Friday, July 3, 2009
Conforms to All Necessary Regulations
PROTON Waja, the country's first locally-designed car, has conformed to and met all the necessary regulations up to 2003, the year when all tariff barriers for intra-Asian trade including the automotive sector, are to be substantially lowered. Perusahaan Otomobil National Bhd (Proton) director of operations Datuk Kisai Rahmat said the company plans to manufacture as many Wajas as possible by dedicating one of its facilities in Shah Alam which has an annual capacity of producing up to 50,000 Proton cars for its production.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Safety of waja
The Waja/Impian is currently the only Proton car to have undergone a Euro NCAP test, receiving only moderate-to-mediocre results in a 2002 crash test.
The tested configuration with side airbags were never sold by Proton in Malaysia.
Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
aired a segment which featured a damaged Proton Waja alongside a damaged Toyota Avensis.
The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese automaker Toyota since the 1998 model year. It is the successor of the Toyota Corona T190 and is available as a four-door sedan , five-door liftback and station wagon....
to show the differences between a 3-star EURO NCAP car and a 5-star EURO NCAP car after a head-on collision on a deformable steel concrete wall.
The tested configuration with side airbags were never sold by Proton in Malaysia.
Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
aired a segment which featured a damaged Proton Waja alongside a damaged Toyota Avensis.
The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese automaker Toyota since the 1998 model year. It is the successor of the Toyota Corona T190 and is available as a four-door sedan , five-door liftback and station wagon....
to show the differences between a 3-star EURO NCAP car and a 5-star EURO NCAP car after a head-on collision on a deformable steel concrete wall.
Racing?
For three years the Waja was entered as a works team in the British Touring Car Championship.
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s and...
between 2002 and 2004. The car was entered as a BTC spec under the team name Petronas Syntium Proton. The underfunded team only had moderate success with no race wins and finishing below the other works teams despite having experienced drivers David Leslie.
David Leslie was a auto racing driver. He was most associated with the British Touring Car Championship, in which he was runner-up in 1999 British Touring Car Championship season....
and Phil Bennett.
Phil Bennett is an auto racing driver, born 6 October 1971.He started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing 2nd....
for the first two years. In 2004 they had two new drivers in Shaun Watson-Smith.
Shaun Watson-Smith is a South African racing driver who has mainly raced in Touring Cars. He first entered the national production car championship in 1991, winning the overall championship a year later in 1992....
and Malaysian star Fariqe Hairuman.
Fariqe Hairuman is a Malaysian race car driver....but after no podium finishes, they withdrew from the championship at the end of the year.
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s and...
between 2002 and 2004. The car was entered as a BTC spec under the team name Petronas Syntium Proton. The underfunded team only had moderate success with no race wins and finishing below the other works teams despite having experienced drivers David Leslie.
David Leslie was a auto racing driver. He was most associated with the British Touring Car Championship, in which he was runner-up in 1999 British Touring Car Championship season....
and Phil Bennett.
Phil Bennett is an auto racing driver, born 6 October 1971.He started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing 2nd....
for the first two years. In 2004 they had two new drivers in Shaun Watson-Smith.
Shaun Watson-Smith is a South African racing driver who has mainly raced in Touring Cars. He first entered the national production car championship in 1991, winning the overall championship a year later in 1992....
and Malaysian star Fariqe Hairuman.
Fariqe Hairuman is a Malaysian race car driver....but after no podium finishes, they withdrew from the championship at the end of the year.
Performance on Waja
Hope you guys enjoy on my article!
In its initial years in the market, the Waja was originally powered by a Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi Motors is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....
The Mitsubishi Orion or 4G1 engine is series of straight-4 internal combustion engines introduced by Mitsubishi Motors in the 1970s, along with the Mitsubishi Astron engine, Mitsubishi Sirius engine, and Mitsubishi Saturn engine....
Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the poppet valve or tappets in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods....
1.6 L engine. Also made standard since the introduction of the Waja are multi-point fuel injection
Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
and brake configuration (front ventilated disc brakes and rear disc brake). All Wajas (excluding the Waja Chancellor) are also available in both manual
A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....(5 speed) or automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....s (4 speed).
In 2002, the 1.8 L variant was introduced, powered by the same engine used in Renault Laguna II
The Renault Laguna is a large family car produced by the France manufacturer Renault. The first Laguna was launched in 1993, the second generation was launched in 2000, and the third generation was made available for sale in October 2007....
. The 1.8 L model incorporated drive-by-wire.
Drive-by-wire, DbW, by-wire, or x-by-wire technology in the automotive industry replaces the traditional mechanical and hydraulic control systems with electronic control systems using electromechanical actuators and human-machine interfaces such as pedal and steering feel emulators....technology and variable valve timing.
Variable valve timing, or VVT, is a generic term for an automobile piston engine technology. VVT allows the lift, duration or timing of the intake or exhaust Poppet valve to be changed while the engine is in operation....
(VVT) technology. However, the 1.8 L model suffered from poor sales because Malaysian customers were more familiar with Japan.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese engines and were less confident of Europe.
Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an engines especially on unfamiliar with the maintenance standard; as a result, the 1.8 L variant was phased out in the following year. It was also believed that the Renault engine gain its trust back due understanding of owners on maintaining the engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....was finally used to power the Waja.
The Proton Gen-2 is an automobile manufactured by Malaysian carmaker Proton , and was launched in the third quarter of 2004. The Gen-2 uses a platform which is mostly Malaysian-developed....the DOHC
Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the poppet valve or tappets in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods....
Campro engine used in the Waja has higher power and torque, probably due to the remapping of the ECU.
In automotive electronics, an electronic control unit , also called a control unit, or control module, is an embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a vehicle.... and also a different air intake system. The 2008 Proton Waja is now powered with a Campro CPS engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
with variable valve timing, which was not available in the previous Waja Campro models.
The Waja Chancellor, which launched 2006, featured a longer wheelbase and was powered by a Mitsubishi 6A12.
The Mitsubishi 6A1 engine is a series of V6 piston engine from Mitsubishi Motors, found in their small and medium vehicles through the 1990s. They ranged from 1.6 L to 2.5 L in size, and came with a variety of induction methods and cylinder head designs and configurations....
2.0 L V6 engine similar to that used in Proton Perdana V6
The Proton Perdana is a mid-size car produced by Proton . It is a badge engineering version of the Mitsubishi Galant#Seventh generation....also sourced from Mitsubishi. The car is also available only with a 4-speed automatic transmission.
In its initial years in the market, the Waja was originally powered by a Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi Motors is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....
The Mitsubishi Orion or 4G1 engine is series of straight-4 internal combustion engines introduced by Mitsubishi Motors in the 1970s, along with the Mitsubishi Astron engine, Mitsubishi Sirius engine, and Mitsubishi Saturn engine....
Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the poppet valve or tappets in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods....
1.6 L engine. Also made standard since the introduction of the Waja are multi-point fuel injection
Fuel injection
Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
and brake configuration (front ventilated disc brakes and rear disc brake). All Wajas (excluding the Waja Chancellor) are also available in both manual
Manual transmission
A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....(5 speed) or automatic transmission
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....s (4 speed).
In 2002, the 1.8 L variant was introduced, powered by the same engine used in Renault Laguna II
The Renault Laguna is a large family car produced by the France manufacturer Renault. The first Laguna was launched in 1993, the second generation was launched in 2000, and the third generation was made available for sale in October 2007....
. The 1.8 L model incorporated drive-by-wire.
Drive-by-wire, DbW, by-wire, or x-by-wire technology in the automotive industry replaces the traditional mechanical and hydraulic control systems with electronic control systems using electromechanical actuators and human-machine interfaces such as pedal and steering feel emulators....technology and variable valve timing.
Variable valve timing, or VVT, is a generic term for an automobile piston engine technology. VVT allows the lift, duration or timing of the intake or exhaust Poppet valve to be changed while the engine is in operation....
(VVT) technology. However, the 1.8 L model suffered from poor sales because Malaysian customers were more familiar with Japan.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese engines and were less confident of Europe.
Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an engines especially on unfamiliar with the maintenance standard; as a result, the 1.8 L variant was phased out in the following year. It was also believed that the Renault engine gain its trust back due understanding of owners on maintaining the engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....was finally used to power the Waja.
The Proton Gen-2 is an automobile manufactured by Malaysian carmaker Proton , and was launched in the third quarter of 2004. The Gen-2 uses a platform which is mostly Malaysian-developed....the DOHC
Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the poppet valve or tappets in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods....
Campro engine used in the Waja has higher power and torque, probably due to the remapping of the ECU.
In automotive electronics, an electronic control unit , also called a control unit, or control module, is an embedded system that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a vehicle.... and also a different air intake system. The 2008 Proton Waja is now powered with a Campro CPS engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
with variable valve timing, which was not available in the previous Waja Campro models.
The Waja Chancellor, which launched 2006, featured a longer wheelbase and was powered by a Mitsubishi 6A12.
The Mitsubishi 6A1 engine is a series of V6 piston engine from Mitsubishi Motors, found in their small and medium vehicles through the 1990s. They ranged from 1.6 L to 2.5 L in size, and came with a variety of induction methods and cylinder head designs and configurations....
2.0 L V6 engine similar to that used in Proton Perdana V6
Proton Perdana.
The Proton Perdana is a mid-size car produced by Proton . It is a badge engineering version of the Mitsubishi Galant#Seventh generation....also sourced from Mitsubishi. The car is also available only with a 4-speed automatic transmission.
Information on Proton Waja
A little bit info on proton waja.
Proton is the Malaysian national automobile manufacturer , which was established in 1983 under the direction of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. The development of the Waja began at the end of the 1990s together with the Campro engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
, however the development of the Campro engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
was still in progress at the time of its launch and therefore Proton had to source the 4G18 engine for the Waja from Mitsubishi.
is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....
