Low Cost, but Good Value ; Petrol-Electric Hybrid Cars Might Be Grabbing All the Attention Right Now, but Proton Have Sneaked Up On the Blindside by Offering a Different Option for Those Interested in Alternative Fuels - a Car Which Runs On Either Petrol or Lpg Gas. Roy Woodcock Weighs Up the Pros and Cons for the New Proton Gen-2 Ecologic...

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Isee plenty of Protons cruising Hull's streets - most of them driven by members of Her Majesty's Constabulary. Humberside Police, in fact, have favoured the Malaysian manufacturer for a number of years, with a fleet of around 300 Protons converted to run on LPG gas. But why don't we see more of them bought by the general public? The Gen-2, for instance, is a mid-sized hatchback that competes in the same segment as the usual suspects: Golf, Astra, Focus, Megane and so on. It offers high equipment levels and, more importantly low prices. In fact this must be the cheapest family car to buy new on the road today.

So let's weigh the evidence to try to determine why Proton is still struggling in the popularity stakes.

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Low Cost, but Good Value ; Petrol-Electric Hybrid Cars Might Be Grabbing All the Attention Right Now, but Proton Have Sneaked Up On the Blindside by Offering a Different Option for Those Interested in Alternative Fuels - a Car Which Runs On Either Petrol or Lpg Gas. Roy Woodcock Weighs Up the Pros and Cons for the New Proton Gen-2 Ecologic...

The initial signs are good. Badge snobbery is still a factor to be overcome, yet most people would be hard pressed to identify the GEN-2 were it not for a really close look. It has a pleasingly modern design with sculpted flanks and a pert rear end, so, on balance, I think your neig...

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