The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is wasting no time in implementing the new ‘F’ license plate numbers for the administrative capital of Putrajaya. It announced today that the F 1 to F 9999 number plate series will be open for tender starting from June 1, ending noon on June 14.
Last week, it was announced that the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya will receive new ‘V’ and ‘F’ prefixes on vehicle number plates, replacing the current Wilayah Persekutuan number plate sequence of a prefix and suffix – introduced in September 2013 – and the ‘Putrajaya’ plates, respectively.
According to deputy transport minister Datuk Aziz Kaprawi, 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 ‘V’ series for WP Kuala Lumpur will be open for tender sometime after the Hari Raya holidays.
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. Will we see a new record with the new ‘F’ and ‘V’ plates? Plenty of cool possibilities with these two alphabets, don’t you think?
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F47.
A Proton Persona with the plate F1. I just can’t stop laughing.
F16
F L 1 anyone???
Who’s idea was it for current KL plate? Must be an idiot for not doing his homework
Hope nobody else bidding for F9 in honour of my grades at school.
With so many alphabet to use, they should have move on to a new alphebet long ago, not WWW 1111 A. Too long.
Now they gostan… Malaysian style. Anyway, F… I don like F… like F for Fail. Just like how people prefer W over B, because nobody wants to get B grade in school.
i reserve F41L
Aiya.. plat no. Also want to complaint ka? What else?
Ferrari has quite a handful of models from the F355 up to the F612…would love to see a F50 with the F50 plate number on the road…
No need to do spce talk. Go buy F30 la.
the only way to get the “real”people to be excited is to come out with affordable customized number plates. Not numbers alone.
For Malaysians it’s all about the numbers: 8, 18, 28,38, 69, 88, 888, etc. Unless you can get the alphabets in your name, no one actually cares what alphabet is in front.
“massive decline in bidding for the current KL number plate sequence” because “WC” refer to “JAMBAN”, why no one say anything?
V for Victory
Due to low bidding, lets introduce new prefix. Kind of stupid reason to me. JPJ mo more money?
Gomen boh Lui Liao. Kar nah gong kia Beh har leh lumber bia.
SG COE minimum is 300%. So u say SG oso boh lui?
Big company got untung every years also keep on to make money la kawan. If the gov agency can make money by their own, why not. JPJ are not forcing anybody to buy the reg number anyway.
I will bet everything that it will belong to DYMM Sultan JOHOR…………. F1 plate.
not sure if the pricing can set new record, but most likely the highest bid will be from johor.
This is how letters and numbers on vehicle number plates can generate more income to the gov.
F1 will be more than RM1m
Maybe team McLaren petronas?
Than how do you explain why certain series like WWW and RM got more bids than other?
Your theory couldn’t be more wrong.
And is not just the 8s. I know of someone who likes ‘1957’ solely because is our independence.
The F series is lauched not because because of the alphabets infront, is because of the alphabet at the back that people don’t like.
Plat number should become identification for vehicles registered in Malaysia. The move seem to target more ‘money’ from bidding process. I think gov agencies like JPJ should not be doing this.
Why should not they do it? They not forcing anybody to buy and if gov agency can earn their own income (not all), it is good. Less funding (from our tax) will be allocated to them buy the Fed Gov. Key point here, if you want to buy, you buy. If not, JPJ not forcing you to buy.
Hi Danny, i thought the most paid for a plate was PATRIOT 1?
Yes, that’s correct. Story amended
cool
Nobody would like the f word displayed infront n back of their car. That is unless they dont care less or dont have a choice.
Its just hype to get people to be interested. Anyway,Suckers are born every second. Cest la vie
Is F1 a registered trademark? Must the person buying the plate number also pay Bernie for the rights?
Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel will be F1 plate owner
What’s wrong with JPJ trying to bring in money? It will go to the nation’s coffers, not to some crony. JPJ should be applauded for this move.
The bidding is very fair – if someone wants a certain number and willing to pay big bucks to the country for it, then it’s a Win-Win situation. Bidding for number plates is one of the best things in the country. It provides the bidder with what he wants. But doesn’t deny others anything. This is certainly better than previously where certain numbers are reserved for certain people.
When was the last time anyone was able to buy a single letter number plate? Probably was an R plate from Perlis. So no surprise everyone from a certain Sultan, politicians, atas govt servants, so-called socialites, their hairdresser, security guard and pet hamster will vie for either an F or V plate. F 1 will probably be bought over a million ringgit or free if they are *cough* *cough* anggota kera-jaan.
Be grateful, people, car sales in KK will nosedive next year when we get to SAD. Currently running SACxxxxD and yes we are used to long number plate long before you guys. As for F, why? Apart from famous, fabulous, fancy, I can’t think of any other nice words starting with F.
Hahaha..SAD1
No value seen in F plate.
WTF!!!
I want F69!
i remembered F1 was a highest paid no plate used in middle east
F stand for FAILURE … vely pantang
F150, F250, F350?
So this replaces ‘W’ for good? This has never been made clear. Or is it just F1-9999 as a one-off?
Economy down, even cars people don’t buy. And Public Bank, Hong Leong and StanChart just increase their rate.
Flip Flop mah. The story of Malaysia.
Education system – Flip Flop
Auto policy – Flip Flop
Politicians – Flip Flop
1MDB – Flip Flop like crazy
License plate Flip Flop considered kacang putih liao.
Where to tender? JPJ Putrajaya or KL?
F for F@#$er