April 20, 2012

First Proton Preve crashed in public !

 "Drive It To Believe It", but looks like someone misread the tagline as "Drive It To Crash It"! The photos show a red Preve test unit with its front right wheel crooked due to hitting the road curb. According to Hezeri Samsuri, editor at Top Gear Malaysia, tweeted " First Preve crash - salesman went 120kmh in Sentul, tried to avoid a car and tyre hit the pavement!!!! Tie rod patah beb!!!"

 Yes, it is indeed the exit from DUKE Highway leading to Sentul. Some say the Preve hitted the road curb before the corner when the salesman try to avoid a car, and then bounced to the location shown in the photo below. I say the force shouldn't be that tremendous which can bounce the Preve so far away. Probably the Preve is moved after the crash so that it can be towed away or doesn't disrupt the traffic flow.

Any other ideas? :)


*Update!

Officials from Proton Edar clarified that it was indeed an accident caused by a sales advisor.

At around 4.45pm yesterday, one of our sales advisors was involved in an accident while driving from Jalan Sentul towards Jalan Pahang in KL, when the Proton Prevé that he was driving hit a divider and landed awkwardly causing the lower arm to break.

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14 Gossips:

Isaac Tan said...

ooo....... interesting :P

toninkush said...

How ironic hahaha

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Nikel Khor said...

OMG.. was thinking getting one tim..

Anonymous said...

Lol when I test drove this car, I was wondering if anyone had ever crashed a test drive unit.

Nana Eddy said...

I wonder how the driving experience it~~ Wish I could have time to test drive it~

SiMon Har said...

Isaac: :P
Tony: hahahaha!
Nikel: accident happens when people drive recklessly. this is caused by an accident...
Anonymous: haha! hopefully no!!!
Nana: go and test, maybe u'll like it! XD

Caroline said...

OHNO!!=O still new summore ler. lol

Ken Wooi said...

thats realll bad.. haha!

SiMon Har said...

Caroline: lucky it's not owned by a new owner! *heartbreak*

Ken: ya, the whole front right wheel was twisted like that :(

Taufulou said...

wonder how he hit the curb to damange the front tayar like that.. user problem or quality problem..

hmmm .. .

Anonymous said...

oiiii...even rally car with racing heavy duty suspension also broke like that if hit rock at speed...120km/h aren't that slow....

even more if the orientation of crash hit the weakspot of suspension link

Myvitrd said...

wah biar betul ni..

SiMon Har said...

Taufuloh: hmm... only the driver will know XD
Myvitrd: believe it or not, u decide :)

ARUN said...

Judging from the photo .I don't see any curb on the right hand side .. and looks like ihe car is making left hand turning

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