VIN CHECK: WHY TRY THE UNTRIED? —

On our tour of VinFast’s properties, we had a chance to meet a few customers, including several Americans who have reservations for the VF8. All said the risk of investing in something untried was worth it for the thrill of being part of something new. “I live in Orange County,” said one man who has both a VinFast VF8 and a Fisker Ocean on order. “Every other car there is a Tesla. It’s like, ‘Oh, you have a Tesla? I have a hemorrhoid; we gotta talk about it?’ I wanted something different.”