DAF Ae

Truck

1 register with powertrain counts

Years on record

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

Netherlands: 1966–2012; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2001–2023; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Finland Netherlands Spain

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

Powertrains on record

1 register 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/truck/daf/ae/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1966	1
1981	1
1984	2
1986	2
1987	40
1988	56
1989	57
1990	56
1991	59
1992	64
1993	49
1994	74
1995	72
1996	71
1997	76
1998	25
1999	23
2000	34
2001	212
2002	227
2003	166
2004	171
2005	150
2006	205
2007	30
2008	2
2011	2
2012	1

Finland
2001	1
2002	1
2009	1
2012	1
2023	1

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

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

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{
  "id": "truck/daf/ae",
  "name": "Ae",
  "make": {
    "id": "daf",
    "name": "DAF"
  },
  "kind": "truck",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "es",
    "fi",
    "nl"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "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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