According to a Cars Bikes Trucks, Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, Group Managing Director for Proton said the Malaysian government ministries will soon be getting a new Perdana to replace the current model. He revealed that Proton will import one model from Japan, rebadge it into a Proton and make it available only to government ministries with 2-litre and 2.4-litre engines. It is understood that model is based on a Japanese D-segment car which is also sold in Australia.
So what D-segment Japanese car is sold in Australia? It is most likely the Mitsubishi 380, though it was discontinued late last year. The other Japanese D-segments are Toyota Aurion (Camry), Subaru Legacy, Honda Accord and Nissan Teana. I doubt these Japanese models will be the new Perdana. I checked Mitsubishi’s website, and the Galant/380 is discontinued too. So where will Proton source the Galant/380 as the Perdana replacement? China?
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Funny. I did the above left back in 12 April. Doesn’t it look similar to the actual new Cross Touran revealed yesterday?
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These renderings appeared last week, to accompany Insideline’s article about the next Jaguar XE.
Sadly, to me at least, most of them who sees it, hates it or think they’re hideous. Can’t please everyone it seems. At least the comments are friendlier at Autoblog.nl.
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Rendered these impressions for Paul Tan last week. The renderings were done with reference to the spy pics of the new Proton sedan seen in Penang, Malaysia.
I must also take this opportunity to thank those in Malaysia who informed me that TV3 (a leading boradcaster in Malaysia), unashamedly published my Waja rendering without Paul Tan or my permission on 2 August during its news broadcast. Needless to say the watermarks were removed too, without mentioning the picture source or credit. Shame on you TV3!
Those who wish to view that news broadcast, click image below and watch from 19 minutes and 31 seconds onwards.
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This is my idea for SEAT to replace the Exeo. Though the Exeo was only launched in late 2008, it would be nice to have a Jetta-based Toledo for late 2012.
Some might argue that the Exeo is D-segment, whereas the Jetta is C-segment. Well, dimensions wise, the Jetta is wider and taller than the Exeo. Jetta’s wheelbase is even longer than the Exeo by 8mm. Overall length, the Jetta is only 21mm shorter.
And let’s not forget that the “new” Exeo itself was an aged Audi A4 (8H), itself launched back in 2000.
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These images first appeared in InsideLine Blog on 28 July.
According to the author Ed Hellwig, the production Veloster will get bigger grille, door handles, side mirrors with integrated signals and a third (side) door to provide access to the rear seats – similar to that of Mini Clubman.
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I think it looks alright, even better than the Sportback. This will be a good rival to the Mercedes-Benz CL-Class (no, the E-Class Coupe is too small, afterall that’s C-Class-based) and BMW’s next 6-Series.
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Not wanting Range Rover to dominate the 3-door luxury SUV market with the Evoque, imagine if Porsche does a 3-door Cayenne.
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This is my idea of March/Micra K13 Sedan. We know there will be a sedan version of the K13, and it’s very likely to wear a completely new sheet metal, rather tahn adding a trunk to the rear of the hatch. While my version isn’t to everyone’s liking, I think it looks better than some other B-segment compacr-based sedan, i.e. Renault Thalia, Peugeot 207 Sedan, Suzuki Swift DZire, Skoda Fabia Sedan, Mazda 2 Sedan and Toyota Vios. Oh and do you know there was March/Micra K11 Sedan? The sedan is still being sold in Taiwan as Super March.
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