Volkswagen Polo upgrades, generation by generation.

The 6R and 6C from 2009 to 2017, nearly always for our Polo Android screen with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, because the RCD radios have no usable screen. AW owners come for App-Connect activation, a wireless adapter, a reversing camera or rear sensors. 9N cars still come in for a screen and speakers.

No. The Polo units connect through a CAN adapter, so volume, track and phone buttons keep working, and on the AW the climate information still shows. The 6R and 9N3 fascia is matched to the trim, so the screen looks like it belongs in the dash rather than an add-on.

App-Connect coding is about an hour. An Android screen, a reversing camera or rear sensors take two to three hours. You can wait at our Dublin 11 workshop for the shorter jobs or leave the car with us for the morning.

9N / 9N3 — 2002–2009: Gamma or Beta CD radio on early cars, RCD 300 or RCD 500 on the 9N3 facelift; no screen. 6R / 6C — 2009–2017: RCD 210, RCD 310 or RCD 510 radio and RNS 310 or RNS 315 navigation to 2014; MIB Composition Media or Discover Media on the 6C facelift, with App-Connect on many 2016–2017 cars. AW — 2017 on: MIB2 Composition Media or Discover Media with App-Connect on 2017–2021 cars; MIB3 from the 2021 facelift, with wireless App-Connect on most cars. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

CarPlay: Android screen on the 9N and 6R, App-Connect coding on late 6C and AW cars, wireless adapters and imports. Reversing camera: Camera in the boot handle: coded into the MIB screen on 6C and AW cars, on the Android screen on older Polos. Car radio: Polo-specific Android screen in the 6R and 9N fascia with DAB and steering-wheel control kept. Parking sensors: Four rear sensors and a beeper that speeds up as you close in; nothing on the screen. Ambient lighting: Footwell and door LED kits on the 9N and 6R, the factory ambient strip extended on the AW. Speakers: Plug-in door speakers and tweeters on every Polo; Beats Audio cars keep their amplifier. Subwoofer: Under-seat or spare-wheel-well subwoofer with a compact DSP amplifier, boot floor kept flat. Dash cam: Hardwired from the driver's-side dash fuse panel with a low-voltage cut-off, cameras hidden. 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. Parking sensors: two to three hours. Most Polo owners wait at the workshop or drop the car in the morning and collect it the same day.

9N / 9N3: the Gamma or Beta CD radio on early cars, RCD 300 or RCD 500 on the 9N3 facelift; no screen stays and we add to it. 6R / 6C: the RCD 210, RCD 310 or RCD 510 radio and RNS 310 or RNS 315 navigation to 2014; MIB Composition Media or Discover Media on the 6C facelift, with App-Connect on many 2016–2017 cars stays and we add to it. AW: the MIB2 Composition Media or Discover Media with App-Connect on 2017–2021 cars; MIB3 from the 2021 facelift, with wireless App-Connect on most 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.