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.
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