| Car registration plates were introduced in 1903 | | | | letters. |
| enabling vehicles and their owners to be identified on | | | | You can buy car registration plates by visiting |
| the road. The Motor Car Act made it compulsory for | | | | registered number plates suppliers such as who offer |
| cars to be registered with the local council where the | | | | access all formats of registrations and will complete |
| owner resided. Each council was assigned specific | | | | any relevant paperwork for you. Their websites allow |
| letters which were displayed on car registration plates | | | | you to search for your ideal registration plates at |
| along with a number to create a unique identifier for | | | | your leisure and order online. When searching for car |
| the vehicle and the number plate phenomenon began. | | | | registrations look for ones that have you name or |
| Fast forward a century and registration plates are | | | | initials. Name plates are generally more expensive as |
| the most popular accessory to the modern motorist. | | | | there are fewer on the market however a personal |
| Nowadays people are choosing to replace their | | | | car registration with you initials can be a more cost |
| standard car registration with their very own | | | | effective with prices starting under 300 pounds. |
| personalised car registration plates. Thousands are | | | | When you find a new car registration you can have it |
| being sold each week to customers ranging from | | | | transferred onto your vehicle. Shop with a dealer |
| young professionals with a high disposable income to | | | | who will do this free of charge. You will need your |
| middle age motorists making a savvy investment for | | | | complete V5 logbook, MOT certificate if applicable |
| retirement. | | | | and your car must be taxed. An 80 pound |
| Since their introduction car registration numbers have | | | | government transfer fee is payable on all registration |
| been issued in several formats to cope with the | | | | numbers sold however this is usually included in the |
| growing number of vehicles on our roads. The first | | | | purchase price. |
| format is known nowadays as a dateless registration | | | | All car registration numbers can be held on a DVLA |
| number. With no character to clarify the age the | | | | certificate. These certificates are valid for 12 months |
| number plate was issued, dateless number plates can | | | | and can be renewed annually for 25 pounds. This |
| be worth several thousand pounds. Suffix car | | | | feature is popular with number plate collectors and |
| registration numbers were released in the early 1960's | | | | investors or people who buy a personal number plate |
| with the introduction of the Driver and Vehicle | | | | who do not have a car to put it on. Car registrations |
| Licensing Centre (DVLC). Suffix registrations added a | | | | that have never been assigned to a vehicle before |
| distinctive format to registration numbers with three | | | | are issued on V750 certificates of entitlements. |
| letters followed by up to three numbers and a final | | | | Registrations that have previously been on a vehicle |
| letter denoting the year of issue. When the suffix | | | | are issued by the DVLA on V778 retention |
| series ran out in 1983 the format was reversed to | | | | certificates. |
| provide what is known as prefix car registration | | | | When buying number plates remember that a vehicle |
| numbers. These account for the majority of personal | | | | can never be made to look younger than it is. For |
| number plate sales in the UK, with low prices being a | | | | example a 57 registration number could not be |
| major draw card to potential buyers. In 2001 the | | | | assigned to a 02 registered car. If in doubt contact |
| format was changed once more to give our current | | | | your number plate supplier otherwise you could end |
| style of car registrations which have two letters | | | | up with a registration number that you cannot use. |
| followed by two numbers and finally three more | | | | |