Who is not fond of luxury cars these days... Many people are fond of buying their favourite car, but more than that, they are fond of a special number plate, seeing which everyone looks back again.

This sparked an enduring passion, and over the past 42 years, he's traded hundreds of coveted number ... plates like "Some notable local plates from my schooldays included SO 4, 6 DDA, UGO 2, and ...

The 'P - 7' plate - which reads simply as '7' in Dubai - has gazumped the 52.2million Dirham paid for the '5 - 1' (which displays as '1' in the city) number plate in 2008, which worked out at the ...