Expensive Number Plates
Cherished, Personalised, and Private Number Plates can range from anything from £70 up to the hundreds of thousands of pounds. They are so cherished because they are a status symbol and give a car a really great look compared to the usual registrations the cars come with from standard.
Generally the rule of thumb is less letters and numbers are better than more, you do though have to have at least 1 letter and 1 number in the UK. Below we are going to look at some of the most expensive number plates ever sold in the UK and also in the World and what prices they went for.
| Registration |
Sold Price |
Year Sold |
| F1 |
£440,000 |
Sold in 2008 |
| M1 |
£330,000 |
Sold in 2006 |
| VIP 1 |
£285,000 |
Sold in 2006 |
| 51 NGH |
£254,000 |
Sold in 2006 |
| GS 1 |
£258,775 |
Sold in 2005 |
| K1 NGS |
£231,000 |
Sold in 1993 |
Although those amounts are unbelievable, number plates are great investments, as with time more and more number plates are being used up and it is only a matter of time before they have to think of a new structure to ensure that there are still registrations available for new cars.
So the more unique number plates and the number plates that have less letters and numbers generally fetch more money. As well they do have to mean something to someone, for instance F1 is such a great registration due to F1 MotorSport and this is why this plate fetched £440,000 in 2008.
Even more amazing are the number plates sales in the United Arab Emirates. They do not have to have both numbers and letters they can have either, and here below are the two most expensive number plates ever sold in the world.
| Registration |
Sold Price |
Year Sold |
| 1 |
£7,250,000 |
Sold in 2008 |
| 5 |
£3,500,000 |
Sold in 2007 |
Written by Plates for Cars
5th January 2009 |
