Looie

Just read about this:


A new record has been set for the UK's most expensive vehicle number plate - after "F1" fetched £375,000.

Essex County Council said the registration number was sold privately to automotive designer and businessman Afzal Kahn, of Kahn Design Ltd.

The previous record of £331,000 was held by the "M1" plate.

The number plate, which has been for sale for three years, was first registered in 1904 when it belonged to the county surveyor of Essex. It has remained in the possession of the county council ever since.

Lord Hanningfield, the current leader of the authority, said: "It will be with some sadness that we will be losing this little piece of Essex history but we have sold it at a time when such number plates are reaching very high sale prices on the market and we have reached a deal which breaks all previous records."

The money will be put towards the education and training of young drivers in the county, he added.

Mr Kahn said: "I am privileged to have acquired such a prestigious plate. "I am extremely happy the money raised from the sale will help improve road safety and through the training of young drivers."

He added: "I look forward to the F1 number plate being placed on the ground-breaking Range Rover Cosworth that we will be launching in the coming weeks."

Lord Hanningfield will present the number plate to Mr Kahn at North Weald Airfield in Essex on Monday

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So - if anyone is around North Weald on Monday - I'm sure the press will be there in droves......... and who knew about a Range Rover Cosworth being produced???? - bet that's going to shift..........

Cocker

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yeah the b*****d - my limit was £350,000 so he just beat me to it

Looie

B0DSKI

iTrader: (17)

I saw that plate on a Black Volvo in Colchester a while back, figured it my be a racing driver, not a member of Essex council!!

Milamber

iTrader: (2)

Odd, I found this on The Times website....

The Bradford entrepreneur, who owns a specialist car design company, plans to display the number plate on his £317,000 Mercedes SLR McLaren supercar.

WRX_Dazza

£375k buys an awful lot of coke/booze/totty/cars.....

why waste it on 2 bits of plastic???

B0DSKI

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Ask Jordan

Cocker

iTrader: (3)

Its not even that, its a bit of paper. bet you see him in halfords paying £19.99 to get them made up

53

iTrader: (41)

And if the retention certificate lapses all he will see is the £80 assignment fee refunded

Nate

iTrader: (2)

The car was based in Southend that had that number plate on ..... Used to see it regularly.