You may have heard about people spending their hard earned money to buy fancy numbers for their luxury cars or two-wheelers. But, have you ever heard of someone buying a fancy number for a price that costs over ten times more than the vehicle. Such a incident has happened in Chandigarh.
According to reports, a Chandigarh man has bought a fancy number that cost him Rs 15.44 lakh for his two-wheeler, which is a Honda Activa. This shocking price for a number plate of a scooty has shocked many people.
As per reports, a Chandigarh-based businessman named Brij Mohan has won a bid of Rs 15.44 lakh for a registration number CH-01-CJ-0001. He bought this fancy number for his newly-purchased Honda Activa, which is priced at Rs 71,000 (ex-showroom).
Brij Mohan has said that he will use this number for his newly purchased Activa, but, he will transfer this number for a car later after he buys it. In that case, he will transfer the number for that car, after paying a nominal fee.
Big price for special numbers
Brij Mohan bought this fancy number in an auction conducted by Chandigarh Registration and Licensing Authority from 14th-16th April 2022. Brij Mohan’s move is really shocking as people usually don’t spend this much money to purchase a fancy number for a normal motorcycle or a scooter.
During the auction, around 378 fancy numbers went under the hammer for bids, all of which are bought at a more premium price when compared to the standard fee for taking a registration number. Participants spent a total of Rs 1.5 crore to purchase these 378 fancy numbers at the auction. The second most expensive number in this auction was CH-01-CJ-0002, which was bought for Rs 5.4 lakh.
Let us tell you that it is not the first time that the number ‘0001’ got purchased for such a huge amount in Chandigarh. This number was sold for Rs 26.05 lakh for a Mercedes Benz S-Class, which is one of the most expensive cars in the world costing over a crore, in 2012.
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