This is the single most common reason a car screen protector arrives and does not fit. Not the wrong brand, not the wrong model — the wrong screen, on the right car.
Why the same model has different screens
Infotainment is one of the most visible ways manufacturers differentiate trim levels. The larger display is a headline feature of the top variant, and the mid and base trims get a smaller unit. Because the model name on the boot is identical, most owners have no reason to know which they have.
Facelifts complicate it further. A mid-cycle update frequently brings a new head unit, so a 2022 car and a 2024 car wearing the same badge can have completely different panels.
Models where this catches people out
- Kia Sonet and Seltos — 8-inch on mid trims, 10.25-inch on top trims.
- Maruti Suzuki Baleno, Brezza, Fronx and Grand Vitara — a smaller unit on lower variants, 9-inch SmartPlay Pro+ higher up.
- Honda Elevate — 8-inch on V and VX, 10.25-inch on ZX.
- Hyundai Creta, Verna and i20 — 8-inch and 10.25-inch depending on variant.
- Toyota Glanza, Taisor and Urban Cruiser Hyryder — two sizes across the range.
- Tata Nexon and Altroz — same 10.25-inch size, but two different corner shapes.
How to measure it properly
- Measure the black glass only, corner to corner, diagonally. The plastic surround is not part of the quoted size.
- Turn the screen off first so the boundary of the active area is easy to see.
- Convert if your tape is metric: divide millimetres by 25.4. A 260 mm diagonal is roughly 10.25 inches.
- Round to the nearest size we list. Your measurement will land within a few millimetres of one of them.
The corner-shape check
On the Tata Nexon and Altroz, two 10.25-inch panels exist with different corner radii. Look at the top-left corner of the black glass with the screen off. A generous, smartphone-like radius means the round-corner cut. A tight corner with only a small chamfer means the thin-corner cut. They are not interchangeable.