As car journalists, we are offered lots of gifts from automakers and brands, and for years, I’ve been accepting those gifts for one reason: So I can give them to you, dear Autopian members. Here’s a look at what we’ve sent out to random members as a “thank you” for supporting this humble car website.
Beau, as a prominent dealer for various car brands including Ford, VW, Land Rover, Lotus, Honda, Porsche and a bunch of others tends to be on the receiving end of gifts from brands, probably more so than I do. So he’s volunteered to reach into his chest of swag to give Autopian members some cool car stuff.
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Check out this awesome book of Land Rover sketches, one with a Gerry M’Govern signature:
I’m donating this Chevy ball cap and bag:
Here’s a Meyers Manx hat and a Ferrari journal:
Here are some strange ones: limited-edition T-shirts from Karma:
Here’s a hat from eBay motors, plus a toy Volkswagen Iltis and a Jeep wall sign:
I’m not entirely sure what’s in this Ford Bronco Off-Rodeo bag that Beau donated, but I see a nylon strap and what feels like a tarp material inside.
Here’s a nice glass bottle from Hagerty, and the Monterey Concours d’Elegance book from this year:
We’re giving away some towels and air fresheners from the Bottas-Uber partnership (if you’re allergic to cats … maybe wash that):
We’re also giving out some Bottas air fresheners, speedos (yes, speedos), and plenty of Autopian shirts:
We’re sending out this Porsche “Edith” hat commemorating Porsche’s recent altitude record in the 911:
All of this has been carefully inspected by one of our Jeep-cats, specifically Nutmeg. There’s a lot more not shown, like BB Porsche shirts and caps, and loads of the really good press swag that is somewhere at the bottom of a box. I’ll find it, and when I do, I’ll be shipping all sorts of cool car stuff, including posters (!) to members.
Here’s the official Ram DT launch swag, a beautiful, painted paperweight. I’ll be giving this to a random Autopian member who’s LA-local since this thing weighs too much for my cheap arse to ship:
I’ll also be shipping a few of these huge Lamborghini sun hats to readers:
Plus I have a pre-worn, pre-(slightly) stained Subaru sweatshirt for some lucky member:
Become a member and there’s a chance you’ll receive random car stuff in the mail. Because we are so grateful you’re here.
Range Rover ‘sketch’ signed by Gerry ahahahahahahahahahalolololololololol.
Oh wait they were serious.
I’m in for the Jeep sign!
I was thinking if I got that anywhere else, I would automatically send it to David.
Nice wedding gift