Why VinFast Fadil does not copy completely from Chevrolet Spark?

Fadil - the name mentioned in many days will officially become the next rookie of VinFast. However, instead of locating in the high-end segment like the Lux 2.0 Lux and SA2.0 concept, Fadil is aimed at low-cost, budget-conscious customers. for "taxi" and newcomers from two wheels.

Fadil will use GM's Chevrolet Spark platform. This is understandable because VinFast had previously acquired GM in Vietnam, including its dealership system and factory, to produce small cars that had bought the rights from GM. As soon as VinFast acquired GM Vietnam, there was a significant change in its business strategy.

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In particular, many of the cars have exhausted inventory and are at risk of stopping sales, including Chevrolet Spark and Aveo. GM seems to focus on some of the best-selling models of the Chevrolet Traiblazer and Colorado. Although the possibility of stopping the sale of Chevrolet Spark is very high, but the image revealed about VinFast Fadil is not really similar to this model that the same pair of Vauxhall Viva and Opel Karl - two brands of cars were GM sold to PSA last year.

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There are many reasons that VinFast does not want Fadil to be the shadow of the Chevrolet Spark, though if this makes the launch of the product will be "fast" a lot. Many people may think that it is self-respecting the first Vietnamese car brand but may not. If so, Fadil will not have the same design as the Chevrolet Spark's brother Vauxhall Viva, which uses the most voted Italian studio design ever announced in March.

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It is unlikely that VinFast would want to completely copy the Chevrolet Spark application into Fadil because it did not want to come back to the car of America. In the car Vietnam, specifically the car segment A, Spark's sales are quite bad despite competitors such as Hyundai i10, Kia Morning production not up for sale. The design of the car is also less prominent than the competitors in the segment.

Meanwhile, from the beginning VinFast has shaped the product with European design style combined with "Vietnamese identity" (logo V), the Fadil production on the Chevrolet Spark platform but own design Vauxhall Viva and Opel Karl are easy to understand. Both of the top models produced on the Chevrolet Spark platform differ in design and equipment.

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It is likely that Fadil will be manufactured by VinFast at GM Vietnam's factory in the near future. Sharing the platform will help speed up production of Fadil and speed up the cost of factory upgrades than using a completely new platform. VinFast is expected to sell Fadil mid-year after competing with Toyota Wigo, Hyundai i10, Kia Morning.