So I know alot of people on here who live in the states want / have a Euro front plate. I'm planning on getting a German front plate so i reserched into it so it would be a proper looking plate since I want an OEM Euro looking Focus. So I thought I would do a little wright up so you can make a proper looking custom number plate.
German plates-
Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia use a similar system.
Made on https://www.licenseplates.tv/index.php
-The first 1-3 letters are the district where the car is licensed. SLS is Saarlouis, Sarrland, Germany. I picked that because that where the plant is that makes the Euro Focus.
-Following the district letter code will be the emission test (front plate)/vehicle safety test (rear plate) stickers and registration seal.
-Then 1 or 2 "random" letters followed by 1 to 4 "random" numbers.
-Including the district letter code the plate wont be more then 8 digits.
There are banned letter combinations. Most common are Nazi abbreviations. HJ (Hitlerjugend, Hitler Youth), NS (Nationalsozialismus, National Socialism), SA (Sturmabteilung), SS (Schutzstaffel) and KZ (Konzentrationslager, concentration camp) are all banned combinations.
District letter code map of Germany
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany
UK PLATES -
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site. There is alot more info on the Wikipedia page.
- An area code (the local memory tag) consisting of two letters, the first relating to the region, the second the local registration office. Note that the letters I, Q and Z are not used in this code. Area code chart is on the Wikipedia page.
- A two-digit age identifier, which changes twice a year, in March and September. The code is either the last two digits of the year itself (e.g. "05" for 2005) if issued between March and August, or else has 50 added (e.g. 55 for September 2005) if issued between September and February the following year
- A random three-letter sequence with no specific meaning beyond that of uniquely distinguishing each of the vehicles displaying the same initial four-character area and age sequence. The letters I and Q are excluded from the three-letter sequence, as are combinations that may appear offensive (including those in foreign languages).
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom
Ireland -
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site.
Registration marks on number plates in Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are:
- YY — a 2-digit year (e.g. 87 for 1987; 05 for 2005)
- CC — a 1- or 2-character county identifier (e.g. D for Dublin; SO for Sligo). County codes chart is on the Wikipedia page.
- SSSSSS — a 1- to 6-digit sequence number, starting with the first vehicle registered in the county that year.
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland
Italy-
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site.
- A simple alpha-numeric serial code takes the form AA 999 AA. Here ‘A’ can be any letter of the Roman alphabet except I, O, Q, U and is treated as a base-22 digit; ‘9’ can be any decimal digit. e.g. AX 848 LK. The three-digit number changes first, then the letters from right to left. So, first plate is AA 000 AA, followed by AA 001 AA...AA 999 AA, then AA 000 AB etc.
- On the right side of the plate is a blue band with the year of regestration and the provincial designator. Chart of provincial designators is on the wikipedia page.
referecne - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Italy
MORE INFO REFER TO POST #'s 4, 5...
German plates-
Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia use a similar system.
Made on https://www.licenseplates.tv/index.php
-The first 1-3 letters are the district where the car is licensed. SLS is Saarlouis, Sarrland, Germany. I picked that because that where the plant is that makes the Euro Focus.
-Following the district letter code will be the emission test (front plate)/vehicle safety test (rear plate) stickers and registration seal.
-Then 1 or 2 "random" letters followed by 1 to 4 "random" numbers.
-Including the district letter code the plate wont be more then 8 digits.
There are banned letter combinations. Most common are Nazi abbreviations. HJ (Hitlerjugend, Hitler Youth), NS (Nationalsozialismus, National Socialism), SA (Sturmabteilung), SS (Schutzstaffel) and KZ (Konzentrationslager, concentration camp) are all banned combinations.
District letter code map of Germany
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany
UK PLATES -
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site. There is alot more info on the Wikipedia page.
- An area code (the local memory tag) consisting of two letters, the first relating to the region, the second the local registration office. Note that the letters I, Q and Z are not used in this code. Area code chart is on the Wikipedia page.
- A two-digit age identifier, which changes twice a year, in March and September. The code is either the last two digits of the year itself (e.g. "05" for 2005) if issued between March and August, or else has 50 added (e.g. 55 for September 2005) if issued between September and February the following year
- A random three-letter sequence with no specific meaning beyond that of uniquely distinguishing each of the vehicles displaying the same initial four-character area and age sequence. The letters I and Q are excluded from the three-letter sequence, as are combinations that may appear offensive (including those in foreign languages).
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom
Ireland -
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site.
Registration marks on number plates in Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are:
- YY — a 2-digit year (e.g. 87 for 1987; 05 for 2005)
- CC — a 1- or 2-character county identifier (e.g. D for Dublin; SO for Sligo). County codes chart is on the Wikipedia page.
- SSSSSS — a 1- to 6-digit sequence number, starting with the first vehicle registered in the county that year.
reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland
Italy-
Copied directly from Wikipedia since its in a simple outline on the site.
- A simple alpha-numeric serial code takes the form AA 999 AA. Here ‘A’ can be any letter of the Roman alphabet except I, O, Q, U and is treated as a base-22 digit; ‘9’ can be any decimal digit. e.g. AX 848 LK. The three-digit number changes first, then the letters from right to left. So, first plate is AA 000 AA, followed by AA 001 AA...AA 999 AA, then AA 000 AB etc.
- On the right side of the plate is a blue band with the year of regestration and the provincial designator. Chart of provincial designators is on the wikipedia page.
referecne - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Italy
MORE INFO REFER TO POST #'s 4, 5...