The plant also has a region-first Hot Press Forming (HPF) technology for vital components of body-in-white. HPF parts are more commonly seen in European vehicles; they have three times the strength of mild steel. Hence, safety of passengers is improved simultaneously reducing overall weight of car. Proton Compact Car will use four HPF parts and four cold roll-forming high tensile steel components solely for better safety.
Other parts of Proton Compact Car have gone through meticulous comfort and longevity evaluations. About 671 component tests are conducted in the plant. Headlights have undergone a 1,000 hour heat ageing test. There are specially-designed jigs to measure effort needed to close doors of PCC. This is done to achieve door effort levels on par with European cars.
Proton Iriz is expected to receive 5-star crash test rating by Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). PCC will also be tested by New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asia (ASEAN NCAP) next month and the company is confident of securing another 5-star rating for Iriz.
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