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“What are these cars? They look different… haven’t seen them before,” my British friend said with an inquisitive tone as we stepped out of the entrance at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). She wasn’t wrong. They looked different for sure, strange almost, to the foreign eye, especially for someone visiting Malaysia for the first time. The brand in question was Proton, Malaysia’s first automobile manufacturer.
As ubiquitous as nasi lemak (coconut milk rice, Malaysia’s national dish), Proton cars are on roads all over the…
