Rishi Kapoor, reportedly tired of his old car and in a particularly indulgent mood, bought himself a new set of wheels recently, a shiny new luxury SUV, and took it out for a spin on Wednesday. We couldn't help but notice a common thread between RK's new car and the fleet of the previous ones — the number plate digits of all cars in this Kapoor household total to ‘8’.

A source close to the family told Mirror that the Kapoor trio — Rishi, Neetu and Ranbir — have always considered the number eight very lucky for the family.

When Ranbir purchased his first jeep back in the late 2000s, the number plate was a one digit, eight. Well, no surprises there. Two cars that followed, a fiery red sports car and another sedan, too featured a single digit plate.

Whereas Neetu, whose driven a blue SUV for the last couple of years, also has a plate that adds up to eight. “It’s also because it coincides with Neetu’s birthday — July 8 — and everyone in the family makes sure that the registration number totals up to it,” the source points out, adding that even Ranbir’s football jerseys always have the number eight on them.

The Kapoor's affinity for numerology comes as no surprise, since it’s always been about the digits with Bollywood stars.

Amitabh Bachchan, whose birthday falls on October 11, considers his lucky number to be two and many of his dozen cars feature the single digit on their plate, three of which have been photographed at multiple events.

Likewise for Shah Rukh Khan, who has a triple five on all his number plates. Shahid Kapoor also makes sure to flaunt his lucky number '700' on his plates and even added a custom plate to his Harley Davidson, with the three digit figure on it.

Saif Ali Khan sticks to the number seven, since his birthday falls on August 16, the digits of which add up to his lucky number and Sanjay Dutt always has a 4545 plate.