Facelift (automotive)
An automotive facelift, also known as mid-cycle refresh (MCR), minor model change, minor model update, or life cycle impulse, is a change to a vehicle's styling during its production run including (to highly variable degree) new sheetmetal, interior design elements or mechanical changes, allowing a carmaker to freshen a model without a complete redesign. While the life cycle of cars hovers around six to eight years until a full model change, facelifts are generally introduced around three years in their production cycle.