When it comes to styling, VinFast didn’t mess around. The exterior comes from the Italian design house Pininfarina, which we think explains the European feel of the front end. According to Vinfast, it uses the “dynamic curves of sports cars, with the oblong features often found in luxury sedans, along with the height and powerful, sharp cut of SUVs.”
It’s distinctive enough to turn heads, and every other driver we spoke to throughout the day was asked about the car at least once. A light bar stretches across the front between the headlights, which come standard with auto-leveling. A nice touch is an indent in the door handles for a thumb when closing the doors that satisfied the design nerd in us. It’s something that most owners won’t notice, but it’s there and a lovely touch.
Unfortunately, once you get a bit closer to the VF 8 we were driving, and others we looked at throughout the day, there were some red flags about build quality.