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…

  • ubiquitoussense@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    Some companies like Audi and Mercedes don’t really do facelifts because they didn’t mess up the first time. Usually BMWs look worse after facelifts (eg. E46, 7 series when they slapped the big grille on), and some companies like Toyota always plan for very dramatic facelifts.

    • The_Phroug@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      2003-2008 Mercedes R230 vs the facelift '09-'12 R230, that there is an example of turning beauty into perfection

    • bearded_dragon_34@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m sorry, but all of what you said is incorrect.

      1. Audi and Mercedes-Benz do facelifts all the time. (2014 -> 2015 A8, 2017 -> 2018 S-Class)
      2. BMWs only recently started looking worse with facelifts. Before, they were usually majorly improved (2005 -> 2006 7 Series, 2008 -> 2009 3 Series, 2010 -> 2011 X5)
      3. Lexus had pretty large facelifts in the mid-2000s, when it began deploying its fuller spindle grille, but recent and prior facelifts have actually been pretty subtle (2009 -> 2010 GS, 2021 -> 2022 ES, 2019 -> 2020 GX)