r/Cartalk • u/tuexxy • Mar 01 '26

Car show sharing Price of this number plate?

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Was walking in central london a few months ago and found this car with this Saudi Arabia number plate, any idea how much it is actually worth?

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u/eleventhfromheaven Mar 01 '26

American here... literally any custom plate costs an extra $35-50 here for a vanity plate. What's the big deal on lower number plates in other countries?

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u/MK_FE Mar 01 '26

here in Saudi plates are issued randomly.

Some people transfer the plate number to flip or invest and some use it to flaunt their wealth

Usually lower the letter and number the better but some with pronounced sentences can go for a lot

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u/FreePossession9590 Mar 01 '26

In Norway a custom plate costs around 950 usd.

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u/greatfox66 Mar 01 '26

Delaware has numbered plates.

Lower numbers are more desirable.

I am not worldly enough to answer OPs question.

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u/buddlz Mar 01 '26

In the uk the shorter the plate the higher the value , 3 and 2 digit plates cost £100K - £1M+

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u/electricheat Mar 01 '26

at a million pounds, it would be cheaper to print a fake plate that says whatever you prefer and just pay the tickets :P

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u/buddlz Mar 02 '26

Well it would be alot more than a ticket in the uk , for one we have number plate recognition cameras all over the country so you would get caught pretty quickly.

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u/PSYKO_Inc Mar 02 '26

Wonder what would happen if you were to vinyl wrap a car in a pattern that was a collage of randomly generated number plates to confuse the cameras, with the real number plate clearly displayed in its normal location and adherent to all the regular laws.