It is time for me to ask for your help and explain something to me. I see a lot of talk about a 59 plate or 65 plate etc and it is clearly linked to the age of the vehicle but can someone please tell me how to link the plate to the age? My plate has a 10 in it and is a 2010 model year and also built and registered in 2010. So that could make sense but what about a list of plate numbers and age and which number on the plate is the one.

Just out of interest  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Well this is my understanding......

In Britain, we have two dates in the year when the reg plats change, 1 March and 1 September. This has been running since the prefix year identifiers ran out on Y in 2001. So a car registered on 1 Sept 2001 got a 51 plate. The next change was to 02 in March 2002, and so on. The year marker, eg 16, runs from March to Sept and the second marker, which started with a 5 and is now a 6, runs from Sept.

So depending on when manufacturers run their model years will determine what plate a particular model year has. My car is a 2010 on a 10. But a similarly specced car could be 2010 on 59.

Confusing, and I'm sure others better versed in the details could make better job of explaining!

Sounds right Andy... here is the list...

51 2001 Second Half
02 2002 First Half
52 2002 Second Half
03 2003 First Half
53 2003 Second Half
04 2004 First Half
54 2004 Second Half
05 2005 First Half
55 2005 Second Half
06 2006 First Half
56 2006 Second Half
07 2007 First Half
57 2007 Second Half
08 2008 First Half
58 2008 Second Half
09 2009 First Half
59 2009 Second Half
10 2010 First Half
60 2010 Second Half
11 2011 First Half
61 2011 Second Half
12 2012 First Half
62 2012 Second Half
13 2013 First Half
63 2013 Second Half
14 2014 First Half
64 2014 Second Half
15 2015 First Half
65 2015 Second Half
16 2016 First Half Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

It's very confusing - a 2016 car could be on 65, 16 or 66 plate depending on when it is registered.

In general we think of adding 50 - so a 16 plate is first half and 66 plate will be second half but as Andy points out, the dates are off so technically there are 3 different numbers available for any given year.

I actually looked all of this up just a few weeks ago, as I was curious. He didn't even mention the region codes.

The first Uk Land Rover magazine I looked at had confusing classifieds. I remember wondering why the age of the car was quoted as "M reg" instead of a year. But the old letter prefix/suffix thing was a LOT easier.

Over here, the plates go with the owner, not the car. So the actual registration has no significance. People usually only swap to a newer plate of the old old is getting rather tatty. And the numbers are NOT in sequence anyway.

Just to confuse it further

51 2001/2002
02 2002
52 2002/2003
03 2003
53 2003/2004
04 2004
54 2004/2005
05 2005
55 2005/2006
06 2006
56 2006/2007
07 2007
57 2007/2008
08 2008
58 2008/2009
09 2009
59 2009/2010
10 2010
60 2010/2011
11 2011
61 2011/2012
12 2012
62 2012/2013
13 2013
63 2013/2014
14 2014
64 2014/2015
15 2015
65 2015/2016
16 2016

Where xxxx is 1 March to 31 August and xxxx/xxxx is 1 September to 28 February John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

Why is it done like this?

Can someone post an example pic?

Our number plates are just issued in sequence, the number depending on the style. For examples, see https://www.myplates.com.au/#/home

Often, dealers will have a batch of plates on hand ready to fit to a new car when they sell it.

Plates stay with the vehicle unless the owner transfers them to another car. However, if a car's registration is allowed to lapse, then the plate is supposed to be handed back in to the authorities and is not reissued (unless a personalised plate). If the police come across an unregistered car, they will remove the plates. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

I wrote this some years ago, just after the current system came in. I also have details of the prefices and suffices years, and the old style area letters, but too big to put in here...


"A new format for registration marks was introduced from 1 September
2001.   The new system was introduced because:

   * With the end of the "Y" registration prefix on 31 August 2001, the
     current system will run out of acceptable combinations.
   * Combined with new rules governing their display, number plates will
     become clearer and easier to remember.

The new registration marks will all be made up of seven characters.  There
are three parts to the registration mark, each with a separate meaning.

   * The first two letters show where the vehicle was registered, the local
     memory tag.
   * The two numbers indicate the age of the vehicle, the age identifier.
   * The last three letters give a unique identity to a vehicle, the random
     letters.

Local memory tags will help with the recall of number plates and the identification of vehicles.

   * The first letter represents the region.
   * The second letter relates to a DVLA Local Office.

Therefore in AB51 ABC: "AB" shows that the vehicle was first registered in
Anglia (A) at the Peterborough office (B).

Age identifiers will continue to change twice yearly in March and September.
In the example above "51" represents the 6 month period from September 2001
to February 2002.

The three final letters will provide a random element to make each
registration mark unique.

Letters "I" and "Q" are to be excluded along with letter combinations that
may be considered offensive. The letter "Z" will be acceptable in this
element of the number plate." Best Cheers

Frank
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"(o)======(o)" Range Rover 4.4 Vogue (with LPG)

Hello Frank, it's been a long time since we corresponded. Thanks for the info.

I guess the UK's method of having 2 letters to ID the location of first registration is similar to our State markings but I don't really understand why one would want a year identifier.

I see you also have a V8 petrol in Adriatic Blue as do I - I sold the P38A in December. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

Hi Ron, it is nice to hear (read) from you, it HAS been a while.
Registration year has always been important to UK governments and drivers, that's why they have messed around with the date change a few times. ISTR reading that 70 per cent of new car registrations took place in January when that was the year change... they then moved it to August and the same sort of thing happened.
I remember my mother would go to the car dealer in the middle of the night, to pick up her new car - with the new year registration plate - at a few minutes past midnight, and she wasn't the only one there either.

My P38 has gone as well. My L322 is Cairns Blue. Best Cheers

Frank
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Aha! Thanks for that Frank.

BTW, if you click on the car symbol under your name it shows Adriatic Blue.  Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

This could be useful for the earlier stuff...

http://www.cvpg.co.uk/REG.pdf GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
HAVE 1999 Discovery 2 GS 4.0 V8 - Silver - Off Road Toy
GONE 2013 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue. Black with Silver roofline and 22" s
HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

I didn't know that about the colour Ron
I will try to change it, up me pedantic side something shocking...

Can't change it, Adriatic Blue is the only colour offered to me in the little drop down box... hmmm, somebody is wrong. Land Rover tell me, in their build list, that my motor is Cairns Blue... Best Cheers

Frank
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"(o)======(o)" Range Rover 4.4 Vogue (with LPG)

paulmoran2 wrote:

This could be useful for the earlier stuff...

Frank Elson wrote:

I didn't know that about the colour Ron
I will try to change it, up me pedantic side something shocking...

Can't change it, Adriatic Blue is the only colour offered to me in the little drop down box... hmmm, somebody is wrong. Land Rover tell me, in their build list, that my motor is Cairns Blue...