Apparently these are no where near being production ready. This is going to be disastrous for the company in the US.
You get an honest review…when the reviewer isn’t offered $10,000 and an all expenses paid trip to drive them in Vietnam.
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All the reviews I saw from folks who took that trip were not… glowing…
They seemed pretty honest even then. It was a cautionary tale.
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https://electrek.co/2023/05/25/vinfast-recalls-entire-first-batch-of-vf8-evs-us/
At least this is an OTA update.
Did Tesla go through this during their infancy years?
Yup even the roadster was a POS when it first came out. It’s the Model S that made them.
VF-9 “spy pics”! 
It’s actually nice in person… I also saw one at the LA Auto show last year. Very roomy inside too.
This was a tester who let me check it out as I guess there is a service center close by.
If the lease is cheap… I’ll be a guinea pig for 24-36 months. 
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even if the lease is cheap, I wouldn’t right now until they iron out all the V1 problems. Especially the ride.
I haven’t been keeping track of VF but some time in March a 24-mo VF8 lease was $274 but I think you had to pay $5k DAS.
I might be a “beta tester” on a VF9 for $300/mo $0 DAS. 
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The ~$6k DAS is a non-starter.
If you can lease an EV6 or Ioniq 5 (or even a 3/Y) for less… makes the VF8 less appealing.
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Low quality and high prices make this almost DOA. Not sure exactly how this is supposed to capture market. Doesn’t seem like a compelling value.
Honestly they should have just postponed their big press junket instead of going ahead with prototypes that were nowhere near ready.
The hairless kitty told them to go forward or be spraypainted in gold.
We have a VinFast service center in our area that has tester VF9s in the parking lot. I went there to check it out and while it is nice, at the MSRP they keep raising (now starts at $83k), it’s not worth it.
And not sure if they are still doing the battery lease but I would rather get an EV9 or even a $78k R1S.
83k is a terrible starting price for a car that hasn’t been properly developed. This tactic may have worked in Vietnam, but I don’t see it working in the US. Why not just get one of the many other electric cars at that price range?
Trade in Event Today! LOL
Up to $4000 more for your trade in…hahaha
The $3XX Ioniq 5 looks better than this.
So they want to pay me 42 for my Maverick? Lol
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“Up to”?
Can it start negative? 
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