Chile

Last update: 30 May 2023

In general:
vehicle class	year colors from 1961-1984
Islands: Easter Island and Juan Fernandez

	Picture	Date of first issue	Date of last issue	Type	Description	Remarks
1		1904	1918	car	1234	Fox
2		1918	1919	car	123	Punta Arenas Europlate
3		1919		car	1234	green van Wersch
4		1920	1921	taxi	123 A	taxi Yanez
5		1921		car	1234	green? van Wersch
6		1921	1922	car	P 123	Punta Arenas Hediger
7		1922	1923	car	1234 P	Punta Arenas Europlate
8		1922	1923	truck	123 C	Punta Arenas Yanez
9		1922	1923	taxi	123 A	Punta Arenas Europlate
10		1925	1926	taxi	123	Punta Arenas Hediger
11		1926		car	12	Talca Klotz
12		1930		car	12345	330x160mm P = private car (particular) web
13				truck	12345	truck (camion) Europlate
14		1931		car	12345	web
15		1931		truck	12345	C = truck (camion) Klotz
16		1932		car	12345	van Wersch
17		1932		truck	12345	Drew
18		1933		car	12345	Hediger
19		1933		truck	12345	van Wersch
20		1934		car	12345	van Wersch
21		1935		car	12345	web
22		1936		car	12345	Klotz
23		1937		car	12345	or/bl? Europlate
24		1938		car	12345	330x150mm ye/bl? van Wersch pm = municipal car Klotz
25		1938		diplo	CD 12	diplomatic van Wersch
26		1938		taxi	123456	taxi (arriendo) Bernet
27		1938		truck	123456	crane (grua) Bernet
28		1939		taxi	AB 123	taxi (arriendo) Santiago used AA12 - ZZ12 van Wersch
29		1940		car	AB 123	van Wersch
30		1940		CD	123	diplomatic Europlate (2x)
31		1941		car	AB 123	star in the middle web
32		1942		car	AB 123	Hediger
33		1942		hire	AB 123	private hire (arriendo) web
34		1943	1946?	car	AB 123	painted out 42 Klotz
35		1946		car	AB 123	van Wersch
36		1948		car	AB 123	Klotz
37		1948		CD	CD 123	diplomatic Europlate
38		1949		car	AB 123	Klotz
39		1950		truck	AB 123	Europlate
40		1951		car	AB 123	Fox
41		1951		CD	12	diplomatic Europlate
42		1951		CC	Consul 12	consul Kästner
43		1952		car	AB 123	Klotz
44		1953		truck	AB 123	van Wersch
45		1953		CD	123	diplomatic Europlate
46		1954		car	AB 123	yellow van Wersch
47		1954		CD	123	diplomatic Europlate
48		1955		car	AB 123	maroon van Wersch web
49		1956		car	AB 123	Klotz
50		1957		car	AB 123	Klotz
51		1957		CC	Consul 1	consul Bernet
52		1958		car	AB 123	2nd plate is an undated base that looks like the 59 plate (tekst underneth) with a 58 tab web (2x)
53		1958		CC	Consul 1	consul web
54		1959		car	AB 123	2nd plate is an undated base with a 59 tab web van Wersch
55		1960		car	AB 123	2nd plate is an undated base with a 60 tab van Wersch (2x)
56		1960	1973 seen 73	diplo	CD 123 CC 123 OI 123	diplomatic Kästner consular corps Klotz international organizations Hans
57		1961	1961	car	AB 123	30,5x150mm new dies star + year province + vehicle class van Wersch
58		1961		mc	12345	motorcycle Drew
59		1962	1969	car	AB 123	see for year colors + year province name at the top in even years Klotz van Wersch
60		1962		mc	AB 12 12345	motorcycle side car Drew (2x)
61		1964? pre 74?			OI	international organizations Klotz
62		pre 74?		mc	OI	motorcycle international organizations Klotz
63		1970	1980	car	ABC 12 AB 123	see for year colors province name at the bottom in odd years some provinces changed later to three letters than 1970 van Wersch (2x)
64		Apr 1972	May 1972	UN	123	UNCTAD III United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Europlate
65		1974			1974 386.979 vehicles	P particular wh/bl SW station wagon wh/bl C camionetta small truck non-com wh/bl C camionetta small truck com wh/gr C comercial trucks/vans wh/gr A arriendo taxis/rentals re/wh BUS all types bk/or Ambulancia wh/re
66		first 2 1970-73 1974-78? star 79?	1978? 1984?		CD CC OI ONU AT	300x110mm diplomatic naciones unidas Europlate (5x) OI Klotz later with star (no date)
67		1976? older		pol	J 123 RP 123	police (carabineros) J = prefecture (Jefeturia) RP = patrol car Europlate Klotz
68		1976?		pol	M 123	police motorcycle (carabineros) Europlate
69		1976? older		army	RCH FH 123	army FH? (ejercito) Brumby
70		1976? older		army	UP 123	army? Brumby
71		1976		mc	12345	motorcycle Drew
72		1978? older		army	P 123	air force (fuerza aerea) p = personnel t= ? van Wersch Klotz
73		1981	1981	car	ABC 123	slightly narrower plate vehicle class dropped van Wersch
74		1981	1981	mc	AB 123	motorcycle Drew
75		1981	1981	bus	ABC 123	dark blue on yellow? Klotz Hans
76		1981	1981	taxi	ABC 123	and rental? Klotz
77		1981 older?		temp	PROV 1234	temporary (provisoria) Europlate
78		1982	1982	car	ABC 123	dark blue on orange? van Wersch Klotz
79		1982	1982	mc	ABC 123	motorcycle Klotz
80		1982	1982	taxi	AB 123	white on orange and rental? Klotz (2x)
81	ye?	1982	1982	bus	ABC 123	bus? Klotz
82		1983	1983	car	ABC 123	van Wersch
83		1983	1983	mc	AB 123	region metropolitana
84		1983	1983	taxi	ABC 123	and rental? and bus? van Wersch
85		1984	1984	car	ABC 123	black on orange/brown Hediger van Wersch
86		1984	1984	mc	AB 123	region metropolitana Klotz
87		1984	1984	taxi	ABC 123	red on orange/brown Klotz van Wersch
88		1984	1984	bus	ABC 123	bus? Klotz
		1987? older		army	RCH-FN 1234
89		1974?1984?older		fire	CBSM 12	fire brigade (bomberos) cpo = corps (cuerpo) CBS Cpo Bomberos Santiago CBSM San Miguel Europlate web
90		1985? 94 CD0599	1999?	CD	CD 123	diplomatic Europlate
91				CC	CC 123	consular corps Europlate
92		94?		other	OI 1234	international organizations Europlate
93		90? 94?		other	PAT 123	technical assistance personnel Europlate
94		1994?		fire	SA 12	airport fire engine DGAC = Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil van Wersch
95		90s		other		funaral (subsecretaria trans. servicios funerarios) Europlate

