The Malaysian state investment corporation, Khazanah, today announced they will be divesting their 42.7% share in Proton Holdings Berhad, a state owned car manufacturing company setup in 1979 to advance Malaysia’s industrial capabilities. Read More… Proton manufacture their own vehicles including the popular Satria model, and in association with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, have in [...]

British sportscar maker Lotus announced today that they, in collaboration with Malaysian car maker Proton, will unveil a new concept car at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show called the PROTON, which features the firm’s new plug-in hybrid powertrain. The PROTON is a small city car with a body designed by Italdesign, which is currently missing [...]

There used to be a time when one of the Italian car design giants like Pininfarina, Zagato or Italdesign announced a new model, it was a mad mad supercar with a crazy design and a V-million engine. Not anymore though! These days most of the designs coming out of their offices are small, mostly hybrid [...]