Proton Gen.2 enhanced for 2010
Tomorrow onwards, Proton will be putting a new enhanced version of the Gen.2 into its showrooms throughout the country. As before, the Gen.2 will continue to be offered in two trim levels – Medium-Line and High-Line.
Revisions are primarily cosmetic, with the black-painted roof the most obvious among them. Buyers opting for the High-Line need not pay extra money for them, as Proton has kept the price tag for both the manual and auto High-Line versions unchanged.
The lower-spec Medium-Line, which is only available with automatic transmission, is not only priced RM1,500 cheaper, but also gets its 110hp Campro IAFM lump upgraded to the 125hp CPS version as per High-Line spec. You will, however, have to make do without leather seats, multi-function steering wheel, fog lights and the body-kit.
According to Proton MD Dato’ Haji Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, the company is only aiming for modest sales of 300 units of the Gen.2 per month.
“Pushing ahead and in conjunction with PROTON’s 25th anniversary, consumers can look forward to an exciting year filled with various programmes. These include a competition, a television programme and even a nationwide tour, to bring PROTON closer to the people,” he said.
The Gen.2 made its debut in February 2004, with the world’s first test drive report published here at Autoworld. A significantly improved facelift model was introduced in March 2008, which saw the introduction of IAFM and CPS versions of the Campro engine into the Gen.2.
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