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SAVE OVER £200 on the DVLA ‘Prefix Style’ registrations starting with the prefix letter E. Search and find your new personalised car registration today and then take advantage of the huge discounts on offer. These bargain private number plates are the ultimate personalised Christmas gift and can be stored on an official DVLA Swansea retention certificate for later use or transferred straight to your vehicle within just 4 days.

DVLA ‘Current Style’ 09 personalised number plates are due to be released shortly. Secure your brand new 09 private plate combination with www.ftreg.com. Full availability and prices for all of the 09 ‘NEW RELEASE’ Current Style registrations are now showing on our website.

Personalised car registration number ‘THE 571G’ sold for a staggering £10,690.00 through a DVLA auction recently. The personalised number plate attracted a lot more interest than first anticipated with the winning bid ending up at more than 26 times the £400 reserve set.

Established in 1996, www.ftreg.com are official members of the M.I.R.A.D trade governing body for personalised number plate dealers. M.I.R.A.D is there to protect yourself when buying a personalised registration number. Always look for the official M.I.R.A.D logo to ensure that the number plate company you are dealing with are genuine members.

The new James Bond film ‘Quantum Of Solace’ will feature a debut role for Ford’s all new 2008 model KA. Take a peek at the new shape KA and browse through our KA style personalised number plates. We also have video clips of the new 007 ‘Aston Martin DBS’ and the official Quantum of Solace trailer.

A recent study shows that Aberdeen has the highest concentration of personalised car registration numbers. Private number plates are also most popular with haulage contractors, followed by dental surgeons and shop proprietors. The most likely model of car to have a private plate is a BMW M5.

Derbyshire police have sprayed one of their mobile speed camera vans blue in an attempt to disguise it as a builder’s van, the van even has litter and newspapers inside the windscreen to try and create that authentic builder’s van look. See the pictures and read the story here.

A huge flaw in a new generation of speed camera means that motorists can avoid fines and points on their licence simply by changing lanes. The camera’s manufacturer, Speed Check Services confirmed that drivers could escape prosecution by lane hopping but discouraged it on ‘safety’ grounds.

You have no need to worry about vehicle documentation when buying your new registration number through www.ftreg.com. We handle the transfer paperwork in full, on every personalised number plate that we sell, at no extra cost to you. We also carry out all registration transfers in accordance with the official guidelines laid down by the DVLA Swansea.

In this section simply click on the region where you live or work to view up to the minute information on the locations of Police mobile speed vans, newly installed GATSO cameras and any other speed detection devices currently being used in your area.