21 of the most expensive car number plates in UK

- Auto Trader announces list of 21 of the most expensive number plates ahead of March number plate change
- The online marketplace for new and used cars has also released leasing and new car deals for buyers to snap up with savings of up to £7,600

Despite the third national lockdown, consumers’ confidence in being able to afford their next car has reached a peak, with many still looking to buy.

Car buyers registering their brand-new cars from 1st March 2021, will be able to get their hands on the latest number plates which include ‘21’, unless of course they go for a private plate.

The very British phenomenon of personalising number plates doesn’t seem to be abating, with the prices of bespoke plates rocketing in recent years, and even hitting six figure sums.

Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital marketplace for new and used cars, has collated a list of the 21 priciest car number plates sold in the UK:

- 25 0 (£518,480)- This was bought at auction by a Ferrari trader who put on his rare Ferrari 250 SWB that was previously owned by Eric Clapton. To date, this is the most expensive plate that has ever been sold by the DVLA
- X 1 (£502,500)- The original sale price for this was a staggering £1million, however someone got a ‘steal’, paying just half that amount in 2012.

- G 1 (£500,000)- Adorned on an Aston Martin this number plate was sold in 2011, making it the most expensive plate in the UK at the time.