Cars on late / odd plates
Discussion
loose cannon said:
A friend used to have a series 1 escort rs turbo a long time ago that was registerd D---DAS can't remember the numbers In between, I wonder if it's still about ?
There were around 50 Series 1 RS Turbos on “D“ plates, I had one of them for a while - D121WDO recently resurfaced after restoration with surprisingly few miles on it 
. Our Swift is an unusual one. The facelift model came out September 2010 on a 60 plate, but ours is a pre-facelift registered May 2011 on an 11 plate.
I originally thought it was just because they kept the automatic going longer in the older shape but I've since seen a couple of manuals on the 11 reg. Having said that, in total I've only ever seen 3 or 4 other Swifts in the same guise but countless 60/11 plates of the facelift car. I've been told by the Suzuki dealer that our car was one of the very last registered in the older model.
I originally thought it was just because they kept the automatic going longer in the older shape but I've since seen a couple of manuals on the 11 reg. Having said that, in total I've only ever seen 3 or 4 other Swifts in the same guise but countless 60/11 plates of the facelift car. I've been told by the Suzuki dealer that our car was one of the very last registered in the older model.
anothernameitist said:
W00DY said:
Ledbury Maestros which as far as I remeber were built overseas and didn't sell leading them to be imported and sold as new cars here. I pity the person who bought this new in 2001.
What a heap of s
t they were - just look at the state of that. What a piece of junk.ColdoRS said:
2010 Sagaris. A good few years after the TVR factory closed.
scorcher said:
Think there's a few late registered TVR's knocking around,bodyshells and part finished ones that were bought by dealers after the factory shut its doors and then finished off /built up with new parts and registered as new.
That would make sense. The original run of the Sagaris was 2005-2006, but when the factory closed there were several unfinished cars, including just body shells.
There was also a "Sagaris 2" prototype touted around for a while, which rather controversially was allegedly built from a part-finished customer car whose owner, it is alleged, was never refunded their deposit and down payments. Or so I heard. Allegedly.
Shakermaker said:
Targarama said:
Same happened with my old E39. September 2003 car, registered in Belfast, then came into mainland UK onto an 04 plate.
Sounds odd.. I thought a car registered in Belfast would be treated the same as any other UK car, but just with NI dateless plates on it? I would've thought the same, however, the last of the e39 tourings were on a 54 anyway so there's nothing unusual about an 04 plate one.
njw1 said:
Shakermaker said:
Targarama said:
Same happened with my old E39. September 2003 car, registered in Belfast, then came into mainland UK onto an 04 plate.
Sounds odd.. I thought a car registered in Belfast would be treated the same as any other UK car, but just with NI dateless plates on it? I would've thought the same, however, the last of the e39 tourings were on a 54 anyway so there's nothing unusual about an 04 plate one.
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