The D:5 Delica looks like a tall brick, and the numbers back it up: its drag coefficient of 0.42 is far worse than rivals like the Toyota Alphard's 0.33.
Median 114 hp across 73 similar cars
Lead trim: 4B11 2.0 L CVT · up to 168 hp
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FactThe D:5 Delica looks like a tall brick, and the numbers back it up: its drag coefficient of 0.42 is far worse than rivals like the Toyota Alphard's 0.33.
Announced on 30 October 2006 as the Delica D:5 (based on the Concept D-5 shown at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show in 2005) and launched in Japan on 31 January 2007 as a five-door monobox minivan seating seven or eight, on the GS platform shared with the second and third Outlander and the Xpander. Front-drive or all-wheel drive with Mitsubishi's AWC, a 2.4 L 4B12 MIVEC or 2.0 L petrol with an INVECS-III CVT, and, from January 2013 (2013 model year diesels), a clean-diesel 2.2 L 4N14 with 148 PS and 360 N⋅m. A facelift was unveiled on 21 November 2018, shown at the 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon and released on 15 February 2019. Built at Sakahogi to 2021 and Okazaki since; sold in Indonesia from 2014 to 2019.
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VerifiedFIRST PRINTNIGHTMitsubishi gave the Delica Star Wagon full-time four-wheel drive and a locking centre differential borrowed from Mitsubishi's Pajero SUV parts bin.
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4B11 2.0 L CVT | 2007–present | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 147 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 4B12 2.4 L MIVEC CVT | 2007–present | 2.4 L Inline-4 | 168 hp | 167 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 4N14 2.2 L turbo-diesel (148 PS, from 2013) | 2013–present | 2.3 L Inline-4 | 146 hp | 266 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
An estimate, for the 4B11 2.0 L CVT trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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The D:5 Delica looks like a tall brick, and the numbers back it up: its drag coefficient of 0.42 is far worse than rivals like the Toyota Alphard's 0.33.
Unlike every Delica before it, this generation dropped the commercial truck body entirely — it was passenger-only, rebranded Space Gear, and never offered as a work van.
Mitsubishi gave the Delica Star Wagon full-time four-wheel drive and a locking centre differential borrowed from Mitsubishi's Pajero SUV parts bin.
Mitsubishi built the Delica's 4WD version on a modified Pajero chassis, a first for any Japanese van.
This Delica sold so well in Indonesia that the word Colt became the generic local term for minibus, and a Greek company copied its design outright as the Record GS2000.
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