 The car was to be designed to suit Malaysian tastes and expectations, and was initially believed to be based on a Mitsubishi or Volkswagen platform, but Proton later confirmed that it would be built from the ground up on an all-new platform.The result was the Proton P2 platform, developed in-house by Proton with consultancy from LG CNS.On 11 February 2008, the Proton MPV was officially announced for an early 2009 launch.