Car Series

[3nigma]

I wanted to ask couple of things from Karachi members since they deal with this stuff on daily basis if they are buying a car from showroom. Ive started this thread so that they could shed some light on this topic, as a lot of cars are showing up on Lahore car showrooms.

1. Is there any way (online) to check car history, like there is website for Punjab registered cars so that potential buyers can cross check the website for previous owners etc.

I've been informed that special series was issued to cars that were stolen or had history of offenses such as AAP, ABL, ABY etc , please confirm cause I've seen cars like 86,88 corolla as well as newer cars like baleno and Khyber on such series numbers. This risk has made me avoid Karachi plate cars of such series.

1. A friend of mine was sold a baleno with ABL Karachi plates which had nothing wrong with the documents but later on during usage it was found out that car had been stolen and recovered and later sold. This has significantly reduced the price of the car and people are hesitant to buy it off.

2. Thirdly another issue has been that the car token can only be issued in Karachi and not in Lahore. What procedure is there to ensure that tokens can be issued in Lahore for a Karachi plated car.

3. When buying Karachi registered car, i know that original embossed seal plates are a must when handing over the car to the new owner. But what if the car doesn't have the original plates? can they be re issued ?

[nfssaad]

special numbers are AA, AB, AC. used for recovered cars, lost plates car, auctioned etc

AAL is a 96 number
ABL is a 98 number
ACx is 99-2000 number

early 95 numbers were z-xxxx
after that came the 3 alphabet and 3 number XXX-xxx plates

although my charade is 86 model, but its a 98 import hence it has ABT plate..
same case for reconditioned corrolas etc

[nfssaad]

online no way so far...
however you can call up cplc on 35662222 and tell them vehical make and model, chassis number and plate number and they will tell you the history of that vehical.

[3nigma]

special numbers are AA, AB, AC. used for recovered cars, lost plates car, auctioned etc

AAL is a 96 number
ABL is a 98 number
ACx is 99-2000 number

early 95 numbers were z-xxxx
after that came the 3 alphabet and 3 number XXX-xxx plates

although my charade is 86 model, but its a 98 import hence it has ABT plate..
same case for reconditioned corrolas etc

Thanks for the reply
So what you are saying is that recovered cars , etc where given to 2 alphabet plates ?

Hope other members could shed some light on the other points

[nfssaad]

yes recovered cars are given 2digit numbers..
however in case a car is recovered quickly.. the number remains unchanged.

also
aaa-xxx series is for cars
bx-xxxx series is for jeep etc
cx-xxxx is for vans, highroof, bolan etc

[nfssaad]

at least thats what i have noticed..
other members can shed more light