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SKZ car plate: what year?

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

The SKZ series first opened for biddingNovember 2015It was the newest series for 1 month, until SLA in December 2015.

A car with an SKZ plate was registered in November 2015 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 thanNovember 2015
So no older than11 years (in November 2026)
First 10-year COE toabout November 2025 or later
Newest series untilDecember 2015 (SLA)
Plates in the seriesSKZ 1 E to SKZ 9999 S

Check an SKZ plateโ€™s last letter

The series around SKZ

SeriesFirst open for bidding
SKVJuly 2015
SKWSeptember 2015
SKXOctober 2015
SKZNovember 2015
SLADecember 2015
SLBFebruary 2016
SLCMarch 2016

Also from 2015: SKS, SKT, SKU, SKV, SKW, SKX, SLA.

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 SKZ car plate?

The SKZ series first opened for bidding in November 2015. It was the newest series for 1 month, until SLA in December 2015. So a car with an SKZ plate was registered in November 2015 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 SKZ plate?

No older than 11 years (in November 2026), counted from November 2015, when the series first opened for bidding. It can be younger: the plate only says when the number came out.

When does an SKZ carโ€™s COE end?

A COE lasts 10 years from registration, so a car registered in November 2015, when the series first opened for bidding, had its first COE run to about November 2025; one registered later, later still. So an SKZ 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 SKZ?

SLA, which first opened for bidding in December 2015, then SLB in February 2016. Before SKZ came SKX (October 2015).

What letter does SKZ 1234 end in?

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

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