# What is going on with the "poor reception" of the VinFast VF8?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 28, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-poor-reception-of-the-vinfast-vf8/191966 "2023-07-28T19:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-poor-reception-of-the-vinfast-vf8/191966/2 "2023-07-28T20:40:39Z")

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We already discussed this Vietnamese EV… _to death_… about 7 months ago…

> [@You might want to hold-off](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-might-want-to-hold-off/187989):
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> … on buying one of these Vietnam-made EVs. According to one journalist, they are… not good.

… and… again… 5 months ago:

> [@VinFast slashes prices on their EVs](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369):
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> You might recall that more than one automotive journalist who test-drove these vehicles stated that they were HIGHLY flawed: I wonder if the approximately 1,000 VinFast vehicles that have been sitting in CA since December have been re-worked in order to make them salable on March 1st. thinking

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