Overview
- Forty-five bidders drove the price from a ₹50,000 base to ₹88 lakh by noon before the auction closed at ₹1.17 crore at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
- Transport officials said the fully automated process declares results on the portal, with final allotment contingent on depositing the due amount within the stipulated window.
- Hindustan Times reported the winning bidder as Sudhir Kumar, noting he paid the ₹10,000 participation amount and has days to remit the balance.
- The sale eclipses earlier highs including Kerala’s KL 07 DG 0007 at ₹45.99 lakh in April and Haryana’s HR22W2222 at ₹37.91 lakh last week, underscoring surging demand for premium plates.
- The mark’s appeal stems from visual symmetry and numerology, as the uppercase ‘B’ resembles the digit ‘8’, making the sequence look like an uninterrupted run of eights.