You remember that at the end of January we told you about a "F1" license plate sold for $880.000? I thought that was really expensive. Now i consider it a bargain! Why? because in the United Arab Emirates a license plate was sold for 25 million dirhams ($6.75 million)! Is not that surprising considering it comes from the UAE, but still!!!
It all happened during an auction where people battle to own a license plates with the lowest digit. As a result, the numbers "5" and "7" have already been snapped up, sold for 25 million dirhams ($6.75 million) and 11 million dirhams ($2.97 million) respectively.
Next week, the country will put up for auction the mother of all vanity plates: the number "1." It is expected to immediately set a new record for the most expensive plate in the world.
"As low as the number goes, as high the price goes also," said Abdullah Al Mannaei, who runs the license plate auctions in the capital city, Abu Dhabi.
"If it’s a two-digit number, if it’s similar like ’99’ or ’22,’ that goes (for) a higher amount."
On January 31st at 13:20 pm at the high speed racetrack at Papenburg the 730hp G-POWER M5 HURRICANE reaches a top speed of exact 360km/h and with it broke the old world record for the fastest street legal BMW of 331,78 km/h.
The M5 Hurricane is powered by a 5.0-litre V10 engine that delivers 730 hp. When they unveiled the tuning-kit they say it will hit a top speed of 340 km/h, but the Papenburg record broke any expectations.
When it comes about a car you love, you might understand why someone will pay almost $1 million for it, but when you pay this amount of money for a F1 license plate... well, you might have reasons not to agree with the guy! But who am I to tell people what to do with their money, right?
The man who did this is the businessman Afzal Kahn (Kahn Design owner) who paid this week-end £330,000 plus VAT (meaning £440,000 or $880,000) for a F1 license plate, Britain’s most expensive registration.
Previous record was £331,000 for M1, sold by auctioneers Bonhams in July 2006.
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