Proton Wira

The Proton Wira, also as known as the Proton 400 Series is a car manufactured by Malaysian carmaker Proton. It was produced in four-door saloon and five-door hatchback guises and is based on the Mitsubishi Lancer platform. Proton made minor changes to the taillights, bumpers, and dashboard. 5 trim levels were available. The 1.6 and 1.8 litre model(4G92/4G93) were equipped with rear disc brakes, front and rear armrests, electric mirrors, folding rear seats, electric windows on all doors, and a high quality interior.

Proton redesigned the saloon to make a 5-door hatchback variant during the mid-1990s, basing the car on the saloon Wira and sporting similar tail lights.

The entry-level 1.3 and 1.5 models lack some of the features of the 1.6 and 1.8 models to cut down costs and thus lower the list price. These models used 4G13 and 4G15 engines. The early models used carburettors, in 1998 Proton replaced them with EFi injection. However, in 2001 Proton replaced the Mitsubishi EFi module with Siemens VDO module that is claimed to cause slight power loss.

In 2000, the interior trim of all Wira models changed to grey. Same with the seats material had been changed to new softer batik-like designs. The Wira was to be replaced by two similar in-house designed Proton cars: The Proton Gen-2 (launched in 2004 to replace the "Aeroback" hatchback variant) and the Proton Persona (launched in 2007 to replace the saloon variant). The Proton Waja, a saloon compact, was also launched in 2001 as an earlier successor to the Wira saloon, but currently caters slightly towards more upmarket demand, below the Proton Perdana.

Ernest Mok had used the car from 1993 to 2002.