CTCarTheme

Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Analog soul, digital screen. The Retro theme brings back skeuomorphic cassette decks and tube radios, a grunge date card and a warm, grainy wallpaper that feels like a golden-hour drive in an old coupe.

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Retro Vintage CarPlay dashboard, live in a car

It’s nostalgia you can glance at: chunky dials, VU meters and serif dates, all tuned to look right on a modern CarPlay display.

Widgets that fit the Retro Vintage style

Hand-picked examples from our library — tap any to customize it and make it yours.

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Cassette — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Cassette

Tube radio — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Tube radio

Jukebox — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Jukebox

Retro clock — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Retro clock

Tape deck — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Tape deck

Vintage radio — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Vintage radio

Player — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Player

Polaroid — a widget that fits the Retro Vintage CarPlay theme

Polaroid

Matching startup sound

JDM Startup Sounds

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Get the Retro Vintage look

  1. 1

    Download CarTheme

    Free on the App Store for iOS 26.

  2. 2

    Apply the theme

    Pick Retro Vintage from the theme gallery.

  3. 3

    Add the widgets

    Settings → General → CarPlay → Widgets.

  4. 4

    Set the sound

    Attach the JDM startup sound.

Full step-by-step tutorial →

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Ready to upgrade your dashboard?

Download CarTheme and set up your first widget, theme and startup sound in under two minutes.

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