Vietnamese carmaker VinFast has released pricing and additional details for its limited-run President SUV, which is listed at 4.6 billion VND, or around USD198k (RM822,096). Based on the prior VinFast LUX SA2.0, the President is capped at 500 units, and the first 100 customers to place their orders will get a special price of 3.8 billion VND, or approximately USD164,000 (RM680,928), according to the company.
While the SA2.0 is powered by a 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the President packs something altogether more aspirational, namely a 6.2 litre V8 engine that produces 420 hp and 624 Nm of torque. This is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and full-time 4WD, and can propel the President along the 0-100 km/h acceleration benchmark in 6.8 seconds, and to a top speed of nearly 300 km/h, VinFast claims.
Keeping the luxury SUV’s performance in check is a host of safety systems including brake assist, ABS, EBD, stability control, traction control, hill descent control, hill start assist and roll-over mitigation, while further driver assistance includes blind spot warning, lane departure warning and a 360-degree camera system. Six airbags round up the passive safety kit list.
The President wears a rather sporty exterior, with a bonnet scoop near the front of the panel, while the front bumper features large air intakes. Customers can specify the colour of the logo, roof rails, running boards, door exterior garnish and front and rear bumper trim pieces from a choice of gold, copper bronze, gunmetal or silver.
The President is claimed to offer exceptional space from a segment-leading wheelbase of 3,133 mm, which isn’t far-fetched – this measure is longer than that of the BMW X7, which sports a wheelbase of 3,105 mm. Space for occupants is a primary consideration here, as VinFast notes that the President has been given wide door openings and a second row of seats that has been enlarged to its maximum.
The roof gets large, UV-resistant panoramic glass sections, and the running boards have been designed to offer easier access up into the cabin, says VinFast. Meanwhile, armrests in the second row include cup holders, and the interior also features a wireless device charging pad and USB connectivity.
Premium Nappa leather is used for seat upholstery throughout the President’s cabin, and can include a new Cotton Beige leather colour option, as well as the choice of made-in-Italy wood veneer. As natural woods are used, each example of wood trim will have its own distinct grain, and therefore no two units of the President will be exactly alike, thus ‘ensuring the exclusivity of each car’.
Interior equipment in the President also includes a central seven-inch multi-function display within the driver’s instrumentation panel, while infotainment is handled by a 12.3-inch screen, while audio is handled by a high-end 13-speaker setup, according to the company.
The exterior colour palette for the VinFast President includes Sunset (orange), Deep Ocean (dark green), Gun Metal, Competition Red and Purple Rain. Additionally, customers for each of the 500 units exclusively for the Vietnamese market can select from a further 18 customised colours “according to their preferences, personalities and feng shui requirements,” says VinFast.
The President SUV is on display at showrooms and dealers in Vietnam, and customers can place orders for the vehicle from today.
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420PS and a top speed “of nearly 300 km/h”?
A Porsche Cayenne Turbo S has 570PS and a top speed of 284km/h only.
The Vietnamese seem to have better engineers? ;)
this vinfast is very fast
Remind me again why would Vietnamese rich choose this national SUV over, say, a similarly priced MB GLE or BMW X5 & X7?
Vietnamese are a patriotic lot, strong support for their national football team & national SUV. Exactly like us, sapot & buy our national P1 cars over jepunis honda, toyota, nissan, mazda
Yeah maybe patriotic Vietnamese lot can crowdsource funding to buy these uber-expensive SUV and do timeshare 100 person per car. Might work if they can cram 10 person into one per each timeshare. I see a clown car in the making.
Pay so much and you still don’t get AEB and adaptive cruise control? Facepalm!
Err yeah, only their president can afford for this President.
Whow! Whow! Such an ambitious Vietnamese firm…
I think they should start as humble possible, introduce low or medium range products , take part in motor racings, win a handful of races or championships. Then consider such up market SUV.
Better getting a used Porsche with that pricevtag.
That dashboard looks awful
That V8 is from which company?
GM L87 engine
This company is surely bleeding money. Their cars barely sold outside Vietnam, and their products are expensive. I see this as a ploy to clear out unsold stock by repackaging it to ‘limited only’ model. Mating GM sourced V8 with F10 X5 mechanicals is also another recipe for disaster. Buh bye.
Who is buying this?
Even Vietnam can do a better rebadge or copy, edit & paste job than Malaysia! If anything, they have higher standards than us. Malaysia can’t even put more effort in copy n paste its own Iriz and turn it into Persona. jeez!
Yeah sure. Give Proton the freedom to create a Rm700k car and surely they will come one with something similarly good but the question is; will anybody buy it? The same question is put to Vinfast.
Absolutely looks good with American and European DNA. Not some China brand, let alone China ripoff.
Funny how you praise other brands when they use rojak styling.
Well he is a blinded hatetroll after all so any hideous non-Proton would look good to him. ;-)
that fugly “mosquito net” front, and who made that engine again?
GM’s engine because Vinfast and GM are partners.
A car with a performance that suits Ultraman team!
dash board freaking ugly…. even Cheap X70 look better