Revisit the charms of the 1978 Subaru Brat
 

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The Subaru Brat is the automotive equivalent of a teenager with a mullet: weird, a little reckless but brimming with enough self-confidence to make it cool.

The Brat came from Subaru's desire to compete in the burgeoning light pickup market of the late-1970s. To get around the so-called Chicken Tax that added a 25 percent tariff on imported pickup trucks, Subaru threw two seats in the bed, which technically allowed it to be classified it as a passenger car. The result was a great, weird combination of a complete lack of safety, with a low price and lots of driving fun.

In the video below, Motor Trend's Johnny Lieberman takes a 1978 Brat through the desert and shows just how much fun a little pickup can be.Continue reading Revisit the charms of the 1978 Subaru Brat

Revisit the charms of the 1978 Subaru Brat originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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