DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar.
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13 Facts About DAF Trucks
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Some truck models sold with the DAF brand are designed and built by Leyland Trucks at its Leyland plant in England.
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Huenges left the company in 1936 and the DAF Trucks company was then completely in the hands of the van Doorne brothers.
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In 1955, DAF Trucks produced its first drafts of a car belt drive system.
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In February 1958, DAF Trucks demonstrated a small belt-driven four-seater car at the Dutch car show .
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In 1959, DAF Trucks started selling the world's first car with a continuously variable transmission, the small four seater DAF Trucks 600.
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In 1967, DAF Trucks opened a new plant in Born for car production.
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In 1987, DAF merged with the Leyland Trucks division of Rover Group, and in June 1989 was floated on the Dutch and London Stock Exchanges as DAF NV.
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DAF Trucks Bus was split off in 1990 to become a part of United Bus.
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DAF Trucks 46 was developed with Volvo's assistance, and was basically a 44 with the rear axle of a 66 and a single belt Variomatic .
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The last DAF Trucks design, codenamed P900, initially intended to be the DAF Trucks 77, was developed during the transition to Volvo ownership and was ultimately launched as the Volvo 300 series in 1976, firstly as the Volvo 343 three door hatchback with the Variomatic transmission.
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DAF Trucks tried to change this image with entries in rallies and races, such as their entry in the London–Sydney Marathon.
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DAF Trucks car was used in Albie Mangle's "World Safari" movie of 1977.
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