DAF XD

The XD is DAF’s distribution and vocational truck: the part of the New Generation range that sits below the XF, XG and XG+ long-haul tractors. DAF announced it in June 2022 for an unveiling at the IAA that September, and said production was planned to start that autumn. DAF says the XD series was elected International Truck of the Year 2023 by a jury of European commercial vehicle journalists, with the award presented at IAA Transportation in September 2022.

DAF publishes a separate specification sheet for each axle layout and engine entry point — twenty-five of them for the XD, seventeen rigid and eight tractor. It is not a sheet per orderable configuration: one document covers a range of wheelbases and cabs, and the three entry points are XD 230, XD 300 and XD 370, with no separate sheet for the badges in between. Every weight below comes from DAF Trucks Ltd’s GB sheets, edition 202545A of 10 July 2025, which footnote both figures as holding in conformity with registration documents. DAF also sells an XDC, for vocational and construction applications, launched alongside the XD at the same show; it is a separate model and the figures on this page are the XD’s.

Cabs

Three cabs are offered: Day Cab, Sleeper Cab and Sleeper High Cab. On the FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet the Day Cab measures 2,030 mm long and 2,500 mm wide, with two entrance steps and mechanical cab suspension as standard; air cab suspension is listed as an option. The same sheet lists the Sleeper Cab and Sleeper High Cab as options rather than as separate specification sheets, so their own length and width are not printed on this document.

Two engine families

The XD is sold with two PACCAR engines.

The PX-7 is a 6.7-litre unit, the smaller of the two, in four steps: 167 kW (badged XD 230), 189 kW (XD 260), 212 kW (XD 290) and 227 kW (XD 310), with torque running from 890 to 1,190 Nm. DAF describes it as suited to rigid trucks, used in application classes up to 19 tonnes or drawbar applications, and pre-eminently suitable for inner-city distribution work. Its standard exhaust brake delivers, in DAF’s own wording, up to 165 kW of braking power. A PX Engine Brake appears alongside it in the options list on the XD 230 sheet, with no braking figure published for it.

The MX-11 is a 10.8-litre unit, the larger of the two, in five steps: 220 kW (XD 300), 251 kW (XD 340), 270 kW (XD 370), 300 kW (XD 410) and 330 kW (XD 450). DAF’s engine infosheet splits the ratings into two groups: the 220 and 251 kW ratings are optimised for urban, regional and national distribution, with solo vehicles or combinations up to 32-36 tonnes GCM, and the 270, 300 and 330 kW ratings for one-stop delivery types of application, with GCMs ranging from 36 to 44 tonnes. Both tonnage figures are gross combination weights in the source, not vehicle weights.

DAF states “Euro 6” for both engines on its own specification sheets and names no sub-step in any document opened. On a heavy vehicle the legal category is Euro VI and it comes in lettered steps, set out in Euro 6 and Euro 7.

Multi-torque

DAF’s XD efficiency page states that all MX-11 variants are multi-torque, delivering up to 150 Nm more torque in top gear. The engine infosheet is narrower and does not carry that figure at all. What it does carry is two torque values rather than one for the three upper ratings — 1,950, 2,150 and 2,350 Nm held between 900 and 1,125 rpm, against a lower band of 1,800, 2,000 and 2,200 Nm from 900 to 1,400 rpm — with the higher number available in the highest gear on a direct-drive gearbox and in the two highest gears on an overdrive gearbox. The configuration sheets settle it for a given build: the 220 kW XD 300 sheets print “Engine MX-11, multi torque” in the driveline line itself.

DAF gives one reason for it. Both the engine infosheet and DAF Components’ MX-11 page say the additional torque at low revs in the top gear, or the top two on an overdrive gearbox, is there to support lower fuel consumption of the vehicle.

Transmission

The gearboxes follow the engines. The PX-7 comes with an eight-speed PowerLine, which DAF calls a fully automatic gearbox; the MX-11 with the twelve-speed TraXon, which DAF calls automated. On the FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet the standard driveline is the automated TraXon 12TX1810, a twelve-speed gearbox with a ratio spread of 12.92 to 0.77, paired with a rear axle ratio of 3.08 on that build; a six-speed automatic gearbox is listed as an option in its place, and a mechanical differential lock as a separate option. A retarder is optional: DAF lists a ZF Intarder on its own, an MX Engine Brake on its own, or the two together. DAF’s own efficiency page states the MX Engine Brake delivers up to 20% more braking power and at lower revs than a standard exhaust brake, with a braking torque curve it calls flat from 1,100 to 2,100 rpm, comparable in that page’s wording to many 13-litre engines in the market.

