LF67 EDR

Since the 63-reg, i was the first person to upload the newest plate on the site (uploading the first 63, 14, 64, 15, 65, 16, 66, and 17). But congratulations on the first 67-reg!!

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Sorry to break your tradition
By the way how can you search for the year codes? On the GB search I can only get results by entering the full plate number, whereas other galleries you can enter partial plates to get results...

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Ahh very clever, I was trying to work it out, thanks!

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It is not allowed on the road till 1st September? But why didn't he received an August plate?

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This is a good question. I think it might look strange to people from other countries!

In the UK, a new number is released every 6 months. So people will order a new car, and wait to collect until the 1st of March or September. It is a status symbol, to have a brand new car of the latest release!
So the owner of this car can collect it today, and have a "17" number, but it is already 6 months old, so they want to have the newest number.

The first week of each new registration launch is very busy for a car garage selling new cars. The month before is always quiet, so that is the best time to get a good price on a new car, because most people wait until the next month.

Since 1998 it has been every 6 months, but before 1998 it was only once a year, on the 1st August, so it was a bigger status symbol to have a new number, but people still like to have it today too...

So because this plate is not yet valid until 1st September, it must not be allowed on the road.

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Thank you for the explanation, Tom! This is really interesting.

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Indeed thank you for the explanation. I had the same question as Нец. And nice spot!

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I'm always happy to answer questions I think our plate design is very boring, but our plate system is quite interesting!


Thanks! And no problem

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Tom, could you also explain such "high" letters as EDR on this early 67-serie plate? I thought that the letters are assigned in alphabetical order (AAA, AAB, AAC ... ABA, ABB, ABC and so on). Isn't it so?

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I think the last three are random in the 2001 format, the older format used to show where the car was from with the first two of the three characters I believe. I could be wrong though.

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When you buy a new car from a garage, then you are usually given a choice of numbers to choose from by the garage. Each garage is assigned a batch of letters from the DVLA to avoid conflict. So it is possible this garage was given LF67 EDA until EEY. And maybe the Ford garage the other side of town has EFA until EJY because it is expected they will sell more cars. So when you are buying the car, the sales person will give you a list to choose. Some people might be lucky and see something interesting like the initials of their name, or something interesting to the car (AMG perhaps). When I worked for Subaru we sold a new car, and the owner chose the plate ending in WRC, because of the rally cars - and it was only by good luck this was available! If you do not choose a number yourself, then the garage administration will choose it for you. This makes the registration process faster during a busy time, and any numbers that are not registered by the garage at the end of the month, are returned to the DVLA for general issue. The rest of the year, some bigger garages have a small list always from the DVLA to choose, and smaller garages just apply when the car is sold, and given the next available number.
So it is then, for "general application" you would be correct about the issue of AAA, AAB, AAC... ABA, ABB, ABC... Unless ABB was already chosen by someone above, then it is ABA, ABC, ABD...
Also some interesting sequences are kept by the DVLA, for example "GTR", "SAM", "TOM", "CAR", because they can sell these at auction for more money as vanity plates...


Correct about them having no meaning on the 2001 system, but they can be issued sequentially as mentioned above.
On the previous format it was the last two letters that gave the region code - which is a totally different code than the 2001 system, just to be difficult!

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That's clear now, many thanks, Tom!

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I see, thank you once again for clearing that up!

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You are both welcome

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