Proton Tiara

The Proton Tiara is a Malaysian supermini built from 1996 to 2000 by Proton under licence from Citroen, based on the Citroen AX. It came out of a mid-1990s agreement between Proton chief executive Yahaya Ahmad and PSA Peugeot Citroen, and a joint venture called USPD was set up in April 1996 to build it. Its looks followed the more powerful AX GT, with a grille restyled to match the Saga and Wira, and it came only with a 1.1 litre 45 kW engine and a five-speed manual gearbox, as the 1.1 GL and the 1.1 GLi. After Yahaya died in a helicopter crash in 1997 Proton went back to Mitsubishi platforms, and production ended in 2000 on low sales.