96		1985		tr	ABC 123	small trailer 2 sizes < 3860kg van Wersch
97		1985	1992 highest	temp	PR 1234	temporary (provisoria) van Wersch Klotz
98	from 1991 slim letters (DP) after ZZ in 2006, came WA	Jan 1985	car 2007 truck 2007 bus 1999	car truck bus	AB 1234	370x130mm AA-ZZ (start not in sequence) 1990 DA 1994 LA 1997 SA 2003 XA 2006 WA-WZ (after ZA-ZZ) 2007 ZW-KW (-VW) 2007 MZ-MX Klotz
99		1985	2014	mc	AB 123	146x80mm Klotz
100		1985	now	tr	ABC 123	small trailer 2 sizes < 3860kg van Wersch

101		1980? narrower 1989 1994 2003? older		pol	J 123 RP 123	police (carabineros) J = prefecture (Jefeturia) RP = patrol car Europlate Klotz
102		2003? older		other	M 1234	police motorcycle (carabineros) Europlate
103		1985?		army	P 123	air force (fuerza aerea) Yanez

	later with just Chile	1992		ham	CE 3 BPN	ham radio not a real plate, an extra plate Europlate

104		1994 lowest	2018 highest	temp	PR 123 PR 1234 (2014)	provisoria Europlate

105		after 94? 1999?	2004	diplo	CD 1234	diplomatic Europlate
106		?	2004	other	OI 123	international organizations Europlate

107		1994? mc 2003 older		pol	AB 1234 A 1234	police (carabineros) RP = patrol car AP = ? B = riot van J = jeep Z = patrol van Europlate (2x)
108		older FA de Chile		army	CM 123	airforce (fuerza aerea) CM = small truck? Europlate
109		94 painted on body? 85 low number?		army	EJTO 1234	army (ejercito) web
110		3rd later 1999?		fire	CBA 123 CBS 123	fire brigade (bomberos) cpo = corps (cuerpo) CBA Cpo Bomberos Antofagasta CBM Maipú CBS Santiago Europlate (4x) also normal plates are used and handpainted
111				fire	CBV 123	CBV Valparaiso Europlate
112		Nov 1999		taxi	AB 1234	city taxi dark orange web
113		Nov 1999		taxi	AB 1234	taxi van (colectivo) van Wersch
114		Nov 1999		bus	AB 1234	tourist bus/van Europlate


115		2004		other	AB 1234	tax free Europlate
116		2004		other	AB 123	tax free Francoplaque
117		?	2007	bus	AB 1234	normal bus transantiago Francoplaque


118		2004		tr	JB 1234	big trialer > 3860kg JA-JP web

119		2004			CD 1234	diplomatic 09 = Brazil Europlate
120		2004			CC 1234	corps consular 04 = Argentina web
121		2004			AT 1234	technical assistance personnel 23 = Spain Europlate
122		2004			CH 1234	honorary consul 99 = Bolivia Europlate
123		2004			OI 1234	international organizations 26 = int. org. Europlate

124		Mar 2007	2014	car truck	ABCD 12	370x130mm Europlate
125				taxi	ABCD 12	normal taxi dark orange Europlate
126		or? dark ye?		taxi	ABCD 12	taxi van (colectivo) Europlate
127				bus	ABCD 12	tourist bus/van Europlate
128				bus	ABCD 12	normal bus Francoplaque
129				other	ABCD 12	tax free web

130		2014	now	car truck	ABCD 12	thinner letters (from GK?) Francoplaque
131		2014	now	mc	ABC 12	motorcycle 146x120mm Francoplaque dot has moved web
132		2014	now	car	AB 1234	car remake web
133		2014	now	mc	AB 123	motorcycle remake Francoplaque
134		2014	now	taxi	ABCD 12	normal taxi Europlate
135		2014	now	taxi	ABCD 12	taxi van (colectivo) web
136		2014	now	bus	ABCD 12	tourist bus/van web
137		2014? later?	now	bus	ABCD 12	normal bus transantiago web
138		2014? later?	now	other	ABCD 12	tax free web

139	bk/wh	07? 14? now?		tr	ABCD 12 R trailer SR semi tr	big trailer > 3860kg

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