DAF Model History

Netherlands · founded 1928

Eindhoven's pioneering Dutch automaker (1928–1975) — inventor of the belt-driven Variomatic CVT, absorbed by Volvo in 1975 after producing six generations of clutch-free family cars.

Models

DAF 600

DAF's debut passenger car and the world's first production automobile with a continuously variable transmission — the belt-driven Variomatic.

Microcar · 1959–1963
DAF Daffodil

DAF's export-market Variomatic family car (1961–1967), sold in three successive sub-types — the 30, 31, and 32 — with Michelotti styling and a unique ability to reverse as fast as it went forward.

Economy car · 1961–1967
DAF 33

The affordable, air-cooled two-door that replaced the Daffodil name (1967–1974) — 131,618 built, widely used by Dutch government fleets and postal services.

Economy car · 1967–1974
DAF 44

DAF's first Michelotti-styled step upmarket (1966–1974), built at a new Born plant with an enlarged 844 cc twin — 167,902 produced.

Economy car · 1966–1974
DAF 55

DAF's first water-cooled car (1968–1972) — Renault's 1108 cc Cléon engine in a sharp Michelotti body, crowned by the rally-bred 55 Marathon.

Economy car · 1968–1972
DAF 66

DAF's last original model (1972–1975) — an evolved 55 with a larger 1.1 l Renault engine and an optional 1.3 l Marathon; production continued as the Volvo 66 until 1980.

Economy car · 1972–1975

Other makes