stackyFACTSSubaru engineered a brilliantly stupid way to evade the infamous chicken tariff. By bolting cheap, dangerous plastic seats directly into the open beds of their BRAT vehicles, they legally transformed them from cargo trucks into passenger cars, instantly dodging a massive twenty-five percent import penalty.
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