DAF 46
title: "DAF 46" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cars-introduced-in-1974", "cars-discontinued-in-1976", "daf-vehicles", "cars-powered-by-boxer-engines", "vehicles-with-continuously-variable-transmission", "vdl-nedcar-vehicles"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAF_46" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | DAF 46 Super Luxe at rest exhibited at Schaffen-Diest Fly-Drive 2013.JPG |
| name | DAF 46 |
| manufacturer | DAF |
| production | 1974–1976{{cite web |
| title | 46 |
| work | Models |
| publisher | Classic Daf |
| url | http://www.classic-daf.nl/models/46.html |
| accessdate | 2007-04-24 |
| url-status | dead |
| archiveurl | https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093436/http://www.classic-daf.nl/models/46.html |
| archivedate | 2007-09-27 |
| assembly | Netherlands: Born (DAF Born) |
| predecessor | DAF 44 |
| successor | Volvo 66 |
| class | Small family car |
| body_style | |
| layout | FR layout |
| engine | 844 cc flat twin |
| transmission | Variomatic |
| length | 3848 mm |
| width | 1530 mm |
| height | 1445 mm |
| weight | 724 kg |
| wheelbase | 2248 mm |
| designer | Giovanni Michelotti |
| caption | 1976 DAF 46 Super Luxe |
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| image = DAF 46 Super Luxe at rest exhibited at Schaffen-Diest Fly-Drive 2013.JPG | name = DAF 46 | manufacturer = DAF | aka = | production = 1974–1976{{cite web |title=46 |work=Models |publisher=Classic Daf |url=http://www.classic-daf.nl/models/46.html |accessdate=2007-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093436/http://www.classic-daf.nl/models/46.html |archivedate=2007-09-27 | assembly = Netherlands: Born (DAF Born) | predecessor = DAF 44 | successor = Volvo 66 | class = Small family car | body_style = | layout = FR layout | platform = | engine = 844 cc flat twin | transmission = Variomatic | length = 3848 mm | width = 1530 mm | height = 1445 mm | weight = 724 kg | wheelbase = 2248 mm | track = | related = | designer = Giovanni Michelotti | caption = 1976 DAF 46 Super Luxe The DAF 46 is a small family car that was manufactured by the Dutch company DAF. It was introduced in November 1974 to replace the 44, although at the time it was announced that the two cars would be sold "alongside" one another, suggesting that there were still substantial stocks of the earlier model awaiting customers.
In February 1976, at the relaunch of the Volvo 66 (formerly the DAF 66), it was announced that the DAF 46 would be phased out during 1976, after which 'special measures' would ensure adequate parts and service backup despite the disappearance of the DAF brand from passenger car show rooms.
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The DAF 46 was carpeted throughout and equipped with cloth covered reclining seats. It also had a redesigned gear lever and additional dash mounted warning lights. Out of sight of the driver was a de Dion rear axle, Reports suggest that the DAF 46 had safer handling than its predecessor, but acceleration was nonetheless considerably slower, at a time when most European manufacturers were steadily increasing top speed and acceleration when they introduced model upgrades.
A total of 32,353 DAF 46s were produced.
Notes
References
- (12 July 1975). "4 way selecting second hand".
- (23 November 1974). "News: New DAF".
- (7 February 1976). "Volvo let out their belts".
- (26 July 1975). "New car from DAF".
- Ritzinger, André. "The 44 Model". RitzSite.
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