Video: 1978 Subaru Brat – Coolest of the Chicken Tax Trucks - TruckTrend Magazine
Because of a five-decade-old tax levied against imported pickup trucks and other products in retaliation against France and Germany for their punitive import tariffs against U. S. poultry products. One of the most creative circumventions of the Chicken Tax came in the form of the Subaru BRAT, a boxer-four-powered mini El Camino, if you will, but with a little more off-road capability. Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman managed to get his hands on Subaru of America's pristine 1978 BRAT from the company's headquarters in New Jersey, and put it through its paces in the California desert. Of course, no test of the Subaru BRAT would be complete without sitting in the rear-facing seats bolted into the bed. Source: www.trucktrend.com
