Jump seats in the carpeted bed? That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Once upon a time there was a brat—and no, it wasn't a tantrum-throwing two-year-old inside the grocery store, but rather a little trucklet parked out front. It was, which stood for Bi-Drive Recreational All-terrain Transporter. Bi-drive meant that there was a part-time all-wheel-drive system, actuated with a switch.
A lot of people wouldn't know a BRAT from a bratwurst, and even fewer would be able to recall the last time they spotted one on the road. Indeed, it's an obscure automotive specimen that hasn't been imported to the United States in nearly 35 years—but with theThe two-door Subaru BRAT, Japan's ute-like version of a compact truck, was created in response to the growing demand for smaller, compact trucks in the U.S. It wasn't built on a new platform.
built in Pennsylvania, and larger body-on-frame models from the Japanese brands. The BRAT had a shorter wheelbase than the mini trucks and was about as long as the single cabs.in the United States, spanning the years of 1978-1987. Overseas markets in Europe, Latin America, New Zealand, and Australia imported it until 1994. Outside of the U.S., it was known as the 284, Brumby, Shifter, MV, and Targa. Ironically, it was never sold in its home market of Japan since there was no real demand.
It was launched in 1978 with one engine option, a 1.6-liter H-4. The EA-71 boxer-four pushed out 67 hp and 81 lb-ft of torque and was mated to a standard 4-speed manual transmission. A few years later, the BRAT received a facelift and displacement increased to 1.8 liters, good for 73 hp and 94 lb-ft of torque. A dual-range transfer case was added. A turbocharged variant was added for 1983 and 1984 models, boosting output to 95 hp and 123 lb-ft of torque.
. The government, however, considered the Subaru BRAT a truck, which meant it was subject to the hefty 25 percent"chicken tax" import tariff imposed on light-duty trucks.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.
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