Category: World Number Plate News

In this blog category we focus on world number plate news, this focuses not only on private plates in the UK but all across the world, looking at the different rules and regulations in force in those countries as well as the different letter and number styles that are used.

CEXI Numberplate, yours for £850,000!

A souped-up Rolls-Royce owned by an Indian Maharajah has gone on sale for a staggering £850,000. The super car, with the number plate ‘Cexi’, is the only one of its kind in the world. Customised from a 2005 Rolls-Royce, the

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  • 13th Apr, 2011

Beijing Car Registrations Could Be Top For Electric

Overcrowding is a huge problem in Beijing, to the point where new car registration comes down to a lottery system…unless you purchase a plug-in or electric vehicle. Is Beijing poised to become the electric car capital of the world? Bertel

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  • 12th Apr, 2011

Confederate Flag On FLorida Number Plates

The Florida branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued the state after its 2008 application to approve a “confederate heritage” plate was denied by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and then permanently stalled in the state

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  • 7th Apr, 2011

RYM 4N Dragons Den Star Helping Charities

Theo Paphitis, star of BBC entrepreneur show Dragon’s Den, has ‘chromed’ his Maybach 62 for charity, reports Daily Mail. The Dragon has allowed Maybach and Kent-based Raccoon Group to chrome his expensive vehicle in order to raise money for a

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  • 7th Apr, 2011

Diplomatic Numnerplates not so diplomatic!

When the car with diplomatic plates whizzed past on Sheikh Zayed Road at more than 140kph, being driven aggressively and swerving between lanes without indicating, Maj Gen Saif al Zafein, the head of Dubai Traffic Police, swung into action. The

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  • 6th Apr, 2011

Record Prices Achieved At Number Plae Auction

A license plate number “?JZ9999,” a lucky number in China, was bought by a bidder at the record price of 605,000 yuan during an auction in Taizhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province on March 29. The revenue of this auction

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  • 31st Mar, 2011

Musical Cherished Numberplates!

Tennessee will unveil a new vanity license plate this afternoon at 3 p.m. with the theme “State of American Music.” The new plate “properly promotes Tennessee as the most musical state in the nation,” said John Doyle, Executive Director of

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  • 30th Mar, 2011

Police Offer Help Against Numberplate Theft

POLICE officers will be fixing tamper proof screws for free to clamp down on number plate thieves. Members of Coldharbour and New Eltham Safer Neighbourhoods Teams will be at the Dagenham Motors Ford dealer, in Five Ways, Eltham, on April

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  • 30th Mar, 2011

New Bears Numberplates To Be Released

Bears fans can now add one more item to their arsenals: a vanity license plate. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White will unveil the new Chicago Bears permanent Illinois license plate this afternoon in Chicago. Chicago Bears Hall of Famer

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  • 29th Mar, 2011

Plate Registrations Abuse Reported

Number plates on vehicles have been turned into mobile canvases by some enterprising artistes and vehicle owners. The work of art may catch the fancy of onlookers but is actually an eyesore and illegal. The motorists are cocking a snook

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  • 28th Mar, 2011