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.

UAE Number 1 Plate Sells For £3.4 Million!

number 1 number plate UAE

A personalised registration plate bearing just the number one fetched AED18m (£3.4m) at auction in the UAE. The winning bidder was Emirati businessman Arif Ahmed al-Zarouni, who said “My ambition is always to be number one.” His bid was 18

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  • 6th Jun, 2016

Cars That Last A Lifetime?

Oldest rolls royce driver - regplates

Mr.  Allen Swift:  Born – 1908 – Died  2010. This man owned & drove the same car for 82 YEARS. Can you imagine even having the same car for 82 years? Mr. Allen Swift (Springfield, Massachusetts) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce

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  • 8th Feb, 2016

The benefits of owning a private number plate

In recent weeks, the registration number KR15 HNA sold for an impressive £233,000 at a DVLA auction and, at the same event, the plate TR15 TAN sold for £25,000. This demonstrates that personalised number plates remain as popular as ever,

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  • 4th Jun, 2015

1 RR – The Ultimate Rolls Royce Number Plate?

New and exclusive at Regplates.com is the superb Rolls Royce Number Plate 1 RR. This is the ultimate registration for any Rolls Royce owner or dealer and this rare number plate is now for sale exclusively at Regplates.com. For enquiries

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  • 19th May, 2015

New Tax Disc Law From 1st October 2014

The law is changing for vehicle tax discs, see below for the Q&A from the DVLA. 1. What are you doing? We are changing the law to get rid of the need to display a paper tax disc. Tax discs

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  • 22nd Jul, 2014

Number Plates Equal Classic Cars As Investments

The message is clear the world over, number plates can make great investments. Oven our friends down under have a soft spot for quality rare old number plates with a recent auction house publishing facts showing that their number plate

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  • 26th Feb, 2014

3 Million Offer For Number Plates!

Hisham Al-Beely is an Egyptian whose salary is a modest 4,000 per month. His earthly assets, again at modest levels, incorporate a vehicle worth only 12,000. But he’s worth a couple of million and is bothered constantly around the streets

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  • 30th Jan, 2014