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The Truth about Oprah Winfrey’s Famous Free Car Giveaway: ‘It’s Not Really a Free Car’

Oprah’s iconic giveaway sent 276 audience members home with new Pontiacs—and left some facing tax bills of as much as $7,000.

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On September 13, 2004, Oprah Winfrey famously gave away 276 Pontiac G6 sedans to everybody in her studio audience. “You get a car, you get a car, you get a car,” Winfrey declared while pointing out random people in the crowd. The former talk show host called it one of her “all-time favorite happiest moments ever.”

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Winfrey reportedly asked her producers to fill the studio with people........

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