When the Malaysia National Car Project was initiated and launched in 1985. It was meant to built cars that would make Malaysians proud. The National cars would be our National prides and joys. It was supposed to provide us with cheaper and more affordable cars.
22 years has passed. Do we have cheaper and more affordable cars? Does our National Cars bring us prides and joys?
Recently, one of our national car, the Perodua Kelisa has caught international lime-light. It was labelled the worst car of the year by Top Gear host Jeremy Clarksons.
Here's the BBC reports of the Top Gear Show:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6528087.stm
Here's the video in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3Rw8VW3aE
To be fair, Top Gear is a car show that features fun, fast, and luxury cars. Kelisa was not designed to be fun, fast, and luxury. It was designed to be economy. So, we Malaysian shouldn't feel too bad about the trashing of the car. After all, it's not the first time this had happened to Perodua. The Kancil was once compared to a washing machine.
What is worse? The answer is Proton. After 22 years, Proton can't even make a safe car!
Here's the video on Waja's Crash test in Top Gear:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnYEUwa8pA&mode=related&search=
So, Malaysians let be honest with ourselves, have our national cars brought us prides?
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