DAF 45/55

The DAF 45/55 series was a distribution truck from DAF (Automobile) based on the Leyland Roadrunner . After the cooperation with Leyland Motors in 1986 and the establishment of Leyland DAF in 1987, DAF now also had a modern range of light commercial vehicles, which was introduced by Leyland Motors itself in the 1980s. From 1991 onwards, Leyland DAF marketed the Roadrunner as Leyland DAF 45 in the Commonwealth of Nations and in the exporting countries outside of continental Europe. In continental Europe, where the Leyland Roadrunner had been marketed as the DAF 600/800/1000 series, it was now called the DAF 45. When Leyland went bankrupt in 1993, Paccar , which already owned Kenworth , Peterbilt and Foden , acquired the company. After another revision in 1994, the model was extended to the DAF 45/55 with a simultaneous series expansion, whereby the name Leyland was only listed in Great Britain. At the same time, the series has now also been exported to North America and marketed there as the Kenworth K300 . There it replaced a model based on the VW G90 .

With several minor modernizations, the series was produced until 2001 and then replaced by the DAF LF, which was newly developed in the UK .

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DAF history on the manufacturer's website