Numberplate Rally

A numberplate rally is an entirely static event- usually members of the registration numbers club meet at a country house or prestigious outdoor venue to proudly display their number numberplate_rally plates.

Not just a display of wealth - numberplate rallies are a great place for owners and enthusiasts to meet and talk numberplates- there are so many interesting stories behind plates and there histories- a numberplate rally is the ideal platform to tell these stories.

Generally the Programme will provide a wealth of information about most of the plates you will see on display- a potted history and points of note about each numberplate- and finally a voting form for the awards ceremony.

Awards are given for uniqueness and quality of numberplates as well as collections and extremely interesting numberplate histories.

The first car numbers rally was organised by the Cherished Numbers Dealers Association at Beaulieu in 1973. It was a public relations exercise that coincided with the infancy of the cherished numbers business as we know it today.

The name changed when the Department of Transport started to get heavily into the act and created the term "cherished transfer" for the transaction of transferring a registration mark from one vehicle to another.

An annual event- numberplate rallies see a whole host of entrants and a wide array of vehicles- from mopeds to motorbikes to cars to lorries- if the plate is personalised then all entrants are welcomed!.

It really is the registration that is the important factor and many will be surprised to learn that there's no snobbery about the car carrying the plate. You'll receive as much acclaim for a distinctive registration on a Vauxhall Corsa as a Maybach. Obviously the cost of numberplates means that the cars are more than likely as prestigious as the numberplates they bear.

Prizes are awarded - judged on the basis of the reason for owning the number and how appropriate it is to the class of entry. There are usually six or seven classes and special prizes for most distance travelled to the event.

Some dedicated enthusiasts make an effort to attend every rally and will schedule their holidays accordingly. The majority of such true enthusiasts don't own top of the range vehicles, but their plates are as cherished (if not more) than that on the most splendid of vehicles in attendance.