[Kurt S]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The term &quot;brass hat&quot; was more of a slang term used by dealers when an executive driven car, well equipped, was sold through their dealership. </div></div>
It's a totally made-up term by the dealers. They applied it to anything coming thru the auction - pool cars and exec cars.

PEP = Product Evaluation Program, btw. The formal term for giving cars to execs. Not sure when the term came into use.