Reviews of new Proton models within the last half-decade or so typically revolve around the ideas of "best effort to date", "turn-around car for the company", "make or break" and "this is a car it absolutely has to get right if it wants to move forward."
For the new Proton Iriz, these clichés just couldn't ring truer, and while I won't give the game away so early on, suffice to say, our national carmaker is fully aware that indigenously researching and developing cars only for our own people is simply not enough, and the Iriz represents the brightest and most credible beacon of hope in that respect so far.
But at the same time, we're talking about the Malaysian B-segment. Fiercely-competitive. High-volume. Price-sensitive. Numbers-driven. No-nonsense. And the baby Proton couldn't be assigned a more formidable opponent even if it tried - why, only the best-selling set of wheels and default first car in Malaysia, the Perodua Myvi.
Yes, Proton has been talking about upping its game and going global since time immemorial - how is the Iriz any different? Well, we've just returned from Penang, having spent the best part of two days getting to know the new car, as well as the men and women behind it. So here we set about dealing with that question - the answer to which isn't all that straightforward.
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