The Mitsubishi Delica is a range of vans and pickup trucks designed and built by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 1968. The Delica is still very much around in Japan, having first been launched in 1968 as both a minivan and a pickup truck. While the pickup truck went off rolls in 1994, the van is alive and well and is gaining popularity as a JDM in the US, mostly because it is powerful and affordable