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Monday, October 31, 2016

Meet the man who spent $9 million on a license plate


For high-rolling drivers in the United Arab Emirates, no car is complete without a single-digit license plate. The oil-rich country's wealthy elite are willing to drop millions of dollars to get their hands on one. Dubai property developer Balwinder Sahni wanted a highly coveted plate bearing the number 5. He wanted it so much, he bid 33 million dirhams ($9 million) for it at a government auction earlier this month. It was one of the largest sums ever spent on a license plate, although still lower than the $14 million record set in 2008 by an Abu Dhabi businessman. Sahni found that his big purchase also brought him a lot of attention. He says he can't go out in public without people stopping

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