Dutch Daffodil

The DAF 600 is a small family car that was DAF's first production passenger car: it was first presented at the Amsterdam Motor Show in February 1958[1] and was in production by 1959, although the firm had published the first details of the car at the end of 1957. It was available until 1963.

The 600 was the first car to have a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system - the innovotive DAF Variomatic[2]. The DAF Variomatic employs centrifugal weights to shift the transmission and is enhanced by an engine manifold vacuum. It was the only car ever produced which went faster by the simple expedient of gently and gradually releasing the accelerator once top speed had been reached.