Facelifts we didn't get in the UK

[Muniphobia]

Along similar lines to the Unsucessful facelifts and the Sucessful facelifts thread.  This one is for the facelifts that we didn't get in the UK but were sold elsewhere in the world or facelifts that never got past the prototype stage.  Good or bad or anything in between.  This is where to celebrate those facelifts that we didn't get in the UK.  I will start with the Argentinian facelift of the Renault Fuego where it continued to be produced until 1992 

 

 

[loserone]

Le deux cent six plus

 

[philibusmo]

The 2008 Fiat Croma facelift.

Then again we barely got the pre-facelift in the UK thanks to them being hugely unpopular.

In a very similar vein, the 2011 Renault Koleos facelift never made it here:

And the 2008 facelift of the Subaru Tribeca after it took them a year to realise that the original was fucking gopping:

Thinking about it, I think all three are candidates for the successful facelift club too.

[danthecapriman]

We had the Vauxhall Chevette.

The Chevy Chevette was the same car but received facelifts we didn’t.

Very late South American version with a Nova-esq front end!

The South American estate was called the Chevy Marajo.

And the USA had these.

Early.

Intermediate.

Late.

There was also a bigger 4/5 door hatch later.

 

[goosey]

35 minutes ago, loserone said:

Le deux cent six plus

 

I remember seeing one of those while on holiday in Saint Lo 5 years ago, I’m sure it had “206 Classic” badges on the back but I’m probably wrong. 

[HillmanImp]

One from Cyprus. Turkish Renault 9.

[agent]

The south americans have a long line of this sort of thing

Corsa B, from 2012. I think we had two separate new generations come out after the B at this point in the UK. This one is apparently Mexican market but they had similar things all over Brazil and Argentina and such too, the Ford Ka has a similar lineage of bodging things on top of the late 90s generation over that side of the world

[bunglebus]

[Muniphobia]

The Indian Punto Evo which seems to have been so well executed* it was restricted to India

I'm surprised the Punto Evo European version hasn't popped up in the unsucessful facelifts thread yet

[IronStar]

In the early ‘00s Heuliez was tasked with revamping Zastava Koral and Florida (known as Sana in the UK). As Zastava was cash strapped, there wasn’t enough money for changes to metal panels, just plastic bits.

Koral gained PSA sourced 1.1 on top of the archaic Fiat designed engines, and Florida got a PSA 1.6 8v.

 

[MrBiscuits]

Many years ago I had a face-lift Renault 19. The lhd ones got this new curvy dash at the same time. We had to make do with the old square one - guess it wasn't worth the aggravation to tool up for the rhd markets.

[Soundwave]

VW Santana 2000, sold in China for many, many years after the original came and went in the 1980s.

[Datsuncog]

The Turkish Cortina:

Otosan-built Ford Taunus, still on sale into the 1990s I believe.

[timolloyd]

1 hour ago, agent said:

The south americans have a long line of this sort of thing

Corsa B, from 2012. I think we had two separate new generations come out after the B at this point in the UK. This one is apparently Mexican market but they had similar things all over Brazil and Argentina and such too, the Ford Ka has a similar lineage of bodging things on top of the late 90s generation over that side of the world

I saw several of these a few weeks ago in Mexico City. They look like poor accident repairs of the original design!

[catsinthewelder]

We got the original 1310 (in small numbers) but I don't think any of these were sold here.

The top one reminds me of the mk2 Capri.

[MrBiscuits]

Fiat Mille (Uno to you and me) made until 2013 in Brazil. 

[IronStar]

14 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

Fiat Mille (Uno to you and me) made until 2013 in Brazil. 

More like Fiat Vile.  What the hell is going on there?! 😳 One for the thread of failed facelifts. 

[Supernaut]

The VW City Golf.

A facelifted mk4 sold in places such as Brazil, Mexico, China, and... Canada?

I have actually seen these trundling around in person when visiting Canada. They truly are vile. The back end is even worse. Imagine mk5 style tail lights that don't follow a single body line hastily shoved on, and you're nearly there.

[RoverFolkUs]

Xsara Picasso 2007 onwards with a C4-esque front end for South American and Chinese markets

[MrBiscuits]

Citroen c-elysee (ZX) China.

[bramz7]

13 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

Fiat Mille (Uno to you and me) made until 2013 in Brazil. 

