Alan Sugar Wants New Number Plates Reg Plates

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Alan Sugar Wants New Number Plates Reg Plates

The Apprentice star tweeted

A car collector contacted me with this car which history showed it was my first rolls (sic) bought in January 1982.

I have bought it back and it is being delivered today.

All I need now is to get a (sic) another classic number.

Sugar said he would need to find another fitting registration plate to go along with his original motor, leaving the door wide open for fellow Twitter users to make suggestions.

Known as a man who doesn't mince his words, it's fair to say Lord Sugar has rubbed his fair share of people up the wrong way in his day, so it was no surprise when followers let loose on the former Tottenham Hotspur owner.

One user suggested he register the Roller under "B311 END", while another felt "G08 5H1TE" would be fitting.

Others played on a reference to Sugar's infamous feud with Piers Morgan, with suggestions like "P1 ERS".

The billionaire already owns the classic "AMS 1" registration, plastering his initials across the front of one of his many Rolls-Royce cars, made famous throughout his time on The Apprentice.

Late last year, a classic 1959 Bentley S1 Continental Sport Saloon once owned by Sugar went to auction for £500,000.

The businessman owned the Bentley from 2001-2007 after purchasing it from Sir Elton John.

Lord Sugar later admitted he overpaid for the silver Bentley, claiming he had been "done up like a kipper" by the music legend.

THE CONTOVERSIAL sale of an historic number plate to a former West Mercia Police chief constable will be examined at County Hall despite the Police and Crime Commissioner being cleared of any wrong-doing.

Members of the West Mercia Police and Crime Panel will meet on Tuesday to scrutinise the decision by John Campion to sell the ‘AB1’ number plate to Paul West for £160,000 despite initally putting it up for action.

AB1 was the first vehicle registration number plate issued to the county in 1903 but was withdrawn from use in 2011 due to the security concerns associated with having such an easily identifiable mark on the Chief Constable’s vehicle.

Mr Campion provoked a storm of criticism in the summer when he put it up for sale before it was controverisally withdrawn from auction after Mr West made an offer to the Police and Crime Commissioner for the historic piece.

A number of complaints were made to the Indepedent Office for Police Conduct which included claims AB1 wasn’t Mr Campion’s to sell and the lack of a guarantee it would not be sold on in future.

In a report to councillors, Police and Crime Comissioner chief executive Andy Champness said no higher offers for AB1 had been recieved by Mr Campion despite a number of people claiming they would willing to pay more than Mr West’s offer.

The IOPC ruled there was no sufficient substance to the allegations Mr Campion committed a criminal offence for them to consider an investigation and referred the matter back to the authority’s Police and Crime Panel.

Members will therefore scrutinise the AB1 sale to find out ‘who did what, when and why’ in a bid to resolve the issues surrounding the contoversial sale.

The meeting comes months after Conservative county councillors rejected calls from Labour for Mr Campion to appear before the Police and Crime Panel to be scrutinised over the sale of AB1.

Speaking at the time, Labour leader Coun Peter McDonald said the sale had left ‘nasty question marks hanging over the Police and Crime Commissoner’s office.

“The public, I believe, see this as the selling off of the family jewels and gives off the perception of not being quite right,” he said.

However, Coun Marcus Hart, cabinet member for Education and Skills rubbished the claims and defended Mr Campion

“I am no expert in numberplates but I am confident the Commissoner will be able to demonstrate title and best value for money.”

In a statement, Mr Campion said: “I recognise this is an emotive subject for some and that those individuals are upset with the decision to sell AB1.

“I believe the public support my drive to use the resources at my disposal, including an unused private number plate to support policing and keeping communities safe.”

So what are the top selling number plates in the UK? The DVLA has been selling private plates to UK motorists since 1989. During this time, there have been a number of records set, but most of the top 10 have been bought in the past 15 years. Here’s what currently makes the list:

25 0 – A Ferrari dealer bought this for £518k in 2014. It is now on a £10 million Ferrari 250 SWB.
F 1 – A businessman, Afzal Khan, bought this for £440k in 2008 and put it on his McLaren-Mercedes SLR.
S 1 – This was bought in 2008 for £404k by an anonymous buyer.
1 D – Businessman Nabil Bishara bought this plate in 2009 (before One Direction was formed, so it is not a reference to the band) for £352k.
M 1 – Businessman Mike McCoomb bought this number plate in 2006 for £331k, apparently for his son, who was 10 at the time.
VIP 1 – Chelsea owner and businessman Roman Abramovich bought this plate for £285k in 2006.
51 NGH – This number plate, which looks like the surname Singh, was sold in 2006 for £254k.
1 RH – Businessman Robert Haverson bought this in 2006 for £247k.
K1 NGS – This reg plate, which looks like the word “kings”, was bought anonymously in 1993 for £231k.
1 0 – This very simple but striking number plate was bought anonymously in 2009 for £170k.

These are large amounts of money, but they are all small compared to the top-selling number plates found in other parts of the world. Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, has the record for the most expensive number plate ever sold. That number plate was a simple “1”. It was bought in 2008 by businessman Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri for £7.25 million.

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