{"id":2388,"date":"2015-12-10T10:55:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T10:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2016-02-16T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T09:34:52","slug":"over-1-million-spent-on-16-number-plates-in-20-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/10\/over-1-million-spent-on-16-number-plates-in-20-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Over \u00a31 Million Spent On &#8217;16&#8217; Number Plates In 20 Minutes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DVLA have announced that on last weeks &#8217;16&#8217; series release, over \u00a31 million was spent in the first 20 minutes of the registrations going live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ga16-rdo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2390\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ga16-rdo-300x79.jpg\" alt=\"Lambo GA16 RDO Number Plate\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ga16-rdo-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ga16-rdo.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A massive 3,576 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\" target=\"_blank\">number plates<\/a> were sold at a cost of \u00a32 million on the first day including \u00a31 million in just the first 20 minutes of release alone.<\/p>\n<p>The DVLA stated: &#8220;The vast majority of registration numbers are made available but we have a responsibility to ensure that the combinations used do not cause offence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We try to identify combinations that may cause offence and having considered the appropriateness of these registration numbers we have withdrawn them as they could cause offence or embarrassment on the grounds of political or racial sensitivities or are in poor taste.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DVLA have announced that on last weeks &#8217;16&#8217; series release, over \u00a31 million was spent in the first 20 minutes of the registrations going live. 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