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Plate size is 177 mm × 177 mm (7 in × 7 in). Like cars, motorcycles have blue two lateral bands, on the left is the EU band with the circle of 12 stars and Italy's international code (I) . On the right, the blue band has a yellow circle with the year of matriculation (00=2000) and underneath, the optional provincial code sticker (Roma= Rome).
That system is host country-specific and varies largely from country to country. For example, TR on a diplomatic car in the USA indicates Italian, not Turkish. Such markings in other countries (e.g. Norway) are indicated with numbers only, again different from international standards (e.g. 90 means Slovakia in Norway).
Italy, also, did not use the province codes on plates between 1994 and 1999. Italy, since 1999, has added a blue strip on either side. On the right one are the two digits of the year when the plate was issued (e.g. "99", "05", "08") and below that there may be an optional two-letter code for the province, such as "MO" for the Province of Modena .
Normal-size passenger vehicles, commonly called "3 number" in reference to their license-plate prefix (trucks and buses over 2000 cc have license plates numbers beginning with 1 and 2 respectively), are those more than 4.7 m (15.4 ft) long, 1.7 m (5.6 ft) wide, 2 m (6.6 ft) high or with engine displacement larger than 2,000 cc (120 cu in). This ...
PC: passenger car; RPM: Revolutions Per Minute; PS: Power steering; R-134a: Refrigerant 134a, tetrafluoroethane (C 2 H 2 F 4) R-152a: Refrigerant 152a, difluoroethane (C 2 H 4 F 2) RCTA: Rear Cross Traffic Alert; RPE: Retail price equivalent; RWD: Rear Wheel Drive; SULEV: Super ultra low emission vehicle; SUV: Sport utility vehicle; TBI ...
A car registration plate from the United Kingdom. The "GB" or "UK" marks have been used in the United Kingdom in various years. [1]In Europe, most governments require a registration plate to be attached to both the front and rear of a vehicle, [2] [3] although certain jurisdictions or vehicle types, such as motorcycles, require only one plate, which is usually attached to the rear of the vehicle.
An executive car is a premium car larger than a compact executive and smaller than a full-size luxury car. Executive cars are classified as E-segment cars in the European car classification. In the United States and several other countries, the equivalent categories are full-size car (not to be confused with the European category of "full-size ...
Microstates such as San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein have high rates of car ownership. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Population figures are from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise specified. [1]