Mitsubishi fills a new niche and launches an electric off-road MPV

Mazda, Daihatsu, Subaru and Nissan, among others, have already shed light on the stuff they bring to the Japan Mobility Show, which starts on October 25. As a Japanese manufacturer, Mitsubishi cannot miss this fair without showing something new. It does just that, and with a special study model, which the brand currently only refers to as a Concept Car.

Mitsubishi’s new concept car promises to be an ‘electric crossover MPV’ that will – hold on – “awaken the adventurous soul of drivers and broaden their horizons”. Go ahead. We already get to see a teaser image on which a large, angular colossus with a roof box rushes through the sand as if it were a Lancer Evo. Striking design elements: the design of the rear lights and side mirrors. That Mitsubishi has a thing for adventurous space wonders was already apparent when it gave the equally brave and small Delica Mini a cross jacket.

This Delica D:5 has been running since 2007.

Mitsubishi may be looking ahead to a successor to the Delica D:5 with its adventurous conceptual ballroom. That MPV – a distant descendant of the L400/Space Gear that was also delivered in the Netherlands – has been running for 16 years since its birth year 2007. The concept car has an electric powertrain and four-wheel drive and has off-road tires. In the bloodline of the Delica and Space Gear we also find earlier high-legged versions of passenger vans with four-wheel drive. However, these were not real MPVs.

Mitsubishi Last 1 Mile Delivery Concept

And further? Mitsubishi is bringing the new Triton (L200) to the Japanese show and is presenting a small electric quad-like creation that it has developed together with start-up Lifehub. The Last 1 Mile Mobility embodies – as its name suggests – Mitsubishi’s vision of a small mobility solution for transporting parcels in the city.