Prevé exports start mid-year

KUALA LUMPUR: Proton, which has received 2,800 bookings for its newly unveiled first global car the Proton Prevé, will start to market the car in Indonesia and Thailand by the middle of this year, said its managing director Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.

"Since it was launched, we have recorded bookings for 2,800 units. We have been getting encouraging response."

The public feedback received to date indicated many people were satisfied with the design, he said at the launch of a new Proton showroom in Jalan Ampang here.

He said the Prevé will be exported to Australia by the end of this year.

Syed Zainal is optimistic that Proton could achieve its monthly target of 4,000 units for the Proton Preve.

-Bernama