Start with what the Proton Inspira is: a 4-door saloon with 1.8 , built from 2010 to 2015, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Proton Inspira is a four-door compact saloon produced by Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton, which was first launched in November 2010. It was sold exclusively in Malaysia as a rebadged ninth-generation Mitsubishi Lancer as the result of a collaboration between Mitsubishi Motors and Proton. The Inspira succeeded the Proton Waja, and complements the indigenously designed Proton Prevé in the Malaysian market. The name "Inspira" comes from the Malay word Inspirasi, which means Inspiration in English.
What is underneath
The engine is 1.8 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1300 -. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / 6-speed INVECS-III CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2635 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Proton line-up the Proton Inspira has a clear place: it replaced the Proton Waja; it handed the line to the Proton Prevé; the factory was Shah Alam, Selangor (PONSB), Malaysia. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lexus LFA, the Nissan Leaf, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Nearby in the Proton catalogue sit the Proton Perdana and the Proton Arena.