I’ll start with the Porsche 997, the 996 looked alright imo, but it looks “like a 90s Porsche”, the 997 made it look sleeker and more modern. Still looks good today.
As for cars that looked worse after a facelift? Maybe the facelifted 6th gen Camaro? The 6th gen looked great pre-facelift, but they did something weird with the headlights and now it looks so-so…
The facelifts to the NC Miata are by far the biggest improvement I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t even consider buying the early model.
The facelift is too generic Mazda fun that was looking for my taste. Rear lights are much better though and the 2nd facelift is also good looking
Came here to say this. I have an NC2 and was absolutely unwilling to buy an NC1 for any price.
Really? The NC1 wasn’t great, but I never thought the Mazda smile looked right on the Miata.