Right Handling Proton

Dato' Haji Syed Zainal Abidin, the Managing Director of Proton Holdings, explains how the Inspira is not a rebadge of the Mitsubishi Lancer GT but a value-added version, how Lotus could be profitable by 2014, and why Proton does not enjoy government protection apart from R&D grants which are given out in other countries too. Dato' Zainal believes that consolidation is the way to go, which suggests that the auto businesses namely Proton, Perodua and Sime Darby's motor business may be consolidated under one common holding vehicle.