Facts & Figures

DAF Trucks achieves many highlights in 2025

‘International Truck of the Year’ for 3rd time in 5 years time

DAF Trucks celebrated many highlights and milestones in 2025, including being awarded ‘International Truck of the Year’ for the 3rd time in only 5 years. With its European heavy Duty market share at 13.5% and the start of series production of the New Generation DAF Electric trucks, DAF is set to further expand its success in 2026.  

After the 10,000^th DAF XB left the Leyland production facilities in the United Kingdom, in Eindhoven the 125,000 New Generation DAF truck was manufactured. Never before in DAF’s almost 100 year history, this milestone was reached so quickly after the market launch, illustrating the success of the multiple award winning XD, XF, XG and XG⁺ models. DAF expanded its New Generation product range to include a specialized cab and chassis for car transportation and a five-axle variant for heavy vocational applications.

Energy transition
In 2025, DAF officially started production of the DAF XD and XF Electric vehicles. These advanced trucks provide zero emission driving ranges of up to 500 kilometers, can be charged in less than two hours and deliver up to 480 horsepower when paired with a PACCAR EX-D2 electric motor and a high-capacity battery pack. PACCAR Power Solutions delivered the 1,500^th PACCAR charger in 2025. This specialized department supports transport operators in their energy transition and provides a comprehensive range of PACCAR chargers and complete battery energy storage systems.

Solid market share performance
Across Europe, DAF achieved a solid market share of 13.5 percent in 16+ tonne segment, which totalled 297,000 units last year. DAF is market leader in the United Kingdom (27.7%) and the Netherlands (25.6%). In addition, DAF is the largest brand in the heavy-duty tractor segment in Bulgaria. In the medium duty segment (market size 40,904 units in 2025), DAF’s market share was 9.7% with market leadership in the United Kingdom.

Awards
In 2025, DAF received several prestigious recognitions, including ‘International Truck of the Year 2026’ for its XD and XF Electric vehicles. In addition, the DAF XF won the ‘Fleet Truck of the Year’ award at the U.K. Motor Transport Awards because of its outstanding operating efficiency and driver comfort. DAF earned the ‘Truck Manufacturer of the Year’ award at the 2025 Motor Trader Commercial Industry Awards and the versatile DAF XD was honored as ‘Truck of the Year’. The DAF XB earned awards from leading European trade magazines, including ‘Best Truck up to 7.5 Tonnes’ from Fleet News, ‘Best Distribution Truck’ from Truck & Trailer Welt and ‘TOP Light Truck’ from Transport a Logistika.

Sales outside Europe
DAF Brasil produced over 6,500 vehicles in 2025, including the 50,000^th truck assembled at the Ponta Grossa plant. DAF Brasil achieved 8.6 percent market share in the 16+ tonne segment and expanded South American exports by delivering trucks to Peru and construction vehicles to Suriname. DAF sold more than 4,500 trucks outside the European Union and Brasil.

DAF Components
DAF Components sold over 2,500 PACCAR MX and PX engines to leading manufacturers of coaches, buses and specialty vehicles worldwide. Updated PACCAR MX-11 and MX-13 engines for coaches and buses were introduced at the Busworld exhibition in Brussels, Belgium.

Outstanding Service
DAF signed its 300,000^th DAF MultiSupport service contract in 2025. This premium service maximizes uptime by tailoring truck maintenance to customers’ operational goals. DAF’s global dealer network opened 30 new locations throughout Europe, South America and Africa, expanding the worldwide network to over 1,150 locations.

PACCAR Financial Europe is the leading finance company for DAF trucks in Europe. DAF finalized construction of a new used truck center in Warsaw, Poland, to expand its used truck network and meet the growing demand for pre-owned DAF trucks throughout Europe.

DAF in 2026
“It is estimated that European truck industry registrations in the 16+ tonne market in 2026 will be in the range of 280,000 - 320,000 trucks”, stated Harald Seidel, President of DAF Trucks. “We are well-positioned for expanding our success with our industry-leading trucks, first-class services, and the planned production ramp-up of our excellent electric truck range.”