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What Age Car Can My Number Plate Go On?

 

The golden rule of personalised registrations is that you cannot make a vehicle look newer than it is.

It is, however, perfectly fine to put an older registration mark onto a vehicle, and dateless registrations (those issued before 1963 as well as Northern Irish reg) don't carry age identifiers at all and as a result can be used on vehicles of any age.

When purchasing your ideal private plate it's important to check that you'll be able to use it on your intended vehicle. To make this easy, select the age of your vehicle in our tool below and we'll show you which registrations will fit.

Please note that if you already have a personalised plate, this may already be masking the age of your vehicle, in which case the list of suitable reg will not relate to your vehicle but to the age of that mark instead. In this case you should use your V5C vehicle log book to identify the true age of your vehicle.

When searching for a private plate you can also filter your results to only show registrations that are suitable for the age of your vehicle.

New Style Number Plates

Originally issued for vehicles from 2001 to present.

The two digit number identifies the year of issue.


Prefix Style Number Plates

Originally issued for vehicles from 1983 to 2001.

The leading 'prefix' letter identifies the year of issue.


Suffix Style Number Plates

Originally issued for vehicles from 1963 to 1983.

The trailing 'suffix' letter identifies the year of issue.


Dateless Number Plates

Originally issued before 1963.

They have no year identifier.


Northern Irish Number Plates

Originally issued for use in Northern Ireland.

They have no year identifier.


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