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Proton Saga manufacturing ends in Shah Alam after 40 years – new MC3 to be produced in Tanjong Malim

Proton Saga production ends in Shah Alam after 40 years – new MC3 to be produced in Tanjong Malim

The Proton Saga is the corporate’s longest-running and best-selling nameplate because it was launched manner again on July 9, 1985. Spanning three generations, the Saga has all the time been produced in Shah Alam, however it seems to be like this has now come to an finish.

Postings by varied Proton employees and sellers on social media reveal that manufacturing of present, third-generation Saga MC2 has ended at Proton’s Shah Alam plant, with the ultimate unit with chassis #454321 rolling off the road on September 26, 2025.

This has been anticipated for some time, as the corporate stated final July that it intends to shift Saga manufacturing to Tanjong Malim by 2026. This was talked about in an announcement the place Proton stated it’s investing RM253 million to arrange two new stamping traces to extend its elements stamping quantity.

Proton Saga production ends in Shah Alam after 40 years – new MC3 to be produced in Tanjong Malim

Consolidating manufacturing to a single location has been in Proton’s plans because the settlement between Drb-Hicom and Zhejiang Geely was signed in 2017. On the time, the corporate stated it will absolutely relocate its Shah Alam operations to Tanjong Malim throughout the subsequent 5 years, though it’s comprehensible that the worldwide pandemic in 2020 has affected this timeline.

The top of Saga manufacturing in Shah Alam comes a number of days after it was revealed the manufacturing of the Iriz ended on the firm’s Tanjong Malim on September 9, 2025. In contrast to the hatchback, the Saga will nonetheless have a future when manufacturing of the MC3 begins in Tanjong Malim.

At this level, it stays to be seen what’s going to occur to Proton’s Shah Alam plant which is now not liable for producing any Proton automobile. The Saga was beforehand accompanied by the Exorawhich noticed its manufacturing run in Shah Alam come to an finish in October 2023.

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