Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #138
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   From: Jonathan Webb 
Subject: Re: Front license plate bracket
   Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 05:10:15 -0500

    That's correct.  Three letters, dash, three figures.
    Old ones may consist of only five characters.
    Unlike in the UK (where one can deduce the date the car was put on the road from the plate number) the plate is not tied to the car.  You can update your car and still use the same plate.

    > but it seems that UK and US plates use similar mounting hardware. US front
    > plates are mounted on a frame that goes behind the front bumper. This means
    > that there are no visible holes in the bumper front when the plate
    > is removed. 
    > 
    > Can anyone from non-US countries confirm that this is the same everywhere?

    >From the reply I got from Milton Horst (horma200@ccmail.iasl.ca.boeing.com), where he describes the US mounting hardware, I can conclude that it's the same as in Belgium.

    Piet RUYSSINCK

The mounting's the same in the UK as well. Out of interest, has anyone 
come up with an excuse for having the adhesive type number plates stuck on
the front bumper in place of the standard flat plate. These are illegal 
in the UK but I've seen several miatas wearing them over here.

- Jonathan