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Looking to find your cars year of manufacture from the registration number?
The following tables show the year or registration for the current and previous versions of registration numbers.

Important notes:
Vehicles with custom plates or Q plates are not covered, as they can be any year.
The registration is the date the vehicle was first registered in the UK. It is possible for it to have been manufactured the previous year but not registered, and import vehicles may not have the correct year specific registration number.

Current System - 2001 to 2049 (assuming it runs to the end)

Number plates are now issued twice a year, and are in the format 'AB51 ABC', where the numeric characters show the year.

Prefix Type registration numbers - 1983 to 2001

Number plates are in the format 'A21 ABC', with the first letter denoting the year code.

Suffix type registration numbers - 1963 to 1983

Number plates are in the format 'ABC 1A', with the last letter designating the year code.