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The 20 most expensive numberplates sold at British auctions

Published 11 November 2016
By Will Dron
For some, they're the least cool thing you can do to a car since furry dice but some personalised numberplates are as highly prized...
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I have an unusual private registration plate - how...

Q. I recently transferred an unusual private registration to my car: 1386 R. How can I find out what cars this number has been registered to? The...
Published 28 April 2015
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News: New registrations surge 6.6% in July as driver...

The new car market continued its turbocharged trajectory in July with registrations up 6.6% to 172,907. The result led the industry to revise its...
Published 06 August 2014
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Pleasure seekers

A real sports car should have a roof that folds down and an engine behind the driver, or so goes the fondly held view of men with string-backed driving...
Published 02 April 2014
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Tiny tearaways

This car is almost identical to the Volkswagen Up! and Seat Mii but offers better value than either.
Published 02 April 2014
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People eaters

If space is the final frontier, then set a course for the Citroën C4 Grand Picasso. Like a black hole, this car will swallow anything you can throw...
Published 02 April 2014
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Minor miracles

Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.0T EcoBoost stop-start 5-dr This is such a brilliant small car that you will be smitten
Published 02 April 2014
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High and mighty

Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue SE Despite strong competition from the new BMW X5, the Range Rover is still the car to beat
Published 02 April 2014
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All aboard!

VW Golf 1.4 TSI SE 5-dr “If you set out to rethink the concept of a table, you’ll end up with a table.
Published 02 April 2014
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Suited and booted

BMW 318d Sport against an ageing Mercedes C-class that’s due to be replaced this summer and an uninspiring Audi A4
Published 02 April 2014