The Proton Savvy is a supermini

Supermini car

A supermini is a British term that describes automobiles larger than a city car but smaller than a small family car. This car class is also known as the B-segment across Europe, and as subcompact in North America....

 hatchback

Hatchback

A Hatchback is a car body style incorporating a shared passenger and cargo volume, with rearmost accessibility via a rear third or fifth door, typically a top-hinged liftgate—and features such as fold-down rear seats to enable flexibility within the shared passenger/cargo volume. As a two-box...

 produced by Malaysian car manufacturer Proton. The car was introduced in June 2005 as a successor to Proton Tiara

Proton Tiara

The Proton Tiara was a Malaysian automobile based on the Citroën AX, built under licence by the automobile manufacturer Proton between 1996 and 2000.-History:...

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Following Proton's decision to discontinue the Citroën AX

Citroën AX

The Citroën AX is a supermini built by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1986 to 1998. The AX was launched at the 1986 Paris Motor Show to replace the Citroën Visa and Citroën LNA.-Overview:...

-based Tiara

Proton Tiara

The Proton Tiara was a Malaysian automobile based on the Citroën AX, built under licence by the automobile manufacturer Proton between 1996 and 2000.-History:...

 in 2000, a replacement model was required in order for Proton to reenter the supermini market. The replacement, originally codenamed the Tiara Replacement Model (TRM), was partially designed in-house by Proton but is powered by a D-Type engine

Renault D-Type engine

The D-Type engine is a straight-4 automobile engine from Renault designed to replace the venerable Renault Cléon engine in the Renault Twingo.-D7F:First produced in July 1996, the D7F displaced nominal 1.2 L and produced at 5250 rpm and at 2500 rpm...

 by Renault

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...

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The Savvy was launched June 2005 in Malaysia as a manual transmission

Manual transmission

A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox or standard transmission is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications...

-only model, followed by the introduction of Automated Manual Transmission

Semi-automatic transmission

A semi-automatic transmission is an automobile transmission that does not change gears automatically, but rather facilitates manual gear changes by dispensing with the need to press...

 (AMT) model in November 2005.