From playful arrogance like “Too Slow” to so-called lucky plates with exceedingly high price tags, vanity car plates give them a chance to show off their wit (or poor taste).
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Ferraris, Mclarens and more obscure super cars auspiciously creep through Central, Wan Chai, and TST. The cheapest Mclaren runs at US $190,000, the most expensive, the P1 sold for 1.2 million US. The limited quantity P1 sold out in Asia Pacific and the US within five months.
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Last year the plate “28” set the new price record of 2.3 Million US. Numbers like 18, 28, and 9 are considered lucky because the Cantonese words for these numbers are homophones for words associated with wealth and prosperity.
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The minimum price of a vanity plate in Hong Kong is HK $5,000, around US $640. The good news is, the department of Transportation auctions these plates off for a cause. Reportedly the profits go towards assisting Hong Kongers living in poverty.
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