ACE 2022: Proton Satria GTi, Putra DSR-008, Honda S2000 and SW20 Toyota MR2 on show at SCCC

In the event you’re attending the paultan.org Auto Automotive Expo (ACE), spend a while to take a look at this line-up of iconic automobiles offered by Karrus Classics on the entrance corridor of the Setia Metropolis Conference Centre.

One of many fashions on show is a Proton Putra that has been restored by native specialist Dream Road Restoration (DSR). Bearing the identification quantity ‘DSR-008-C99’, the blue Putra you see right here options a couple of distinctive touches as a part of its fee, together with a Tottenham Hotspur emblem on the left fender, loads of blue accents and 16-inch Advanti wheels, simply to call a couple of.

The 4G93P 1.8 litre DOHC engine is retained however subjected to an overhaul and blueprinted by SS Motorsport Storage, with the transmission additionally getting contemporary internals and tidied up by way of sandblasting to make it seem “contemporary out of the manufacturing unit.”

The Putra DSR is joined by one other Proton that resonated with sizzling hatch followers, the Satria GTi. Karrus Classics affords refurbished models of the Satria GTi for RM45,000 a pop, with every present process a refurbishment course of earlier than being placed on sale.

Followers of JDM automobiles will even get to see in particular person a Honda S2000, which has change into a extremely collectible mannequin as of late, with costs on the up within the used automotive market. This explicit unit is completed in yellow and is fitted with a carbon-fibre hardtop, amongst different issues.

Lastly, we’ve one other JDM icon within the type of the second-generation SW20 Toyota MR2. That includes a mid-mounted 3S-GE 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine – a turbo model was additionally obtainable – the MR2 was generally referred to as a “child Ferrari” as a consequence of its design being paying homage to the 348.

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