Start with what the Proton Prevé is: a 4-door saloon with 1.6 L CamPro IAFM+ DOHC I4, built from 2012 to 2018, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. / Azlan Othman.
The background
The Proton Prevé is a four-door compact saloon developed by Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton. It was launched on 16 April 2012 and is based on Proton's next-generation P2 platform. The Prevé is the saloon complement to its sister car, the Proton Suprima S hatchback, and is also the successor of Proton Inspira. The Prevé is claimed to be Proton's first global car, evident in the name Prevé itself, which means to prove or proof.
The engineering
The engine is 1.6 L CamPro IAFM+ DOHC I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1305-1340 kg. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / CVT / CVT manumatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2650 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Proton line-up the Proton Prevé has a clear place: it replaced the Proton Inspira / Proton Persona (CM) (spiritual); it handed the line to the Proton S70; the factory was Proton City. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Peugeot 208, the Mazda CX-5, the Tesla Model X. Its Proton stablemates include the Proton Perdana and the Proton Arena.