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Deep DivesThere are very few things in Formula One with a backstory as quietly remarkable as Lewis Hamilton's racing number. 44 is on the cars, the helmets, the merchandise, and now the scarlet red of Ferrari.
Deep DivesEmbassy Number Plates Feature There is a category of private registration in the United Kingdom that sits entirely beyond the reach of the open market. No DVLA auction. No private dealer. No transfer document. They exist, they are some of the most desirable...
Deep DivesD 4 and England's First Ever Chauffeur - There are number plates with interesting histories, and then there is D 4. The story of this registration begins not in a dealership, not at a DVLA auction, but on the 30th of November 1903, the year that the Motor Car...
Deep DivesThere are very few private registrations in the United Kingdom that can be traced back to the 1920s. VW 1 is one of them. This is not simply the best Volkswagen plate in Britain. It is one of the oldest recognisable brand-matching registrations in existence,...
Deep DivesThere are number plates that suit a car. And then there is AUD 1, a registration so perfectly matched to a single marque that it feels less like a coincidence of letters and more like something that was always meant to exist. This is the story of the best...
Deep DivesTaylor Made Cars: The Plates, The Projects, and the BMW That Started It All Taylor Hetherington is not your typical automotive YouTuber. He did not grow up with a camera in his hand or a media career in mind. He was a mechanic, a proper hands-on one, the...
Deep DivesAutoAlex and the Plates Behind Phil Alex Kersten is one of the most recognisable names in UK automotive YouTube. He built his reputation at Car Throttle, where he spent years producing honest, accessible content centred on the kind of cars real enthusiasts...
Deep DivesKorean Embassy Number Plates: A Tale of Two Countries Not every embassy operates by the same rules when it comes to vehicle registrations, and the Korean peninsula offers one of the most fascinating contrasts in the entire diplomatic plate world. North...