Unfortunate Facelifts.

[Timewaster]

I think we may have done this before, but the dislike threads reminded me of examples like this:

 

 

 

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Although I think the new model facelift might have been an improvement:

 

 

Post yours.

 

(hint - google "Fiat")

[Shep Shepherd]

From this:

 

To this:

 

What were FoMoCo thinking?

[Wilko220]

The Saab 95 "Halfords" facelift

 

From this...

 

to this...

[Timewaster]

Saab 95:

[Guest]

Allright they changed the name as well but it was really a facelift.

[flat4alfa]

 

 

[RoadworkUK]

 

What were FoMoCo thinking?

 

True, but the last couple of years built were improved with darkened headlamps, a repositioned grille badge and less chrome.

 

 

I actually think that's not a bad looking chariot. Damn these drugs are good.

[flat4alfa]

 

[tonedepear]

I know you've already done the scorpio, but...

 

..........................................................................................................................^finger!

 

 

And as if that wasn't bad enough, they completely ruined the wiring as well so now nothing works and you can't put a stereo in them without the dashboard exploding and the airbags going off.

[Lord Sterling]

 

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

The mk1 Megane facelift looks quite tidy in the metal.

[PaykanHunter]

They should have just left the Hillman Hunter alone! for more visit my Blog: http://www.PaykanHunter.com

 

[Torsten2001]

Classic:

Tragic:

[Albert Ross]

 

[Shep Shepherd]

The utterly dismal 1990s facelift of the Toyota Corolla, which turned an inoffensive-looking boring car into a hideous-looking boring car:

 

 

 

The facelift was penned by a Briton, too!

[Negative Creep]

 

 

 

 

 

[Pete-M]

What were FoMoCo thinking?

 

I think they got it right with the black headlamp 'facelift' Scorpio. I actually like the look of those.

[Shep Shepherd]

What were FoMoCo thinking?

 

I think they got it right with the black headlamp 'facelift' Scorpio. I actually like the look of those.

 

They're not bad, but only in estate form, as the rounded rear end of the saloon is completely wrong in my eyes.

[tonedepear]

saxos

 

Christ, I'd forgotten about that (despite owning both).

 

It's all the C5's fault, isn't it? They brought out the crap-looking c5 and then ruined all the rest of their cars to match it. Bah.

[Barry Cade]

Italians ARE good at this..

Plastic= bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Timewaster]

This:Ford Thunderbird

 

Gotta be shitting me........... I mean WTF was going on there?

 

I think this may be the answer.

 

Anyway...

From:

Dullsville but neat and inoffencive.

 

To:

Hmm, that grill isnt an afterthought is it? Rover would have been proud of that!

 

Eventually:

Looks a bit better than before I suppose, but now its all swolen like a fat lip.

 

And of course now they all look:

 

They were everywhere 5 years ago.

[Timewaster]

More italian plastic abuse:

 

So perfect and pretty it deserves 3 photos.

 

Add some daft US legislation and some ill advised plastic:

 

 

Well done lads, that looks much better!

[Renault18]

The mk1 Megane facelift looks quite tidy in the metal.

 

+1

 

Agree - Original Megane design was helped by Stevie Wonder, but the facelifted model still looks fresh and are actually a nice car to drive.

 

Sadly, they then got Ray Charles to design the fat-arsed model. What idiot designs a car with less bootspace, less legroom, steering that might as well be by remote control, worse performance and mpg than the out-going model; and truly shit reliability - that'll be Renault in 2002.

 

Provided that they haven't all already gone to electrical hell, the 2002-2004 cars are already starting to look dated imho.

[pogweasel]

I like the look of the FAT ASS megane.

They are epically shit though, any "family car" that fails on the surveyors' tripod test needs to have a word with itself (see also: Audi A3).

Also, I had a very hallucenegic experience in one as a combination of sleep deprivation & heat-stroke. FLOATY.

[MARGRAVE W&P]

 

To this:

 

What were FoMoCo thinking?

 

I remember when this was new, Jeremy Clarkson made "toast" of it, on Top Gear

[Leyland Australia]

 

Hmm, rather nice.

 

 

Erm.......

[sprig]

 

[gtd2000]

I like the look of the FAT ASS megane.

They are epically shit though, any "family car" that fails on the surveyors' tripod test needs to have a word with itself (see also: Audi A3).

Also, I had a very hallucenegic experience in one as a combination of sleep deprivation & heat-stroke. FLOATY.

 

I had one as a longer term rental when I was working in Israel back in 2004/05 and actually thought it was a pretty decent car overal; - it got the best average miles per gallon of all the cars I drove at the time too at 37mpg and I certainly was not hanging around most of the time

 

Of course due to the curse of French electrics I wouldn't buy one with my own money but I never had any issues with it at all.

[chaseracer]

I like the look of the FAT ASS megane. They are epically shit though...

I had one as a longer term rental when I was working in Israel back in 2004/05 and actually thought it was a pretty decent car overall...

Agreed.

 

I rented one for a week when in DC a couple of years back. 2-litre four with CVT; spun it around the District, Maryland and Virginia for several hundred miles - it was inoffensively competent, though heavily disguised...