This is the Proton Iriz S1000
Concept, a special edition to celebrate the Iriz’s 2018 Sepang 1,000 km
endurance race victory. Unfortunately, this isn’t an actual or even concept car from Proton,
but a rendering by Theophilus Chin. The theme is pretty clear here – the
inspiration is a race car’s win, so this Iriz has been done up to be as sporty
as it can be.
While it’s based on the latest 2019 Iriz facelift,
Theo has swapped out that car’s “Ethereal Bow” grille with full-width chrome
wings for the 2019 Persona facelift‘s more conventional grille, with full
“Infinite Weave” mesh. Theo has added wider front fenders,
and the extra width is on display via two vents – one sits where the front wing
meets the bonnet (base of the A pillars), while the other is a long vertical
strip (border with the front doors) visible from the rear three quarters, like
the FK8 Honda Civic Type R. The Iriz S1000 sits nice and low on larger
multi-spoke alloys finished in black. The wing mirror caps are also in black.
The rear end of the 2019 Iriz is already bold and
aggressive, thanks to the new black bridge between the vertical tail lamps,
with Proton script. The elaborate two-tier wing also comes with a triangle “F1-style” third
brake light. The diffuser looks like many pieces of carbon
stacked on each other, but it references the front item (vertical horns, side
flags) and neatly houses the two exhaust tips. The latter is finished in black
to match the dark lower body of the car.
The render-master imagined the Iriz S1000 Concept
with improved performance, either from a Geely 1.5 litre turbo (174 hp/255 Nm)
with dual-clutch auto combo, or Proton’s own 1.3 litre turbo (140 hp/190 Nm) with six-speed manual
pairing, as shown in prototype form back in 2015. The stock Iriz makes 109
PS/150 Nm from its 1.6L NA engine, paired with a CVT.
