Thread: $840K Number Plate for RANGE ROVER!?!?!

Businessman pays $840k for number plate


Saturday Jan 26 11:17 AEDT
A new record has been set for Britain's most expensive vehicle number plate, after "F1" fetched 375,000 pounds (AUS$840,000).
Essex County Council east of London said the registration number — which has been on sale for three years — was sold privately to automotive designer and businessman Afzal Kahn.
The previous record of 331,000 pounds (AUS$740,000) was held by the "M1" plate.
"F1" was first registered in 1904 when it belonged to the county surveyor of Essex and has remained in the council's possession ever since. The money raised will go towards training schemes for young drivers, the local authority said.

Kahn said he was honoured to have such a prestigious plate and would put it on his new Range Rover.

Now I love Range Rovers, but that's about as far from an F1 car as you can get - save maybe a Defender and then farm machinery. And it's not like Range Rovers are particularly rare or hard to get - he should have put it on a Bugatti Veyron or maybe a Pagani Zonda...

Originally Posted by BigJon

If it is the same Kahn I have heard about he specializes in doing vehicle upgrades, particularly Range Rovers.

Yes John - you are spot on - a chum of mine transports some of his 'creations'

Project Kahn