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It's been rumored for a while now that Malaysia's national automaker, Proton Holdings Bhd, is looking for a partner while recently it also became known that the company is considering selling the Lotus brand.
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- Proton Rebadges Mitsubishi Lancer And Calls It Inspira. Too Bad It Isn't An Evo..
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- Volkswagen Ends Talks With Proton
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Malaysia's Proton, Owner of Lotus, Officially Confirms Talks with General Motors
It's been rumored for a while now that Malaysia's national automaker, Proton Holdings Bhd, is looking for a partner while recently it also became known that the company is considering selling the Lotus brand.
After certain reports on GM's interest in one of the firm's Malaysian plants appeared on the local media, Proton came out with an official statement confirming that it is in preliminary talks with General Motors to sell it a stake in its Tanjuing Malim factory.
"The Board of Directors of PROTON Holdings Berhad wishes to inform that talks with GM are only at a preliminary stage and as such warrants no announcement at this point in time," the Malaysian firm said in a statement.
Read more »- Proton Refutes Reports That It Will Sell Lotus To Genii Capital
Proton, the Malaysian owner of Lotus, released a statement where it dismisses reports that appeared in several media outlets and which said that it is planning to sell a stake of the British sports car manufacturer. Here’s what the company stated:...
- Volkswagen To Build Cars In Malaysia, Will Start With The Passat From 2011
The Volkswagen Group on Tuesday signed an agreement with Malaysia's DRB Hicom auto group for local vehicle assembly as the Wolfsburg-based automaker seeks to expand its operations in Southeast Asia under the Strategy 2018 growth program. The announcement...
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Proton has officially unveiled its Mitsubishi Lancer-derived Inspira mid-sizer, after its soft launch to the public and media in late October. Since then Proton has received over 1,800 bookings from customers around Malaysia in anticipation of its market...
- Proton Rebadges Mitsubishi Lancer And Calls It Inspira. Too Bad It Isn't An Evo..
Proton, Malaysia's national carmaker and owners of Lotus, has taken the wraps of its latest model. No, you aren't looking at a cheesy Photoshop and this isn't an April Fools joke come six months late: this is the firm's new mid-sized...
- Volkswagen Ends Talks With Proton
Volkswagen has announced that it has terminated talks for a possible partnership with the Malaysian national carmaker Proton. Interestingly, this is the second time in two years that VW has failed to reach a deal with the Malaysian government owned carmaker....