An Indian business man has forked out 415,000 Indian rupees for personal number plate CH-04-K-0001. In India this is a ton of cash, converted to British Pounds it is about £5,243.00 which although a lot of money, it’s a pretty unremarkable figure in UK personal number plates terms.
The new owner, Harjinder Singh Pannu, bought this personal number plate for his Audi on Wednesday at the auction held by the Registering and Licenseing Authority (RLA). India’s equivalent to our very own Driver and vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). There were 36 personal number plates entered in the auction which is reported to have raised 1,763,000 rupees.
The desirability of the personal number plates entered in this auction no doubt creates a stir in India. Honestly speaking they look pretty naff to me, not the quality we are used to seeing at the DVLA auctions. The quantity of personal number plates offered is minute compared to our auctions. The next DVLA auction has 1600 car registration numbers entered with private number plates like 4 O entered in it.
