Brazil
STATUS: Independent Nation
PRONOUNCED: bra ZIL
CAPITAL: Brasilia
WORLD LOCATION: South America
FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1920's or earlier.
MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: Approx. 16,000,000
GRAPHICS USED: There are some small pictorial graphics known, mainly on tabs or special non-passenger and governmental issues.
PLATES ARE: Owner provided, but usually embossed or cast metal. The latest issue is said to be black on gray for passenger cars, with three letters and four numbers. The former passenger series consisted of black on yellow plates, with two letters and four numbers, with a small two letter state abbreviation, and a fully spelled out district name.
Non-passenger types are as follows:
Hire Vehicles - white
on red
Dealer/Test plates -
white on green
Driver Education - red
on white
Manufacturers - white
on blue
Government Vehicles
- black on white
Diplomatic - white on
blue, with a CMD prefix (Ambassadors), CD (standard Diplo vehicle) and CC
(Consular).
The President's car
has a diagonally divided green and yellow plate, with "Presidente de Republica"
on the middle.
High ranking Officials
and Senators have gold or brass on black plates, with full inscriptions as
to title, and a four digit serial number, with leading zeros.
Army - EB and a serial
number, painted directly on the vehicle.
Navy - CFN and a serial
number, painted directly on the vehicle.
Motorcycles - similar
to passenger series, but smaller - two letters and three numbers.
SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs
OVAL: BRA ISO: BR
CARS DRIVE ON: Right
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