Three times British Rally champion, Mark Higgins won the 2nd round of APRC in Rally Queensland, in which Proton’s challenge ended after early pace setter Atkinson had to retire after an electrical failure. Higgins started the final stage 1.6 seconds behind, but after 34 km turned the deficit into a 15 seconds advantage. A record [...]
The Couch Racer series continues with its promise of driver training and selection for the one lucky individual to drive Proton’s new Satria Neo R3 at the upcoming Saturday Night Fever; a once a month night series held at the Sepang International Circuit that is open to anyone with some interest in door-to-door track action [...]
Proton Motorsports led by Chris Atkinson in a Proton Satria Neo 2000, out-powered and outclassed the field to win the opening leg of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Teammate, Alister McRae, came in third. Proton meant business when they both finished in a similar position after the opening stage on Saturday. and continued into the [...]
Malaysian Rally 2011 kick starts in Johor Bahru today, is also the opening leg of the Asia Pacific Rallying Championship (APRC. Amongst the entrants are GSR Pennzoil’s Cody Crocker, in a Subaru Impreza, Katsu Taguchi of Japan, in his Mitsubishi Evo XI and there is the pride of Proton, Alister MacRae in the Proton Neo [...]
KL Rally Day proved to be a success among locals and tourists. The three competing teams – Proton Motorsports, Pennzoil GSR Racing Team, and MRU Motorsports created quite a commotion at Bukit Bintang, Sogo, Pusat Bandar Damansara, & Damansara Uptown with their attention grabbing rally cars and rally replicas. The parade was an effort by [...]
The PROTON Satria Neo R3 has just been launched, and there has been a lot of excitement surrounding the specifications and expectations. Think of it as an affordable Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing, which was launched about a year ago. Some of the hop-up specifications are familiar now: R3 carbon-fibre airbox, 272 degree performance camshaft [...]
Asia-Pacific & Malaysia Rally Championship cars will hit the streets of KL today 23rd March from 11am till 5pm as they parade through the streets of Klang Valley, bringing the rally to the road as part of the KL Rally Day. Team Proton Motorsports, Pennzoil GSR, and MRU Motorsports will be revving up beasts such [...]
Proton has just introduced the Satria Neo R3 this week and we have driven it, albeit for less than 15 minutes. While we’re going to save the full review till we actually get to spend more time “testing” it, the 15 minutes spent behind the wheel was enough to leave a pretty good impression of [...]
Proton has introduced its latest variant to the Satria Neo line up and this one has been put together by Proton’s Motorsports Division under the Race, Rally Research (R3) brand name. The car is distinctively recognizable thanks to its striking Fired Red exterior with a black painted roof as well a all-round CPS bodykit. The [...]
This is the car ONE lucky joker will drive in Saturday Night Fever on 23 April when he/she wins the Couch Racer Challenge! Just announced today, limited in number, and developed and produced by R3, this baby features Stage 2 upgrades to the standard 1.6-litre CAMPRO S4PH engine and is rated at 145 brake horse [...]
PROTON Holdings Bhd unveiled the Proton Inspira, it’s new mid-sized four-door sedan, enhancing the upper C-segment of PROTON’s model line-up. Unveiling the Proton Inspira was the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato ‘ Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed who was accompanied by PROTON Adviser Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. Also present at the ceremony was PROTON [...]
Datuk Syed Zainal has just officially announced the name of the new PROTON model, based on the current model Mitsubishi Lancer, which he mentioned “is tentatively set to be launched by November 10″. Sales bookings are now open at all Proton Edar and EON dealerships, with prices starting from RM 79,888 for the base model, [...]
Proton and Group Lotus on Monday morning disputed 1 Malaysia Racing ( Lotus Racing) the rights to using Team Lotus in 2011. Days after Tony himself announced they will be known as “Team Lotus” from 2011. Proton cited terms such as “Until 1994, Group Lotus, the road car manufacturer and Team Lotus, which operated the [...]
To get everyone up to speed, I’d like share some info on the race. The Sepang 1000km is an ofshoot of the Merdeka Millenuim 12 Hour Endurance. Some years ago, it was noted that the mix of GT racers and 1600-1800cc Saloon cars could be potentially disastrous. So to cater to the smaller engine cars, [...]
