The recent announcement of the new ‘F’ and ‘V’ car number plate sequence for the Federal Territory (Wilayah Persekutuan) and Putrajaya has seen a record-breaking bidding frenzy from punters wanting to own some of the unique alphanumeric combinations.
From a report in The Sun Daily, a local celebrity from Ipoh bid close to RM5 million for the ‘F 1’ number plate after bid submissions were closed after the noon deadline at the JPJ headquarters in Putrajaya. According to sources, the number sequence ‘F 1’ to ‘F 7’ drew minimum starting bids of half-a-million ringgit each.
Considered auspicious by the Chinese community, the number ‘F 8’ reportedly attracted a starting bid of RM1 million, while the numbers ‘F 333’ and ‘F 888’ drew bids of RM330,000 and RM360,000 respectively. The names of the successful bidders will be announced on June 30 after convening of a JPJ special committee.
The highest price ever paid for a regular Malaysian number plate was RM748,000 for ‘W 1 N’ 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.
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F 1? Formula 1? I hope the F1 nameplate goes to a supercar not a regular car XD
why obsessed with ‘F’? it can mean alot of things other than ‘formula’ ;)
inb4 Sultan Johor buys it, put it on new banana 2.4 hewhewhew
check out the overhyping of the price to drum up sales…
Don’t make noise about drums, after you kena masuk dalam drum and kena simen.
Rm5 million is nothing. Most crooks have that amount of money hidden in Malaysia. Some crooks even better, they rent a private plane for RM98 million and carry 30 bags worth of cash on board to hide in exile.
Wasnt it Dear Leader who stashed it in Aus, but cannot use cuz the denomination alredi illegal? oh wai…
OMG….F 1 …Fxxx 1…hahaha
Wow…amazing…did anybody bid under market value issit…sure got one…from local celebrity up north issit…
Let me guess the Ipoh celebrity name: Michelle Yeoh.
Her husband is former Ferarri F1 chief and current FIA President, Jean Todt.
a Ferrari also doesn’t cost that much. Imba level: maximum
or could it be Dato Sri Vida who obsess to own this number for her new Ferrari?
PETALING JAYA – Pengasas syarikat produk kecantikan dan kesihatan, Vida Beauty Datuk Seri Dr Hasmiza Othman akan memastikan kereta Ferrari yang bakal dimilikinya diserikan dengan nombor pendaftaran F1.
Hasmiza atau lebih dikenali sebagai Dr Vida berkata beliau turut mempunyai satu lagi pilihan iaitu nombor plat V1 sekiranya bidaannya yang pertama gagal.
“Nombor plat F1 yang juga singkatan bagi acara permotoran berprestij dunia, Formula Satu menjadi keutamaan saya. Ia cukup unik dan ada makna tersendiri.
“Kebetulan pengumuman mengenai nombor pendaftaran dengan abjad F hadir di saat saya memang berhasrat mahu memiliki sebuah kereta sporty iaitu model Ferrari dalam masa terdekat,” katanya kepada mStar Online.
Beliau berkata demikian mengenai kenderaan di Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya dan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur yang akan menggunakan nombor pendaftaran baharu bermula dengan abjad ‘F’ dan ‘V’ mulai 1 Jun ini.
Justeru, Vida berkata beliau tidak sabar untuk menunggu proses bidaan dibuka bagi memastikan hasratnya untuk memiliki nombor plat itu menjadi kenyataan.
“Saya amat teruja dan seronok. Sudah pasti F1 akan jadi nombor panas, orang ramai pasti berlumba-lumba untuk membidanya,” katanya.
Ditanya mengapa beliau memilih ‘F1’, Vida berkata F merujuk kepada Ferrari dan nombor 1 membawa maksud beliau sentiasa mahu menjadi orang pertama dalam mencetuskan sesuatu.
“Jika sebelum ini nombor enam sentiasa dekat dengan diri saya tetapi kali ini nombor satu jadi pilihan utama. Ia memberi makna yang cukup besar kepada diri saya,” katanya.
Vida mempunyai beberapa koleksi kereta mewah antaranya, Bentley dan Lamborgini Aventador berwarna jingga dengan nombor pendaftaran DV166. – mstar
That amount of money could be used to donate and help the less fortunate.
Ferrari No. 1 I don’t think so.
MORE LIKE NUMBER 1 FOOL.
Hopefully the authority will use this huge sum of money to repair all the potholes, improve our road infrastructure and mitigate flood risk.
Somehow, indirectly thank these rich people.
yeoh is international artiste, veda from klantan.. wahid senario?
I see Malaysians are more willing to pay for these number plates rather than paying tax.
Yet complain everything is expensive. topkek
Ipoh celebrity related to F1? Not hard to guess
Only 2 in this case.
1. Yeoh
2. Vida
Michelle Yeoh is smarter than that. She wants that plate, she will get someone to pay for that.
then register the car under that person name….
LHDN eyeing on this
How daft can one be for forking out that sum for a carplate?
Recession, what recession?
Recession is for low and mid range income people bro. The rich will only get richer..
Curry favour with govt, get some RM500M contracts. What’s RM5 mil?
Yep. Curry a bit, get taman manggis. Curry a bit more get “feasibility study”. Curry even more kau, then get undersea tunnel. oh wai….
It’s for the rich . Not for us . It’s good income for the goverment which can use the money for the benefit of the society . ” A fool and his money are soon apart” in a good way
Dato Seri Vida… owner of Qu Puteh and Pamoga etc… she’s Kelantanese but resides in Ipoh.
Not sure these bidders ever complain about GST or high cost of living.
Living large!!
pls la…the bidder is me =D
Your bid is not the full value..its only semi of the 5 million
Qu putehhh qu puteehhhhh.. hqhahhaa
Better to use that money to feed the poor, charity …etc on other useful things..
The best thing to do when got the f1 plate is to put it on a Kancil turbo
Another “hell money” symbol.
Its better to Sedakah/Donate during Ramadhan. No pun intended.
orang kaya punya mainan, bukan utk kito orang biasa bet punya. kito orang biasa duduk dan lihat siapa orang kaya miliki number ni.
This is so stupid. 5 mil for a completely worthless registration number. What real worth does it have? Especially in global market. Worth absolutely nothing. Just so that most idiots will go “hey, what a cool plate number. Bet it costs a bomb.” And to think of how many poor families that can be fed and helped with that amount. People with money nowadays dont really have a good heart, or brains. Sad. Wake up people, grow some brains.
This is how gov make business with rakyat. They want profit from people money not to serve better.
Celebruty?..From Ipoh?..RM5 million?…Hmmm…Datuk Michelle Yeoh wife of Jean Todt(ex-F1 Ferrari boss)?