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The Proton Waja is a saloon car manufactured by Malaysian automotive company, Proton, first released in August 2000. The Waja is the first Proton car to feature a majority of body parts and components which were designed in-house. Although certain key features such as the various engines in the early models were outsourced, the Waja is still best known as the first Malaysian-designed car. More than 300,000 Proton Wajas have been sold, making it among Proton's most commercially successful products. The name ''Waja'', which means ''(strong as) steel'' in Malay has both physical and abstract connotations. In the United Kingdom, it was sold as the Proton Impian, in which ''Impian'' was another derivative of the Malay language, meaning ''dream''. == History == The Proton Waja is the first model designed in-house by Proton. However, the Waja's chassis was based on the first-generation (1995–2004) Volvo S40 / Mitsubishi Carisma models. The development of the Waja began at the end of the 1999 together with the Campro engine, however, the development of the Campro engine was still in progress at the time of its launch, and therefore Proton had to source the 4G18 engine for the Waja from Mitsubishi, before switching to CamPro engines in 2006. It was launched in August 2000, together with the introduction of Proton's new corporate logo. Early batches of the Waja had no airbags, ABS, and came with fabric seats only. In late 2001, a 1.6 variant ''X'', was launched. It was equipped with more luxurious items like climate control, traction control, auto-flip mirror, a driver's airbag, wood grain interior and full leather seats and door trim. Proton made minor changes to the seats by adding rear armrest with cup holder (which the standard Waja lacked), rear seats adjustable head rest and lumbar support for driver seats. Proton later launched a new Waja variant, the 1.8X, powered by the Renault F4P engine, which is also found in the Renault Laguna. It featured the same interior as the 1.6X Premium, but a passenger airbag was added as a safety feature. The Waja received a facelift in 2004. The first minor facelift was rear boot spoiler, new alloy-rims, new interior scheme (brown & cream), new instrument cluster, and dual airbags and ABS fitted as standard. Facelifted again in 2006, the Waja received the CamPro engine.Later in 2008,Waja was powered with CamPro CPS engine.The exterior was given minor changes, such as a new grille and new tail lights and also includes both ABS and airbag as standard for the Malaysian market, which were previously optional equipment. More than 292,556 Proton Wajas have been sold between 2000 and mid-2012, and of which, the variants powered by the 1.6 litre Mitsubishi 4G18 engine made up for the bulk of total sales, followed by the 1.6 litre Proton CamPro S4PH / CPS and lastly, the 1.8 litre Renault F4P.〔〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Proton Waja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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