Proton GEN-2 Saloon (2008 - 2012) 1.6 4d Owner Review

It surprises everyone with its looks and ride. It is comfortable on long journeys - I do 24K per annum and it always goes where pointed. It never misfires or fails to start. My car is a bright red colour. The offside rear light cluster collects water - don't know why but seems to be a feature on this car. Other than that everything works and it is reasonably economical although not as economical as the Impian. According to the computer I should be getting 53.3MPG but in reality I get between 37.7 and 39.9MPG compared to the 41.9 - 42.2MPG I got with the Impian. I think the lower figure might be the winter tyres I am using as I took the decision to run two sets on this car as any accidents and the insurance company will almost certainly write it off as Protons don't hold much value and no longer sell here in the UK. I think Proton cars offer excellent value and it's a shame they pulled out of the market here. The engine in my car is the later model which is supposed to be more economical but doesn't seem to be. I hope to keep it for four years by which time it should have around 150,000 miles on it and be worth next to nothing.