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.

Despite 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 ...

This particular Brat was the upper-level GL trim, which came with a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder boxer engine, butterfly t-tops, a tilting steering wheel and all of the available stock gauges.