgus …
          maybe u guys can ktuk skrng .. tp im confident tht one day , proton will produce a car tht has a quality like toyota and so on ..
          so guys ..
          if u dont want to buy a car like this , its okay , i know u guys can buy a better car , but proton is just getting to learn and trying to make proton produce a better car ..
          i hope there’ll be no more arguing in this kinda thing .
          thnxs

  9. Z11 says:

    Sy b’harap proton x copy mne2 model lg la lpas ni t’msk kete evo 2 coz I want proton have real face mcm model saga p’tme kuar dlu la xde copy mne2,so proton must have real face for next model n have identity for protonself.

  10. Andy says:

    what a joke.

    Inspira 2.0 selling RM 91,999
    Mitsubitshi Lancer 2.0 selling at RM 71,800 (if without tax)

    Smart people, compare yourself. Ask the question, WHY cant proton sell Inspira at RM 71,800 ?

  11. Speechless says:

    25 years of experience and still incompetent in designing own car, what can I say?

    Might as well switch to become distributor and scrap the unfair NAP (National Automotive Policy) and allows us to buy imported car at ~RM50k

  12. Alan says:

    Well, if I buy one, I’ll add a bolt-on turbo from Ralliart, a turbo meter, new suspension & brake.

  13. Z11 says:

    Yes, what can i say coz proton n mmc will together..

  14. dayat says:

    not hate proton, but please la dont copy2, buat la R&D sendiri, budjet nak kate takde, mcm ade, buat kete sendiri dgn usaha org sendiri, baru rakyat bangga pakai proton..(im 17 only)

  15. LunCai says:

    u orang semua sibuk buat ape? kalau murah pun korang bukan mampu beil pun~comment je lebih….cakap macam pandai ….tapi lu semua kosong ….

  16. Tony T says:

    Proton…Proton ah! If no ideals, no funds & no expectise, better surrender back to Mitsubishi from Japan, don’t maintain your thicker face again. See what happen to our neighbour countries Thailand & Indonesia, they Produce & sell cheapest prices in their country. I wondering if carry with Mitsubishi name, it might just about RM50k & other cars also drop down the prices. Am I correct?

    • Rotring says:

      that would be a very dumbest decisions…… if you were proton CEO for sure they wouldn’t survive till now…. so just keep it to your self…..>.<

    • samson says:

      To be able to make a good profit a car manufacturer should be a be to produce 1million cars a year.Proton at its peak performance was only producing about 200,000 cars per year.Car manufacturing industry is a highly competitive .Right from the beginning ,govt was advised by economist ,not to venture into this sector.The advice was not heeded.When the sales of Proton was down in the 80s ,they imposed a hefty 200% tax on all other makes.Therefore,the price of other makes became very expensive.At the same time, Proton s price was increased.In the end people find Proton is cheaper.In fact they are forced to buy these cars.In comparison,Thailand practiced a free market in the auto industry.Various peeks and tax relief was given to foreign car manufactures to have in Rayong Thailand.Many auto companies e.g Toyota Motor Corp,Honda Motor Co ,Toyo Kogyo Co Ltd (Mazda),ISUZU, and GM invested in Thailand .Even the struggling Mitsubishi Motors Corp invested US 50 mil.They exported their cars to other countries. Thailand benefited in terms of technology expertise, job oppurtunities,business for the car spare part suppliers.In trying to protect ailing PROTON ,the whole automotive sector was screwed up.In conclusion, the idea of National car is a failure !

  17. a says:

    Lancer resale value will go down, pity lancer ownser

  18. Anonymous says:

    copy cat proton..then hw about Lancer?????

  19. razos says:

    bodohlah dia tu..tulis bahasa malaysia tak tau yang dia pandai tulis fuck2 je lah..bodoh makan babi jelah mata sepet tu.

  20. samson says:

    Dah 27 tahun Proton mula mengeluarkan keta,tapi masih copy, copy copy.Kalau tak de idea jangan ceburkan diri dlm industri ni.Sebab Proton, rakyat malaysia tak dpt beli keta yang baik.Dah lah kualiti tak de ,harga tinggi pulak.Masih bergantung dengan subsidi dan perlindungan.

