From 1959 till 1963, a total of 30,591 cars were produced. The engine was an in-house development, an air-cooled, four-stroke, flat-twin petrol engine displacing 590 cc (36.0 cu in).

Due to DAF Club Netherlands and many enthusiasts, among others, there is a lot of attention worldwide for DAF passenger cars with Variomatic and Volvos with CVT.

Aug 19, 2025 · Explore the quirky legacy of DAF, the Dutch carmaker that brought CVT tech to city cars, from military trucks to the iconic DAF 600.

Following the takeover by Volvo, DAF models were taken off the market, apart from the DAF 46, and the 66 was replaced by the Volvo 66. Then in 1976, Volvo launched the Volvo 343, which …

Daf timeline catalogue Chronological catalogue of Daf cars, with models and submodels introduced in corresponding years.

DAF was the first to introduce turbo-intercooling. The technology was initially developed to meet the demand for higher engine outputs and lower fuel consumption, but also proved to be …

Between the 1950s and 1970s, DAF introduced a line of small family cars that stood out for their pioneering use of the Variomatic continuously variable transmission (CVT), a technical …

DAF sold its passenger car division, along with what is now the NedCar factory in Born, in 1975 to the Swedish company Volvo Cars, leaving DAF to concentrate on its successful line of trucks.

In 1959, DAF started selling the world's first car with a CVT, the small four seater DAF 600. This was the first of a series of models to be released in subsequent years, including the DAF 33, …

Many a European motorist, of a certain age, will remember the puttering flat-twin and slurring rpm soundtrack of DAF’s little city cars, but that was a long way from how...