How Much is a Private Registration Plate Really Worth?

If you have ever decided to treat yourself to aas he probably doesn't know what M1 is supposed
privatised registration plate you will know thatto mean.
once you get beyond the incomprehensibleAfzal Kahn, a Bradford entrepreneur broke
variations on barely significant digits, things getMcCoomb's record by spending 440,000 on his 'F1'
pricey! But for some money simply isn't a factorplate which he suitably placed on his Mercedes
so just exactly how much are they willing toSLR McLaren, designed by the actual F1 McLaren
spend on a piece of plastic on the bumper of theirteam. Considering the fortunes involved in Formula
supercars.one racing, Kahn believes he was jammy to only
A great way to assert your importance when onpay that much as he believes it could have gone
the road would be to buy the worlds mostfor much more.
arrogant number plate, 'VIP 1' was first used onThe most expensive number plate ever sold was
Pope John Paul II's popemobile. It is nowoutside of Britain in the wealthy Arab state of
unsurprisingly owned by Russian billionaire RomanAbu Dhabi. Billionaire Saeed Abdul Ghaffer Khouri
Abramovich who reportedly paid 285,000 for thebroke the world record when he paid nearly 8m
privilege of being recognised as 'the number onefor a prized '1' number plate. In Abu Dhabi's car
VIP'.culture, single digit number plates are the most
BT Cellnet paid Liverpool's Mike McCoomb overprized and obviously number one is the most
40m for his mobile phone store in 2000. Asought after. Khouri has not made it clear which
business deal which allowed him to do things likecar he will be adorning with the number plate but
spend 330,000 on the number plate 'M1' for his sixit is certain that whatever he puts it on; the
year old son. Unfortunately he won't be able tonumber plate will be worth many times more.
drive for nine more years but it doesn't matter