Editing Proton GEN•2 (section)

{{Short description|Compact 5-door liftback vehicle}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Proton GEN•2
| image = Proton Gen.2 (front), Serdang.jpg
| manufacturer = [[Proton Holdings|Proton]]
| aka = {{ubl
  | [[Europestar#莲花 L3 三厢|Europestar/Lotus/Youngman L3]] (China)
  }}
| production = February 2004 – 2012<ref name="Proton GEN•2 production"/>
| assembly = Malaysia: [[Proton City]], [[Perak]] (Proton Tanjung Malim Sdn Bhd)<br/>(2004&ndash;2012, domestic & export<br/>2013&ndash;2015,<br/>2018-present; export only)<br/>China: [[Jinhua]], [[Zhejiang]]<br/>([[Youngman]], [[Knock-down kit|CKD]])<br/>Iran: [[Borujerd]], [[Lorestan Province|Lorestan]]<br/>([[Zagross Khodro]], CKD)
| class = [[Compact car]] ([[C-segment|C]])
| body_style = 5-door [[Liftback]]
| related = [[Proton Persona]]
| layout = [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel drive]]
| engine = {{ubl
  | 1.3 L ''[[CamPro engine|CamPro S4PE]]'' [[DOHC]] [[Straight-four engine|I4]]
  | 1.5 L ''[[Mitsubishi Orion engine|4G15]]'' I4 (China)
  | 1.6 L ''[[CamPro engine|CamPro S4PH]] [[Multi-point fuel injection|MPFI]]'' DOHC I4
  | 1.6 L ''[[CamPro engine|CamPro IAFM]]'' DOHC I4
  | 1.6 L ''[[CamPro engine|CamPro CPS]]'' DOHC I4
  }}
| transmission = 4-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]<br/>5-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]]
| wheelbase = {{convert|2600|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|4310|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|1725|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|1435|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|1195|-|1245|kg|abbr=on}}
| sp = uk
| predecessor = [[Proton Wira|Proton Wira Aeroback]]
| successor = [[Proton Suprima S]]
}}

The '''Proton GEN•2''' (often simplified as Gen-2 or GEN2) is a [[Compact car|compact]] 5-door [[liftback]] manufactured by Malaysian automobile manufacturer [[Proton (automobile)|Proton]] which launched in 2004.<ref name="Proton GEN•2 profile"/> It was initially codenamed ''Wira Replacement Model (WRM)''. The GEN•2 uses a platform which was expensively developed in house by Proton and technical partner [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]. This platform was later adapted for the [[Proton Satria Neo]] and [[Proton Persona#Second generation (CM6; 2007)|Proton Persona]].

The GEN•2 was among the first models to be produced at Proton's [[Tanjung Malim]] plant, developed as part of the [[Proton City]] project. Although domestic sales of the GEN•2 was discontinued in 2012, Proton continues to produce the GEN•2 exclusively for export markets as of 2018.<ref name="Q1 2016 Proton Egypt sales dailynewsegypt.com"/><ref name="Exports">{{Cite news|url=https://paultan.org/2018/07/12/proton-resumes-exports-to-middle-east-gen2-persona/|title=Proton resumes exports to Middle East; Gen2, Persona|date=2018-07-12|work=Paul Tan's Automotive News|access-date=2018-07-12|language=en-US}}</ref>