Proton’s Waja was conceptualised as the basis for the company’s advancement from assembly and minor re-engineering to the position of full design and manufacture.
It was designed as a competitive product for global consumption of the 21st Century with an attractive design targeting mature, dynamic and multi-cultural markets.
The Proton Waja boasts superlative handling dynamics together with compliant ride and enormous body strength and integrity.
Waja is the result of intensive engineering work by Proton R & D in Malaysia and Lotus Engineering in Hethel, England.
The blend of technologies from Malaysia and England has produced a car that is at once safe, secure, strong and precise, a car worthy of comparison with the world’s best mid-size sedans.
KEY TECHNICAL FEATURES OF THE WAJA
• Lotus ride and handling
• Unique modular integration
• A stronger more rigid body
• High levels of primary and secondary safety
• Significant NVH reductions
STYLING
The Proton Waja benefits from inspired styling and boasts clean and stylish lines born in the company’s design studio at Shah Alam.
The Waja has a personality all its own and has adopted clean smooth lines in a classic three box design on a platform which will be used as the basis for other models in the future.
The styling has been aimed at creating a car which could match it with the latest European and Japanese designs.
Proton Waja’s efficient aerodynamics deliver a smooth airflow and low wind noise with benefits also coming in low fuel consumption and higher top speed.
Proton designers have delivered a generous glass area and slim pillars to facillitate improved visibility in all directions.
The body shell is compact and rigid with strategically located reinforcements and crumple zones.
The Waja conforms to all International safety standards including EU 2003 crash regulations.
RIDE AND HANDLING
Proton subsidiary Lotus Engineering has played a critical role in the development and engineering of the Waja’s ride and handling characteristics.
Every aspect of the Waja’s ride and handling has been exposed to the extensive expertise and knowledge available through Lotus technology.
