UK Registration query - E36 328i

[battman]

Hi all, posibly a silly question but ts something ive been looking into recently. Myself and a friend have recently acquired a 1996 328i, and after poking around a little I came across something. The vehicle we own is registration N78 xxx, and both N74 and N76 with the same suffix were also BMW's of some kind, looks like another 3 series in another clour and either a 535i or 735i. Is this likely to just be coincidence? I wondered if it might be possible that it could be part of some group of BMW motorshow / press cars?

Just a recent musing, grateful for thoughts!

[Butter Face]

Probably all registered at the same dealer on the same day. Not overly uncommon.

[battman]

Ahh fair do’s, thought it would be something like that. was hoping for something more exciting!

[iSore]

If the last two letters are from Berkshire (AN, RX, CF etc) then it will have been a BMW company car at head office. I have one. they used to register a few hundred cars a years and after 3 months, auction them off to main dealers for AUC stock.

[4rephill]

Back in 1988 I owned a 1980 E12 BMW 520 with the registration number: GOB 264W

Whilst driving to work one morning, I pulled up at traffic lights behind a green BMW E21 320, and was amazed to see that its registration number was GOB 265W!

Now 8 years after the cars were first registered, and @ 30 miles away from the original dealership that sold them, what were the chances of these two cars being in the same place, at the same time, one behind the other?