Not quite, these were actually based on the Brazilian Uno, which was itself based on the Fiat 147, hence the clamshell bonnet. They did sell them in Italy as the Uno CS/Innocenti Mille etc but that particular Uno variant was never sold in the UK. 

[MrBiscuits]

10 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Not quite, these were actually based on the Brazilian Uno, which was itself based on the Fiat 147, hence the clamshell bonnet. They did sell them in Italy as the Uno CS/Innocenti Mille etc but that particular Uno variant was never sold in the UK. 

Every day is a school day. I got driven round Sao Paulo in one some years back. It had a 'fire' engine and a dent in every panel. My Brazilian colleague who thrashed it mercilessly and hit every pot hole said it ran on petrol or ethanol 

[Soundwave]

Peugeot 405 - made in Iran under various names long after European production ended, and apparently still being made today in Azerbaijan.

[captain_70s]

The 1957 Morris Oxford, as built in India circa 2003.

Very modern.

[captain_70s]

The 1959 Triumph Herald, built as a 4 door in 1970s India as the Standard Gazelle.

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

The Turkish Cortina:

Otosan-built Ford Taunus, still on sale into the 1990s I believe.

Mid 90's later versions like those had a full sierra style dash.

South America got the original 60's falcon well into the 80's with Mk5 cortina grille, lights & rear lights in saloon form.

They got a Mk5 coupe but no estate the taunus TC 1 (MK3 shape) was sold from 70-80 ( no MK4) then they went to the Mk5 shape these were fitted with the north American 2.3 Lima sohc ( nothing shared with European sohc ) & manual Borg Warner T5 gearbox as used in 80's fox boby Mustang etc.

[Missy Charm]

42 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

The 1957 Morris Oxford, as built in India circa 2003.

Very modern.

There were still a few of those knocking about in India when I went a few years ago.   Cars don't last long in New Delhi, so seeing them was a surprise.  Someone had a go at importing them here fifteen or twenty years ago (why?).  A local family bought one and it would occasionally be seen in it wobbling about the town.  I think the imported Ambassadors didn't last long in our climate, making them - ironically - probably a rarer sight than a real Morris.

On another note, the American 'mark two' Ford Focus:

I don't know why our cousins across the pond didn't get the real mark two.  They got the above monstrosity instead, which was the original Focus with a few mark-two-style bits grafted on.  That generation did get the mark two engines, which somehow makes even less sense.  

[D.E]

12 minutes ago, Missy Charm said:

There were still a few of those knocking about in India when I went a few years ago.   Cars don't last long in New Delhi, so seeing them about was a surprise.  Someone had a go at importing them here fifteen or twenty years ago (why?).  Someone local bought one and it would occasionally be seen wobbling about the town.  I think they imported Ambassadors didn't last long in our climate.  

On another note, the American 'mark two' Ford Focus:

I don't know why our cousins across the pond didn't get the real mark two.  They got the above monstrosity instead, which was the original Focus with a few mark-two-style bits grafted on.  That generation did get the mark two engines, which somehow makes even less sense.  

My first reaction was "are those Mondeo Mk III headlights?" and apparently, they're not. It really does look like the front of a Mondeo though, doesn't it?

 

[agent]

13 minutes ago, Missy Charm said:

There were still a few of those knocking about in India when I went a few years ago.   Cars don't last long in New Delhi, so seeing them was a surprise.  Someone had a go at importing them here fifteen or twenty years ago (why?).  A local family bought one and it would occasionally be seen in it wobbling about the town.  I think the imported Ambassadors didn't last long in our climate, making them - ironically - probably a rarer sight than a real Morris.

On another note, the American 'mark two' Ford Focus:

I don't know why our cousins across the pond didn't get the real mark two.  They got the above monstrosity instead, which was the original Focus with a few mark-two-style bits grafted on.  That generation did get the mark two engines, which somehow makes even less sense.  

Still not the worst form of focus they got over there as well, not content with just that they then kicked it up a notch with this thing

Apparently under that handsome face it's still just the first gen underpinnings as well, not quite sure what they did over there to make them deserve these two works of art back to back

[IronStar]

1 hour ago, Soundwave said:

Peugeot 405 - made in Iran under various names long after European production ended, and apparently still being made today in Azerbaijan.

I’d love this unfacelifted but keeping all the modern conveniences inside!

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

The 1957 Morris Oxford, as built in India circa 2003.

Very modern.

Loving this as well! Very Nissan Figaro, but more cool in a way.