Successor to the Delica D:5?
Later this month, the Japan Mobility Show will open its gates in Tokyo and Mitsubishi will of course also be present. It includes an apparently very special study model, with which the brand seems to have found a new niche: that of the 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.
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.
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.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl