Registration number DU-AW38

[Wilge]

Just been on Ford Etis and couldn't fine my car using the registration number so I used the VIN

this is the registration details being shown, does anyone know what the DU-AW38 registration number is and what was the modification in 2012.
also on the V5 is states registered /used overseas.
have I purchased an import or a UK car that was sent overseas

Registration information for your currently selected Vehicle:

First Registration Date:
Registration Number: Registration Date: Registration Country: Modified Date:
DU-AW38 20.12.1999 GB 18.01.2012


Historic Registration Dates:
Registration Number: Registration Date: Registration Country: Modified Date:
DUAW38 20.12.1999 GB 18.01.2012

DU-AW38 20.12.1999 GB 18.01.2012

Thanks

Confused

 

[red]

No idea what that format is, it even suggests it was registered in GB with that plate..

 

[zinc2000]

Looks likely that it could have been registered to someone in the armed forces

Also years ago different letters referred to different areas of the country DU....Coventry and AW...Shrewsbury.

Not a lot clearer is it really :grin:

 

[Wilge]

When I googled the reg it cam up with some armed forces links, just seems a little strange.
Might contact the DVLA to find its history or maybe the previous owner.

 

[PhilLew]

I could be wrong but I thought army reg numbers alternated the pairs of numbers and letters (AB 12 CD) or (12 AB 34) and not two sets of letters next each other?

 

[PaulQ]

That looks like a German number registered in Dusseldorf.

 

[Wilge]

Hi Paul

That's interesting because it's a 1999 car but registered in 2000, would you know where All Pumas built in Germany ? As it was built in Stuttgart according to ETIS.

Still waiting to see what the DVLA have on its history.