car loan from Bank and registration of new car

[chrisbainbridge]

We are taking a car loan from the Bank for our new car.

It is a brand new car so unregistered at this point.

We have a personal plate

The bank say that they need the VIN and they need to know its "proper" registration number.

Is there any way to get this without doing a full registration and then transferring our personal plate onto it which means waiting for the V5C to arrive from Swansea?

Thank you

[yoav]

The bank don't know what they're talking about. The car won't have a registration number until its registered (obv) which will be your personal number. It will have no other "proper" registration number (I assume they're referring to a year specific one).

As to the VIN, the dealer will have it or be able to get it from the factory.

As to why the bank wants this info, I have no idea as I've never been asked it.