Today PROTON has the expertise and technology to build small, medium, large size and sports cars, SUVs, MPVs and through Lotus also posses knowledge of building military vehicles, motorcycles, light aircrafts and watercrafts. In a short s[an of eight years since the acquisition of Lotus in 1996, PROTON has since developed four vehicle platforms, and two engine families that can easily produce up to 20 new products.

The Lotus input will make Proton cars of the new generation unique in both design and driving performance, where the emphasis is no longer on building just everyday cars, but cars that are engineered to exhilarate.

Today, PROTON's R&D facilities can be categorized into six main areas: Vehicle Platforms, Prototype Centre, Powertrain Engineering, Homologation & Testing, Engineering Development & Services, and Engineering Research.