Axles, suspension and brakes

The same sheet’s standard rear axle is the SR1344, rated at 20.00 t on air suspension with a rear axle load of 13.00 t; a lifting (trailing) axle is listed, rated at 8.0 t. The standard front axle is rated at 8.00 t on parabolic springs of 163N stiffness. Options on the front axle range from a 165N or 167N parabolic rating (still 8.00 t) up to a 9.00 t (183N or 187N) or 10.00 t (203L) parabolic rating, or an 8.00 t air-suspended front axle at 161N; alternative rear axles HR1356 and SR1347 are also listed, along with axle load monitoring.

Braking is pneumatic, with a pneumatic park brake and, as standard, disc brakes on the driven rear axle; drum brakes on that axle are listed as an option, alongside an electro-pneumatic park brake, a spoken park-brake warning and a park-brake assist function. Standard tyres are 315/70R22.5, made by Goodyear, with tyre pressure monitoring fitted as standard.

Dimensions and weights

DAF lists XD specification sheets in five axle configurations — 4x2, 6x2, 6x4, 8x2 and 8x4 — across rigids and tractors. The weights shown on this page belong to one of them, the FAN 6x2 rigid in XD 300 form: 26,000 kg gross vehicle and 38,000 kg gross combination, with maximum axle loads of 8,000 kg front and 19,000 kg rear.

Two XD 4x2 rigids are plated at the same 18,000 kg gross vehicle, with the same 8,000 kg front and 11,500 kg rear axle loads, and their gross combination figures are 19,000 kg on the XD 230 sheet against 38,000 kg on the XD 300 sheet. The second figure is exactly twice the first. DAF titles one “FA 4X2 Rigid, 19t” and gives it a chassis weight related technical GVM of 19,000 kg; it titles the other “FA 4X2 Rigid” and gives it 20,500 kg, with a different gearbox and a different rear axle ratio. DAF’s own label for the combination figure is driveline related max GCM, and on each sheet that figure holds across every engine rating listed — four PX-7 ratings on the first, five MX-11 ratings on the second.

The rest of the range reads the same way, with the engine attached to each pair: the FAT 6x4 rigid in XD 300 form is 26,000 and 32,000 kg; the FAD 8x4 in XD 370 form 32,000 and 35,500 kg; the FAX 8x2, also XD 370, 32,000 and 38,000 kg. The 6x2 sheet gives the 38,000 kg driveline related max GCM of its standard specification as class 2, and additionally lists driveline related max GCM as an option from 27,000 up to 60,000 kg, each step designated class 2 or class 3. Those are ratings of what the driveline is approved to pull, not weights the combination may be operated at: DAF footnotes both the GVM and the GCM as figures in conformity with registration documents, and what a vehicle is allowed to weigh on a given road is a question of weights law and national derogations rather than of the specification sheet.

The FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet lists ten wheelbase steps for the Day Cab, from 3.80 m up to 6.10 m, each paired with its own rear overhang, from 2.05 m at the shortest wheelbase to 2.90 m at the longest. DAF’s own turning-circle figures on that sheet run from 13.50 m between kerbs and 14.88 m between walls at the 3.80 m wheelbase to 19.49 m and 20.96 m at the 6.10 m wheelbase. The standard side member on the same sheet is 260/7.0 mm, with a 310 mm side-member height listed as an option.

Tanks

The FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet’s standard fuel tank is aluminium, 340 litres, mounted on the left-hand side at a height of 620 mm; other tank materials and sizes are listed as an option, without a specific figure attached. The AdBlue tank is 45 litres, also on the left-hand side of the chassis.

Safety and driver-assistance systems

Standard on the FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet: LED head lights, the DAF Digital Vision System, DAF Corner View and a rear-view camera as cab-exterior equipment; and, under the sheet’s own safety heading, speed limit recognition, DAF drowsiness detection, a Lane Departure Warning System, Drive-off Assist and DAF Side & Turn Assist. Under communication and driving management the same sheet lists Adaptive Cruise Control with forward-collision warning and AEBS-3 emergency braking, and Predictive Cruise Control, as standard.