  21. triplex says:

    PROTONG JUBUR LEMBU BUAT MALU ORG MLAYU XRETI BUAT KRETA BAIK TUTUP KILANGLAH ASYK DUK BERGANTUNG NGAN ORG ASING.ARAP KE TAX,AP SMBILIH HARGA KLU X DH LAMA MAMPUS!INGAT RKYAT BODO SRUH BANGGA BUATAN MALYSIA PUEEHH!PATUTLH MAT INDON MARAH KT KELING DR.M. BARANG CILUK PUNYA!PADA GOLONGAN MARHAN PARIA PAKAI WAJA LAKSA,ASWARA,GEM2..YG MELELEH TGK LANCER TU BLHLAH BLI INSPIRA O.KUAT.UMNO.PHTU TUKAR LOGO MITSU BARU NMPAK MAHAL ADA CLAS HEHE TIME TO PAYBACK!

    • Rotring says:

      ni komen budak baru blaja type nih…… mentality ko sempit sgt x yah lah nak tulis besar2 rakyat mcm ko megah je lebih tp x tau asal usul……

    • samson says:

      Betul tu triplex.Kilang Proton tu dimaintain untuk menjaga EGO si mamak tu.Bila kualiti Proton kurang ,harganya patutlah dikurangkan.After sales servisnya pun teruk.Rakyat sebenarnya telah ditipu.Hitler pun sudah marah ! Sila layari You Tube untuk maklumat lanjut !

    • afifisa says:

      aku rasa ni mamat indon mana ntah yg tulis. eja pown x lepas

  22. manap says:

    biau le indon hanjing tu dia sj je nk bg keadaan lg teruk ,ni nk tnye skit mcmana plak yg pakai waja pegi cnvert jd sbijik mcm lancer br ni,klu aku malu sial… taruk lmbang mmc pn aku dh malu.

  23. manap says:

    kaum 2 pengkhianat memang tkkn tau nk brterima kasih dngan apa yg dr m sumbangkn kepada kita rkyat malaysia,dia ada kacau mak kau berak?

  24. sad says:

    Well said Samson,
    Others… sad, sad… So many years of independent, still very racist…. Mentality even worse than proton… How can M’sia improve? How can achieve 1 Malaysia ???

    • samson says:

      TQ Sad. Well that is the reality in Malaysia.Some of the malaysians have been indoctrinated from the young age to think in a racial way.To see through the racial lens. In this blog we are discussing about automobiles and not the racial superiority of one race against another.Some of the bloggers who cant rebutt an argument ,resort to racial slurs.

  25. katak says:

    fuh..proton think about profit, not the quality or their identity..thus show malaysia can’t challenge the aotomotif bisnis…. must re arrange the top manaement and good enginner as weel to publish an actually briliant produk from our hand itself..proton just only show the name, but failed to improve the produk..nowdays tecnolgy coming fantastic…so proton pls change ur style and approach to be well in aotomotif bisnis…

  26. balau says:

    proton hanya tau menyusahkan rakyat..disebabkn proton hanya tau mengenakan harga yg tinggi kpd rakyat serta cukai 300% kpd kereta import,maka kualiti hidup kiter sbgai rakyat di negara “demokrasi” terbatas!!!tiada kebebasan dalam memilih produk yg lebih bgus!!jika harga proton berpatutan dengan kualiti tiada saper yg nk mara pon..tp kalau kualiti masih di tahap yg rendah tatkala harganya mahal,ini adalah satu penindasan hak rakyat!!!proton gila wang!!proton stereotpye!!!kolot!!sempit!!dah hampir 25 thn da proton wujud.kebyakan produknya menghampakn..cntoh nya,,ader saper2 suker proton juara??rekaan paling buruk dalam sejarah kereta!!!

