Suzuki Alto upgrades, generation by generation.

The 2009–2015 HA25, nearly always for the Android screen with wireless CarPlay, Android Auto and DAB to replace the CD radio, sometimes with a reversing camera above the number plate. The 2002–2008 Alto 1.1 comes in for the same screen with its own fascia, usually to replace a radio-cassette.

The screen draws nothing worth mentioning with the ignition off, so it is no different from the factory radio. A dash cam with parking mode is the one thing to be careful with on a small car, so we wire it from the fuse box with a low-voltage cut-off that switches it off before the battery drops too far, and set the cut-off a little higher than usual on the Alto.

Mk5 — 2002–2008 (five-door): Factory radio-cassette or CD without a screen. HA25 — 2009–2015 (five-door): Factory CD radio in a rounded fascia, no screen; Bluetooth on some later cars. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

Car radio: Android screen with DAB, Bluetooth and a camera input for the 2002–2008 and 2009–2015 dashes. CarPlay: Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto through the Android screen on both Alto generations. 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: Four rear sensors and a beeper that speeds up as you close in; nothing on the screen. 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 Alto owners wait at the workshop or drop the car in the morning and collect it the same day.

Mk5: the Factory radio-cassette or CD without a screen stays and we add to it. HA25: the Factory CD radio in a rounded fascia, no screen; Bluetooth on some later cars 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.