The long-running partnership between Mitsubishi and Proton is to continue with an all-new model.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced the signing of a contract with Malaysia's major automobile manufacturer, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd (Proton).
It agrees on covering the technology for, as well as the development and production of, a new Proton vehicle.
In addition, this reciprocal contract will grant a license to the Malaysian automaker to manufacture a new Mitsubishi vehicle based product.
Through this and other collaboration projects in the fields of development and production, Mitsubishi aims to expand its Malaysian business beyond the current export shipments of built-up cars from Japan to that nation.
For its part, Proton aims to work with the Japanese congolmerate to expand its model line up, as well as to raise quality levels and make more effective use of its production plant.
The two companies are also continuing to study other mutually beneficial avenues of collaboration.
Proton and Mitsubishi have a long history of shared development and vehicles built under licence.
It agrees on covering the technology for, as well as the development and production of, a new Proton vehicle.
In addition, this reciprocal contract will grant a license to the Malaysian automaker to manufacture a new Mitsubishi vehicle based product.
Through this and other collaboration projects in the fields of development and production, Mitsubishi aims to expand its Malaysian business beyond the current export shipments of built-up cars from Japan to that nation.
For its part, Proton aims to work with the Japanese congolmerate to expand its model line up, as well as to raise quality levels and make more effective use of its production plant.
The two companies are also continuing to study other mutually beneficial avenues of collaboration.
Proton and Mitsubishi have a long history of shared development and vehicles built under licence.
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What!!! Again? I'm not sure about this. Why Mitsu? This is one news that I think the worst of all after the Honda F1 Team 'resignation'. We don't need vehicles built under license. We need something that can be appreciate enough as we had stand a lot for nearly 25 years now. Proton should not agree to 'collaborate' or 'share development'. It's time to have a pure production car by Proton. Built something out of our own product, cut the price, improve the campro or what ever that may helps improving our industries. But not this. It's like taking one step back.
I don't see any relevant result regarding this issues. To save cost? To improve technologies? To built a better car? What about Lotus. Why don't they just use all the technologies available at Lotus. What's the point of buying it? Just to get the Lotus Engineering or Lotus Handling emblem at the back of the car?
What I mean is that after almost 10 years 'collaborating' with the giant Mitsu, what was the obvious result that we got? Just one after another re badge product that's so called locally design built with pathetic machines? I can be satisfied with Gen2, Persona, Savvy and BLM or Neo and felt positive with it. Locally design it was. That's good! And for this future MPV, people are so eager for it. It's like, well finally Proton are seems to learn from everything. But this? Just another sad story from Proton.
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