Vinfast coming on or flaming out?

[Mik]

Until this morning, I had not read of them. They're certainly betting a lot on EVs.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/vinfast-speeds-into-india-after-u-s-u-turn/ar-AA1JReYW

[jon-nyc]

Hadn’t heard of them either

[Mik]

Bad reviews on build quality and malfunctioning features. But they have delayed building a $4B plant in NC.

[jon-nyc]

I confess the idea of buying a Vietnamese car doesn’t appeal to me.

But I would have said that about Korea a couple decades ago and they make good cars now.

[Mik]

The Koreans are much better but not up to Japanese standards yet. On the other hand, the 2000 Hyundai Elantra wagon I inherited from my dad and my daughter drove for a few years that I sold to my cleaning lady's daughter 10 years ago is still on the road.

[Axtremus]

Test drove a Vinfast SUV in early 2023.
It drove just fine.
Nothing particularly noteworthy except maybe the very large, portrait oriented touch screen with in the middle of the console.