DAF

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Dutch truck maker based in Eindhoven, named after its founders' trailer factory of 1932 and part of PACCAR since 1996.

Founded: 1928, by Hubert van Doorne
Name: Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek
Headquarters: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Owner: PACCAR, since 1996

Hub van Doorne founded the business in 1928, and in 1932 it took the name Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek, or DAF. Truck production began in 1949 with the DAF A30.

The company is also remembered for the Variomatic transmission: in 1959 it began selling the DAF 600, the first car in the world with a continuously variable transmission. The car division was sold to Volvo in 1975, and PACCAR acquired DAF Trucks in 1996.

1928Hub van Doorne founds a machine factory
1932Company named Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek
1949Truck production begins
1959DAF 600, the first car with a CVT
1996PACCAR acquires DAF Trucks

DAF DAF SB220: the city bus chassis from 1985
DAF DAF MB200: the underfloor bus chassis
DAF DAF 500, 700, 900, 1100 and 1300: the Club of Four trucks
DAF DAF F218 and F220: the medium trucks of 1970 to the 1990s
DAF DAF 95: DAF’s 1987 heavy truck and the ATi engine
DAF DAF 45/55: light trucks from the Leyland Roadrunner
DAF DAF 55: the Renault-engined DAF
DAF DAF 33: the last of the Daffodil line
DAF DAF LF: the light truck that became the XB
DAF DAF 65/75/85: the middle of the DAF range
DAF DAF CF: from the 65/75/85 to the CF range
DAF DAF F241 series: 2800, 3300 and 3600
DAF DAF XF: the heavy range since 1997
DAF DAF 200 and 400: DAF’s licence-built Sherpa vans
DAF DAF 600: the first DAF car and the first modern CVT
DAF DAF Daffodil: the 750 with more chrome
DAF DAF 44: the first car from Born
DAF DAF 66: the last four-cylinder DAF
DAF DAF 46: the last car to wear the DAF badge