End of the Road for Proton Soon?

It's official now. Proton will be no more very soon...

In 2006, Proton sales dropped more than 30% last year, falling behind Perodua which has managed to increase its market share by 10%, despite the poor market condition. Proton's market share slumped to only 40% of the total passenger car industry nationwide in 2006, a big drop from the heights of more than 60% a mere 3 years ago. Perodua is now Malaysia's biggest car manufacturer, commanding 42% market share.

My own 11 year old Proton Wira already has had cancer. Basically everything has been changed, yet it's still giving me all sorts of problems. We've given up hope and decided to put it aside as an emergency car, and use another car for our daily use.

With VW, Peuguet and GM showing interests in Proton, we look forward to the day when finally we can drive a quality car at reasonable price.