Mitsubishi Delica: Difference between revisions

The '''Mitsubishi Delica''' is a range of trucks and [[vans]] built by [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]] since 1968. It was originally based on a small [[pickup truck]] introduced the previous year, also called the Delica, its name a [[contraction (grammar)|contraction]] of the English language phrase '''''Deli'''very '''ca'''r''.<ref>[http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/corporate/ir/library/pdf/fact2005.pdf Fact & Figures 2005], p.33, Mitsubishi Motors website</ref> This 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 US. 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 fourth generation, all five generations are still sold in various international markets.