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It may be hard to believe, but it's that time of year. The time of year when the new number plate arrives. This time, the new number plate features the number 71 and is a symbol that your car is new as it is on the latest reg. To bring in the new number plate, we've got a variety of new car offers available so you can find your new car, with a new number plate, at a great price.
Since September 2001, every number plate has featured two numbers. This number represents the year that the car was registered so '18' represents that the car was registered in 2018. But it gets a little more complicated than that. This number representing the year doesn't start until March and in September this number changes and 50 is added. So if your car was registered in March 2018 it would have an '18' number plate but if it was registered in September 2018 it would have a '68' number plate (18 + 50 = 68). This also means that a car registered in February 2019 would also be a '68' plate as the '19' plate wouldn't have started until March 2019.
The numbers are age identifiers and show when a car was registered. The meaning of each number can be seen below.
| Year | Registered between March to August | Registered from September until February of the following year |
| 2001 | - | 51 |
| 2002 | 02 | 52 |
| 2003 | 03 | 53 |
| 2004 | 04 | 54 |
| 2005 | 05 | 55 |
| 2006 | 06 | 56 |
| 2007 | 07 | 57 |
| 2008 | 08 | 58 |
| 2009 | 09 | 59 |
| 2010 | 10 | 60 |
| 2011 | 11 | 61 |
| 2012 | 12 | 62 |
| 2013 | 13 | 63 |
| 2014 | 14 | 64 |
| 2015 | 15 | 65 |
| 2016 | 16 | 66 |
| 2017 | 17 | 67 |
| 2018 | 18 | 68 |
| 2019 | 19 | 69 |
| 2020 | 20 | 70 |
| 2021 | 21 | 71 |
The plate change happens twice a year. The first change is for vehicles registered on or after the 1st of March and the scond happens on the 1st September.
Since September 2001, all number plates have been in the format AA00 BBB. The first two letters are a local memory tag to show where the vehicle was first registered. The first letter indicates the region and the second letter indicates the local DVLA office. The following two numbers indicate when a vehicle was registered as described above. The final 3 letters are random and used to make sure each number pate is unique.
One of the benefits of buying a new car is you have the latest everything: the latest model; the latest technology; the latest engine. Why not the latest number plate as well? With a new car, you get to show off a little bit and buying just as a new number plate is released means that you can keep that feeling for longer.
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As an FCA regulated credit broker we can introduce you to a selected group of lenders / brokers (see below) who may be able to help you finance your purchase. This group of lenders / brokers provides us with a range of products which may be suitable for your purchase. We will explain the key features of those products to you.
Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited, Evolution Funding Limited, Santander Consumer (UK) plc, Honda Finance Europe PLC, CA Auto Finance UK Ltd, Suzuki Financial Services Limited, Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited, Hyundai Capital UK Limited, Stellantis Financial Services Uk Limited, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, FCE Bank Plc,
We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a limited number of lenders and their finance products, we act as their agent for this introduction. We are not an independent financial advisor; we will provide details of products available. We may advise you on the products, subject to your personal circumstances, though you are not obliged to take our advice or recommendation.
We do not charge you a fee for our services. we will typically receive commission from whichever lender we introduce you to (either a fixed fee or a fixed percentage of the amount you borrow).
Unless we consider it to be inappropriate given your personal circumstances, for certain vehicles e.g. New, our approach is to introduce you to the lender who are usually able to offer the best available package for you, taking into account interest rates, residual valuations (where applicable) and other contributions. If they are unable to make you an offer of finance, or the vehicle is not one that we would normally place with them we will introduce you to other lenders on our panel. The lender we introduce you to and available rates will depend upon a number of factors including: the vehicle, your personal circumstances and the likelihood of a lender to accept an application based on information provided.
Lenders typically pay a commission to us for introducing you to them, calculated by reference to the vehicle model or amount you borrow. Different lenders may pay different commissions for such introductions; some lenders may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement, all of which are set by the lender concerned. If you would like to know the amount of any remuneration we have received from the finance provider, please ask us.
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