What year is a 74 plate?
A 74 plate car was first registered between 1 September 2024 and 28 February 2025, which makes it between 1 and 2 years old.
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1 to 2
years old
Registered September 2024 to February 2025
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1 Sep 2024
first issued
The September identifier
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28 Feb 2025
last issued
Then the 25 plate
What a 74 plate tells you about a car
How old is a 74 plate car?
Between 1 and 2 years old
The first 74 plate cars turned 2 on 1 September 2026 and the last turn 2 on 28 February 2027. The V5C gives a car's exact date.
MOT on a 74 plate
None due until 2027
The first fall due from 1 September 2027. None has needed a test yet, so there is no MOT history to read.
Car tax on a 74 plate
The flat standard rate
One standard rate after the first year, plus a five-year supplement if the car cost over the expensive-car threshold new. Our car tax calculator works out the current figure.
74 plate cars in clean air zones
Where the 74 plate sits against the emissions standards for London's ULEZ and the UK's clean air zones.
ULEZ and clean air zones
Petrol and diesel generally comply
A 74 plate petrol car was registered after 2005, so it generally meets Euro 4, the petrol standard. A 74 plate diesel was registered after Euro 6 became compulsory in September 2015, so it generally meets the diesel standard. Check one car with our ULEZ checker or TfL's.
An area code, the age, three random letters
What the rest of the plate means
The first two letters name the region of first registration. See the area codes, the regions or the free plate decoder.
What the plate cannot tell you
The exact age, or how it has been kept
A private plate hides the age. The V5C has the exact date, and the free MOT history check shows every test.
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Every identifier since 2001
Each year has a March plate, which uses the year, and a September plate, which adds 50. The yellow one, the 76 plate, is being issued now. When the next plate change happens.
The 74 plate: common questions
What year is a 74 plate?
A 74 plate was issued between 1 September 2024 and 28 February 2025. September identifiers add 50 to the year, so 74 means 2024.
How old is a 74 plate car?
A 74 plate car is between 1 and 2 years old. The first 74 plate cars turned 2 on 1 September 2026 and the last turn 2 on 28 February 2027.
When does a 74 plate car need its first MOT?
Three years after first registration, so the earliest 74 plate cars will need one from 1 September 2027 and the last of them from 28 February 2028, then one every year.
Does the plate tell me anything else about the car?
The two letters before the numbers are the DVLA memory tag, which DVLA describes as referring to the region where the vehicle was first registered. The three letters after them are random. Neither says anything about where the car is now, and a transferred private plate hides the age entirely.