How Much is a Private Registration Plate Really Worth?
If you have ever decided to treat yourself to a privatised registration plate you will know that once you get beyond the incomprehensible variations on barely significant digits, things get pricey! But for some money simply isn’t a factor so just exactly how much are they willing to spend on a piece of plastic on the bumper of their supercars. A great way to assert your importance when on the road would be to buy the worlds most arrogant number plate, ‘VIP 1’ was first used on Pope John Paul II’s popemobile. It is now unsurprisingly owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who reportedly paid 285,000 for the privilege of being recognised as ‘the number one VIP’. BT Cellnet paid Liverpool’s Mike McCoomb over 40m for his mobile phone store in 2000. A business deal which allowed him to do things like spend 330,000 on the number plate ‘M1’ for his six year old son. Unfortunately he won’t be able to drive for nine more years but it doesn’t matter as he probably doesn’t know what M1 is
