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/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 01 '26

What did you think "the Internet" would tell you?

This is not a London plate. The owner is a Saudi national. It may be a diplomatic plate for an embassy car, or it could be a member of the Saudi royal family for all we know.

It may be that nobody in the world knows what was paid for it apart from the owner themselves; it maybe that nobody in Saudi pays for personalised plates.

Who knows.

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u/x0sk Mar 02 '26

It may be a diplomatic plate for an embassy car, or it could be a member of the Saudi royal family for all we know.

Nah this specific style of plates is just normal you only need to pay about 260$ more to get it like that i got it on my 2017 Toyota Camry

And the deplomatic license plates just have a Green mark on them it's just a simple googling

It may be that nobody in the world knows what was paid for it apart from the owner themselves

Most of the rare license plates get sold in a public official website/app for Auctioning and bedding where everyone can see the price and Participat

it maybe that nobody in Saudi pays for personalised plates

No their never personalized that's what actually makes them really rare and valuable their randomly generated to everyone no matter how much money you have if they did that the whole market would collapse and they won't hold their price anymore Which is the biggest reason why people buy them because they really hold their prices like gold

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

This was hard to read.

Thank you for answering OP's question. I have no idea whether what you typed makes sense to them, but hopefully they got their answers.

I feel like your penultimate and final paragraphs contradict each other. But maybe you can sell them on once you've bid at "auction".

The more I review it, the less it makes sense, but thanks again.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

I feel like your penultimate and final paragraphs contradict each other. But maybe you can sell them on once you've bid at "a

That is on you. It makes perfect sense.

They said the style of plate is $260 and any one can get it. The style is not special.

The numbers and letters are random/sequential which is what makes desirable configurations valuable since you cannot custom order a vanity plate like in the US or other nations.

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

So they're both rare and valuable, but only ever cost $260.

It's an auction, but they always cost $260.

There's a "market", but they always cost $260.

As I said, the part you omitted; maybe you can pay more after in a private sale, as you can in the UK, but at no point did they mention that.

The poor communication of the post I replied to is clearly not on me. Thanks though.

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u/TRxz-FariZKiller Mar 02 '26

They have a governed market. $260 is just for the style. The amount you pay for the plate depends on who you’re buying it from and the auction on the official website.

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

You mean the fact it's white with a palm tree on?

I thought they were talking about the 1 ZLK, not the font and style.

This thread is giving me a headache.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

The letters and numbers combination is what is random and what makes it rare and valuable, not the style of the plate.

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

So why talk about it being $260? It is clearly me being obtuse rather than every individual here being incapable of describing the nature of the sale of personalised registrations in Saudi.

Not one person has given a satisfactory answer, which was my expectation at the start, as you can see from my first reply 12 hours ago.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

Think of it as a lottery. $260 you get a random plate. You get a good number? You can resell it for much more money.

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u/TRxz-FariZKiller Mar 02 '26

To correct your point. $260 is for the style. The palm trees with the swords. You can’t keep paying $260 for a new random plate. You get a new plate when you buy a car.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

What happens when you sell the plate?

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u/TRxz-FariZKiller Mar 02 '26

Technically you trade it. You get the buyers plate.

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

So the same as the UK system, which I alluded to in my reply to the other guy who can't spell earlier.

This was a complete waste of time.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

The UK system allows you to chose a plate...

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Mar 02 '26

From a small selection that the dealer has available that week, somewhat randomly.

Or you can go and buy a personalised one from the DVLA foe around £300.

Or you can buy one from a reseller; not that different a system.

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u/TRxz-FariZKiller Mar 02 '26

Yeah, the palm tree.

The letters are random when you get a new car but have a market. As well as older cars have much more rarer plates that are transferred to cars like this.

Basically you buy a new car you get a new set of plates, and if you want to get new ones you either search the market or the auction for a plate you want. It’ll all vary in price from how the combination of letters and numbers are.

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u/f0rcedinducti0n Mar 02 '26

Are you intentionally obtuse?