Dr M, please rethink national car plan

Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s prime minister sits in a Proton Holdings Bhd sport utility vehicle (SUV) before taking a test drive in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, June 22, 2018.Mahathir said the ringgits fair value now is the same as the peg his previous government established in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis. Photographer: Nadirah Zakariya/Bloomberg

I COULD understand Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s disappointment over the mostly negative response towards the Government’s initiative for a new national car. I am not sure whether he truly believed in having it or was just testing the waters.

I have supported Proton since the very beginning and my most recent purchase was a Preve. However, we cannot deny that problems still exist in the national car company.