The Everything Car – The PROTON Saga

When we think about the PROTON Saga, it often evokes images from the past. For many the Saga was the car that moved many Malaysian families. It was their first, car, their first family car, their first taste of automotive freedom that would power them to greater successes. 

Much has changed since the late 80s, though. Today our cars are not only used to bring us, our friends and our families from point to point, but they’re also used to make a living and ensure ends are met despite the most arduous and demanding tasks that lay ahead. 

When the Saga first came into existence it would have been unheard of that private vehicles would be used the way taxis are, and the rise of e-hailing has resulted in a shift from a product development standpoint to require cars that are more reliable, better built, and more capable of living up to the more challenging requirements that 2023 brings. That is of course on top of the existing Saga tenets of affordability, frugality, and dependability. 

To better understand the versatility of the Saga and how modern demands has shaped the Saga we know, we sit down with fleet operator Suresh Ramasamy and e-hailing driver Chandra Arjun to get to the bottom of things.