If there’s one factor American overland fanatics love, it’s the Mitsubishi Delica. You’ll be able to maintain all your Sprinters, and the NV’s simply absurd — the Delica is the apple of our collective eyes. But, with registrations of imported JDM vans in danger from native governments, Mitsubishi is lastly stepping up with an answer: Bringing an overland Delica to america.

We’ve gotten Mitsubishi’s coolest van stateside earlier than, a long time in the past, however now it appears Nissan has plans to present us a completely off-road-ready variant — simply in time for the overland market to get actually saturated. Automotive Information spoke with Mitsubishi representatives, who confirmed the van’s return:

The passenger van will arrive towards the last decade’s finish, in accordance with a seller who requested to not be recognized sharing data from the interior assembly.

The van, one in every of two outdoorsy fashions coming this decade, is predicated on the D:X Idea, a futuristic-looking six-seater plug-in hybrid revealed on the Japan Mobility Present final 12 months.

Mitsubishi has described the idea as having the roomy cabin house of a multipurpose automobile, the street dealing with of an SUV and the driving efficiency of a PHEV.

That D:X idea, which dropped on the Japan Mobility Present final October, is loads neat even with out the Delica branding. Nissan calls it an “electrified crossover MPV,” however it’s not a crossover as we commonly see on the roads. As a substitute, Mitsubishi claims it’s meant as a cross between “Most House and Security for People” and “Most Off-Roader.” If that’s not a manufacturing facility vanlife candidate, I don’t know what’s.

We’ll have to attend till nearer to 2030 to get our collective grubby little mitts on the brand new Delica, however we could begin to see extra production-ready ideas come down the road sooner. Clear physique panels are seemingly on the reducing room ground, however these fender flares higher keep.