2007 Proton Gen-2 GSX from Egypt - Comments

Actually the car is still very new, so nothing has gone wrong with my car.. Thank God!

*when I first took my car from the dealer.. the gear shift knob was pretty stiff, but it is smooth now and fits in my hand (very slick)..

*the car is very quiet to an extent that I didn't recognize the difference when I hit the gas until I looked at the rpm gauge. but maybe this is because it is still brand new.

*the parking sensors work quite well, but if you have ur radio turned on it will be a little difficult for you to differentiate the sensor beeps..

*this car has a load of potential to be a super car and I read reviews of people nagging about the poor quality, well I did not find it so poor as everyone and every review has said about it.. actually it is quite stylish and among its competitors I think it is superb.

*the equipment level of this car is amazing, I mean to buy a car with:1.parking sensors

2.sunglass storage area

3.cupholder

4.very powerful a/c

5.power steer

6.4 electric powered windows

7.airbags

8.ABS

9.EBD (electronic brake distribution)

10.built in radio/cd player

11.lotus engineered engine 1600cc,110bhp

12.15" alloy wheels (new version 2007)

13.very spacious boot and saloon although it is considered as a 5 door hatch.

14.4 speaker sound system.

15.front and rear fog lights.

You will have to pay a lot for all these gadgets and sporty looking features, but in the gen.2 you need not spend a lot.

*the handling on open roads is very very very smooth and tight.. you never feel the car roaming around uncontrollable and this is a special thanks to the lotus design and performance tuning of this car.

*be careful when ur riding one of these gen.2s because due to its stability you will find urself at a high speed without even knowing still unless you look at ur speed dials which are very sporty looking by the way.

In the end I would just like to say do not hesitate to buy this car if ur on a tight budget and want all the luxury in other higher priced cars like subaru, mitsubishi, toyotas and nissans..

I own this car from 8 months ago, (from april 2007) I was so proud of it, but now I feel like driving a broken car, it sounds everywhere from inside,doors, suspension, gear (when you are on high speed), (tabloo), brakes!!!, I don't know what else remaining. I am really fed up with this car.

I have a two and a half year old Gen-2 and I fully agree with the comment made in January 2008. My low mileage car sounds like EVERYTHING is going to fall apart soon. In addition to what was mentioned, mine has clonking suspension and loud steering (strut?) thuds. The only thing that is (too) quiet is the turn indicator ticking sound. Car refinement is something that is very hard to engineer into an existing product, and I would be very surprised if the current Gen 2 has made leaps in refinement from my sample. Serious suggestion to original reviewer; maybe you should check for progressive hearing loss?