A SURVEY by Auto Trader reveals that Brits don’t know the age of their own vehicles, with one in four [26%] UK car owners unable to identify the month and year in which their vehicle was registered.
Furthermore, one in ten [11%] British drivers freely admit they cannot identify the age of a vehicle by its number plate. This could lead to buyers paying over and above the true value of a used car, as vehicles tend to depreciate with every month and year off the forecourt.
When the Auto Trader study presented respondents with an example of a future registration plate, one in four respondents [27%] could not identify the month in which the vehicle would be released, and a similar figure [21%] could not identify the registration year. The Auto Trader study found that there is general confusion on vehicle age, with over one in ten drivers [12%] believing that new cars are introduced in January of each year, instead of March and September.
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Jon Cherry is a Director of leading personalised number plate dealer Regplates.com. Jon has over 25 years industry experience handling some of the most expensive plates ever sold with many high profile and celebrity clients. Active since 1991 in the number plate industry, Jon is currently Chairman of the Cherished Numbers Guild, a trade body representing number plate dealers in the UK. Jon has written many articles on the industry and insight into the future of numberplates and the market as a whole.