104th open distinctive plates auction in Dubai fetches AED36m with 83% increase over last auction in 2019

The 104th Open Auction for Distinctive Number Plates organised by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on 22 August generated AED36.224 millions. This amount compares favourably with the proceeds of the last open plates auction RTA had taken place in December 2019, which amounted to AED19 millions i.e. an increase of 83%. This auction that was held at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City Hotel, is the first open plates auction RTA organized in 2020.

The plate (V12) was the sale topper fetching AED7millions, followed by (S20), which was sold for AED4.06 millions, and (Y66) that was exchanged for AED3.2 millions.

RTA offered 90 distinctive plates in this open auction comprising of two, three, four and five-digit plates of the licensing codes (H-I-K-L-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z).

It remains to be said that RTA attached paramount attention to the health aspects at the venue of the auction and implemented strict precautionary measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.