Production of the Proton Saga sedan with a DIY gearbox option will cease by the end of this year due to low demand, the national carmaker has confirmed. Despite strong sales figures for the Saga overall, manual transmission versions have proven unpopular.
, best get your order in quick as production of the national carmaker’s sedan with the DIY gearbox option will come to a close by the end of this year, Proton has confirmed. Limited units are still available, though you’ll likely need to enquire with several dealerships to know about stock allocation.
Despite the Saga enjoying its strongest sales numbers in the last decade since 2013 , with nearly 50,000 units delivered as of the end of August this year, or a 6.7% gain over the same period last year, demand for the manual transmission-equipped Saga has been very low. This development is a significant one, as it would mean that Proton will no longer produce a model with a manual transmission from 2025 onwards. Fans of the affordable, manual transmission vehicle will lament this, but the writing has in fact long been on the wall for the three-pedal, regular passenger car., though the manuals for these were dropped when their respective facelift models emerged in August 2021 for the 2022 model year.
In short, the lack of demand, and therefore economic sense for continuing production of cars with a manual transmission affects even Proton, and not for lack of trying on the manufacturer’s part. When theexactly 10 years ago today in 2014, Proton offered its B-segment hatchback with the manual gearbox across all trim levels and both 1.3L and 1.6L engine variants.
Weak demand for the manual transmission in this area of the market also applies to Perodua, which had already discontinued the MT for Myvi and Axia, save for theTherefore, money talks, or more specifically, where customers choose to put theirs, and so it appears the manual transmission-equipped family car is an increasingly rare place for the car buyer to do so.
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