Proton does not build many cars like the Proton Exora: a 5-door wagon with Petrol engine, built from 2009 to 2023 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
The story
The Proton Exora is an automobile produced by the Malaysian car manufacturer Proton from 2009 to 2023. Considered to be a compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in the C-segment, it became Malaysia's first locally developed MPV upon its release on April 15, 2009. The Exora is the first Proton based on the P2 platform. Its facelift revision, which debuted on December 15, 2011, became the first Proton to use the CamPro CFE turbocharged engine and CVT technology.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1442 -. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 4-speed automatic / CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2730 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Proton's history is not in doubt: the Proton X90 (indirect) followed it; it was built at Shah Alam, Selangor (Proton Hicom Factory), Malaysia. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan 370Z, the Tesla Roadster, the Lexus LFA. Nearby in the Proton catalogue sit the Proton Perdana and the Proton Arena.