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We're at Proton's Bola! Bola! Bola! Mega Test Drive Carnival, where the national carmaker has launched a new variant of the Proton Persona, called the Proton Persona SV.

Following on from the well-selling Saga SV that was launched in June, the Proton Persona SV becomes the most affordable Persona variant (sitting below the RM47,534 Standard manual, solid) as well as the second-cheapest Proton model currently on sale.

It's based on the Persona Elegance (the 2010-facelift model). 'SV' stands for 'Super Value', and to that end, the Proton Persona SV offers dual front airbags, all-wheel disc brakes, ABS and EBD.

Engine's the same 1.6 litre Camnpro IAFM twin-cam four-cylinder that develops 110 hp at 6,500 rpm and 148 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm. MacPherson struts sit up front; multi-links with stabilisers sit out back.

The Proton Persona SV is priced from RM44,938 (manual) and RM47,938 (auto).

More pictures and info coming soon!