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SDG car plate: what year?

When the SDG series came out, how old a SDG car can be, and when its COE runs out.

The SDG series came outOctober 2000It was the newest series for 2 months, until SDH in December 2000.

A car with an SDG plate was registered in October 2000 or later. A number can be bid for after its series opens, or kept from an older car, so the car can be newer than its plate, never older.

Registered no earlier thanOctober 2000
So no older than26 years and 1 month (in November 2026)
First 10-year COE toabout October 2010 or later
Newest series untilDecember 2000 (SDH)
Plates in the seriesSDG 1 M to SDG 9999 A

Check an SDG plateโ€™s last letter

The series around SDG

SeriesCame out
SDDMay 2000
SDEJuly 2000
SDFAugust 2000
SDGOctober 2000
SDHDecember 2000
SDJFebruary 2001
SDKApril 2001

Also from 2000: SDB, SDD, SDE, SDF, SDH.

From LTAโ€™s list of car prefixes on DataMall: from SDQ (December 2001) on, the month a series first opened for bidding; before that, the month it came out. Every series is on the car plate page, and in one CSV.

Questions

What year is an SDG car plate?

The SDG series came out in October 2000. It was the newest series for 2 months, until SDH in December 2000. So a car with an SDG plate was registered in October 2000 or later: a number can be bid for after its series opens, or kept from an older car, so the car can be newer than its plate, never older.

How old is a car with an SDG plate?

No older than 26 years and 1 month (in November 2026), counted from October 2000, when the series came out. It can be younger: the plate only says when the number came out.

When does an SDG carโ€™s COE end?

A COE lasts 10 years from registration, so a car registered in October 2000, when the series came out, had its first COE run to about October 2010; one registered later, later still. So an SDG car still on the road has had its COE renewed for 5 or 10 more years at the Prevailing Quota Premium: see the latest COE prices and PQP, and the PARF and COE rebates for scrapping it.

What comes after SDG?

SDH, which came out in December 2000, then SDJ in February 2001. Before SDG came SDF (August 2000).

What letter does SDG 1234 end in?

SDG 1234 B. The last letter is a checksum worked out from the prefix and the number: SDG 1 M, SDG 88 M, SDG 8888 T. Check any SDG plate.

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