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How old is an X plate car?
For example, you would not be allowed to assign a 63 Plate to a 54 plate vehicle. You can however, change your vehicle’s registration to a newer vehicle model….Prefix Registration Plates.
| Prefix | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| V | August 1999 | February 2000 |
| W | March 2000 | July 2000 |
| X | August 2000 | February 2001 |
| Y | March 2001 | July 2001 |
What is R Reg?
On these familar old-style car number plates – and the even older ones in the format JPB 123R that preceeded them – the letter where the ‘R’ appears identifies the age of the car. So a car with the ‘R’ reg plate shown above was registered between August 1997 and July 1998, and in August 1998 the letter changed to ‘S’.
What year was R on number plate?
1997
The chart below lists the letter and registration year of all vehicles from 1963 to 1982….United Kingdom.
| Letter | Year of Registration |
|---|---|
| P | 1996 |
| R | 1997 |
| S | 1998 |
| T | 1999 |
What year is a 17 plate?
Age identifier
| Year | 1 March to end August | 1 September to end February |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 16 | 66 |
| 2017/18 | 17 | 67 |
| 2018/19 | 18 | 68 |
| 2019/20 | 19 | 69 |
What year is 00 plate?
The last three letters of the number plate are randomly selected and allocated to dealers when the vehicles are registered. The current system is able to run up until February 2051, with the last age-identifier being ’00’.
What year is an Reg?
How old is my car?
| A reg year | 1963 |
|---|---|
| M / N reg year | 1995 |
| N / P reg year | 1996 |
| P / R reg year | 1997 |
| R / S reg year | 1998 |
What year is a 51 plate?
2001
Age identifier
| Year | 1 March to end August | 1 September to end February |
|---|---|---|
| 2001/02 | 51 | |
| 2002/03 | 02 | 52 |
| 2003/04 | 03 | 53 |
| 2004/05 | 04 | 54 |
What’s newer 17 or 67 plate?
March through to August – the number plate represents the year e.g. cars produced in 2017 with have a ’17’ plate. September through to February – the number plate represents the year prefixed by a six for September e.g. cars produced from September 2017 until February 2018 will have a ’67’ plate.