March 2012 plate
What year is a 12 plate?
A 12 plate car was first registered between 1 March 2012 and 31 August 2012. Checked 10 November 2026.
- Issued from
- 1 March 2012
- Issued until
- 31 August 2012
- First MOT due
- Mar–Aug 2015
- Half
- March
How to read it
Reading a 12 plate
A March plate carries the year's last two digits, so 2012 gives 12. A 12 plate car is about 14 years old now.
The two letters before the number show where the car was first registered, and the last three are random.
At this age a car has had at least one MOT. Its MOT history shows every test, fail and mileage reading, free.
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What year is a 12 plate?
A 12 plate car was first registered between 1 March 2012 and 31 August 2012.
What plate comes after the 12 plate?
The 51 plate, from 1 September 2001.
When is a 12 plate car's first MOT due?
Three years after it was first registered: between 1 March 2015 and 31 August 2015, depending on its exact registration date.
Why is it called a 12 plate?
March plates carry the last two digits of the year: 2012 gives 12.
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