Photo Gallery «A visit to the amazing DAF automobile museum - or how to revise a prejudice»

Name: DAF 55 1968
Brand: DAF

DAF passenger cars have a reputation for being particularly suitable for women and not particularly dynamic. This was mainly due to the Variomatic, which DAF installed in its cars right from the start. However, the design was good for everyday driving as well as rallying and even formula racing cars. If you want to get to the bottom of old prejudices, you can learn a lot about the Dutch car brand at the DAF Museum, as this visit report explains.

Old factory sign - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

The museum from the outside - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

The company founders Hub and Wim van Doome - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Upper level - Passenger cars from the history of DAF - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Rally trucks from DAF - heavy equipment for the Paris-Dakar Rally - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Rally tracks from DAF - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Commercial vehicles on the lower level of the museum - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

From the production history of DAF - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Cozy museum restaurant - Visit DAF Museum Eindhoven

There's always something to do at the museum - Volunteers restore a bus - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

The heart of all DAF passenger cars - the legendary Variomatic with the two V-belts - Visit DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF (1943) - one-off - the "moving umbrella" - first DAF passenger car with 150 cm3 ILO engine - DAF Museum Eindhoven

Moretti prototype for the DAF - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF 600 (1958) - the beginning, with Variomatic of course - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF 316 (1965) - as a delivery van - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF 46 (1974) - as station wagon - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF 55 Coupé (1968) - lifted off the chassis - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF 55 Coupé (1968) - elegant - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF 555 (1970) - in racing trim - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF 55 (1968) - in red - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF 55 (1970) - for the London-Sidney Rally - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF 66 SL (1972) - as a beach car - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF Camel-Huron prototype (1972) - of course also with Variomatic - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF Coupé (1965) - a design by Michelotti that remained a one-off - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF Kalmar (1965) - the Swedish Post Office bought 1000 units - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF kini (1966) - royal beach car by Michelotti - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF Shellette (1968) - Beach car by Michelotti for Onassis - DAF-Museum Eindhoven

DAF Pony (1967) - Commercial vehicle - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF Pony (1967) - All-purpose vehicle - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF Siluro (1968) - Coupé with sharp contours by Giovanni Michelotti - DAF Museum Eindhoven

Williams FW 15C (1993) - with DAF Variomatic - the monoposto ran at 369 km/h - DAF Museum Eindhoven

DAF also had a motorcycle, with automatic transmission of course - visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven

Buggy alternative from DAF - Visit to the DAF Museum Eindhoven