Proton Wira
Proton Wira Saloon (1995-1999)
The Proton Wira (also proton 400) is built by the Malaysian car manufacturer Proton as a four-door notchback and five-door hatchbacks since 1993. The Wira was intended as a new alternative to the Saga Iswara, a revised version of Proton 's first model, the Saga, as the top model in the compact class. The saga has been regularly revised slightly to 2008. Then, a second generation was, this time as a small car, brought out.
The Wira was later replaced by two self-built Proton models. The GEN • 2, which was introduced in 2004, should replace the hatchback Aeroback. The Persona, released in 2007, was intended as a successor to the sedan. The Waja in 2001 should inherit the Wira saloon, but rather tends to luxury model of the brand, below the Perdana.
" Wira " means to Bahasa Malaysia as a loan word from Sanskrit "hero".
History
The Wira was introduced in 1993 as a four-door saloon and was based on the Mitsubishi Lancer 1992, but had a slightly different design. The headlights are from the Mitsubishi Colt 1992, the taillights of the Mitsubishi Galant station wagon from 1987, the bumpers from the Mitsubishi Mirage and the instrument panel has also been modified. The front view continued the line of Saga Iswara. In 1994, a five-door hatchback (initially under the name Wira Aeroback ) to do so.
Proton originally conceived mid -1990s, even a small five-door estate based on the sedan with the same taillights as the first revised Wira. This development came to light, as in a local newspaper a scrapped prototype behind the Proton assembly plant in Shah Alam was mapped. After then hardly gave any information about this model, it is assumed that it is never gone beyond the concept stage.
In 1995, the Wira was revised and got a new grille and slimmer tail lights. In early 1999 followed white indicators. In mid-2004, there were further small changes to the grille and on the bumpers. Despite these minor upgrades the design of the Wira basically remained the same over ten years.
Proton Wira 2004, the Special Edition ( also Wira SE) a. It should be about 100,000 of them made , but this sales target has been missed. The SE models were brought out at different times of the Wira Aeroback Modellzyklusses as variants and had sporty accessories, such as body packages, revised interiors and on request also aluminum spoiler.
Many Proton models that were presented according to the Wira, had a front design that was derived from that of the Wira. Below are the hatchback Satria / 300 of the first generation, the two-door coupe Putra and the pickup arena.
As a successor to the Wira Proton designed the GEN • 2, a station wagon, which carried the code name " Wira Replacement Model ," and brought him out in 2004. In August 2007, the Persona, a new sedan based on the GEN • 2 and was regarded as the legitimate successor to the Wira appeared.
Rear view
Proton Wira Saloon (1999-2004)
Proton Putra (1995-2000)
Models and data
Motor data
1.3GLSi/GLi
- Manual five-speed transmission ( F5M21 )
- Mitsubishi Orion SOHC engine 4G13P Multi-point injection (MPI)
- Power: 74 hp ( 54 kW) at 6000 min -1
- Torque: 108 Nm at 4000 min-1
- Maximum speed: 163 km / h
1.5GLSi/GLi
- Manual five-speed transmission ( F5M21 ) or three-speed automatic ( F3A21 )
- Mitsubishi Orion SOHC engine 4G15P Multi-point injection (MPI)
- Power: 89 hp (65 kW) at 6000 min -1
- Torque: 126 Nm at 3000 min-1
- Maximum speed: 174 km / h ( 5-speed ); 165 km / h ( automatic)
1.6GLXi/XLi
- Manual five-speed transmission ( F5M21 ) or four-speed automatic ( F4A22 )
- Mitsubishi 4G9 SOHC engine 4G92P Multi-point injection (MPI)
- Power: 111 hp ( 82 kW) at 6000 min -1
- Torque: 138 Nm at 5000 min-1
- Maximum speed: 187 km / h ( 5-speed ); 183 km / h ( automatic)
1.8GLXi/EXi
- Manual five-speed transmission ( F5M21 ) or four-speed automatic ( F4A22 )
- Mitsubishi 4G9 SOHC engine 4G93P Multi-point injection (MPI)
- Power: 135 hp (99 kW) at 6500 min-1
- Torque: 162 Nm at 5500 min-1
- Maximum speed: 203 km / h ( 5-speed ); 196 km / h ( automatic)
2.0D (Diesel)
- Manual five-speed transmission ( F5M21 )
- Mitsubishi Astron SOHC engine 4D68 Naturally aspirated engine with swirl chamber injection
- Power: 67 hp (49 kW) at 4500 min-1
- Torque: 123 Nm at 3000 min-1
- Maximum speed: 160 km / h
In the first series of the 1.3 -liter 12V four-cylinder in-line engine in the base version of the Wira / 400 was available. The 1.5-liter 12V four-cylinder in-line engine from the Saga Iswara and Saga was unchanged. The 1.6 -liter 16V four- cylinder engine was introduced, along with the 4- speed automatic transmission (optional ) ( and electric windows on all 4 doors). The Wira was the first Proton model, which was equipped with them. The models with multi-point injection were called MPi.
In 1995 the Wira received this revised Mitsubishi Orion engine with 1.3 l displacement, which was already used in the saga. Then came 1996, the 1.8 -liter 16V four-cylinder DOHC engine, first used in a proton. At the same 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel engine appeared (model 2,0 D or SDi ), but was later dropped due to lack of customer interest. The Wira is to date the only diesel model of the proton. 1999 disappeared all carburetor versions of the Wira for Malaysia.
Safety equipment
Like most other Proton models this time also had the Wira for Malaysia no other safety features to offer than three-point seat belts with belt tensioners and a windscreen made of safety glass. The export models, however, had a significantly better safety features, such as an airbag for the driver side impact protection in the doors and ABS, which was also in Malaysia later.
Export
Began in 1994, exports to the United Kingdom under the name '' Persona '' ( not to be confused with the recent Persona sedan model ). As with the Saga, all export models received a multi-point injection (MPI ), so that they corresponded to the emission standard Euro I.
In Germany the Wira was sold as a proton 400 1995-2001. The coupe was there Putra Proton 418 LRS.
For the UK, there was also a turbo diesel TDi called. Since 2001, the cars were sold under the name Wira in the United Kingdom. In 2002, the Wira was replaced by the Impian, which is manufactured in Malaysia under the name Waja.
2005 began with the construction of Zagross Khodro Wira as a CKD kit for the Iranian market.