What does it mean when a car is described as 54 or 56 etc?

[slinkycat]

Know nothing about cars so please humour me, looking for a van or minibus to convert into a campervan, what does it mean when it says for eg, such & such year, 56 plate?

[Buenchico]

Number plates currently have the year of registration shown if the car was registered within the first half of that year. e.g. 'AB04 XYZ' means that the car was registered in the first half of 2004. (NB: For the purposes of working out when a vehicle was registered, a year actually starts in March. So a '04 plate' actually means that the vehicle was registered between March and August in 2004)

Vehicles registered in the second half of the year display the same number as those registered within the first half of the year but with 50 added onto it. So vehicles registered in the second half of 2004 (which actually means from September 2004 to February 2005) will have a '54 plate', such as AB54 XYZ.

Similarly, a '56 plate' means that the vehicle was first registered in the second half of 2006 (which actually means between September 2006 and February 2007).

Chris

[slinkycat]

Thanks Chris, a mine of information as ever:-) had to read it several times, too much vino with friends!

[tadew95087]

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