Vietnamese automobile producer VinFast may be very eager to make an impression on the U.S. market and is already providing a lease incentive for the electrical VF8 SUV.

It’s been revealed that the 2023 VinFast VF8 Metropolis Version is at the moment accessible with a $3,000 lease money incentive. The Eco and Plus trims are eligible however importantly, the inducement is just accessible in California. The VF8 Metropolis Version is just accessible to lease, not for outright buy.

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Taking the inducement into consideration, the VF8 Eco is offered to lease at $519 per thirty days for 36 months with $5,774 due at signing whereas the VF8 Plus may be leased for $699 per thirty days for twenty-four months with $6,789 at signing. Automobiles Direct notes that this works out at an efficient lease price of $840 per thirty days earlier than taxes and charges for the VF8 Eco, making it barely cheaper to lease than a Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary beginning at $634 per thirty days with $5,829 due at signing.

Whereas the inducement means the VF8 is now cheaper to lease than the Mannequin 3, it stays costlier to purchase, beginning at $56,700 for the Metropolis Version Eco in comparison with the $54,880 beginning worth of a Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary. As such, it’s arduous to think about all that many EV consumers choosing the VinFast over the Tesla.

Powering the VF8 Metropolis Version Eco is an 82 kWh battery pack that drives a pair of electrical motors delivering 349 hp and 369 lb-ft (500 Nm) of torque. Whereas that sounds fairly promising, what’s not so spectacular is the SUV’s claimed vary of 207 miles (333 km) on a single cost. That’s considerably lower than the 330-mile (531 km) vary of the Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary and comes even supposing the VinFast has a bigger battery pack.