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Ford broke the mold when it launched the Maverick with an available hybrid powertrain. Returning 38 mpg combined, it’s the ...
Given that we have a while before the mercury drops, though, maybe you should buy this 1979 Subaru Brat out from under me — ...
The BRAT first graced American shores in 1978, so this 1979 Subaru BRAT DL is an early example with the smallest, least-powerful engine ever put into the little truck. Its carbureted 1.6-liter ...
Rumors abound that the automaker will use an electric Toyota compact truck as the base for a new cargo hauler – just don't ...
The latest rumors paint a Subaru Brat as an electric twin to the soon-to-return Toyota Stout light pickup truck.
If the Brat does make a comeback, expect it to feature all-wheel drive, as you’d imagine from Subaru. The Australian website ...
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 ...
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 ...
I was recently invited to the home of a guy who owns two Subaru BRATs. This is like getting invited to dinner with the president: you must say yes, even if it means you have to reschedule your ...
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 ...
In 1982, 72 horses, from this 1,781cc boxer-four engine, were enough for BRAT buyers. Subaru evaded paying the Chicken Tax on early BRATs by installing jumpseats in the bed, ...
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, ...