Here is Saudia the car plates are issued by the government and we are bound to use them, means no fancy plates are allowed. The old number plates have 3 digits along with three alphabets e.g
but before 3, 4 years they changed the number plates which includes arabic and english alphabets with 4 digits and 3 alphabets. as you can see in the above picture the number issued is 003 and he cannot change, but when his new number plate is issued it is 0003, its up to him that either he want with zeros of without, but in system it is written as 0003. eg.
He have to submit his number plate with zeros and then new number plate without zeros will be provided to him or at the time of registration he have to wait for the number plate without zeroes. but on Car registration book it is written without zeroes....