The VinFast VF8 has the worst body control of any modern car I’ve ever driven. Over a 90-minute drive, the 5600-lb SUV never stopped bobbing, swaying, and bucking, producing near-constant head-tossing motions. Riding in the passenger seat, I became car sick for the first time in years. When I switched seats with the driver, he felt queasy, too, even though he says he’s never been the type to get car sick.
Steering, too, is the worst I’ve experienced on a production car. There is zero feel. Not zero feel in the, zero feel as in no relation between what I felt happening as I turned the wheel and what the wheels were actually doing. The turn in was relatively lazy and then somewhere in the ratio it gets sharper, but with no complementary change in force required.
Even cruising at a steady speed on flat ground, the VF8 had issues. The vehicle we drove had just under 900 miles on the odometer and had been prepped by VinFast corporate for the event. Yet it was clearly out of alignment. It pulled hard to the right on the highway. At least the lane keeping aids and adaptive cruise control worked.When the car’s hardware wasn’t annoying or scaring me, its software was.
Other journalists at the event reported various malfunctions and issues, though none were consistent among all of the assembled VF8s. One group reported no major issues and no other journalists had the alignment problem, so my experience may not be entirely representative. Everyone, however, agreed on a few things: The software and constant beeping was annoying; the quality and details were questionable; and the ride was abysmal.
The company also has a digital video partner that it’s “excited to announce” soon. Let’s hope it’s more impressive than Tesla’s video partner,
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