Car enthusiasts will be able to bid for <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2022/03/14/rare-licence-plates-bring-in-about-dh30m-at-dubai-auction/" target="_blank">rare Dubai number plates</a> at an auction announced by the Road and Transport Authority. The “super number plates” U 2222 and O 36 will be among 90 to go under the hammer at the RTA's 111th open auction. Plates on offer will be two, three, four and five digits with H-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z codes. The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai hotel at 4.30pm on December 17. Registrations will open on Monday and bidders can sign up on <a href="http://www.rta.ae/">www.rta.ae</a>. The RTA sold 90 plates and raised $10.16 million at its previous auction in September. Plate AA 13 was sold for the highest amount, at Dh4.42 million ($1.2 million), and U 70 was sold for Dh3 million ($820,000). Z 1000 fetched Dh2.21 million ($570,000), while V 99999 was sold for Dh1.26 million ($340,000). Car licence plates garner huge interest among motoring enthusiasts in the UAE. In 2016, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/money/balwinder-sahni-whenever-i-make-big-money-i-buy-a-building-1.616633">Indian businessman Balwinder Sahni paid Dh33 million for D5</a>, believed to be the most ever spent on a plate.
