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the star - "SHAH ALAM: Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) is aiming to sell 40,000 units of Proton cars this year, up from 32,000 units in 2006, to reinforce its position as the country's topselling national car distributor.

Its managing director Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir said the increased sales volume would be driven by sales of the new Proton model, which is scheduled to be launched on Aug 15.

"We expect customer interest in the new sedan to be very high and we believe it will boost our sales this year," he told reporters at the EON Dealers Association of Malaysia's annual general meeting here on Saturday.

He said the new model with the 1.6cc Campro engine is expected to be priced competitively between RM45,000 and RM50,000.

Syed Hisham said the company's total sales to date stood at 14,530 units.

The Malaysian Automotive Association had projected car sales to improve by the second half of this year, driven by the new models from both local and foreign automakers at a competitive price.

With the new models and coupled with ease in hire purchase loans, the market will be able to achieve the target figure of 500,000 units for 2007, the association said. -- Bernama"

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1.6cc Campro engine how cool is tat! normal honda bike has around 110cc n now proton building a car wit juz 1.6cc??? quite cool in tis pic but then everything is not final. we still yet to c its true colour! .....forget bout the look...com'on ppl. imagine a car wit a engine of a bike.....it can hardly move n now replace the engine wit the same type but then 68 times smaller.. u cant even hear the sound of the engine! im not sure is typo error or wrong info from proton managing director Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir. if it is typo error then comfirm the reporter is a girl!!!! cuz erm.... normally girl wont know anything bout car, technology etc etc lol. no offense!!