Taken from Paultan http://paultan.org/archives/2008/12/13/pro...e-by-2010-2011/

Proton managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin told the Oman Economic Review that Proton was developing a turbocharged engine set for introduction by the years 2010 to 2011, just in time for a facelift of the 2009 Proton MPV which could see the introduction of this turbocharged engine.

The turbocharged engine would be in line with the current market trends of having a small displacement engine but forced inducted to produce the equivalent horsepower of a larger motor, usually with more torque, and more fuel efficiency. The engine will have the power output equivalent to a 2.0 liter engine. We could be looking at a 1.6 liter Campro turbo or Campro CPS turbo engine producing about 150 horsepower and perhaps 240Nm of torque.

Proton is also set to spend RM5 billion over the next 5 years on R&D efforts, which is about RM1 billion a year. Other efforts (as quoted in the report) include developing a small competitive car, acquiring diesel engines licensed from an international OEM (Fiat? Peugeot?) because of their popularity in markets such as India, hybrid and electric technologies, the possibility of a joint model with Lotus (spiritual successor to the Lotus Carlton based on a Proton maybe?), and the reduction of weight of Proton models.

they got enuf money or not? sales for this quarter is quite bad.. next is another bad or badest year..
their previous years of campro was full of problem..

1.6L campro turbo with 150hp could be the heart of new waja lancer... woo

RM 5 billion for the research? As we know, whatever it is, there will be some problem...i think if they were to spend it on a local car mod enthusiast, it probably worth it and get a reliable turbo charged car.

throw a lot of money on research and at the end they will copy a mitsubishi's turbocharged engine... hahaha

the engine can tahan or not? i'm not being negative bout proton.. but there's more important
things rather than turbocharge engine. the quality is far from standard car such as honda and toyota.

yalo.. brek can tahan? local ABS?

ABS?= Aku Brek Sendiri?

haha, good one. proton's abs is really like 'aku brek sendiri'..

ye ka bro shark...bukan ke brek eh!eh!
hahahaha...

iye bro gua dulu selalu bawak gen2 member gua. brek hancur, steering pun tak boleh pusing banyak.

tapi yang paling best dia punya gear, turun bukit dia lagi auto drop. suruh lagi laju kot!

I wish Proton can produce 2.0 liter turbocharge campro engine too.

Why la? U want to put the engine where la? Not our LGT i hope... Hahaha...

turbo campro...hmmm, why not just throw the money and make a better car...engine is not everything...lalalala...

maybe can start with body design...instead of copying others...lalalalaa...

i think after produce sure got many problems on the engine...