Proton Wira Diesel 2.0
#1
Posted 03 October 2003 - 05:32 PM
i have been driving a petrol engine car all this while and do not have any
knowledge in diesel engines. recently, my company wanted to purchase a
diesel engine car for frequent long distance travels. my colleague
suggested proton wira diesel 2.0. is proton still manufacturing new cars
of this type of engine? i noticed in the 2nd car for sale section in the
paper ... most of this car are manufactured during 1995-1998. will it be
worth buying? thanks.
#2
Posted 03 October 2003 - 10:23 PM
should advise you regarding its worth. Good luck.
#3
Posted 04 October 2003 - 03:56 AM
You know what? I happened to be thinking of selling mine, a Wira Diesel
2.0, search for a Wira 2.0D in the "sell" section. I no longer need to do
the distance daily as I used too and thinking of moving on to smaller
petrol version. The road tax for a diesel is definately higher than a
petrols but for those travelling long distances daily the savings from
fuel consumption can very quickly offset the roadtax. In my case it no
longer does, I travel much less these days. Check out the add, and email
me if interested to consider.
Mat.
#4
Posted 04 October 2003 - 07:40 AM
is the teh tarik session on ?
i am keep tn meetup with other diesel kakis to exchange ideas....
pls let me know if TT on....
i work in kelana jaya and can meet during day time too!
i have emailed to you too.
cheers
#5
Posted 06 October 2003 - 12:38 AM
i will propose the car to the company. and lets see whats their decision.
thanks!
#6
Posted 06 October 2003 - 09:24 AM
could not compete. Same thing with the Waja Diesel which had its program
cancelled because the business case was not good enough.
#7
Posted 06 October 2003 - 01:40 PM
have purchased the Peugeot diesel engine instead.
With the Waja, it is another case - the standard 1.6 petrol Waja has lousy
engine mountings - this makes it a poor basis for a diesel. Already, with
the petrol engine, NVH is bad. Imagine what a rattling diesel will do
inside a Waja body!
#8
Posted 06 October 2003 - 02:57 PM
rattles and squeaks. Now with the new generation HDI diesel engines, these
problems should be put to rest but Malaysia is not ready for these hi tech
engines yet.
#9
Posted 06 October 2003 - 03:09 PM
european market. diesel has been the way to go for sometime in europe.
#10
Posted 06 October 2003 - 05:24 PM
not that good in Europe. Furthermore, it has two Wira diesels - one was
the non-turbo for Malaysia and the other was the turbo for Europe. At
that time in mid-1990s, Proton did not sell the turbodiesel in Malaysia
due to cost reasons.
With the Waja, the initial product plan was to have a diesel but about 6
months or so after the launch, it was cancelled because they felt there
would not be enough demand.
Now that Proton is buddy2 with Renault, maybe they have access to a good
diesel engine which they would need to improve their appeal in Europe. I
suppose it would also be good for African markets where diesel is widely
used. Petrol quality is not so good in places like Morocco (I remember
testing a 307 there and the engine ran into problems because of fuel
quality being so bad).