The Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the administrative capital of Putrajaya will get ‘V’ and ‘F’ prefixes on vehicles registered in July and June, respectively. According to a report carried in The Sun, deputy transport minister Datuk Aziz Kaprawi said the prefixes were selected after receiving a request from Putrajaya corporation.
Aziz said the ‘F’ prefix for Putrajaya will be issued on June 1, while the ‘V’ prefix for Kuala Lumpur will commence sometime after the Hari Raya holidays. This means that the current Wilayah Persekutuan number plate sequence of a prefix and suffix – introduced in September 2013 – will be defunct as of next month.
According to Aziz, the public were more comfortable with the traditional number plate sequence of a single prefix, versus a prefix and suffix numbering system. “This is based on massive decline in bidding for the current KL number plate sequence. So I hope with ‘V’, it will get people excited,” he said.
Commenting on the ‘F’ prefix for Putrajaya, Aziz said the ministry had received a request from Putrajaya Corporation for a “Putrajaya” prefix followed by a number sequence and alphabet suffix, but was rejected due to length. In this case, ‘F’ stands for federal. Aziz said he expected a lot of public interest in the new number plates, especially for the “F 1” Putrajaya plate.
“I think many Ferrari owners will be queuing up to bid for the single alphabet of ‘F’ (number plate),” said Aziz, in jest. The Road transport department (RTD) will announce the opening date for the new Putrajaya number plates next week.
“We will open the bidding tender probably for two weeks plus another two-week process for the special committee to finalise the bidding,” said RTD director-general Datuk Seri Ismail Ahmad.
The highest price ever paid for a regular Malaysian number plate was RM748,000 for ‘W1N’ by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, who also paid RM520,000 for ‘WWW 1’ in 2012. The buyer of the special ‘PATRIOT 1’ plate paid a reported RM1,308,000 for the honour.
hahaha, new way to make money for the govt, pathetic.
Kau tak baca ka? They just simply change the Putrajaya to F and W plates for KL to V. No need to pay extra as you get these number as usual as you buy car at other state. You only need to buy if you want special number, and that also apply to other states.
So, how much is F1 and V1 going to cost?
Free ah?
Dude. Whatever the price is, its a tender. You bet for it. Whats the problem with you people. If you want, you pay. No one asking you to tender. Bodoh
If you want free, then take the number 49
malaysians and their obsession with numbers
Well.. a number plate is some sort of ‘hiasan’. Hahaha.
V1P
Mayb 15 years?
15 years?
After V9999 is VA9999 then VAA9999…
In short, gomen no money
In short, its nothing to monetise what can be monetise.
I understand the need to cash in on F1, but wouldn’t the Putrajaya F registration clash with existing Singaporean F registration? I think suffix starting with Y would be better.
Nothing wrong, ‘S’ prefix also clash with many states especially Sabah and some local place of district of Sarawak. Even Brunei has ‘B’ and ‘K’ prefix clash with Peninsular Malaysia plate.
The only way to tell the difference is the subtle (but noticeable) difference in font style and size. But, I personally don’t have any issues with it.
Gomen looking for more income …
SG numbers r still different from MY. So SG imigresen wun get confuse.
but Y also conflict with Singapore’s plate used for lorry if I’m not mistaken. Should have stick with W. Cheers!
F is only used for motorcycles in Singapore with an alphabet suffix at the end.
Y plates already have for heavy lorry at singapore.
All this keyboard warriors. They wanna complaint to every single thing that government does even if it is a good thing. That F plate is for motorcycle (correct me if in wrong) in singapore and why do we have to be make a decision based on them. This is our country we make our own decision. People like you seems like you dont have your own integrity.
Becoz to these bashers, we must oso kowtow to their foreign overlords.
Pandai JPJ buat side income…
coz very profitable..
Baca betul-betul kawan the above article
Sudah baca banyak kali.. Why the hell govt care whether we bid or not, if they’re not after the money? The plates for identification purposes, not to cater to our likes and dislikes. Might as well allow us to put our names on the plates if we can pay more, if it’s up to us.
“According to Aziz, the public were more comfortable with the traditional number plate sequence of a single prefix, versus a prefix and suffix numbering system. “This is based on massive decline in bidding for the current KL number plate sequence. So I hope with ‘V’, it will get people excited,” he said.”
I am sure the “F” plates will get many excited :)
No i am not excited at all.
I buy a car i will use either P or N plate.
F no meaning,it stands for F@@@
To all Seremban people,be proud you are Negeri Sembilan people,use N as your registration number when u buy new car.
wonder what so special and why so excited about W number plate.Rubbish number.
even i am Penang people i stay in N9 and i use NC* as my car plate.
again,Seremban people,u are N9 people,be proud about N plate.
Nismilan..
Other states / federal reg number are no match with A1. Hehehehe
thank you BN.
Now i can finally own a FBN99 plate
Hahaha.. kalu panjang umur bro..
Im very lucky to be Malaysian as we have government that really knows how to make money not just from the rich but also from the poor
I just wonder in long time who’s gonna buy the ‘VAV1’ plate lol..
