Vehicle Registration Plates of Argentina - 1995 Onwards: A National Standard

1995 Onwards: A National Standard

In 1994 the government decreed that all cars sold on or after January 1, 1995 were to have a new license plate design, all used cars sold after that date will get new plates, and the rest of the cars were going to be issued new plates in stages.

This new design contains three letters followed by three digits, and removes any clues identifying the province of origin. This was advertised as a federalist move from the government.

In a move to simplify the transition, all plates issued to cars sold prior to the cut-off date started with the letter R (and successively S, T, U, V, W, and part of the X series), while the cars that received the plates as their first plate started alphabetically from AAA 000. The lettering is debossed in white against a black background. The plates also have a white frame with the word Argentina at the top of the plate screened in light blue. All materials are reflective, to improve visibility on the streets. Some plates feature a small "D" or "T" between the letters and the numbers, denoting that this plate is a duplicate or triplicate when the previous plate or plates had been lost or stolen.

In 2010, the government, changed the plates for motor-cycles are numbered in the same series as cars, but with the letters and figures group transposed (nnn xxx), started alphabetically from 000 AAA.