Fiat Panda upgrades, generation by generation.

The 2012-on Panda, for an Android screen with wireless CarPlay in place of the Blue&Me radio, usually with a reversing camera on the same screen. Panda 4x4 and Cross owners want the same, often with a camera for the tow bar. Earlier single-DIN cars come for a DAB radio or a floating-screen unit.

No. An Android screen is about half a day, a single-DIN radio or a wireless adapter can be done while you wait, and a camera adds an hour or two. Drop the car at the Dublin 11 workshop in the morning and it is ready by early afternoon.

169 — 2003–2012 (hatch, 4x4 and Cross): Fiat single-DIN CD radio without a screen; Blue&Me on some later cars. 319 — 2012 on (hatch, 4x4, Cross and City Cross; mild hybrid from 2020): Blue&Me or basic radio without a screen on most cars; a 7-inch Uconnect with CarPlay and Android Auto on higher trims from the 2021 update. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

Car radio: A floating-screen unit or DAB radio in the single-DIN 169, a Panda Android screen in the double-DIN 319. CarPlay: A floating-screen unit on the 169, an Android screen or a wireless adapter on the 319. Reversing camera: Camera on the factory screen where it supports it, a mirror monitor or Android screen where it does not. 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: Colour-matched sensors with a factory-style tone, shown on the screen where the car supports it. Dash cam: Hardwired from the fuse box with parking mode and a low-voltage cut-off, cables hidden. 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.

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

169: the Fiat single-DIN CD radio without a screen; Blue&Me on some later cars stays and we add to it. 319: the Blue&Me or basic radio without a screen on most cars; a 7-inch Uconnect with CarPlay and Android Auto on higher trims from the 2021 update 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.