A 24-year-old man has paid \u00a3100,000 to buy the registration plate ‘6 O’ at the DVLA’s latest auction of private registrations.<\/p>\n
It’s not Ghanim al-Hadaifi’s first private plate, he’s already spent \u00a3146,000 this year buying the registrations ‘4 O’ and ‘5 O’, although he purchased the latter as a gift for the Qatari royal family.Series has raised \u00a3666,560<\/p>\n
The ‘O’ series of two-character registrations has not previously been issued, and the DVLA has already earned a total of \u00a3666,560 selling the first six digits in the series. ‘1 O’ sold for \u00a3210,000 in January and ‘2 O’ raised \u00a3142,000 in March.
\nGhanim al-Hadaifi’s spokesman said: ‘Money is not really an issue, he just wants the best registrations he can have for his cars.<\/p>\n
‘He already has his sights set on numerous others, which we hope will be auctioned next year.’<\/p>\n
The most expensive registration sold this year was ‘1 D’, which raised \u00a3352,000 at auction. All money raised from the sale of private registrations goes to the UK Treasury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 24-year-old man has paid \u00a3100,000 to buy the registration plate ‘6 O’ at the DVLA’s latest auction of private registrations. It’s not Ghanim al-Hadaifi’s first private plate, he’s already spent \u00a3146,000 this year buying the registrations ‘4 O’ and<\/p>\n