INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN: Cusco has confirmed the purchase of 30 units of Proton Satria Neo as a ‘Group N Rally’ car to be sold to any interested parties.
YOKOHAMA: Cusco, a renowned Japanese after market automotive parts company, has confirmed the purchase of 30 units of Proton Satria Neo as a ‘Group N Rally’ car to be sold to any interested parties.
According to well informed Proton source here, sales and negotiations in the future would be based on as and when Cusco made an order.
“At the moment, Cusco has confirmed the purchase of 30 units of Satria Neo,”he told Bernama on the last day of the Malaysia Automotive Industry Exhibition (MAIE) which is being held concurrently with the Automotive Engineering Exposition (AEE) here.
At this point, Proton would send the car to Cusco in Japan in completely built-up (CBU) form, he said, adding that, prior to this, Proton had never exported its cars to the Japanese market before.
He confirmed that the car would be used as a rally car, not only by enthusiasts, but also by professional rally teams.
“There are currently two Satria Neo Group N Rally cars competing in the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship 2011, and one vehicle participating in the All Japan Rally Championship 2011,” he said.
He said it would export under its original name – Proton Satria Neo.
He, however, explained that the current sales of Satria Neo to Japan was due to Proton’s International rally involvement with the Satria Neo Super 2000 (S2000) and not through its participation in 2007 exhibition in Japan.
“Whilst competing against the Cusco Rally Team and other professional teams in the Asia-Pacific region, including one round in Japan, the team gained much media coverage and spectators’ interest wherever it went.” “This has directly led Cusco to explore the possibility of converting and selling the Satria Neo as a Group N Rally car to any interested parties,” he said.
Meanwhile, the ‘Tuah’ concept car, which was now on display at MAIE/AEE continued to attract the interest of visitors at the exhibition.
‘TUAH’ was a concept sporty saloon, inspired from nautical and aeronautical designs.
It was a design concept that balanced function and aesthetics and incorporated cues from Proton’s new design direction.
Among some of its features were a photo-chromatic glass roof which darkened automatically at varying degrees, LED fog lamps for clearer and more natural lighting with low power consumption, modern LED rear combi lamps which promoted safety.
Concealed and illuminated door handles for ease of use during low light conditions, adaptive spoiler which balanced the vehicle during high speed for a safer ride, adaptive headlamps which turned in relation to the steering wheel for a more dynamic driving experience.
The Proton source said that ‘TUAH’ was one of the concept cars in the Pahlawan Series that were showcased for the first time at the 2010 Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show.
By definition, he said the term ‘concept car’ refered to a concept vehicle, a show vehicle or a car prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more.
“They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced,” he added.-mysarawak.org
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