'The Gen 2 is not perfect but it is a competent little car, a good package with plenty going for it!' The car's ride is on par with the competition, smooth and comfortable on average Aussie roads. 'The steering's a little light for our liking, though it does load up in corners. Tyre grip is a strength in the dry, and the car sits commendably flat through turns, though the seats lack side bolstering of any substance. 'It's one of the Gen2's biggest strengths, this Lotus-fettled handling, which endows this hatch with cornering speeds and prowess beyond its weight class. 'Proton Cars Australia plans to add a more powerful variant to the range in 2005, one that will be closer to the competition's 100kW-plus engines, and therefore more able to exploit the exciting potential exhibited by the Gen2's Lotus-tuned chassis. Magazine which concluded with this summation: 'After all is said and done, this is a commendable first effort from Proton. the best handling small car he had ever driven!' or from the highly esteemed Other strong reviews include by John Wright, of the Journalist's review is in stark contrast to many of the other reviews the Proton Gen 2 has received. When he mentioned that the Waja was priced at the BMW end of the market, then I am yet to see a BMW for sale in Australia for A$26,000. In that way, it could not be considered a typical review.įor a start the car is priced from A$17,990 not A$20,000, and the journalist got plenty of other things wrong as well.

, Melbourne and is really the only scathing review the car has received since its launch here in October 2004.

Regarding the treatment of Proton's Gen 2 by the Australian press and would like to take issue with a number of points he makes.įor your information, I am the public relations manager for Proton Cars Australia and I am an Australian who admires the resourcefulness and drive of Malaysia.įirstly, in regards to the story that Falco refers to, it did not appear in the

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