    • LALA says:

      tentang hrga proton agak menindas rakyat itu memang btol…
      harga tak seperti kualiti yg jauh lebih rendah..
      kebanyakan kereta proton xmendapat sambutan…
      perodua lebih menjadi pilihan
      proton ptot memikirkan sesuatu untuk bersaing
      bukan hanya mengharapkan keajaiban

  27. samson says:

    Betul pun Balau.Kalau kualiti Proton baik, maka rakyat akan memilih proton. Kereta Proton tak de kualiti harganya sangat mahal. Maintainance nya tinggi.Contohnya Perdana yang mana Gear box selalu rosak.Power window ,air con selalu rosak.Proton holdings hanya mementingkan untung saja. Keluaran Proton yang paling teruk ialah Tiara dan Juara.Both are junks.Rakyat sebenarnya dipaksa membeli produk yang tiada kualiti.Kilang ini wujud untuk menguntungkan segelintir orang .Rakyat yang beri subsidi pada kilang ini yang hampir bangkrap.Sepatutnya kilang ni ditutup atau dijualkan sahaja kepada Perodua ,yang mana kualitinya adalah baik.Sekarang rakyat dibebankan pula dengan kadar faedah yang tinggi untuk kereta nasional.Kerajaan tidak prihatin terhadap penderitaan rakyat. Projek kereta nasional sebenarnya adalah satu kegagalan.

  28. LALA says:

    ape korang mrepek ni…
    inspira=evo 10(lancer)
    cuma d malaysia dye d tukar nama inspira..
    ape nk keco…
    tanpa casis kereta luar
    proton tidak akan wujud…

  29. PairanCucu says:

    hye 2 all…
    jgn kecoh2…yg penting kereta nie da pon ade kt pasaran…
    bising cmne pon, proton da muktamad ade hak ke atas design inspira, dan nie xde kne mengena dgn mitsubishi malaysia sdn bhd.

    dan proton akan kluarkn lg 5buah kereta baru dgn gelaran 5 pahlawan melayu melaka…
    tuah, jebat, lekir, lekiu, dan kasturi…

  30. samson says:

    Fuck the bloody Proton .Let them use whatever name they like for their junks !

  31. afifisa says:

    dah la. kelakar la korunk ni

  32. Anonymous says:

    tahniah proton
    korang dpat atasi pesaing korang sendiri
    padahal yang mengkritik tuh….kalau dpt kat branch diorng…diorng pun cmtu jgk….biasa ar…x dpt conquer la katakn….

  33. inspira says:

    kalau nak mencarut baik jangan jadi orang, yang baca komen ni bukan semuanya bodoh macam yang kuat mencarut, betul mungkin keturunan BABI HUTAN…

  34. Xorcen says:

    hidup proton!!!!!

  35. Randy Marsh says:

    i’m gonna go find me some butterfly poon!!

  36. gosh says:

    they should at the very least be more creative with a name. Proton Inspira = copy of Honda Inspire.

  37. kulop says:

    kalu nama: proton taruna.. sedap. proton dara, lagi sedap.

  38. jinnotie says:

    Anyone wonder why proton car’s are expensive, when it is so called Nasional car? Further more for its quality?… I never owned a proton and will never will simply because of the deceiving price which is set. To me proton is not an affordable car, it is an expensive car, rakyat tidak di dahulukan, tapi di tipu….

  39. blablabla says:

    Enough of being racist u fcuking bastard …. and stop claiming who reach here first, do you think that’s matter ? use your brain to talk please …. what century it is now, still wanna differentiate skin colour, even USA people vote for they first black skin president, people can change, why not us? do something practical … study hard and earn money wisely instead of keep demand from the G …. people who are successful, they work out from themself effort … not others ….

    When you can do better ….
    reduce all the mat rempit / thief / criminal
    then you only talk ….
    you have no ideas how many years are we behind right now compare with certain country ….

    if you still wanna keep use that stone age mindset …. one word …..

    Condemned … and now who else wanna bash my comment with they kampung slang again ….

  40. lora says:

    souless car, enjin import, design copycat,kalo proton itu diwujudkan untuk memenuhi slogan malaysia boleh (bersaing dalam sektor automotif) maka inspira ini sesuatu yg memalukan, zaman 80an dulu pakai enjin mitsubhi ok la time tu baru nak mula, dah 25 tahun still enjin orang gak, weh honda tak letak enjin ford dalam kereta dia n panggil kereta tu honda la,. malu la sikit chorrr

  41. putih says:

    apelaa korang ne nk gado2…suka ati la proton nk kua design ape ponn bkn pkai dit korang..korang x suka ckp jela x suka x payah nk kutuk2 oke…
    atleast proton tuu die mention y de tuka logo n what so ever..

    x menyokong btol keluaran malaysia..nme je duduk malaysia..bongok nk mampus..msty low education…org low educaton mmg ckp mcm tu…