I dont think it is about the current decline in bidding. Its the future bidding for WAA #### A-Y as it will take lone time to go thru that followed by a fee more hideous prefix WAB WAC WAD. Maybe it is just me. Thanks government. Really.
Typical.. so many yo-yo-ing around when it comes to making decisions. Lets try to make a decision and stick with it, LAH..!!
Also, when will we have unified (and mandatory) font type, font size, and reflective plates (white or yellow background) like the rest of the world..?!
I think they should start the custom plate like in australia. Malaysians are so rich, 99% will opt for the new system. Thus JPJ will be so rich too the no more rasuah. Yay!
i’ll go for ‘V’ for sure..
F 001
melaka or Pahang number plate that read “MCH” and “CCB” always never fail to make me laugh.
Kedah still a long way to get KNN :p
Later, that ruler from south there would call JPJ again to check who’s the highest bidder, then he would masuk at slightly above the highest bidder.
Case closed.
Another “briliant idea” from ‘lulusan LCE and PMR’
Than what happen on existing system? WC XXXX Y will become last issue? It show inconsistency when implemented certain policy.
Money comes first, policy later. Government has the power to change policy in a blink of an eye.
sebenarnyaa…ada beberapa masalah dengan no Wx 9999 x…masalah nak kenalpasti no plat…
contoh..coming WE … WE ALL A …ekekekekke…WE 411 A .. WE BOS A .. WE 805 A…hahahahha
tapi…we can still can do it with V
Naughty of Paultan. RM $ plate in the picture. Hehehe. Cos we all know this has nothing to do with people’s preference. More like JPJ missing on income because people are not creative enough to use prefix and suffix, so not many ppl ordering these numbers.
PREFIXES “VD” AND “FU” ANYONE!!!
So what happen to the current WC XXXX plate number ? Just stop half way and proceed to V XXXX ?
I also tak faham what this article is saying. Is this a special release or a permanent fixture or people can choose?
I’m pretty sure number plate like
F1, F40, F50, F355, F430, F458, F12 will be super hot number!!
sadly, not many affordable..
Then who will buy the plate ” FAT” ?? Any amoi also dont want this plate.
Congratulation RTD,
F 4 I L
after this at district can apply to rtd for their own district plate. what best for kuala pilah district?
The reason why there is a drop in bidding is bcos there is a drop in new car purchases and motorists just don’t have the extra cash to bid.
Mr Minister open your eyes & look at the bigger picture and sedar diri sikit.
Nasi lemak, karipap & teh tarik from your desk will not solve the problems of the world.
Is this really necessary ? What we need most right now is long-lasting, standardised metal plates like Singapore and RFID tracking like in Europe to catch repeat offenders. But of course… money is more important than safety… isn’t it ?
Good news for those whose names start with “F “and “V”. Finally my dreams will come true as my name starts with an “F”. Will get a Putrajaya plate with my initials soon.
Come next a U letter?
It is common for a lot of countries to make money from the tender process of vanity number plates. From the little I know, UK, US, HK, UAE , allows anyone to tender and pay for the number that they like.
For those who do not want to pay, they can always opt for running numbers and the cost RM210. So I do not see anything wrong or unethical with this. Those who want can pay, those who do not mind any number just pay the bare minimum for a running number.
V105 will increase the RV of the car by a big margin
good for one of the german manufacturer when it reaches VW
Car sales is bad, this helps the industry to boost little bit sales.
Short-sighted move, the V series will run out quickly when it reaches VYY9999, and they are stuck again, perhaps start with U1 next only to run out at UYY9999 again. There aren’t that many alphabet prefix left actually. The Wxx####x series has much more capacity and will last much longer.
Do we really need it? The current prefix and suffix system is good enough. The RTD is making a mockery out of the system. How to become a developed country when they can’t even agree on their own decisions. It’s like a child ‘s play changing things at his whims and fancies. Instead of changing prefixes, they should be thinking about safety and security changes. They should have standardise the plate, font and background colour like our neighbours. We are really run by a bunch of useless incompetent goons. It’s simply pathetic.
no money d hahaha
but not a bad idea at all
Yup, they should get the F plate…lol
Guna format macam nilah:
123ABCDE
12 mewakili negeri/wilayah.
I don’t get why most people still prefer the old algorithm. Does adding one letter to the end of the number plate confuses one’s brains?
Here in Australia, we’ve got a far more complicated system. For instance, Victorian plates are 1XX nXX (e.g. 1FJ 8MQ), and NSW/NT plates are XX nn XX (e.g. CD 68 AL).
If just adding an additional letter to the end of the sequence is already causing all this, I wouldn’t want to see how the reaction would be like once the traditional XXX nnnn sequence runs out.
What will happened to Sabah (SAC 1234 B), Sarawak (QAA 1234 P) and (KV 1234 D) if KL choose to halt to use WA 1234 A format to become V 1234? Does Sabah will use again EJA 1234? Langkawi will get a new prefix and stop using KV? Sarawak will reintroduce 6D 1234 plates again?
Nissan NV 200 panel van Ada Tak.?