Okay, in this writer's opinion the Brat was a fun name for what it was, a unique, somewhat quirky pickup with the ultimate suicide seats bolted to the bed. The Tribeca was a great name, sans B9. Cars.com said it reminds them of the bomber, to me it sounds like they called it "benign", which is worse. The excerpts below cover just our winning entries in the worst names catagory:
By Amanda Wegrzyn, Cars.com
3. Subaru Brat
1982 Subaru Brat
Although Brat is technically an acronym - it stands for Bi-drive Recreational All-terrain Transporter - it's a particularly unfortunate one. "Brat" is almost never used to describe something positively. A brat is not a calm, confident driver who knows what he wants and how to get it. A brat is busy throwing a hissy fit in the corner because his mom won't let him borrow the car to go buy the new Styx album.
6. Subaru B9 Tribeca
2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca
Here we've got a family crossover named after a fashionable neighborhood in lower Manhattan and ... a World War II bomber? Consumers didn't understand the B9 moniker either; that part of the name got the ax when Subaru redesigned the SUV for the 2008 model year.
If you're curious about the other winners, the link to the Cars.com article is here.
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