But Fiat say the changes don't go far enough to allay concerns over the seasonality of the Irish car market which causes numerous problems for distributors, dealers and consumers alike.
Fiat say unless the year identifier is eradicated altogether from Irish number plates, they believe that 25 years of Irish car buying habits are unlikely to change and most buyers will continue to buy their cars in the first three months of the year.They are also concerned at the 'increasingly cluttered' nature of Irish number plates. "While the likes of Germany and the UK have a maximum of seven characters on its number plates, Ireland could potentially have number plates with as many as ten or eleven characters, thereby rendering them even more difficult to read and recall."
