Number of vehicles: cars 32,007,000 (1991), trucks and buses 1,619,000 (1991)
Road information: total: 230,735 km; paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways); unpaved: 0 km
Located in the northern part of Central Europe, Germany is surrounded by Austria, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Belgium.
Car registrations in Germany follow the EU format, which was introduced in 1994. The number plates are white with a blue section on the left hand side to display the EU symbol in. The individual state emblems are displayed in the middle of the plate. The format of the registration is LL LL NNN, with L denoting a letter and N denoting a number. The first two letters of the registration are the area identification code.
