DAF truck manufacturing company * A&T Design

Описание: DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium.
In 1928, Hubert "Hub" van Doorne founded the company as Commanditaire Vennootschap Hub van Doorne's Machinefabriek. In 1932, the company, now run by Hub and his brother, Wim van Doorne, changed its name to Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek, abbreviated to DAF.
DAF developed the Trado conversions to convert 4x2 Ford trucks to an off road 6x4 drive. One of DAF's few armoured vehicles was the M39 Pantserwagen, using developments of this Trado drivetrain. This was too late for World War II and the invasion of the Netherlands, and only three saw combat.
In 1949, the company started making lorries, trailers and buses. The first lorry model was the DAF A30.
Through the 1950s, DAF was a major supplier to the re equipping of the Dutch Army's, with models such as the DAF YA-126 and DAF YA-328 'Dikke Daf'. These used the all wheel drive H-drive developed from the Trado conversions.
In 1959, DAF started selling the world's first car with a continuously variable transmission, the small four seater DAF 600.
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 lorries.
DAF produced their first lorry, the A30, in 1949. Their first attempt into the international market was a failure, the 2000DO.
Their next lorry was the 1964 DAF 2600, which became a big seller with its well equipped but practical cabin.
In the 1970s, a new modular tilting cab called the F218 was introduced on the F1600/F2000 range of vehicles. Three years later, the wider F241, which featured DAF's characteristic three wiper windscreen, was introduced as the DAF 2800.
This design lasted until the introduction of the 95 style cab in 1987. DAF's 95 series was launched in 1987, and quickly gained the coveted 'Truck of The Year' award.
The 95 featured an all new cab developed jointly with ENASA of Spain, a revised version of the 11.6-litre ATI engine, rated at 310, 350, and 380 bhp, and 16 speed ZF Friedrichshafen gearbox.
The basic cab design remains in production to this day, latterly as the 95XF and now the XF105, although both these developments of the original 95 are totally different machines under the skin.
An all new medium to heavyweight line up debuted in the end of 1992, the 65, 75 and 85 utilising the same wedge shaped cab. Powered by DAF's 6.24-litre (381 cu in), 8.65-litre (528 cu in) and 11.6-litre (710 cu in) engines, some novel styling details featured, while the 85 Series' cab sat 10 cm (3.94 in) higher on the chassis to clear the WS engine.

(Source: DAF)
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