If there’s one thing American land enthusiasts love, it’s his the Mitsubishi Delicatessen. You can keep all yours SprintersAND NVthis is simply absurd – Delica is the apple of our collective eyes. However, with registrations of imported JDM delivery vehicles at risk from local governmentsMitsubishi finally came up with a solution: bringing the land-based Delica to the United States.
We already bought the coolest Mitsubishi pickup truck in the US decades ago, but now it looks like Nissan is planning to give us a fully off-road-ready variant – just in time for the land market has indeed become saturated. Automotive news I talked to Mitsubishi representatives who confirmed the return of the van:
According to the dealer, who asked not to be named and shared information from an internal meeting, the passenger van will arrive by the end of the decade.
The van, one of two outdoor models to appear this decade, is based on the model D:X concepta futuristic-looking six-seat plug-in hybrid unveiled last year at the Japan Mobility Show.
Mitsubishi described the concept as featuring the ample cabin of a multi-purpose vehicle, the on-road handling of an SUV and the driving characteristics of a PHEV.
This D:X concept that failed at the Japan Mobility Show last October, it’s quite neat, even without the Delica branding. Nissan calls it an “electrified crossover MPV,” but it’s not the kind of crossover we regularly see on the road. Instead, Mitsubishi says it’s intended to be a cross between “maximum space and safety for people” and “maximum off-road vehicle.” If this isn’t a candidate for a factory vanlife, I don’t know what is.
We’ll have to wait until 2030 for our collective grubby gloves to put on the recent Delica, but perhaps we’ll start seeing more production-ready concepts before then. The clear body panels are probably on the cutting room floor, but those fender flares better stay.
