Dating car registration plates

How old is the year on a car registration plate?

Car Registration Years. On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier. There may be restrictions on what registration plate you can have on your vehicle, depending on the age of it.

Can a vehicle with a personalised registration plate be used?

Vehicles cannot use a registration plate that suggests that it is newer than it actually is. Where the personalised registration number has an age identifier (i.e. current style, prefix and suffix numbers), you can only display that plate on a vehicle of equal age or newer.

Can You Put Your Name on your car number plate?

Enter your initials, name, anything!!! On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier. There may be restrictions on what registration plate you can have on your vehicle, depending on the age of it.

Do number plates always have a year identifier?

On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier. There may be restrictions on what registration plate you can have on your vehicle, depending on the age of it.

What is the year of registration on a car?

Car Registration Years. Enter your initials, name, anything!!! On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier. There may be restrictions on what registration plate you can have on your vehicle, depending on the age of it.

Can I assign a number plate to an older vehicle?

The registration is the date the vehicle was first registered in the UK. It is possible for it to have been manufactured the previous year but not registered, and import vehicles may not have the correct year specific registration number. You cannot fit or assign a number plate to a vehicle that is older than the registration identifier.

What do the dates on a cars registration plate mean?

There are four dates: the build date (which is self-explanatory - that’s when your car rolls off the production line) plus the compliance date (when the compliance plate goes on) the Model Year (or MY) and the first registration date. Compliance date - that really just tells you which version of the regulations the car complies with.

When did number plates start having years on them?

Car Registration Years. On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier.

When did number plates start having years on them?

Car Registration Years. On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier.

How old is the year on a car registration plate?

Car Registration Years. On cars and vehicles registered after the suffix number plate style came into play in 1963, the number plate used to always have a year identifier. There may be restrictions on what registration plate you can have on your vehicle, depending on the age of it.

Why do some car registration plates have two numbers?

Now the car registration system uses two numbers to denote the year of registration, which are preceded by two letters which show where the car was registered. The final three letters on the new plates are entirely random. What do the first 2 letters on a number plate mean?

How often do you change the age identifier on your plate?

● The third and fourth digits on the plate known as the ‘age identifier’ are changed every six months in March and September. ● In March the digits will always be the last two digits of the year.