Fittingly,
the registration "VIP 1" has already had it's fair share of Very
Important owners. Initially commissioned to be placed on the Popemobile
for Pope John Paul II's papal visit to Ireland, Chelsea boss Roman
Abramovich snapped up this most modest of number plates in 2006.
Most Expensive Number Plate - Number 4
M 1 - £330,000 - Mike McCoomb, UK, 2006
After
making his fortune in 2000 by selling his Mobile Phone Store to BT
Cellnet, Mike McCoomb bought this record-breaking, £330,000 number plate
in 2006, reportedly for his son's sixth birthday. By our calculations
that leaves the poor lad at least another three years before he can use
them! We bet Dad's enjoying them for now, though.
Most Expensive Number Plate - Number 3
5 - £3.5million - Talal Ali Mohammed Khoury, Abu Dhabi, 2007
Talal
Ali Mohammed Khoury broke the world record for the most expensive plate
ever bougt when he paid over 25 million Dirhams (£3,500,000) for the
single digit "5" in 2007. While in the area, Mr Khoury also splashed out
over £800,000 for the number "55" at the same auction. When asked, he
said the numbers held "absolutely no signigicance whatsoever" to him.
Most Expensive Number Plate - Number 2
F1 - £6 million - Afzal Khan, UK, 2008
Bradford
entrepreneur Afzal Khan smashed Mike McCoombs previous record earlier
this year by buying "F1" for a huge £440,000, making it the most
expensive number plate to ever be sold in Britain. The plate is attached
to Mr Khan's Mercedes SLR McLaren, and he says "I think it's a good
price to pay because it's probably worth 10 times that". Businessman turns down offer of £6m for his sought-after F1 number plate.
Most Expensive Number Plate - Number 1
1 - £7million - Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri, Abu Dhabi, 2008
Saeed
Abdul Ghaffer Khouri demolished Talal Khoury's previous record earlier
this year when he bought a number plate bearing the single digit "1" at
an auction in Abu Dhabi. Mr Khouri, a member of a wealthy Abu Dhabi
family, said: "I bought it because it's the best number." He wouldn't
say which of his vehicles he'd be putting the number plate on.
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