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Row of second-hand cars on an Australian dealership forecourt in the morning

Refined Rigs · For dealers

Six reasons dealers are putting CarPlay in the cars they sell

Every car on your lot without CarPlay is competing against one that has it. Replacing a head unit costs around $1K and a day off the floor. But there's a cheaper version with the same features.

For dealers

What it does for the car, and what it costs you

At a glance: the buyer's alternative is a $1,000–$1,500 head-unit install · CarPlay is a searchable filter on the listing sites · one unit fits hatchbacks, utes, vans, 4x4s and trucks · about two minutes to fit, with no workshop time · nothing cut, spliced or drilled · $169.99 retail, less by the unit at wholesale.

Driver on a test drive with the Evara Display on the dashboard playing music

What it's worth to the buyer isn't what it costs you

Their alternative is a $1,000–$1,500 install. That's the number they're comparing against.

A buyer looking at an older car who wants CarPlay has usually already priced the alternative: replace the head unit, four figures once labour is in, and a day without the car. So when they sit in one of yours and it's already there, they aren't valuing a cheap accessory — they're valuing a feature they'd otherwise have to go out and pay for. That gap between what the feature costs you and what it's worth to the person buying the car is the entire argument, and it's the buyer who brings the four-figure number with them, not you.

We're not going to hand you a resale-uplift figure. You price cars for a living and you'd check it against your own book anyway. Put one in a car, run it against a comparable one without, and you'll have a number that's actually yours.

Evara Display on the dash of a small hatchback parked on a dealership lot

More buyers see the car, and more of them stay in it

CarPlay is a filter on the listing sites. A car without it never comes up in that search.

Two separate things happen. On the major listing sites, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are searchable features — buyers tick the box, and a car that doesn't have it simply never appears in the results. That's not a marketing claim, it's how the search works, and it's free reach on stock you already own.

Then there's the car itself. A 10.3-inch screen sitting on the dash with their own maps and music on it is one of the few things a buyer registers in the first ten seconds of sitting in a used car — and it lands hardest in exactly the cars that are hardest to move, the ones where the dash otherwise looks its age.

Evara Display on the dash of a four-wheel drive on a dealership forecourt at dusk

One unit fits everything you've got

Hatchbacks, sedans, utes, vans, 4x4s, trucks. No fitment matrix.

It runs off a 12V socket — and 24V, so light commercials and trucks are in. There's no model-specific harness, no fascia kit, no checking whether this year's dash is the wide one or the narrow one. That's what makes it workable across a mixed lot: you're not holding stock against particular models, you're holding stock against cars. A 2008 hatchback and a 79 Series take the same unit out of the same box.

Great screen, happy with the product. Gives you apps like Waze, Newtracs etc.
Mitchell · Verified buyer

Two minutes, and nobody has to book it in

No hoist, no auto-electrician, no dash coming apart.

Plate on the dash, plug in the 12V lead, pair the phone once. Your detailer can do it during prep, which means it costs you no workshop time — and workshop time is the expensive part of anything you add to a car. No appointment, no third party to chase, and nothing holding a car off the floor while you wait.

Easy install, easy to use. Have ordered another one for my Hilux.
Liam D. · Verified buyer

Evara Display sitting above an untouched factory radio and climate controls

Nothing is cut, spliced or drilled

The car you bought is the car you sell.

This matters more to a dealer than to a private buyer. Nothing is wired into the loom, no trim is removed, no factory part is replaced or thrown away. The unit sits on top of the dash and runs off the accessory socket, and it comes off again cleanly if you want it off. You're not creating a modification that has to be explained at handover, disclosed, or unwound before a sale.

What it costs you, and what wholesale looks like

$169.99 retail. Less by the unit — email us.

An aftermarket head unit is the other way to get CarPlay into an older car, and it's a genuinely good result — integrated, native to the car's speakers, looks factory. It's also $1,000–$1,500 once the unit and labour are in, plus a day the car isn't on the floor. No dealer does that to stock, which is the whole point: this is the version that's cheap enough and fast enough to do across a lot.

Ours is a 10.3-inch wireless CarPlay and Android Auto display, $169.99 while the half-price offer is live, with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 1-year warranty. If you're fitting these across a lot, email us at support@refinedrigs.shop for wholesale pricing — tell us roughly how many units a month and we'll come back with a number.

Nice to finally have Android Auto in my car and not have to spend much.
Horacio G. · Verified buyer

Email us for wholesale pricing

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Side by side

The three things a dealer can actually do about it

Per car, on stock you're trying to move.

Feature	Evara Display	Head-unit install	Leave it as is
Cost per car	$169.99 retail, less at wholesale	$1,000–$1,500	$0
Time before the car is back on the floor	Minutes	A day	No
Needs an auto-electrician	No	Yes	No
Touches the loom, trim or factory parts	No	Yes	No
Fits hatchbacks, utes, vans, 4x4s, trucks	Yes	Model by model	No
Appears in a CarPlay filter search	Yes	Yes	No