DVLA Number Plates - Something for everyone!

DVLA Number Plates - What are they?

DVLA number plates are personalised number plates which are issued by the DVLA, or Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority. Most people tend to choose a letter (from A-Y, not including I, Q or U - which is the year identifier), followed by a number from 1-20 (with number 1 giving the most expensive DVLA number plate) and finally any combination of 3 letters (again, not including I, Q, U or Z due to the possibility of confusion with other letters and numbers). The last 3 letters did contain some sort of location identifier, but this was very confusing and most people were not aware of this.

These types of number plates are available from us starting at a very reasonable £160.

More recently, DVLA number plates have taken the form of 2 letters (which form a location identifier - e.g. CA is for Cardiff, FA is Nottingham and PB would be Preston), followed by 2 numbers (which form a year identifier to tell you when the car was registered), and then 3 letters, except that the letter Z is now allowed. Examples of this type of number plate would be JN06 JON and M155 LKF.

The first type of number plates released by the DVLA are now called dateless number plates due to their lack of year identifier. They took many forms, but generally it would be 1-3 letters followed by 1-3 numbers. The reverse was subsequently also made available (i.e. 1-3 numbers, followed by 1-3 letters). These types of plates are in general the most expensive number plates to buy now as it's very popular to remove the year identifier from your vehicle so that nobody knows how old it is! They can also be assigned to any vehicle, regardless of its age, whereas a number plate with a year identifier can only be assigned to a vehicle registered in the same year or later, to stop people from trying to make their cars look newer than they actually are to help boost the price when they come to sell it!

When purchasing DVLA number plates via our site, we have to be very strict about how you space and display it. It is not uncommon to see a car where letters and numbers have been moved around slightly to try and spell a name, or even the font is totally different to the legal requirements in order to give an even more personalised feel. However, we cannot condone this as it is against the law. It may also result in your vehicle failing its MOT test, not to mention being pulled over by the police!