Sejarah pendaftaran kenderaan bermula selepas British datang ke Tanah Melayu menjelang Perang Dunia Pertama. Pemberian nombor plat A B C D ditentukan berdasarkan negeri melayu bersekutu msa zaman brtish..negeri pertama yg menganggotai negeri melayu bersekutu ialah perak diikuti selangor, pahang dan kelantan...
Berdasarkan penentuan sebegitu maka dapat dikatakan bahawa negeri kedua yang memiliki kereta ialah Selangor (Plat B) di ikuti oleh Pahang (Plat C) dan Kelantan (Plat D).
Penentuan plat kenderaan selepas itu kemudiannya diubah berdasarkan huruf permulaan sesebuah negeri.
Plat lesen kenderaan di Malaysia bermula dengan huruf tertentu mengikut negeri/fungsi.
Permulaan Huruf Pendaftaran Kenderaan Mengikut Negeri :
A = Negeri Perak
B = Selangor
C = Pahang
D = Kelantan
E = Sabah-Sebelum tahun 1980-an
EJ: Jesselton (Sekarang Kota Kinabalu sejak 1968)
ES: Sandakan
ET: Tawau
ED: Lahad Datu
EU: Keningau
EK: Kudat
EL: Labuan
F = -tiada- G = -tiada-
H = Teksi
I = -tiada-
J = Johor
K = Kedah
KV = Langkawi
L = Labuan
M = Melaka
N = Negeri Sembilan
O = -tiada-
P = Pulau Pinang
Q = Sarawak
QA dan QK: Kuching
QB: Sri Aman
QC: Samarahan
QL: Limbang
QM: Miri
QP: Kapit
QR: Sarikei
QS: Sibu
QT: Bintulu
R = Perlis
S = Sabah, dulu E
SA: Kota Kinabalu
SB: Beaufort
SD: Lahad Datu
SK: Kudat
SS: Sandakan
ST: Tawau
SU: Keningau
T = Terengganu
U = -tiada- V = -tiada-
W = Kuala Lumpur
X = -tiada- Y = -tiada-
Z = Tentera
Z: Pemerintah Tertinggi Tentera Malaysia
ZA ke ZD: Tentera
ZL: Tentera Laut Malaysia
ZU: Tentera Udara Malaysia
ZZ: Kegunaan staf Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia
JMF: Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri Johor
UPDATE
No plate Special..
Proton: Issued for certain Proton cars.
Perodua: Issued for certain Perodua cars.
WAJA: Issued for Proton Waja cars.
Chancellor: Issued for Proton Chancellor cars.
Persona: Issued for Proton Persona cars.
Satria: Issued for Proton Satria cars.
Tiara: Issued for Proton Tiara cars.
Perdana: Issued for Proton Perdana cars.
LOTUS : Issued for Lotus cars.
KRISS: Issued for Modenas Kriss motorcycle.
Jaguh: Issued for Modenas Jaguh motorcycle.
NAZA: Issued for Naza vehicles.
SUKOM: Issued only during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
XIII NAM: Issued only during the 2003 NAM Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
X OIC: Issued only during the 2003 OIC Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
XI ASEAN: Issued only during the 2005 ASEAN Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
BAMbee: Issued only during the 2000 Thomas and Uber Cup which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
XXX IDB: Issued to members and participants of the Islamic Development Bank conference.
Teksi pulak:
HA: Ipoh & Taiping in Perak
HB: Klang Valley, Selangor
HC: Kuantan, Mentakab & Temerloh in Pahang
HD: Kota Bharu, Kelantan
HJ: Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat, Muar, Kluang & Kulaijaya in Johor
HK: Alor Star & Sungei Petani in Kedah
HL: Labuan
HM: Malacca
HN: Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
HP: Penang & Prai
HQ: Kuching, Miri, Sibu & Bintulu in Sarawak
HS: Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan & Tawau in Sabah
HT: Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
HW: Kuala Lumpur