Given that we have a while before the mercury drops, though, maybe you should buy this 1979 Subaru Brat out from under me — ...

Here's a funky Subaru pickup truck from the freewheeling 1980s. With a 73-hp flat-four, it's not fast but is still fun. This one is from the BRAT's last year in the U.S. Bi-drive Recreational All ...

Subaru had a solution for this costly hurdle in the form of rear-facing jump seats in the bed of BRAT, allowing the BRAT to qualify as a passenger car with merely a 2.5 percent tariff. What a fun ...

D espite being pretty short-lived, it's hard to forget the Subaru BRAT. Produced from 1978 to 1994 (but only sold in North America until 1987), the BRAT was a very distinctive pickup truck at the ...

The Subaru Brat you see here was built by the brothers at Flash Drive motors, and they’re understandably proud of it. “The Brat is already such a unique vehicle,” said James Fleischman, one ...

Subaru got around the tax by bolting a pair of rubber seats into the bed of what was a farming truck in Japan, then called it a car, er, Brat. It went for $4,900, at least $1,000 cheaper than it ...

The Subaru BRAT pickup truck was a cool little mini truck in the late 1970s and 1980s, but it was unceremoniously discontinued. Here's what happened.

However, those keenly aware of automotive history will know that Subaru has actually released two pickups over the years: the BRAT, which existed from 1978 to 1987 (in the U.S., at least), and the ...

JUN 14 1979, JUN 16 1979The Subaru Brat has rear-facing seats in Cargo AreaFour-cylinder-powered vehicle produced 27.8 mileage on mountain drive.Credit: Denver Post Getty Images Save this story Save ...

Last year, Subaru doled the (old) BRAT a larger engine and a dual-­range transfer case. For 1982, it all comes together. The bolstered powertrain, the shapely sedan's front half, ...

The BRAT was produced from 1978 to, surprisingly, 1994, though only imported to the United States through 1987. The BRAT used the same AWD system as the Subaru Leone.

The BRAT was classified as a passenger car because Subaru preferred to pay a 2.5-percent import tariff, not the 25-percent “Chicken Tax” protectionist import tariff on light trucks.