The Wider, the Better.

A lot of people say that European plates are too big and spoil the look of the car.

Take this nice Jaguar E-Type for example, with a stick-on plate:

OK, agreed, on some cars it does look wrong.

But a European number plate is the same width as a Rolls-Royce or Bentley grille.

Coincidence?

Goin' through my thirty year old photos:

It works perfectly.

It works so well.

Must tell the lads about this.

Nice shoes there, Jackie...

The small North American ones look so wrong.

Can you imagine a narrower grille for that plate?

It would look like a Riley Elf.

"Suck in, dear."

That's better.

So they're wider because of Rolls-Royce and Bentley regulations. Perhaps..?

(Posted by David Irvine)