Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans

Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by tabtab on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:56PM (#21748546)

Do you mean sell the cars to students? It's same problem: they will probably prefer very used cars from known brands over slightly used cars from an unknown brand.

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by blhack on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:45PM (#21749151)

Sell cars to people a few years out of college who are now trying to signal their membership in the middle class.

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by war1025 on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:13PM (#21749265)

This comment just rings so true to the behavior of a bunch of my peers over the past few years.

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by Cougher on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @07:14AM (#21751733)

Has it ever been different?

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by prawn on Monday December 09, 2019 @11:16PM (#21749537)

One advantage of selling people their first car is that they might be slightly less likely to have strong opinions on brands. Need every advantage you can get.

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by HNLurker2 on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @02:22AM (#21750394)

And yes they are more easily to fall pray to money pit brands.

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Re:Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2B to Sell Cars to Americans by ac29 on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:57PM (#21749469)

They're already selling their cars at a loss, according to the article. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would buy a Vietnamese electric car if it was 25-50% less than a Japanese/American/European one. Thats certainly how Korean cars managed to break into the US market.

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