Proton was a vanity project for the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir.

Proton has only ever used other manufacturers' (mostly Mitsubishi) technology. It doesn't make much, if any, profit. Without Malaysia's import tariffs, Proton would be even more of a basket case than it is now. Name a single decent Proton car that has been made -- there are none. All of them are crap. I know, my father had 2. Both utter rubbish.

Lotus managed to dazzle the twits at Proton to invest money Proton didn't really have into Bahar's fantasy of creating 5 new cars from scratch for a few hundred million £.

All involved were deluded and/or taking illicit substances.

We are now at the morning after the night before ...

It will end in tears.