The DAF 600 in the face if it looks like most small European cars built in the late 1950’s, this one though has a trick up its sleave, one that F1 banned even before it hit the track 35 years later in the 1993 Williams FW15C CVT.So what innovation was it, a continuously variable transmission (CVT), called the DAF Variomatic. Its basically one single variable gear which allows the engine to run at the optimum efficiency through its rev range.
