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DAF SB

Bus

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the DAF SB on record.

Netherlands
1966–1981
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 50% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Israel Netherlands New Zealand Ukraine

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/bus/daf/sb/full

Registration history

1966: 1 vehicle 1967: 1 vehicle 1970: 3 vehicles 1971: 1 vehicle 1972: 3 vehicles 1973: 4 vehicles 1974: 2 vehicles 1975: 3 vehicles 1976: 1 vehicle 1977: 3 vehicles 1978: 5 vehicles 5 1979: 3 vehicles 1980: 2 vehicles 1981: 1 vehicle 1966 1981
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1966 1
1967 1
1970 3
1971 1
1972 3
1973 4
1974 2
1975 3
1976 1
1977 3
1978 5
1979 3
1980 2
1981 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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The DAF SB as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/bus/daf/sb/full

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{
  "id": "bus/daf/sb",
  "name": "SB",
  "make": {
    "id": "daf",
    "name": "DAF"
  },
  "kind": "bus",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "il",
    "nl",
    "nz",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 6,
    "mass_decile": 5,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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