Canadian 2006 X3

[Bavarian]

Originally Posted by rory

No because there was no distinguishing.. now there is. Bugs me how frequent BMW are doing facelifts now.. 2 years...

I don't like the whole idea of facelifting. Makes you feel worthless as soon as they snap on new headlights and clear signals in a facelift.

What are all those initial 7-Series supposed to do now? The facelifted 7 looks SIGNIFICANTLY different, as does the X3. It's like it's a new model.

I can only imagine the coming differences when BMW facelifts the eyebrowed 5-Series.

No other company does such drastic things. Hell Mercedes installed clear-lense headlights (same shape) and revised taillights (same shape) on their C and S classes as a facelift. Today's C-Classes have much bigger engines, but if you have one of the first-gen C-Classes, you still look like the stuff sold today, not a new car. Also with Audi, they just give a revised grille pattern and special S-Line limited editions as facelifts. Maybe a new engine, but the car looks the same.

Why the hell does BMW have to do this. They also did this silly facelift with the X5s. It's subjective, but I actually don't like the 2004+ look. The headlights have cool new features, but are oversized, and the kidney grilles became magnified by 200%. It's one of those rare cases when I'm happy I have a pre-facelift car.