The local carmaker revealed a redesigned logo, as well as a new tagline, at an event on Tuesday (24 September).
According to our brothers from automotive website Behind The Wheel, the brand's “Inspiring Connections” tagline “encapsulates the brand’s aspiration of utilising technology and mobility to help make human connections that inspired a successful life.”
But the thing that caught Malaysians' attention the most was not the new tagline.
It was Proton's new logo, and yes, we know what you guys are thinking, and we agree; it does look kinda similiar to the emblem of the popular 1980s cartoon 'Thundercats'.
As it turns out, we weren't the only ones thinking that: a lot of Malaysians took to their social media pages to let Proton know what they think about its new logo (with funny memes, of course):
Proton launch new logo today.
— Hisyam (@hsym276) September 24, 2019
Behind the scene: pic.twitter.com/2pARgjDk4U
thundercats worshipped the new proton logo since the beginning of time pic.twitter.com/WSp0tbFjId
— Raja Ular Sunway (@syafiqnawi) September 24, 2019
New Proton logo inspired by. The tagline should be,
— Khairi Mohd (@1khairimohd) September 24, 2019
"proton... protonn... protonnnn saga!"
to eject the key... pic.twitter.com/aYW1OhvzMs
The feels when i drive the new proton with the logo pic.twitter.com/PSiTVrmCOr
— Zarief (@ZariefVRosman) September 24, 2019
The jokes and funny memes didn't just stop on Twitter; they were all over Facebook as well:
What about you guys? Share what you think (with memes, if you like) in the comment section below.