23
8

Most Expensive Registration Plates

Well Dunn Insurance Blog

The craze to buy personalized products has always been on the rise and number plates count as one of the most sought after personalized car accessory has always been the registration plates.  Consumers often view their cars as an extension of their personality and therefore, owning number plates which is universally relevant or relevant to their personal or professional life has always been a gamer. Personalized number plates hold great significance with the UK motorists and they generally perceive it as one of the most important fashion accessories of their cars. Thus, in the recent times, the price of the interesting and the cherished number plates has sky rocketed and according to the statistics shared by DVLA, in the last 25 years over £2 billion has been raised in tax revenue against the number plate auctions across UK.

The worth of a number plate increases with fewer digits and their relevancy. Below is a list of the ten most expensive registrations, lowest to highest ever recorded in the history of UK Motoring industry.

  1. 1 O

The DVLA sold this plate for £170000 in 2009 and it was purchased by an unknown bidder over the phone at an auction held in Northamptonshire, UK. The details of who owns the car with this number plate or which model of car has it been assigned is not known.

  1. K1 NGS

An Arab Sultan had supposedly bought this number plate in 1995 by paying a whopping £231000. The auction held for this number plate was heard to be a memorable one with a tedious battle between the bidders ending in a splitting applause. One of the most expensive registrations of the UK now is tagged with a Bentley, manufactured in 1995.

  1. 1 R H

The English Business magnate Robert Harverson from Surrey, UK paid thirty times more than the projected cost of this number plate because it contained his initials. The DVLA sold 1 R H to Harverson for £247000 in 2006. Harverson was especially known for his penchant towards collecting expensive registrations and this number plate added to his collection of 10 private number plates. 1 R H is now address to a 2013 manufactured Mercedes Benz SL 63 AMG Auto convertible in black.

  1. 51 N G H

51 N G H spells close to the popular Indian Sikh name called ‘Singh’. This number plate was sold by DVLA in 2006 to an unknown bidder at an auction in the UK. An interesting observation about these particular expensive registrations is that it fetched DVLA more than two and a half times than another private plate S 1 N G H which is surprisingly closer to the name ‘Singh’. This number plate was last seen on a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead in a music video by the Indian – Punjabi singer and lyricist Jazzy B in 2008.

  1. V I P 1

The Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich purchased this number plate from DVLA for £285000. Pope John Paul II had once used this number plate on the Pope Mobile during his visit to Ireland in 1979. This number plate was tagged with Abramovich’s 1993 manufactured Rolls Royce Corniche IV Convertible in blue.

  1. M 1

The mobile phone business magnate Mike McCoomb bought M 1 in 2006 for £331000 as a birthday gift for his ten year old son. This plate was sold by Britain’s one of the most famous Art auctioneers Bonhams at the Goodwood festival of speed in order to raise funds for the Tatton Park Charitable Trust. M 1 has a longer history. This 100 years old expensive registrations was originally issued in Cheshire in 1902 for a Mercedes Benz at Tatton Park.

  1. 1 D

The DVLA auction at Warwick sold this plate in 2009 to the London based Lebanese property developer Nabil Bishara who purchased such expensive registrations at £352000 to gift his wife for her Bentley. This number plate should have been ideal for the boys of the famous UK boy band One Direction however none of the young members demonstrated interest to bid for 1 D.

  1. S 1

Bonhams sold this plate to an unknown bidder for £404000 in 2008. S 1 is known to be the first number plate of Scotland and dates back to 1903. It’s first owner was John H A MacDonald, the lord Justice Clerk of Scotland. Since then, this number plate had been in the family until in 2008, Bonham Auction House auctioned it at the Goodwood Revival Sale.

  1. F 1

This number plate was sold to the British Automotive designer Afzal Khan for £440000 in 2008. F 1 held the record for being the most expensive number plate until recently. It was reported that Khan was offered a whooping GBP 6 million for F 1 which he, most graciously, turned down. Khan initially placed this number plate on his Mc Laren Mercedes SLR and this second most expensive registrations of the world now adorns his Bugatti Veyron.

  1. 25 O

25 O is the most expensive registrations of the world and ever sold by DVLA. This number plate was bought by a car collector and owner of a Ferrari dealership named Talacrest, John Collins for a neat £518000 in 2014. Collins uses this registration plate on some of the most desirable cars of his collection such as the 250 GT SWB Ferrari worth £10 Million (which has previously belonged to English singer and songwriter Eric Clapton), the Ferrari 250 TR worth £20 Million and the Ferrari 250 GTO worth £35 Million. The presale bidding began at £50000 however within moments it reached £250000 with the hammers finally going down at £400000. After adding the buyer’s premium and VAT, the final price stood at £518480.

The auction for 25 O was coincidentally conducted in 2014 on the 25th Anniversary year of DVLA marking their 150th successful auction.


Read More

6
8

Why Aren’t More People Buying Electric Cars?

The worth of electric cars as the next big thing in the automobile industry around the world has been an area of debate for a long time. In pen and paper, the electric cars are deemed as fantastic eco friendly replacement for the combustion vehicles. However, the sale of Electrical ...

Well Dunn Insurance read more

27
8

Top 5 Economy Cars

When it comes to selecting the best economy cars for the UK roads, the fuel and mileage factors are the first things to be considered. Although the fuel prices might be a low and steadily decreasing, it is what keeps the car shoppers in the UK bustling around when they ...

Well Dunn Insurance Blog read more

22
7

Things You Can Do To Be A Safe Driver

One of the most recently conducted researches demonstrates that most of the drivers motorists only concentrate for 25% time of their total driving time - which means that when you drive, there could be about 3 or 4 drivers around you who are not concentrating on their driving. Distraction is ...

Well Dunn Insurance Blog , Safe Driving read more

16
9

Tips For Driving After You Pass Your Test

Now that you have successfully cleared your driving test and ready to take on the roads, be informed that this is when the real test will begin. Owing to the number of lives lost in road accidents every year in the UK, it is imperative for the new drivers to ...

Well Dunn Insurance Blog , New Driver , Driving Test read more

21
7

Top 5 Economy Cars

When it comes to selecting the best economy cars for the UK roads, the fuel and mileage factors are the first things to be considered. Although the fuel prices might be a low and steadily decreasing, it is what keeps the car shoppers in the UK bustling around when they ...

Well Dunn Insurance Economy Cars , Blog , Car Efficiency read more

2
10

Best Supercars For Under £1 Million

If you are looking to spend GBP 1 million pounds on buying a lavish car, you are probably considering it as an investment as you realize that the same amount of money will fetch you a decently sized one bedroom apart in some of the respectable areas of UK. Buying ...

Well Dunn Insurance Supercars , Blog , Well Dunn Insurance read more

9
7

How Does Your Job Affect You Insurance?

According to a recent research on car insurance premiums across UK, it has been stated that your job affects your insurance premium by as much as £1400 per year. The car insurers of the UK perceive certain professions such as journalists, doctors and media professionals to be at high risk ...

Well Dunn Insurance Blog , Personal Information , Motor Insurance , Occupation Insurance read more

27
10

Safest Countries To Drive In

Whenever you are planning a holiday in a different country, the thought of whether to drive or not comes for a good reason. Driving down an unknown land gives you the freedom to explore the locales at your own pace. However, not every country offers safe roads to it’s users. ...

Well Dunn Insurance Blog , Safe Driving read more