DAF Siluro

The DAF Siluro is a concept car based on the

DAF 55 The DAF 55 is a small family car produced by the The Netherlands, Dutch company DAF Trucks, DAF from December 1967 to September 1972. At that time it was replaced with the DAF 66. All 55s featured the unique Variomatic belt-driven continuously va ...

. Giovanni Michelotti designed and built it in collaboration with

DAF Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbe ...

. It was presented to the public in March 1968 at the

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. The Siluro (Italian for Torpedo) is one of the first cars with a wedge shape. Like the DAF 55, the two-seater has a Renault four-cylinder petrol engine with and a DAF Variomatic gearbox. After an eventful history, the only prototype built is now in the DAF Museum.DAF 55 Siluro
''Carrozzieri-italiani.com''. After Michelotti's death in 1980, the car was initially parked in Michelotti's son's garden until a car dealer from Germany bought it. The DAF Museum later acquired the vehicle and restored it, which took several years due to the rust-damaged bodywork. In 2005, the Siluro was exhibited at the Amsterdam RAI and can now be seen in the DAF Museum in

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Concept cars DAF vehicles