Fiat 500e upgrades, generation by generation.

No. Everything we do runs from the small 12 V battery that powers the screen, lights and locks, the same as on a petrol 500. The traction battery, the charger and the orange high-voltage wiring are never opened, and a phone setup or software update draws nothing at rest.

Mostly ex-lease and imported cars that arrive with CarPlay set up for the previous owner: we clear the old phones, pair yours and the second driver's, and update Uconnect 5 if it is behind. Occasionally an Action car for a tidy phone-mount and Bluetooth setup. Both are done at the Dublin 11 workshop while you wait.

332 — 2020 on (hatch, 3+1 and cabrio): Uconnect 5 with a 7-inch screen on Red and Passion trims and 10.25-inch on Icon and La Prima, wireless CarPlay and Android Auto on both; the entry Action trim has a radio with a phone cradle and no screen. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

CarPlay: Wireless CarPlay from the factory on Uconnect 5 cars; pairing, updates and a phone setup on Action cars. Reversing camera: Factory-look camera on the factory screen with guidelines, coded in where the car supports it. Car radio: Larger Android screen with the factory buttons and amplifier kept, where the original display is too small. Ambient lighting: Ambient LED kits in doors and dash, extended factory ambient on newer cars, app controlled. Speakers: Plug-in door speakers and tweeters, factory head unit and amplifier kept, no cutting. Parking sensors: Four sensors in the rear bumper with a buzzer that beeps faster; sound only. Dash cam: Hardwired on the 12 V side with a cut-off for the small 12 V battery, parking mode included. Subwoofer: Under-seat or boot subwoofer on a DSP amplifier fed from the factory unit, boot space kept. Soundproofing: Doors and floor treated with butyl and foam, trim refitted without marks.

CarPlay: under an hour for activation, two to four hours for a box or a screen. Reversing camera: two to three hours. Car radio: two to three hours, usually the same day. Ambient lighting: two to four hours. Most 500e owners wait at the workshop or drop the car in the morning and collect it the same day.

332: the Uconnect 5 with a 7-inch screen on Red and Passion trims and 10.25-inch on Icon and La Prima, wireless CarPlay and Android Auto on both; the entry Action trim has a radio with a phone cradle and no screen stays and we add to it. Steering-wheel buttons, factory amplifiers and cameras are carried over on every route; the only route that changes what you see is an Android screen, and even then the controls are kept.

Send the reg or the year on WhatsApp or the form below and we confirm the generation, the route, the price and the next free slot. Every job carries a one-year warranty on the work, done at our workshop in Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, Monday to Saturday.