Wins Fast?

VinFast, part of the Vietnamese conglomerate VinGroup will be launching two electric SUVs in India later this month. The SUVs, the VF6 and the VF7 are based on a dedicated electric architecture and will be made in India at its new state of the art plant in the port city of Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu

- Yogendra Pratap

We were in Vietnam to experience the two cars engineered for the Indian market at the company's sprawling mother plant in Haiphong, another coastal industrial town on the coast in north Vietnam, near the large financial hub of the country, Hanoi. Here is what we think of the VF7, the larger and the more premium of the two.

The VF7 is the larger of the two SUVs that VinFast will be launching in India. Unlike its smaller sibling, the VF7 is a much sharper design with more angles, has sharper edges and a bit more flair with a very pronounced sporty roof that slopes back a lot and resulting in a minimalistic glasshouse on a very chunky body. The front V signature is more upright and similar to the design at the rear and both the tail lamp and the front DRLs are quite attractive and have a lot more panache than its smaller sibling.

In length the VF7 is shorter than even the MG Hector and the Mahindra XUV700 but is exactly the same width as the XUV700 but not as tall. While both the VF7 and 6 are based on the same skateboard platform and designed in collaboration with the same Italian design house, they are distinctly different vehicles.