Nationwide carmaker Proton has introduced that its motorsport arm, R3 Motorsports is growing a Proton S70 race automotive for entry into the Sepang 1000km (S1K) endurance race.

The carmaker’s R3 division launched the X50 R3 twentieth Anniversary Version final October, and it may very well be joined within the street automotive line-up by an R3-enhanced model of the S70 sedan, in line with Proton deputy CEO Roslan Abdullah earlier this month.

Current R3 editions such because the Saga R3 and Iriz R3, whereas restricted in manufacturing, have been largely visible in modifications, with their powertrains carried over from present variants of their respective fashions. This is able to not be the case with the potential ‘S70 R3’ roadgoing mannequin, Roslan advised The Solar.

Proton is concentrated on delivering a complete efficiency bundle for the S70, moderately than a beauty makeover, with the purpose of distancing the potential S70 R3 street automotive from the X50 R3 twentieth Anniversary Version that’s largely unchanged from a mechanical standpoint.

Because it stands, there already is efficiency headroom for the S70 when it comes to what is obtainable from the broader Proton stock of engines, because the sedan is at present supplied with the port-injection model of the 1.5 litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol powerplant, which makes 150 PS and 226 Nm within the S70 at present.

The direct-injected TGDi unit as specified within the X50 makes 177 PS and 255 Nm, providing energy and torque positive aspects from the outset. For each the S70 and X50, transmission is by way of a seven-speed dual-clutch computerized gearbox driving the entrance wheels.

The aforementioned complete efficiency bundle mooted for the S70 R3 street automotive suggests there may very well be upgrades to its chassis as properly, although it stays to be seen what extent the R3 division would go to; the Satria R3 of the early 2000s was constructed from the manufacturing unit with twice the quantity of structural welds as in comparison with the ‘common’ Satria GTi of its contempoary, whereas the later Satria Neo bodyshell was deemed already sufficiently inflexible for its stepping up into the R3 Satria Neo.

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