, before switching to Campro engines in 2006. It was launched in August 2000 together with the introduction of Proton's new corporate logo. Early batches of the Waja had some serious quality problems due to some component vendors and suppliers skipping quality checks to rush for the huge early demand. However, the quality of the components were strictly improved years later in 2005.
The Waja was facelifted twice since its debut in August 2000. The first minor facelift was in mid-2006 which only involved rear lights. The 2007 Proton Waja with a more substantial facelift was launched on January 19, 2007 together with the facelifted Proton Savvy.
The Proton Savvy is a supermini car hatchback produced by Malaysian car manufacturer Proton . The car was introduced in June 2005 as a successor to Proton Tiara....
. For the 2007 Waja, it was given a new grille which was nearly identical to the Savvy. The 2007 Waja also includes both ABS.
An anti-lock braking system, or ABS is a safety system which prevents the wheels on a motor vehicle from locking while brake.A rotating road wheel allows the driver to maintain steering control under heavy braking by preventing a skid and allowing the wheel to continue interacting Traction with the road surface as directed by driver...
and air bag as standard for the Malaysian market, which were previously optional equipment. At the end of 2005, Proton additionally introduced another variant of the Waja, known as Proton Waja Chancellor, to be used by representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN , is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand....
(ASEAN) during the meeting of ASEAN leaders in the KLCC, shortly before its launch in 2006. The Waja Chancellor has a longer wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels....and a 2.0 L V6 engine similar to that used in Proton Perdana V6.
The Proton Perdana is a mid-size car produced by Proton . It is a badge engineering version of the Mitsubishi Galant#Seventh generation....
, also sourced from Mitsubishi. By 2008, an updated Waja was launched with an improved Campro engine and a new center console with a new 2-DIN Clarion.
is a Japanese manufacturer of car audio, automotive navigation systems, AutoPCs, visual equipment, bus equipment, and communication equipment. Up until the end of 2005, products in Japan were marketed under the brand name AddZest, while outside of Japan the same product typically carried the Clarion name brand....
audio set.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....where it is rebadged as the Impian, did not begin until April 2001, and it has continued virtually unchanged ever since. The Impian is only available with right hand drive while left hand drive models are available elsewhere in Europe as the Waja. Sales have not been strong, as it was behind the best of the competition at its launch and virtually all of its competitors have been replaced since. Its decent ride and handling, generous equipment levels, competitive asking price and comprehensive aftersales package are perhaps the only things that keep it going with British buyers.
Proton is the Malaysian national automobile manufacturer , which was established in 1983 under the direction of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. The development of the Waja began at the end of the 1990s together with the Campro engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
, however the development of the Campro engine.
The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus Cars by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton . The name Campro is short for Cam Profile....
was still in progress at the time of its launch and therefore Proton had to source the 4G18 engine for the Waja from Mitsubishi.
is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....
, before switching to Campro engines in 2006. It was launched in August 2000 together with the introduction of Proton's new corporate logo. Early batches of the Waja had some serious quality problems due to some component vendors and suppliers skipping quality checks to rush for the huge early demand. However, the quality of the components were strictly improved years later in 2005.
The Waja was facelifted twice since its debut in August 2000. The first minor facelift was in mid-2006 which only involved rear lights. The 2007 Proton Waja with a more substantial facelift was launched on January 19, 2007 together with the facelifted Proton Savvy.
The Proton Savvy is a supermini car hatchback produced by Malaysian car manufacturer Proton . The car was introduced in June 2005 as a successor to Proton Tiara....
. For the 2007 Waja, it was given a new grille which was nearly identical to the Savvy. The 2007 Waja also includes both ABS.
An anti-lock braking system, or ABS is a safety system which prevents the wheels on a motor vehicle from locking while brake.A rotating road wheel allows the driver to maintain steering control under heavy braking by preventing a skid and allowing the wheel to continue interacting Traction with the road surface as directed by driver...
and air bag as standard for the Malaysian market, which were previously optional equipment. At the end of 2005, Proton additionally introduced another variant of the Waja, known as Proton Waja Chancellor, to be used by representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
(ASEAN) during the meeting of ASEAN leaders in the KLCC, shortly before its launch in 2006. The Waja Chancellor has a longer wheelbase
Wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels....and a 2.0 L V6 engine similar to that used in Proton Perdana V6.
The Proton Perdana is a mid-size car produced by Proton . It is a badge engineering version of the Mitsubishi Galant#Seventh generation....
, also sourced from Mitsubishi. By 2008, an updated Waja was launched with an improved Campro engine and a new center console with a new 2-DIN Clarion.
audio set.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....where it is rebadged as the Impian, did not begin until April 2001, and it has continued virtually unchanged ever since. The Impian is only available with right hand drive while left hand drive models are available elsewhere in Europe as the Waja. Sales have not been strong, as it was behind the best of the competition at its launch and virtually all of its competitors have been replaced since. Its decent ride and handling, generous equipment levels, competitive asking price and comprehensive aftersales package are perhaps the only things that keep it going with British buyers.
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