Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar is the owner of the prized ‘F1’ number plate, and the new Proton Perdana. Yesterday, he stuck the new plate on the new car and went for a spin in the red 2.4L sedan with Proton board member Datuk Zainuddin Che Din and CEO Datuk Ahmad Fuaad Kenali.
Last week, it was announced that Sultan Ibrahim secured the ‘F1’ number plate with a bid RM836,660. It was the highest sum he has paid for a number plate, having won the bid for ‘W1N’ for RM748,000 in 2014 and WWW1 for RM520,000 in 2012. Big sum, but not over RM1 million as hoped for by the JPJ and much lower than the supposed RM5 million bid from a “local celebrity” from Ipoh.
It was announced in May that the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the administrative capital of Putrajaya will get ‘V’ and ‘F’ prefixes in July and June. KL’s ‘V1’ will soon be up for grabs.
Launched last month, the latest Perdana is based on the previous-generation Honda Accord but has a unique fastback-style rear end. 2.0 and 2.4 litre Honda engines are available, paired to a five-speed automatic gearbox. The big sedan is priced at RM113,888 for the 2.0L and RM138,888 for the 2.4L seen here. Check out our first impressions test drive report, video review and walk-around video tour of the latest Proton.
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The number cost 8 times more than the car…
remembere this guy?
“tokmoh. on Jun 15, 2016 at 10:17 am
inb4 Sultan Johor buys it, put it on new banana 2.4 hewhewhew”
Banana is not a funny word.
The Sultan bid under market value is it? How come the bidder for RM5 million didn’t win?
500k la…
No, it’s RM5 million. I wonder why
http://paultan.org/2016/06/15/f-1-wilayah-number-plate-goes-for-rm5-million/
Many bashers butthurt will say, why put expensive plate number on much cheaper car?
And it’s a proton! (Even bashers cannot afford one,lol) Padan muka kena troll
Once the number plate is placed on the Proton, the value dropped to RM200.
BBBOOOOOOOOOOOO…Dato Vida…Talk only, where is ur 2M?
Mana penyokong-penyokong Vida? Semua senyap kah?
I’m a psychic :)))
What’s the next Toto number?
Daulat Tuanku…great no plate being placed on an even nicer vehicle…what a beautiful combination…proud to be MALAYsian…
Sound sarcastic pulak! Hahah
U from Pahang ah? LOL
Daulat Tuanku~!
RM836k plate on a RM138k car make the Perdana almost a million Ringgit car… hmm
Congrats Tuanku.
A little disappointed. I was hoping he will be getting “SULTAN 1”
A better one would be ‘PAWN 1’
Stuck an expensive plate on a proton car…..wow
Not the first time the sultan do that. WWW 1 was on Satria Neo.
Yes, and W1N…Suprima
There is a “Message” here I think because the numberplate is worth more than the not-so-original car speaking from a collector/car-enthusiast point of view, which I am not.
What a waste.. Reg number is 6 times more expensive than the car..
And I guess is the only perdana registered so far..
Why not rm1m plate number on 100k national car? This is an honor to Proton and also to the country. Most ppl in Malaysia is so proud of foreign car brand, if one guy like the Sultan honor our local company with expensive playe, so why not? We should be proud also. Thats my opinionlah. I bet the kiasu type wont agree with me
Ouch, there goes the F1 plate on F1 Perdana.
I though his going to put it one of his exotic cars collection.
Urmmm, but the font does not look like it complies to JPJ standard. Anyways, at least Tuanku is patriotic enough to put it on car which costs 10 percent the price of the plate number. Instead of puting it on a hypercar.
So where is basher who said p1 car is for orang kampung lazy people?
Does basher has those expensive plate number too?
So Tuanku is helping proton to promote the new perdana. If this also cannot bring up the sale of perdana,proton really deserved to close down.
If Potong sales still fail, they probably blame it on Sultan.
What a humble man indeed. Putting a RM800k number plate on a proton.
this is only a symbolic move. DYMM will use this plate on one of his exotics such as RR or rest. I can see Dato Zainuddin here who is very close to Sultan, I am sure this is only a public show. the number plate will go to another one of DYMM cars after this. after all Sultan is very professional on cars and knows this is nothing but a 9 year old outdated Honda Accord. Proton is nowhere to show themselves like this.
Ko Ade?…outdated pon dia beli gak…pegi la ke jpj johor….plet no “1” reserve utk dia je…
that number F1 is for the new RR Phantom, i saw it..is it true? i wonder… maybe people try to disgrace him oh..he is a very nice guy. he drives only proton. berjiwa rakyat :P
but i have to respect him, for the satria neo. that’s a nice custom made car that he commissioned..that showed the capability of the R3 team :)
I know a former Malaysian actor who won a bid for a single digit number and then put it on his “cup” bike. That is given that the bike was his first bike during early times and hence the sentimental values. As for Sultan, you have your reserved rights to do whatever you want with that number plate and if only you can put it on your Mclaren F1..
I think u mean ‘cub’ as in honda cub (baby/small). A ‘cup’ bike would mean one set up for competition i suppose.
JPJ is laughing themselves all the way to the bank. If not for being a Government agency, they would have declared 24 months bonus for all JPJ staff.
No bro. The rakyat is the one laughing all the way to the bank. Until the bank got rob by some corrupt leaders
All leaders r corrupt or if they arent, they r inept
BS
Tuanku is trolling the proton basher
i sense a strong sarcasm in this… a potong in an expensive plate LOL… doesn’t make sense… anyway MALAYSIA APA-APA PUN BOLEH!
I bet u will not say like that if it is a camry or accord..
Tuanku doesn’t need any plate for his cars don’t you guys know he is the Sultan of Johor ? Tuanku don’t wants to show support for Proton our “Nation’s” car.
Well done more support for Proton Perdana ….. started by former Minister Wahid in Uber drive and DYMM Johor Sultan with the F1 plate on Perdana. Proton better show us the result with real turn around now that Lotus is also reportedly making money for thr 1st time. Proton on road to recovery
i’m going to bid for V1 to be put on my honda ex5.
Just like Dato Viva, im going to bid V1 for my wife Bugatti. TALK ONLY, LOL
Arguably a cooler move than merely doing the expected i.e. affixing it on an exotic like most moneyed people would do. This big Proton carries it well too. Congrats to both Tuanku and Proton.
Am I the only one here realising the plate doesn’t conform with JPJ standards?
Tuanku outbid people every time. Does it mean he has JPJ insider information? Just wondering, not meant to disrespect.
Interesting indeed – seeing the winnning bid is such an odd number – 836660 – why not just 800k or 888k or 888,888. Did someone bid 836,500 and someone got insider info? Sorry la if this is sedition come at me bro
why the apek don’t want to buy the F4??takut mati kah??still believe in that crap??stupid
Saya nak komen tapi takot nanti kena tangkap masuk jel.