DAF 44

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DAF
DAF 44 (1975)
DAF 44 (1975)
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Production period: 1966-1976
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
0.85 liters (25 kW)
Length: 3848 mm
Width: 1537 mm
Height: 1391 mm
Wheelbase : 2248 mm
Empty weight : 724 kg

The DAF 44 was a Dutch car of the lower middle class , the DAF in Limburg produced in the model years 1966 to 1974.

The body was designed by Giovanni Michelotti . The air-cooled two-cylinder boxer engine with 844 cm³ displacement and 34 HP (25 kW) output, the drive with stepless Variomatic and the chassis with damper struts and wheel- guiding transverse leaf spring at the front and swing axle at the rear were essentially designed as in the DAF 33 .

For the truck manufacturer DAF, which had previously only built the smaller, weaker Daffodil series ( DAF 30 to 33) for the passenger car market , the DAF 44 was a cautious step upwards.

In 1974 the model was renamed the DAF 46 and with slight technical changes, such as the De-Dion rear axle of the DAF 66 , under Volvo- Ägide it was built for two years. Since the maximum torque of the two-cylinder engine was lower than that of the larger Renault engine in the DAF 66, a V-belt was sufficient for power transmission.

The DAF 44 was the basis of the Kalmar DAF mail delivery vehicle.

  • DAF 44 station wagon, rear view

  • DAF 46 Deluxe, dashboard

  • DAF 46 front view

  • Variomatic with a V-belt and De-Dion axle of the DAF 46 seen from below

Web links

Commons : DAF 44  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : DAF 46  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files