US | Terry Jones Pastor Gets Free Car for Calling Off Koran Burning Terry Jones taking New Jersey dealer up on his offer By Nick McMaster Posted Oct 15, 2010 3:54 PM CDT Copied In this 2003 file photo, car dealer Brad Benson, a former New York Giants center, stands in front of his dealership in South Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo, File) New Jersey car dealer Brad Benson is known for his slightly eccentric radio ads, so many listeners probably didn't bat an eye when he ran one offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a free car if he called off his planned public burning of the Koran. Jones, however, took the spot seriously: a representative called Benson this week "and said unless I was doing false advertising, they would like to arrange to pick up the car," the dealer tells the AP. As a result, Jones is about to become the rightful owner of a 2011 Hyundai Accent, which sells for $14,200. Jones says Benson's offer didn't sway his decision to cancel the book-burning—he says he didn't even hear of the offer until weeks after "Burn a Koran Day" was to take place. But he's still holding Benson to his word, and he vowed to donate the car to a charity that helps Muslim women. Read These Next Taylor Swift gets emotional over UK attack in new Disney+ docuseries. A White House press briefing got pretty heated Thursday. Peggy Noonan: Kirk assassination starting to look 'epochal.' He died in 2019. This year, police found out he was a serial killer. Report an error