Proton, the Malaysian national unity Automobile Manufacturers (PeRusahaan Malay acronym for OTOmobil Nasional, the National Automobile Enterprise "), which was founded in 1983 and under the leadership of former Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir Mohamad. Proton Holdings Berhad, the holding company, the Bursa Malaysia.
While the first came the Malay Proton roads, local forces immediately synchronized version (Proton Saga) 'Potong Harga ", which means that the" cut-price' Proton. And for good reason. Proton was at least 20% cheaper than the non - National, is the same 1.3 to 1.5 litre class. With the price and a pinch of national pride for which they work, which helps maintain Proton has been on the market. In 1988 Proton had surpassed all other makes packaged And, 73% of passenger cars.
During the year 1983, as a "national car", it was intended, Malaysia has been sold a little more than 90000 cars per year, and the market is growing by 20% each year. The proton facility was designed for 80000 units per year and can reach up to 120000 units gearbox. But in the proton will be the first full year of production (1986), for cars, sales figures had a serious emerging, and 47000 in the coming years due to the deteriorating economic situation, just 35000 Only in the year 1988, the market was initially a resumption of 54000 units, maintaining most of them protons. Since then, the market has been one of the cars 2005 417000
Model.
1 Proton Saga
2Proton Wira
3Proton Satria
4 Proton Putra
5 Proton Perdana
6 Proton Tiara
7 Proton Juara
8 Proton Waja
9 Proton Arena
10 Proton Gen-2
11 Proton Savvy
12 Proton Pert
13 Proton Persona
