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《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Research plates up interesting numbers

Students from the Department of Marketing Management at Shu-Te University in Greater Kaohsiung display “lucky numbers” on Sunday. According to a study conducted by the students, eight, six, nine and five are the favorite license plate numbers of Mercedes-Benz and BMW owners.
Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei Times

Students from the Department of Marketing Management at Shu-Te University in Greater Kaohsiung display “lucky numbers” on Sunday. According to a study conducted by the students, eight, six, nine and five are the favorite license plate numbers of Mercedes-Benz and BMW owners. Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei Times

2014/10/23 03:00

SUPERSTITIOUS? A university class found that some car drivers prefer certain numbers over others for license plates, due to the way they can represent certain words

By Su Fu-nan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Research by the Shu Te University of Science and Technology in Greater Kaohsiung recently found that Mercedes-Benz and BMW car owners in Taiwan vastly prefer the numbers five, six, eight and nine on their license plates, while they seek to avoid the numbers zero, one, two and four.

Su Teng-hu (蘇登呼), a professor in the university’s Department of Marketing Management, and some of his students said they were interested in the phenomenon of the public’s obsession over the numbers on their license plates, causing the sale of license plate numbers by the Directorate-General of Motor Vehicles to rake in extra income for the national coffers every year.

Su said Chinese culture favored certain numbers, as the pronunciations of the numbers are almost direct homonyms to Chinese words symbolizing luck or auspiciousness.

The number six, for instance, represents being auspicious, while the number four is similar to the word “death” (死), Su said, adding that the number eight sounds like the Chinese word fa (發), which is often seen in auspicious phrases such as fa cai (發財) — to wish someone greater wealth.

The number nine, which sounds like the Chinese word jiu (久), is representative of longevity, Su said.

Real-estate agents have also discovered that apartment buildings on the eighth floor or with the number eight in the address usually sell six or seven days more quickly than others, Su said, adding that they also often sell for slightly higher prices as well.

The research showed that many car owners prefer the number five over the number seven, as five is usually synonymous with good luck, especially as it is similar to the pronunciation of the word “I” or “me” (我) in Chinese.

The similarity in pronunciation plays a great part in the number’s appreciation, especially when it is in sequence with other numbers, Su said, pointing to sequences such as 5889, which could be taken to mean “I will make money for a long time” (我發發久); 8585, meaning “Make me rich, Make me rich” (發我發我); and 5666, meaning “I’m on a smooth streak” (我順順順).

Of the interviewees, 1.7 percent disliked the number four, while the numbers one and two were disliked as well.

BMW and Mercedes-Benz owners had different preferences over the second digit on their license plate, with Benz owners having a higher preference for the number five, which is less popular with BMW owners, Su said.

BMW owners, on the other hand, favor the number seven for their second digit, while Benz owners rarely choose the number, Su said.

Meanwhile, the research has piqued the interest of car lot managers, who said they would be using the research as case material when teaching their sales agents how to formulate their sales strategies, adding that they would consider using the research to choose the license plates for sale cars.

新聞來源:TAIPEI TIMES

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