YOU can expect a facelift around four years into a new model's life in the regular car world and then a generation change at about seven to eight years.
But Tesla doesn't play to oldfashioned rules, which is why it has waited seven years to upgrade its Model 3, launched in 2017.
In truth, it really didn't need to bother because the Tesla is so futuristic it was hardly going to look dated after a few years.
I don't know what it's like around your way, but where I live you can't move for Tesla Model 3s.
Dramatic price reductions around a year ago made a massive difference as did the Tesla Supercharger charging network that remains the single largest incentive for buying a Musk motor.
So to the facelift. The easiest way to tell the Mk1 from this revised job are the headlights.
The original model had distinctive bug-eyed lamps but the Mk2 or Gen2 or whatever you want to call it, has slimmer units. Also, the front bumper now has no vents or lights on it. There are new tail lights, too, but they're not so obvious.
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