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Cuban licence plates

Santiago de Cuba...
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Cuban licence plates

Something Gengen said on another thread made me think this may interest some.

Licence plates here have a leading letter and then some numbers.

The letter denotes what classification the owner of the vehicle is.

A and B are for government vehicles, but I don't see As much - think they're Ministerio del Transporte. See a lot of Bs.

C, D, E are reserved for embassy vehicles. I think D is Diplomático, C - Consular and E for everything else.

F - Fuerzas Armadas.

K is for vehicles owned by foreign firms or individuals with temporary residency (working for foreign firms, I think) so you can see these on HGV lorries, trucks and cars.

M is for Minint - Ministerio del Interior.

P plates are seen commonly -  Particular - denotes the vehicle is registered to a private individual.

T - another that is well known  - Turismo

U - these are on electric motorcycles and also the triciclos. Not sure if the same is used for electric cars. Don't see them often and can't remember/didn't notice.

On petrol bikes, there are P and R. I don't know why some are R.

S, W and Z are recent introductions for religious institutions, co-operatives and other non state organisations. I have only seen about three Ws so far and one I took as religious because it also had an icthus insignia.

The only letters that aren't used, are I, O and Q, so the ones I haven't mentioned are in use somewhere. Maybe allocated by government department.

If anyone can add G, H, J, L, N, V, X, Y, that would satisfy my transport code curiosity.

Also an explanation on P vs R on motorbikes.

5 replies to this topic
Europe
1,041 posts
1. Re: Cuban licence plates

Thanks for writing that, when I read the same post from Gengen I got curious about Cuban license plates.

Paris, France
225 posts
2. Re: Cuban licence plates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Cuba

Paris, France
225 posts
3. Re: Cuban licence plates

Latest info: https://www.cubatramite.com/cambio-de-chapa-de-identificacion-del-vehiculo/#1-_Cual_es_el_diseno_de_las_matriculas_en_Cuba

Santiago de Cuba...
4,289 posts
4. Re: Cuban licence plates

Thanks PeterP - Cubatramite is very good at keeping current.

Atlantic Canada
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5. Re: Cuban licence plates

Actually Cubatramite is one of the best sites I have seen for info

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