Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek
DAF is a Dutch automobile company, with its main offices in Eindhoven.The DAF company was founded in 1932, when a machine construction company led by Hub and Wim van Doorne, changed name to Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek (Van Doorne's Trailer Factory), abbreviated DAF.
In 1949, the company started producing trucks, changing its name to Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek (Van Doorne's Automobile Factory). In 1958, DAF produced its first passenger car, fitted with continuously variable automatic transmission (VARIOMATIC).
The division of DAF producing passenger cars was sold to the Swedish company Volvo in 1975, leaving DAF to concentrate on their successful line of trucks.
