2016 Proton Perdana vs 2007-12 Honda Accord: Differences side-by-side

The publicly available second-gen Proton Perdana is on sale some six years after the original Mitsubishi Eterna-based model went out of production.

The new Perdana is once again Proton’s largest and most luxurious model. The second-generation Perdana actually made its debut in late 2013, but it was just an eighth-generation Accord sedan with Proton badges and some extra chrome, and it was only available to government officials.

In 2016, a heavily revised version of the Perdana went on sale to the general public. Still based on the eighth-generation Accord, this facelifted model looks like a completely different beast. In this side-by-side photo comparison, we can see just how much effort Proton’s designers went to distinguish

Perdana

Accord

Whereas the eighth-generation Accord is quite sharp and square, the facelifted Perdana has a much more curvaceous body with softer, rounder details.

Perdana

Accord

From the rear we can see that the Perdana takes a lot of styling inspiration from the Ford Mondeo/Fusion, with a fastback-style rear and an extra side window behind the rear doors.

Perdana

Accord

On the inside, Proton's designers had a little less scope to differentiate their car from the donor vehicle. The general shape and underlying architecture carries over, but the Perdana has a high-mounted screen for navigation and infotainment, and a touchscreen lower down the dashboard to control the car's various functions. There's a lot more silver plastic in the Perdana too. As an update it doesn't look too bad, shame about the ugly steering wheel, though.

Perdana

Accord

The seats in the Perdana seem to a be a straight lift from the Accord.

Perdana

Accord

In spite of its luxury pretention, the Perdana is only available with a 2-litre and 2.4-litre 4-cylinder engines.