This New One-of-a-Kind Mitsubishi Is the Smallest Camper Van You’ll See This Year
With a little creativity, nearly any vehicle can be turned into a camper van these days.
Just ask Mitsubishi, which is bringing a Delica Mini that's been customized for overnight adventures with it to this year's Tokyo Auto Salon. Dubbed the Active Camper, the special build comes kitted out with a slew of accessories and modifications that make it well-suited for off-road fun.
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The Active Camper is one of eight vehicles that make up the "Delica Festival" exhibit at the automaker's booth at the 2026 edition of the annual car show. The minivan has been around in some form or another—it was originally available as a tiny pick-up truck—since 1968, making it Mitsubishi's oldest model that remains in production.
The standard Mitsubishi Delica Mini
If a vehicle sticks around as long as the Delica has, chances are someone somewhere is going to try to turn it into an off-roader (just look at the Porsche 911 ). Sure enough, we've seen unofficial adventure and camper builds based on the long-running model pop up online for years now. But what makes the Active Camper so noteworthy isn't just that it's from Mitsubishi itself, it's that it's based on the kei car version of the van, the Mini.
While the standard Delica D5 measures 73.8 inches tall and 189 inches long, the Mini is only 58.1 inches tall and 133.7 inches long. Mitsubishi's designers have done their best to maximize the space available to them, though. They've equipped the van with a roof-mounted pop-up roof tent, which may not be roomy but does look to have enough space for two. Other modifications include an ARB awning, auxiliary light bar, and skid plates, according to New Atlas . The vehicle has also had its ride height boosted by close to an inch and comes equipped with a four-wheel drive system. Rounding things out is the requisite set of chunky all-terrain tires.
The Delica Mini has been pushed as an adventure vehicle in Japan
Unfortunately, the Delica Mini Active Camper appears to be just a one-off build at this point. Still, the model's Japanese website does highlight the versatility and pushes it as an adventure vehicle, which means there's a chance, slim as it may be.
Now, if only Mitsubishi would see fit to bring the Delica Mini stateside.
Click here for more images of the Mitsubishi Delica Mini Active Camper.
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