The 2024 VinFast VF 8 ($53,600 starting in Canada, $46,000 starting in the US), is a brand new ground up EV from a young new automaker out of Vietnam. The VF...
  • cpxchewy@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If the price dropped 10k and they can fix the suspension tuning and software tuning for acceleration and safety suite software this would be a decent car appliance choice in the states.

    It seems to have good bones to be a boring ev for people who don’t care about driving but do like a fit and finish better than model y. It’s just released before the final bits were really figured out.

    • Alive-Interaction480@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I live in Vietnam, the general talk in town is similar to what you are saying.

      The tuning must be improved (which is common and do-able for new OEM) and software is shit, need an overhaul.

      The car does have quality make aka “good bones” like leather seat, large sun roof, durable chassis (like a tank).

      I hope VF can make it, eventually.

    • feurie@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      So if it were a completely different vehicle it would be a decent car?

      What car doesn’t have “good bones”?

        • colglover@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          My dad was just telling me over turkey about his - he said the engines were tuned wrong out of the factory and that if you tweaked the timing they’d turn into little speed demons. He swapped the tires on his and had a sleeper on his hands.

          So, good bones!