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.