Was out in a car park and there just happened to be 2 Octys parked next to each other

pre facelift and facelift............big difference between them

face lifted one looks well and modern

pre facelifted looks VERY dated, looks like something from 1990's, IMHO

Edited 23 April, 201214 yr by obi604

That on the right is not a pre-facelift mk2 its a mk1 !

It looks like something from the 90s because it is something from the 90s

That's probably because the mk1 is from the 1990's

No, the car on the right has a 2008 registration

im in Ireland so maybe the mk1/mk2 has different life cycles here

Edited 23 April, 201214 yr by obi604

No, the car on the right has a 2008 registration

Wrong, they carried on selling the mk1 alongside the mk2 for years, mainly for taxi use. Its definitely a mk1, regardless of reg year.

ok all im saying is the car on the right has a 2008 registration

sorry, I obviously dont know my mk1's from my mk2's

just thought when I seen the 2008 reg. that it must have been a mk2..................................hands up

Edited 23 April, 201214 yr by obi604

I struggled to tell the various versions from one another until I bought one

mark 1 ran from 1996 to 2010

mk2 pre facelift - 2004 to 2010 (maybe)

mk2 face lift - 2010 onwards

Thanks for that Patsy boy.

Lots of cross overs so