Well here is a case of some flunky salesman pissing on your foot and trying to tell you it's raining outside....I was told that the hybrids come from the factory with the plate bracket installed....I know mine was built in Mexico with the transmission from Japan...This is helping the American auto workers????? go figure....getting back to my original problem..I did procure two jumungus pop rivets to fit into the holes but I have to paint them...pop in plugs would be so much better......The up side is that I unloaded a 1995 740iL BMW that was a hole for throwing money into and did get $5400.00 for it....imagin a $76,000.00 car depreciating that much.....Good thing is I didn't buy it new.... Thanks for the info... George Cole Fayetteville, Georgia