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Proton Compact Car coming out of your ears? Well… here's more! The spiritual successor to the Proton Savvy will be powered by new four-cylinder VVT engines - a 1.3 litre unit producing 93 hp and 120 Nm of torque, and a 1.6 litre unit developing 105 hp at 5,750 rpm and 150 Nm of torque at 3,750 rpm.

Both engines will be mated to five-speed manual and CVT gearboxes. Each variant (1.3 Standard, 1.3 Executive, 1.6 Executive, 1.6 Premium) will have a choice of both transmissions, making it eight variants in total.

We only have details on the bigger engine for now - fuel consumption figures for the 1.6 are 6.6 (manual) and 7.4 (CVT) litres per 100 km on a combined NEDC cycle and 5.5 litres per 100 km at a constant 90 km/h.

The VVT (variable valve timing, effectively supersedes the Campro CPS' two-stage cam profile switching) is only on the intake side.

According to Proton chief technical officer Abdul Rashid Musa, the new platform on which the Proton Compact Car has been designed to support hybrid and electric powertrains - something to expect for the future?

Over RM500 million and four years in development, the PCC is shaping up to be quite promising, don't you think?