Top photo: my dearly departed 2008 Honda Accord.
Bottom photo by Paul Tan.
Top photo: my dearly departed 2008 Honda Accord.
Bottom photo, once again, is by Paul Tan.
They don't come more rehashed than this - but in this case, the base platform is a good thing. If you live in Malaysia, you know about Proton, which is their largest domestic car maker. Malaysia is a car-making country - led by two companies, Proton and Perodua - and their products are pretty good nowadays. Sadly, they don't sell in the US, although they do export to Europe, Australia, and most Asian countries.
Proton, known for their collaboration with Mitsubishi, found a different partner for the new Perdana, launched in December 2013 for Malaysian government and to be launched to the Malaysian domestic market by 2015. Proton and Honda entered a deal to share engines, platforms, and various other car odds and ends, and the first fruit has been the new Perdana, which replaces the old Mitsubishi-based Perdana made from 1995 to 2010. It is a badge engineered 2008-2012 Honda Accord... complete with the same interior, exterior, and even airbag markings. Only some details differ.
Proton has had some safety issues in the past, but has made cars more recently that are much safer. The Perdana, based on such a stellar design, should be just as safe.
May 10, 2014: See the podcast audio version on Sound Cloud.
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