Listed as options on the same sheet: High Beam Assist; a driver airbag with two seat-belt tensioners; an extended DAF drowsiness & distraction detection function in place of the standard one; Safe Load Pass preparation; and EC-ADR safety packages for vehicles built to those regulations. The sheet also lists options to remove standard items — no rear-view camera, no DAF Digital Vision System, no DAF Corner View, no Drive-off Assist, no DAF Side/Turn Assist, no Traffic Sign Assist and no Driver State Monitoring — which DAF prints beside the standard fitment rather than as a second tier of equipment.

Equipment and options

Standard communication and driving-management equipment on the same sheet: PACCAR Connect, a digital tachograph (Stoneridge version G2V2A), a speed limiter set to 85 or 90 km/h, and basic infotainment. Options include PACCAR Connect with navigation, with or without accompanying tablet software, and an infotainment upgrade with DAF Truck Navigation. The standard electrical system is a 130 A alternator with two 140 Ah batteries. Among the chassis options are power take-off positions, an extended service interval, and application connectors for hydraulic platforms or for refuse-collection bodies built to EN 1501-1.

Source notes

Power steps, from the PACCAR infosheets: PX-7 at 167 kW (XD 230), 189 kW (XD 260), 212 kW (XD 290) and 227 kW (XD 310); MX-11 at 220 kW (XD 300), 251 kW (XD 340), 270 kW (XD 370), 300 kW (XD 410) and 330 kW (XD 450). PX-7 torque runs 890, 990, 1,090 and 1,190 Nm. MX-11 torque runs 1,350, 1,500, 1,950, 2,150 and 2,350 Nm, the upper three of those held between 900 and 1,125 rpm with a second, lower band of 1,800, 2,000 and 2,200 Nm from 900 to 1,400 rpm; DAF tunes the two lowest ratings for urban, regional and national distribution with solo vehicles or combinations up to 32-36 tonnes GCM, and the three highest for one-stop delivery types of application with GCMs ranging from 36 to 44 tonnes. The configuration sheets of 10 July 2025 give 1,450 Nm for the same 220 kW rating the infosheet puts at 1,350 Nm. The gross weights above were read from the FAN 6x2 rigid XD 300 sheet; they are properties of that build and do not carry across configurations. The FA 4x2 rigid is 18,000 kg GVM against 19,000 kg GCM on the sheet DAF titles “FA 4X2 Rigid, 19t” (XD 230, chassis weight related technical GVM 19,000 kg), and 18,000 against 38,000 kg on the sheet titled “FA 4X2 Rigid” (XD 300, technical GVM 20,500 kg); both carry maximum axle loads of 8,000 kg front and 11,500 kg rear, and DAF calls the combination figure driveline-related, holding across every engine rating listed on each sheet. The FAT 6x4 rigid in XD 300 form is 26,000 and 32,000 kg; the FAD 8x4 in XD 370 form 32,000 and 35,500 kg; the FAX 8x2 in XD 370 form 32,000 and 38,000 kg. Maximum axle loads on the FAN are 8,000 kg front and 19,000 kg rear, and the same sheet lists optional driveline-related maximum GCM from 27,000 to 60,000 kg, each designated class 2 or class 3. The Day Cab is 2,030 mm long and 2,500 mm wide; Sleeper and Sleeper High cabs are also offered. The PX-7’s exhaust brake is standard and delivers up to 165 kW of braking power, with the PX Engine Brake a listed option for which DAF publishes no braking figure. DAF’s XD efficiency page says all MX-11 variants are multi-torque, delivering up to 150 Nm more torque in top gear; the engine infosheet does not carry that figure, and attaches its two-value torque table to the three upper ratings only. The same efficiency page states the MX Engine Brake delivers up to 20% more braking power and at lower revs than a standard exhaust brake, with a braking torque curve it calls flat from 1,100 to 2,100 rpm, comparable in that page’s wording to many 13-litre engines in the market. DAF’s own press release of 19 September 2022 states the XD series was elected International Truck of the Year 2023 by the ITOY jury, with the award presented that evening at IAA Transportation in Hanover.