"HAH, build a national car? Where do you even start," exclaims Halim Hassan, former manager of Design Management for 
Proton Holdings Bhd (Proton), his eyes under his dark-rimmed glasses flashing mock bewilderment.
Incredulously, he adds: "Nobody had taught us how to build a car before. We were never trained. So, yes, when the-then Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad decided to approve a national car project in 1982 in order to accelerate technology transfer, increase local content etc, I don't think I was the only one with my mouth hanging open!"
Image: Picture by Intan Nabila Syahirah.
