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…
Bruh, that’s a new generation.
Anyway, mine would be the F20 BMW 1 series. I consider the pre-facelift one of the worst looking BMWs ever (though they’re trying hard these days to knock it down a few spots), while the post-facelift looks great.
OP doesn’t know about Porsche .1 and .2 nomenclature…
Or Mk1/Mk2 for 996 models
Yes, like they said, 996.1 and 996.2…
Little bro knows nothing about Porsche. 997 was a monumental upgrade in interior design and especially materials. The overall mechanical quality also improved in a big way.
The G series is the ugliest 911 generation to me.
Sure it’s not a facelift but it’s not an entirely new car. The 997 was a heavily revised 996 but everyone in this thread seems to forget that.
But it is a new generation.
Never debated that. Just saying it wasn’t the quantum leap like 997 to 991
E65 BMWs as well. Pre facelift looked goofy and frumpy. Post facelift looks much better and still good today.
The monochrome 2005 and older look pretty good, uts the ones with chrome strips on the bumpers that looked really odd.
Regardless though the E65/E66 was the car that made me fall in love with BMW. Specifically a 2006 750LI that was white with a beige interior. It was forsale by the local Subaru dealership at a special sales event that they had at the local mall, out area didn’t have alot of 7 series status cars and while my parents were looking for a new car I wander around looking at what they has, saw it from across the lot and it was love at first sight. Then I sat in it and it made my titties hard.
Now I own 2 BMWs. A 2006 X3 and a 2013 X5.