Mitsubishi Delica

Mitsubishi Delica
Overview
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Motors
Production	1968–present
Body and chassis
Class	Pickup truck/Light commercial vehicle (1968–present) Minivan (1969–present) Kei car (Delica Mini, 2023–present)
Layout	Front-mid engine, rear-wheel-drive (1968–present) Front-mid engine, four-wheel-drive (1979–1994) Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive (1994–present) Front-engine, front-wheel-drive (2007–present) Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (1994–present)

The Mitsubishi Delica (Japanese: 三菱・デリカ, Hepburn: Mitsubishi Derika) is a range of vans and pickup trucks designed and built by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 1968. It was originally based on a cabover van and pickup truck introduced the previous year, also called the Delica, its name a contraction of the English language phrase Delivery car.^[1] This pickup truck, and a commercial van derived from it has received many names in export markets, being sold as the L300 (later L400) in Europe, Jamaica (discontinued after the third generation) and New Zealand, Express and Starwagon in Australia, and plain Mitsubishi Van and Wagon in the United States. The passenger car versions were known as Delica Star Wagon from 1979 until the 1994 introduction of the Delica Space Gear, which became simply Space Gear in Europe at least. The most recent version (not available as a commercial vehicle) is called the Delica D:5. With the exception of the first, versions of all generations are still being sold in various international markets.

In Japan, the Delica Cargo and Delica D:3 nameplates were used on rebadged Mazda Bongo Brawny (between 1999 and 2010) and Nissan NV200 (between 2011 and 2019) respectively. Since 2011, the Delica D:2 nameplate has been applied to the rebadged Suzuki Solio. Starting 2023, the Delica Mini nameplate is also used as a kei car model based on the eK X Space.