The strange Hungarian license plate practice that was introduced three years ago is coming to an end

Hungary will discontinue the annual change of license plate prefixes after three years, moving to a continuous production system. Initially, the system aimed to indicate the registration period of vehicles but proved inefficient due to unused letter combinations. The new license plates, introduced in July 2022, began with the AA series and will now continue with the AU series until AU-ZZ-999 before switching to BB. This change does not require legal amendments, as the regulation already allowed for continuous alphabetical production. The previous annual switch was based on a decision by a former executive, which was not communicated to the industry.