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Asians pay most for private number plates The Sun News
Asians pay most for reg plates
Gold plated ... 1 RAN cost £51,500
CAR-loving British Asians have topped a list of drivers paying fortunes for personalised number plates.
Tens of thousands of pounds have gone on ethnic-themed registrations in the past year.
The priciest at £254,000 was 51 NGH — Singh — which went at auction to a mystery buyer.
Other huge sums paid to the DVLA include £18,000 for AHM 5D (Ahmed), £51,500 for 1 RAN (Iran), £20,500 for SYR 1A (Syria), £16,500 for 81 ACK (Black) and £27,200 for WEL 5H (Welsh).
Plate sales raised £87million for the Treasury last year.
Lib Dem transport spokesman Norman Baker said: “This array of cherished plates reflects Britain’s changing face.”
THIEVES stole 22,000 plates last year, figures revealed yesterday — using them to drive off without paying for fuel and to fool speed cameras.
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