The most expensive number plates –
ONE of the most luxurious additions you can add to your car is a DVLA personalised number plate.
It costs as little as a few hundreds pounds to get your own plate made.
Some are willing to shell out big bucks to get the registration of their dreams.
The more lucrative a number plate, the more people want to get their hands on it.
Some collectors look out for the rarest plates of them all which include the first number plates to be made and those from vintage cars.
The number plate may be personal to the driver, which doesn’t always mean it comes at a good price.
In 2017, Brits splashed out on £111 millions worth of personalised number plates.
But, which are the most expensive to be sold to date in the UK?
1. 25 0 – £518,480
The most expensive number plates to be sold in the UK is simply 25 0.
The owner is an avid fan of Ferrari’s and it was predicted that he brought the number plate to go on his Ferrari 250 GT SWB.
2. X 1 – £502,500
The second number plate to cost over half a million on this list is X 1.
The plate was sold for an eye-watering amount of £502,500 in 2012 by a private buyer.
3. G 1 – £500,000
The plate sold for exactly half a million in an auction in 2011.
The owner was never revealed but it’s a wonder if they are a fan of action show G.I.Joe.
4. RR 1 – £472,000
The RR 1 was sold in 2018 for £472,000.
The number plate is one of the oldest around, first made in 1925.
It was once the most expensive number plates in the world when it sold for £4,800 in 1968.
5. F 1 – £440,625
A Formula 1 fans dream.
The title of the well loved motorsports series was sold at auction in 2018 for £440,625.
The owner may not be driving around in an F1 cars but will still feel like a driver with this special number plate.
6. S 1 – £404,063
The first ever number plate to be issued in Scotland was the S 1.
It was sold in 2008 for £404,063 and is believed to be worth over a million pounds if sold now.
7. 1 D – £352,411
No, this number plate isn’t owned by one of the members of One Direction.
The plate was won at auction by a Lebanese property developer as a present for his wife, in 2009.
After a bidding war, he ended up paying £352,411.
8. 1 S – £340,000
The ! S was sold in March 2010.
Currently, no vehicle details can be found for this number plate.
9. M 1 – £331,000
This number plate was sold at the iconic Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed sale of sports in 2006.
The M 1 was the first number plate to be registered in Cheshire in 1903, making it one of the oldest around.
10. GB 1 – £325,000
One of the more patriotic number plates, the GB 1 picked up £325,00 when sold in 2009.
It was purchased by a private buyer and now sits on a Rolls-Royce Phantom.
These are some of the most expensive number plates ever sold