Number of vehicles: cars 6,941,104 (1989), trucks and buses 2,828,479 (1989)
Road information: total: 329,532 km; paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways); unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.)
Located below the USA, Mexico is also bordered by Belize and Guatemala.
The current series of car registrations was introduced in 2003. The number plates themselves are white with dark blue characters. The registration format is LLL DD DD, with L standing for a letter and D for a digit. The first three letters are the region identifier. For example vehicles registered in the Yucatan would have Y as the first letter of the registration. At the bottom of the number plate is a panel with are area the vehicle was registered in.
The previous series of number plates had a similar format, apart from a couple of details. The lettering was in a lighter shade of blue and at the bottom of the plate the words for the regional identifier and the letters ‘MEX’ existed.
