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Oprah hands out VW's and iPads

Winfrey - Shocks audience with generous gifts
Winfrey - Shocks audience with generous gifts

To celebrate the last year of her show, Oprah Winfrey handed out generous gifts to her shocked audience, including a brand new VolksWagen Beetles and Apple iPads.

According to the Daily Mail in the second part of her annual Favourite Things show, the talk show host gave away a brand new VW Beetle to every member of her 275 strong audience.

Keys were handed out to the screaming crowd, who will be the first group to get behind the wheel of the new updated model, which is not available to buy until next autumn.

On the show she told the stunned crowd: "The Beetles are coming! Oh yeah, oh yeah, I gotcha, I gotcha" after a massive gift box was opened to reveal the car's silhouette.

On the first half of her favourite things show she gave away thousands of dollars worth of prizes including a Sony television and Caribbean cruise.

The 56-year-old talk show host also gave the audience an Apple iPad, which she proclaimed her "No. 1 favourite thing ever.

"I know it's wrong to be in love with a thing, and I don't normally recommend it" she said, before declaring the gadget the "best invention of the century so far."

Oprah also gave the audience several items of clothing, including a cashmere jumper, Ugg boots covered in sequins and a patent-leather Coach bag.

She added: "It's not really about all the gifts. Although the stuff is really fun, it really for me is about hope.

"It's about knowing that something really magical and joyful and wonderful can happen to you when you least expect it."

Oprah has developed a bit of a reputation for generous giveaways of late.

Back in September, she lavished a trip to Australia on her audience members to mark the premiere of the 25th season of her show.

Oprah explained her decision to leave the show next year to concentrate on her new cable network OWN.

"This show has been my life, and I love it enough to know when it’s time to say goodbye.

"Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and it feels right in my spirit. It’s the perfect number. It’s the exact right time."

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