The problem isn’t the tag, it’s the horrendous lack of consistency within the game. We have:
Late
late
(Late)
(late)
(L)
(l)
/Late
/late
/L
/l
…and however many others I’m forgetting. What we actually need is proper consitency:
[late]
Some form of brackets/etc are absolutely required to show that it’s not part of the vehicle’s name, regular brackets or a slash aren’t good because those are often part of names, thus square brackets as they’re virtually unused in names. And lowercase is better as it further emphasizes that it’s not part of the name.