Guides
Plain-English guides to UK number plates.
- How old is my car? Working out age from the regWhat the plate tells you about a car’s age, and when it doesn’t.
- What year car can my private plate go on?The one rule DVLA applies, with examples for every plate format.
- How UK number plates show their ageCurrent, prefix and suffix formats explained, and why plates change in March and September.
- Dateless, Northern Irish and Q platesPlates with no year on them: what they are and what they can go on.