In 1932, the company changed its name to Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek (Van Doorne's Trailer Factory), abbreviated to DAF.

DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company.  In February 1958, DAF demonstrated a small belt driven four seater car at the Dutch car show (the AutoRAI). DAF started selling the world's first car with a continuously variable transmission.

 

Headquarters Eindhoven, Netherlands

daffodil 30  1961-1967

The DAF Daffodil is a small family car that was manufactured by DAF from 1961 until 1967. It replaced the DAF 600. At the same time DAF launched the DAF 750 which was essentially the same car but with less luxurious fittings and less chrome trim on the outside. The Daffodil was conceived as an export version of the 750, market response dictated that the 750 ceased production in 1963 while the Daffodil, benefitting from a succession of mild face lifts, remained in production until 1967. The Daffodil was replaced by the very similar but slightly more powerful DAF 33.

Daf Daffodil 30 (youtube.com)

55 marathon  1967-1972

The DAF 55 is a small family car produced by the Dutch company DAF from December 1967 to September 1972. At that time it was replaced with the DAF 66.

All 55s featured the unique Variomatic belt-driven continuously variable transmission, with no manual transmission available. This feature of all DAF cars was very unusual for its class at the time.

The 55 was available as a 2-door saloon, a 3-door estate and a 2-door coupe.

Daf 55 Marathon (youtube.com)

1928-1989

1989-now