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DAF

Netherlands branch of American manufacturer Paccar
Organization automobile_manufacturer Q27489
DAF
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Summary

DAF is an automobile manufacturer[1]. DAF ranks in the top 7% of automobile manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,544 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: product design[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Founder: Hub van Doorne[5]
  • Owned by: PACCAR[6]
  • Headquarters location: Eindhoven[7]
  • Location: Eindhoven[8]
  • Commons category: DAF[9]
  • Industry: automotive industry[10]
  • Archives at: DAF Museum[11]
  • Inception: April 1, 1928[12]
  • Location of formation: Eindhoven[13]
  • Parent organization or unit: PACCAR[14]
  • Official website: https://daf.com[15], https://www.daf.co.uk/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:DAF vehicles[17]
  • Product or material produced: truck[18], car[19]
  • Described by source: Designers in Nederland. Een eeuw productvormgeving[20]
  • Legal form: naamloze vennootschap[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NADD Wikidata project[22], NADD creators[23]
  • Social media followers: 23,993[24], 21,297[25], 27,697[26], 30,245[27], 28,300[28], 29,700[29]

Why It Matters

DAF has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] DAF is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-05-22. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q123294566. Retrieved . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q123294566. Retrieved . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q123294566. Retrieved . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . NADD list of design archives at risk. Retrieved . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Retrieved . nationaalontwerparchief.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Parent organization or unit → PACCAR
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