$A$ vehicle registration number consists of $2$ letters of the English alphabet followed by $4$ digits, where the first digit is not zero. The total number of vehicles with distinct registration numbers is

• A
  $26^{2} \times 10^{4}$
• B
  $^{26}P_{2} \times ^{10}P_{4}$
• C
  $^{26}P_{2} \times 9 \times ^{10}P_{3}$
• D
  $26^{2} \times 9 \times 10^{3}$