proton preve

Ready to roll: The new Proton Prevé is expected to be launched soon.

“For us, the product is to prove that Malaysians can build a glo­- bal car. Coincidentally, Prevé also sounds like a word in Spanish which means ‘vision’.

“The Prevé is a re-alignment of our DNA for the future and is a de­­parture from the past,” Syed Zainal Abidin said at a press conference at the Maritime Centre here yesterday.

About 50,000 people thronged Proton’s “Power of 1” five-day showcase at Bukit Jalil National Sta­dium last month, where the Prevé received its first bookings from customers despite it being not officially launched yet.

The car will come in 1.6-litre CFE (premium), 1.6-litre CVT (executive) and the 1.6-litre manual editions, with prices from RM62,000 to RM75,000.

The Prevé is expected to be exported to the Asean market three months after its domestic launch, Syed Zainal Abidin said.

“Normally, the first foreign market to get the car is the Asean market, followed by right-hand-drive markets like Australia and then left-hand-drive markets, such as China and the Middle East,” he said, adding that the company aimed to sell 4,000 units of the model per month.