  42. anti_inspira says:

    cuba korng pkir skit leh x?? mitsubishi nie sbenarnye nk buang model lancer nie sbb nk keluar model baru.. aq twu la sbb aq salesman mitsubishi.. pastu proton pegi kutip kete lancer.. orng len da bowing pakai kita bru nk rasa.. aq bkn nk mngutuk proton tpi cbelah wat desing sndiri.. klau aq baik beli kia forte,vios or city

    • along says:

      kalau ckp lancer pi kutip..evo pun kira kutip sekali ka??? saya tak pandai la….evo 10 pakai body apa ek???hang tau ka apa tue GEMA engine??

  43. along says:

    u all , kind of. childish. wanna buy proton then buy proton. kalau beli toyota vios, nissan, audi…bonet xcidet 14bulan pun x tukar tukar… pastu ada lak,,beli vios , toyota …servis mahal komplen…proton models have good n bad.ikut model la. yang mangkuk pi beli model yg bukan bukan buat apa. haaa elok la beli kia forte,,,mengaji kelas sastera pastu pandai nak cakap forte bagus..sendiri fikir la…

  44. john travolta says:

    ey ape maw gado2 da,… ini seme dunia punye hal..

  45. PRotonsfan says:

    salam to all muslims ..
    n good evening ..
    well this is wht i think ,
    everyone has their own thinking .
    n everything has the goods and the bads .
    well , for me .
    proton has done pretty well .
    to me , proton buat inspira is to give a chance to org yg x mmpu bli mitsu .
    n i know sometimes proton is a bit of burden .
    coz i own a proton waja .
    it has a prob with the window . yeahh .. everyone knows that .
    well , overall . I’M PROUD TO BE A MALAYSIAN THAT HAVE PROTON TO MAKE THEIR LOCALS PROUD .
    AND I’M PROUD OF PROTON TOWARDS WHAT PROTON HAVE DONE ..
    so guys ,, please ,, no more arguments ..
    p/s : i dh naik inspira ,, quality is good .
    one last thing . i also hope that proton have some improvements on designing …
    thanks u all .
    salam ..

  46. proton says:

    hahaha . u guys said its a copy cat rite .
    haaaa , let me be the designer . LOL
    satisfy ? XD

  47. WTFisThis says:

    Sigh…a car blog…suddenly became a racist blog??? This is the results of half a century of brainwashing by UMNO….divide and conquer…while you all sibuk arguing with each other…all of you, please use brain (regardless you cina, indian, melayu, orang asli, whatever). If you want cheap cars, please vote out UMNO and all the useless MCA, MIC etc cronies.

    Back to Cars:
    I don’t know why you people complain so much. What’s wrong with rebadging? Perodua is 100% rebadge Daihtasu/Toyota. Nobody’s complaining??? :x

    Furthermore, the Inspira is not 100% rebadge….much work has been done to the ride and handling (frankly, Proton’s R&H is better than Toyota, Honda, KIA, etc and among the best in class!) and it is customized for a sedan comfort ride rather than Lancer which is customized for sports.

    Those who haven’t try the Inspira, go test drive it…it is way better than Forte 1.6SX (same price as Inspira 1.8) and all the overpriced japanese junk cars like VIOS or Honda City. Perodua no need to say…all rubbish Japanese junk kei-cars which handles like a sampan and feels like riding on paper when driving on highway.

    Proton’s main problem is QC and SC….QC can’t do much due to cutting cost and giving contract to UMNO cronies….SC is still hopeless, due to mentality don’t change. But Proton design team has done very good works here and in other Proton cars. That’s why the VW deals didn’t falls through previously…if VW takes management control…all the UMNO crony supplier can tarpau.

    So make the right choice next GE…..vote out UMNO and kill all their crony suppliers!!!!

  48. tongkatroslan says:

    2 years ago my uncle bought a PROTON SAVVY green metalic. Today the car paint looks like it was bought 15 years ago!! The paint is pricking out like sand, habis jadi kurap!!! The roof, the boot and bonet, the right side and the right doors all suffering with this defect accept the left side! And i noticed that they paint it so thin that i can see the metal part already. My uncle really regret buying this car. Is this a strategy by Proton to make people change their cars more frequently?

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