If you want to personalise your car beyond all of the optional extras that are available from your local dealership, you may want to browse some of the unique car registrations for sale online. The idea of selecting a personalised registration plate for your pride and joy is not new, British motorists have been indulging in this often extravagant practice for decades.
Forget the standard registration mark that was allocated to your car when it was first registered; why not go for something a little more desirable? Eye-catching car registrations are available with prices to suit all budgets. The rule is you generally pay more for less. That means the shorter you want your car registration to be in terms of numbers and letters, the more money it is likely to cost you.
The DVLA raised over £16 million in the calendar year 2011 by auctioning off unallocated car registrations to both the trade and private buyers. A staggering £1.7 billion pounds has been raised for the government since number plate auctions were introduced in September 1989.
A large percentage of the private number plates sold by DVLA Personalised Registrations at auction are bought by cherished number plate dealers. Many of the dealers buy on behalf of their clients, but often they will buy these attractive number plates for their own stock. At any given time there are thousands of car registrations for sale on websites belonging to the cherished number plate dealers of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The most desirable car registrations are the single letter, single number combinations such as 4 A, 2 P or 9 L. Asking prices are often in excess of a hundred thousand pounds and the evidence presented suggests the market is still very buoyant. It is hard to believe that despite the fact that we are experiencing one of the worst economic downturns that many people will ever witness, last year £16m was spent at government-run personalised number plate auctions. That figure does not include any of the car registrations that were sold privately or by cherished number plate dealers.
Not all car registrations being offered for sale have six figure asking prices. Budget personalised number plates can be bought for just a few hundred pounds. That is why if you take to the roads of any major city near where you live in the United Kingdom, you are likely to see cars displaying private number plates and personalised car registrations on every journey. If the idea of adding the finishing touch to your car sounds good, click on the image at the right-hand side of this page and see if there is anything which grabs your attention. There could be a car registration for sale that is just perfect for you.
